2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team

2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball
2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	7–8 (0–3 SLC)
Head coach	Will Davis (4th season);
Assistant coach	Hunter Doucet (Volunteer Assistant) (1st season)
Hitting coach	Scott Hatten (20th season)
Pitching coach	Sean Snedeker (3rd season)
Home stadium	Vincent–Beck Stadium; (Capacity: 3,500)
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represented Lamar University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Vincent–Beck Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference. The team was coached by Will Davis in his 4th season at Lamar. The Cardinals compiled a 7–8 overall record (0–3 SLC)^[3] prior to season cancellation. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced a suspension of Spring sports through March 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] The conference announced that all remaining Spring 2020 sports contests were cancelled on March 14.^[5]^[6]

2020 Southland Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍	3	–	0	1.000	6	–	10	.375
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	12	–	4	.750
New Orleans ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	11	–	6	.647
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	8	–	8	.500
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	8	–	10	.444
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍	2	–	1	.667	6	–	11	.353
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	9	–	7	.563
Nicholls ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	10	–	8	.556
Sam Houston State ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	7	–	7	.500
Abilene Christian ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	7	–	8	.467
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	1	–	2	.333	6	–	10	.375
McNeese State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	7	.588
Lamar ‍‍‍	0	–	3	.000	7	–	10	.412

‡ – Tournament champion As of April 24, 2024^[1]^[2] Rankings from D1Baseball

The Cardinals played 15 games in the shortened season with an overall record of 7–8, and a 0–3 record in conference play.

Previous season edit

In 2019, the Cardinals finished the season 13th in the Southland with a record of 18–36, 9–21 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2019 Southland Conference baseball tournament.

Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll edit

The Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll was released on February 6, 2020. Lamar was picked to finish twelfth in the Southland Conference with 87 votes. ^[7]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Coaches and Sports Information Directors poll
1	Sam Houston State	276 (17)
2	Central Arkansas	247 (5)
3	McNeese	244 (1)
4	Southeastern Louisiana	243 (3)
5	Northwestern State	193
6	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	146
7	Incarnate Word	144
8	Nicholls	108
9	New Orleans	101
10	Abilene Christian	98
11	Stephen F. Austin	92
12	Lamar	87
13	Houston Baptist	49

Preseason All-Southland Conference team edit

The preseason all-conference team is based on votes by the conference head coaches. Players who were named to the previous season's first and second teams are automatically named to the preseason team for their respective positions.^[8]

Ryan Flores^ (UIW, JR, 1st Base)
Nate Fisbeck^ (MCN, SR, 2nd Base)
Beau Orlando^ (UCA, SR, 3rd Base)
JC Correa^ (LU, SR, Shortstop)
Gavin Johnson (SHSU, SR, Catcher)
Clayton Rasbeary^ (MCN, SR, Designated Hitter)
Sean Arnold^ (UIW, SR, Outfield)
Brandon Bena^ (HBU, SR, Outfield)
Colton Cowser^ (SHSU, SO, Outfield)
Noah Cameron^ (UCA, SO, Starting Pitcher)
Will Dion (MCN, SO, Starting Pitcher)
Kyle Gruller^ (HBU, SR, Starting Pitcher)
Conner Williams (UCA, SR, Relief Pitcher)
Itchy Burts^ (TAMUCC, SR, Utility)

^2019 All-Conference Designation

Roster edit

2020 Lamar Cardinals roster^[9]

Pitchers

8 Trevin Michael - Junior
12 Braxton Douthit - Sophomore
18 Max Mize - Junior
23 Marcus Olivarez - Junior
24 Grayson Wright - Junior
26 Jack Dallas - Junior
27 Chet Jones - Sophomore
28 Zach Bravo - Junior
32 Nicholas Gullo - Freshman
33 Chris Edwards - Junior
36 Christian Grigsby - Junior
37 Austin Faith - Junior
38 Braydon Credeur - Sophomore
40 Douglas Palmer - Senior
41 Brennen Smith - Junior
47 Mitchell Lee - Junior
49 Joe Buckendorff - Sophomore
50 Dylan Johnson - Sophomore
51 John Altman - Junior
52 Josh Hranicky - Sophomore

Catchers

4 Rhett McCall - Junior

Infielders

2 Matthew McDonald - Junior
5 JC Correa - Senior
7 Cole Coker - Senior
11 Kelby Weyler - Sophomore
16 Anthony Quirion - Senior
17 Chase Kemp - Junior
20 Zach Sweet - Junior
21 Logan LeJeune - Junior
34 Jose Cintron - Freshman
43 Morgan Berlof -Senior

Outfielders

6 Drew Ardoin - Junior
22 Cole Girouard - Senior
42 Avery George - Junior
45 Cole Secrest - Junior

Coaches edit

2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball coaching staff^[9]
Will Davis - Head Coach - 4th year Scott Hatten - Assistant Coach - 20th year Sean Snedeker - 3rd year Hunter Doucet - Volunteer Assistant

Schedule edit

Sources:^[10]

2020 Lamar Cardinals Baseball Game Log^[11]

Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled Bold = Lamar team member

Regular Season (7–8)

February (5–5)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Feb 14	Rhode Island*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 7–3	Max Mize (1–0)	Ryan Twitchell (0–1)	None	987	1–0
Feb 15	Rhode Island*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 8–2	Dylan Johnson (1–0)	Nick Robinson (0–1)	None	812	2–0
Feb 16	Rhode Island*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 2–4	Shean Sposato (1–0)	Max Mize (0–1)	None	789	2–1
Feb 19	at Texas*	UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX	L 1–6	Kolby Kubichek (1–0)	Josh Hranicky (0–1)	None	3,999	2–2
Feb 21	at Texas State*	Bobcat Baseball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 3–1	Trevin Michael (1–0)	Zachary Leigh (0–1)	Jack Dallas (1)	1,113	3–2
Feb 22	at Texas State*	Bobcat Baseball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	L 3–4	Brent Hebert (2–0)	Douglas Palmer (0–1)	None	1,495	3–3
Feb 23	at Texas State*	Bobcat Baseball Stadium • San Marcos, TX	L 7–8	Cameron Bush (1–0)	Austin Faith (0–1)	Tristan Stivors (2)	1,099	3–4
Feb 25	UTSA*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 2–4	Palmer Wenzel (1–0)	Braydon Credeur (0–1)	None	793	3–5
Feb 28	Akron*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 8–3	Trevin Michael (2–0)	Taed Heydinger (0–2)	None	785	4–5
Feb 29	Akron*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 10–3	Zach Bravo (1–0)	Quinton Juhawa (0–1)	None	893	5–5

March (2–3)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Mar 1	Akron*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 5–1	Dylan Johnson (2–0)	Jacob Clark (0–3)	None	611	6–5
Mar 4	Prairie View A&M*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 12–1	Grason Wright (1–0)	Matthew Sandoval (1–2)	None	718	7–5
Mar 6	at Stephen F. Austin	Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	L 0–5	Angelo Gennari (1–1)	Trevin Michael (2–1)	None	221	7–6	0–1
Mar 7	at Stephen F. Austin	Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	L 2–3	J. Todd (2–1)	Jack Dallas (0–1)	J. Covington (1)	237	7–7	0–2
Mar 8	at Stephen F. Austin	Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX	L 4–5	Austin Roth (1–0)	Braydon Credeur (0–2)	Tod Gauthe (3)	347	7–8	0–3
Mar 10	at Tulane*	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	–					–
Mar 11	at Tulane*	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	–					–
Mar 13	McNeese State	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Mar 14	McNeese State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Mar 15	McNeese State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Mar 17	at Louisiana*	M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA	–					–
Mar 20	Northwestern State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Mar 21	Northwestern State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Mar 22	Northwestern State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Mar 24	at Texas A&M*	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX	–					–
Mar 27	at Nicholls	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	–					–	–
Mar 28	at Nicholls	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	–					–	–
Mar 29	at Nicholls	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	–					–	–
Mar 31	at Houston Baptist*	Husky Field • Houston, TX	–					–

April (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
Apr 3	Sam Houston State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 4	Sam Houston State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 5	Sam Houston State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 7	Southern*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–
Apr 9	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX	–					–	–
Apr 10	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX	–					–	–
Apr 11	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX	–					–	–
Apr 14	Houston Baptist*	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–
Apr 17	Abilene Christian	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 18	Abilene Christian	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 19	Abilene Christian	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 21	LSU*	Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA	–					–
Apr 22	at Southern*	Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA	–					–
Apr 24	New Orleans	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 25	New Orleans	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 26	New Orleans	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
Apr 28	at Baylor*	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	–					–

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC Record
May 1	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–
May 2	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–
May 3	Arkansas–Pine Bluff*	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–
May 4	at Rice*	Reckling Park • Houston, TX	–					–
May 8	at Central Arkansas	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	–					–	–
May 9	at Central Arkansas	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	–					–	–
May 10	at Central Arkansas	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	–					–	–
May 14	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA	–					–	–
May 15	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA	–					–	–
May 16	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA	–					–	–

References edit

^ "2020 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
^ "Southland Conference Standings 2020". DIBaseball. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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^ "SOUTHLAND SUSPENDS SPRING SPORTS COMPETITION". Southland Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ "SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CANCELS REMAINING SPRING SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS". Southland Conference. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
^ Gabriel Fernandez (March 12, 2020). "Coronavirus sports timeline: A chronological list of every major COVID-19-related sports happening". CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 23, 2023. Thursday, March 12 ... 2:29 pm - Southland Conference cancels all athletic events through March 30
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[2] "Southland Conference Standings 2020". DIBaseball. Retrieved March 8, 2020.

[3] "Lamar Cardinals - 2020 Lamar Cardinals Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2023.

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[6] Gabriel Fernandez (March 12, 2020). "Coronavirus sports timeline: A chronological list of every major COVID-19-related sports happening". CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 23, 2023. Thursday, March 12 ... 2:29 pm - Southland Conference cancels all athletic events through March 30

[7] "SAM HOUSTON STATE REPEATS AS SOUTHLAND BASEBALL PRESEASON FAVORITE". Southland Conference. February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

[8] "SOUTHLAND ANNOUNCES 2020 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAMS". Southland Conference. February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

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