C2C Baseball Tournament 2025 preview banner

2025 C2C Baseball Championship Preview

By Will DeBoer

5/7/2025 2:00:00 PM

The Rundown

The seventh-ranked and top-seeded Salisbury University baseball team will stay home in pursuit of its fourth Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) championship in five years and 19th conference title overall. The Sea Gulls will host the 2025 C2C Tournament on Thursday, May 8, at Donnie Williams Stadium.

?? Due to rain in the forecast, the #C2CBSB Championship will now be played on Thursday, May 8 at Salisbury.

Game 1 (11 AM): #2 @UMWathletics vs. #3 @CNUathletics
Game 2 (2:30 PM): G1 Winner vs. #1 @SUSeaGulls https://t.co/8avZ0PNbhF pic.twitter.com/DSAFJKSlD5
— Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (@C2CAthConf) May 6, 2025

Tournament Schedule

Thursday, May 8
Game 1 - #2 Mary Washington vs. #3 Christopher Newport, 11 a.m. (2 seed home)
Game 2 - #1 Salisbury vs. Game 1 winner, 2:30 p.m. (1 seed home)

Live Video

Live Stats

Tournament Homepage

BK Wilson, 4-3-25 | 2025 Sammys Photo of the Year

The 2025 Sea Gulls

#17 Tyler Villa | Jr. RHP | All-C2C First Team

#13 Dylan Winebrenner | Sr. C | C2C Player of the Year

#34 Noah Burroughs | Fr. OF | C2C Rookie of the Year

#2 Danny Sheeler | Sr. 1B | 3x All-C2C First Team

#4 Aidan Brinsfield | So. RHP | All-C2C First Team

#20 Jackson Inman | Fr. 3B | All-C2C First Team

#3 Max Ehrhardt | Jr. 2B | All-C2C First Team

#24 Bryce Sterling | Sr. RHP | All-C2C First Team

Salisbury finished the regular season with a 30-8 record, going 3-1 in C2C play with a two-game sweep of Christopher Newport and a split with Mary Washington. SU earned the top seed in the C2C Tournament by virtue of its higher NPI ranking (7th) than UMW (44th).
The Sea Gulls strung together three streaks of five wins or more, including a nine-gamer from Mar. 29 through Apr. 13.
SU opened the season ranked seventh in the D3baseball.com national poll and enters postseason play ranked ninth in that poll. The Sea Gulls went 1-1 against teams currently ranked in the top 25, beating Penn State Harrisburg with a loss to Johns Hopkins.
The Sea Gulls are ranked seventh in the latest NCAA Power Index (NPI), which determines NCAA Tournament selections for non-AQ schools.
Ten of Salisbury's wins came by 10 runs or more, while six of its eight losses came by two runs or fewer.
Catcher Dylan Winebrenner was named C2C Player of the Year, the fifth straight Salisbury player (Meekins, Caster, Sheeler, Kell) to win the honor
Outfielder Noah Burroughs became the second straight Sea Gull (Cole Williams) to earn C2C Rookie of the Year
Eleven Sea Gulls were recognized on the All-C2C Teams:
First Team (8) - SPs Tyler Villa, Aidan Brinsfield; RP Bryce Sterling; C Dylan Winebrenner; 1B Danny Sheeler; 2B Max Ehrhardt; 3B Jackson Inman; OF Noah Burroughs
Honorable Mention (3) - DH Andrew Kell, SP Cole Williams, RP Josh Rivera
Aidan Brinsfield - 2nd in K (54), 4th in ERA (3.62), t-6th in W (4)
Noah Burroughs - t-1st in 3B (4), 2nd in RBI (46), t-2nd in HR (7), 3rd in BA (.384), 3rd in 2B (12), 3rd in SB (14)
Jackson Inman - t-1st in 3B (4), t-2nd in HR (7), 4th in RBI (39), t-6th in BA (.333), t-6th in 2B (8)
Andrew Kell - t-6th in 2B (8), 9th in BA (.328), 11th in RBI (26)
Danny Sheeler - t-2nd in HR (7), 5th in BA (.359), 5th in RBI (38), t-5th in SB (11), t-6th in 2B (8)
Bryce Sterling - t-1st in SV (6)
Tyler Villa - 3rd in ERA (2.72), t-4th in W (5), 8th in K (33)
Cole Williams - t-1st in W (6), 5th in ERA (3.92), 5th in K (43)
BK Wilson - t-5th in SB (11), t-9th in HR (3), 15th in RBI (22)
Dylan Winebrenner - 1st in HR (8), 1st in RBI (49), 1st in 2B (14), t-3rd in 3B (3), 4th in BA (.381), t-8th in SB (8)
Team - 14th in hits allowed/9inn (8.11), 18th in ERA (3.76), 19th in shutouts (4), 20th in runs/game (9.3), 20th in HBP (90), 23rd in WHIP (1.36), 24th in fielding % (.970), 29th in 3B (17), 30th in slugging (.492), 32nd in HR (41), 44th in OBP (.428)
Noah Burroughs - 30th in sac flies (6)
Max Ehrhardt - 8th in sac bunts (10)
Aiden Hankins - 25th in pitching appearances (20)
Bryce Sterling - 24th in saves (6)
Tyler Villa - 96th in ERA (2.72)
Trent Waire - 15th in sac bunts (9)

Scouting Report

#2 Mary Washington Eagles

#3 Christopher Newport Captains

Mary Washington finished the regular season 25-12, going 3-1 against C2C foes with a split against SU and a sweep of CNU.
The Eagles received votes in recent D3baseball.com national polls.
UMW garnered three major C2C awards: Pitcher of the Year (Brendan McComber), Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Burke Steifman), and Coaching Staff of the Year (Kelly Swiney)
Eight Eagles made the All-C2C teams, including five First-Teamers and three Honorable Mentions.
Salisbury defeated UMW 7-4 at home on Apr. 13, while the Eagles got their revenge against SU in Fredericksburg, 4-3, on May 3.

Christopher Newport posted a 20-17 mark in the regular season, going 0-4 in league play by losing both pairs of games to SU and UMW.
The Captains opened the season at No. 11 nationally before dropping out of the D3baseball.com poll midseason.
CNU placed six players on the All-C2C teams, with four making the First Team and two Honorable Mentions.
Salisbury swept the season series over the Captains, winning 14-11 in Newport News on Apr. 5 and posting an 8-0 shutout at home on Apr. 27.

What's At Stake

Due to the C2C only fielding three baseball teams, the winner of the C2C Tournament will not receive an automatic bid to into the NCAA Tournament. C2C member schools will need a Pool B or Pool C at-large bid to make the field.
The Division III selection show is scheduled for Monday, May 12 at 12 p.m. on NCAA.com.

The Rundown

Tournament Schedule

The 2025 Sea Gulls

Scouting Report

What's At Stake

Read More