If The Citadel\u2019s bullpen can make strides during the season, a SoCon title shouldn\u2019t be out of the question.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur expectations within the program have not changed,\u201d Triplett said. \u201cWe want to compete for a conference championship and make it to an NCAA regional. We came a long way last year, so the expectations from outside the program are higher, but we\u2019re just trying to be the best version of ourselves every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Citadel<\/p>\n
2025 record: 31-26 (12-9 Southern Conference)<\/p>\n
Postseason: 2025 Southern Conference Tournament (1-2)<\/p>\n
Coach: Russell Triplett (449-304-1, 16th season), is 31-26 at The Citadel, entering his second season as the head coach.<\/p>\n
Top returners: OF Matthew Lively OF (.252 avg., 2 HR, 19 RBIs); C Phillips Daniels (.297, 2 HR 25 RBIs); INF Aryan Patel (.277, 0 HR, 11 RBIs, 22-22 SB); OF TJ Anderson (.281, 2 HR, 25 RBIs); LHP Will Holmes (3-0, 0.72 ERA); RHP Andrew Stanley (5-3, 5.07 ERA).<\/p>\n
Top newcomers: Jayden Williams, OF, (Spring Valley High School); Michael Gibson, RHP\/UTIL (Liberty); Zach Hunt, 1B, (Florence-Darlington Tech); Sam Dansky, INF, (Gaston College).<\/p>\n
Key losses: OF Thomas Rollauer; INF Travis Elliott, INF Garrett Dill, LHP George Derrick Floyd and RHP Maddox Webb.<\/p>\n
2026 The Citadel Schedule<\/p>\n
February<\/p>\n
13 \u2013 Liberty, 4 p.m.; 14 \u2013 Liberty, 5 p.m.; 15 \u2013 Liberty, 1 p.m.; 20 \u2013 Marshall, 4 p.m.; 21 \u2013 Marshall, 5 p.m.; 22 \u2013 Army, 1 p.m. 27 \u2013 at Florida State, noon; 28 \u2013 at Florida State, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
March<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 at Florida State, 1 p.m.; 4 \u2013 Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.; 6 \u2013 at Kentucky, 4 p.m.; 7 \u2013 at Kentucky, 2 p.m.; 8 \u2013 at Kentucky, 1 p.m.; 10 \u2013 South Carolina, 7 p.m.; 13 \u2013 at UT Martin, TBD; 14 \u2013 at UT Martin, TBD; 15 \u2013 at UT Martin, TBD; 17 \u2013 at Georgia, 3 p.m.; 18 \u2013 Clemson, 7 p.m.; 20 \u2013 at Mercer, 6 p.m.; 21 \u2013 at Mercer, 2 p.m.; 22 \u2013 at Mercer, 1 p.m.; 25 \u2013 Presbyterian, 6 p.m.; 27 \u2013 Western Carolina, 6 p.m.; 28 \u2013 Western Carolina, 2 p.m.; 29 \u2013 Western Carolina, 1 p.m.; 31 \u2013 Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If The Citadel\u2019s bullpen can make strides during the season, a SoCon title shouldn\u2019t be out of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2289],"tags":[5,648,1694,2341,69217,69214,69215],"class_list":{"0":"post-563955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-college-baseball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-baseball","12":"tag-russell-triplett","13":"tag-the-citadel","14":"tag-the-citadel-baseball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116045949415984994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}