NASHVILLE – The Trevecca Nazarene University baseball team was picked to finish seventh in the 2025 Gulf South Conference preseason coaches' poll, the league announced on Wednesday.
West Florida, the defending GSC tournament champion, hauled seven of the 12 the first-place votes. Regular season GSC champion, Lee is second with two first-place votes. Delta State, who fell to West Florida in the GSC championship series, collected the final three first-place votes and is third. Auburn Montgomery (86) and Montevallo (79) help round out the top-5 while Valdosta State sits just above the Trojans in sixth with 77 points.
Trevecca ties preseason favorite West Florida with four players on the All-GSC team.
2025 GSC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
West Florida (7) |
112 |
| 2 |
Lee (2) |
107 |
| 3 |
Delta State (3) |
103 |
| 4 |
Auburn Montgomery |
86 |
| 5 |
Montevallo |
79 |
| 6 |
Valdosta State |
77 |
| 7 |
Trevecca Nazarene |
60 |
| 8 |
Alabama Huntsville |
53 |
| 9 |
West Alabama |
43 |
| 10 |
Mississippi College |
35 |
| 11 |
Union |
25 |
| 12 |
Christian Brothers |
12 |
First-place votes ( )
Full GSC Preseason Poll Release.
GSC Baseball – Preseason All-GSC Team
Zach Dew, 3B, AUM*
Ryan Slaten, SP, AUM^
Dylan Coleman, 3B, Delta State*
Tim Gooden, RP, Lee*
Cooper Doughman, C, Lee^ (played at AUM last season)
JT Vance, OF, Mississippi College*
Korey Cooper, 3B, Mississippi College^
Gino Cozzi, SP, Montevallo^
Joey Parliment, 2B, Trevecca*
Haven Mangrum, OF, Trevecca*
Spencer Wilkins, SP, Trevecca^
Cole McCallum, OF, Trevecca^
Hunter Stowe, DH, Valdosta State*
Jovanni Canegitta, OF, Valdosta State^
Kade Mandersheid, SP, West Florida*
Dalton Neuschwander, SP, West Florida*
Jacob Heath, SP, West Florida^
Jadon Fryman, OF, West Florida^
* First team All-Conference in 2024
^ Second team All-Conference in 2024
Players are sorted alphabetically by school
GSC Newcomer Watch List
Brady Maciak – OF | SR | 6-3 | North Royalton, OH/Walsh University
Luke Dymond – C | JR | 6-0 | Smyrna, TN/Lincoln Memorial University
Dawson Sweeney – RHP | FR | Nolensville, TN/Nolensville High School
2025 PREVIEW
The 2025 Trevecca Nazarene University Baseball season kicks off in 10 days. Opening Day Trevecca travels to Hickory, North Carolina to take on Lenoir-Rhyne University on January 31. The three-game series concludes on Saturday with a double-header.
The first game at Jackson Field comes February 4 when Lane College comes to Nashville.
COACH SAIN
Chase Sain is back for his fifth season as head coach of the Trojans and is looking to guide Trevecca through a new conference schedule and into the postseason for the fifth straight campaign.
| YEAR |
OVERALL |
CONF |
POST |
| 2021 |
36-13 |
23-5 |
8-3 |
| 2022 |
37-15 |
22-10 |
0-2 |
| 2023 |
31-21 |
22-10 |
2-2 |
| 2024 |
33-23 |
20-12 |
5-2 |
|
137-72 |
87-32 |
15-9 |
A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE
Home Games: 21 (Including DH)
Away Games: 24 (Including DH)
Neutral Site: 1
Conference Games: 33
Total: 46
THE TROJANS BY CLASS
Freshmen = 7
Sophomores = 8
Juniors = 8
Seniors = 18
Total: 41
SCHEDULE
The Trojans kick-start the season with four non-conference games to begin February before a 10-day gap brings the start of conference play in the middle of February.
Series with both Auburn University Montgomery and Valdosta State introduce Trevecca to the Gulf South before Tennessee rivals Lincoln Memorial in a single game and ends the month with Montevallo in Nashville.
With March, the conclusion of the Montevallo series brings a fun re-match against Carson-Newman University whom Trevecca dismantled handily last season in Jefferson City
smashing a home run cycle in the first inning alone in the 18-5 rout. From there, its four three-game series against West Florida, Union, Mississippi College, and Christian Brothers with a two-game set against North Greenville squeezed in the middle to round out the month.
April brings a second meeting with LMU and then Belmont in consecutive days before West Alabama, Delta State, Alabama-Huntsville and Lee help finish the conference slate for the Trojans. Missouri S&T, along with a Lane College rematch and a Kentucky State meeting finish up the non-conference portion before the conference tournament.
The Trojans' first-ever run at GSC crown begins May 2 with the championship game on May 6.
2024 SEASON RECAP
Trevecca opened the season winning six of its first seven non-conference games. Overall, in the non-conference, including midweek games played later in the season, the Trojans went 8-9.
After splitting their first Great Midwest series of the season with Lake Erie, the Trojans went on to close out the month of March taking three of four from Malone in Nashville and completing a four-game sweep of Hillsdale College. Trevecca outscored the Hillsdale Chargers, 65-22 during the four-game stretch.
Despite winning just a single game versus Walsh, the Trojans went on to wrestle series wins away from both Kentucky Wesleyan (three of four) and Cedarville (three of four) before stomping Carson-Newman in their final non-conference game of the season.
The Trojans combined for a home run cycle all in the first inning of the 18-5 rout of the CNU Eagles. In fact, a total of five home runs were smashed in that game, tying the NCAA Div. II record for a Trevecca team. Read more on that game,
here.
In the final two regular season series, the Trojans just missed sweeping conference newcomer Thomas More University, winning three of four road games in Kentucky before dropping just their second Great Midwest series of the season to Ohio Dominican to complete the regular season.
The Trojans chomped right through the competition at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference outscoring opponents 33-21 during the four-game run. After opening with a 3-1 win over Walsh after a complete game from conference Pitcher of the Year,
Caleb Marks, the Trojans won two straight over tournament favorites Ashland University. Tiffin challenged Trevecca in the conference championship game where the Trojans outlasted the Dragons, 14-9.
Trevecca punched its ticket to the school's second-ever NCAA Midwest Regional appearance after claiming the G-MAC Tournament trophy. Despite knocking off tournament hosts and favorites, the University of Indianapolis, to begin the regionals, the Trojans fell in their next contests and exited.
POSTSEASON SUCCESS
Six times the Trojans have won their conference regular-season title, and four times have earned the tournament championship. They won the first three regular-season and postseason
championships as charter members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
MIDWEST REGIONALS
The Trojans have advanced to the NCAA Div. II Regional twice in school history (2021 and 2024). After winning the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Great Midwest tournament titles, the Trojans were never selected for an at-large bid to the Midwest Regional until they automatically punched their way to the tournament in 2021.
Trevecca nearly completed the sweep of the Midwest Region in 2021, finishing the tournament as champions with a 4-1 record and a run differential of +14 (37-23). In 2024, they knocked off tournament hosts and favorites, the University of Indianapolis, to begin the regionals, before falling in their next two contests.
