2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team

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. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced a suspension of Spring sports through March 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The conference announced that all remaining Spring 2020 sports contests were cancelled on March 14.[4]

For information on all Lamar University sports, see Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals

2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
2020 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)

2020 Southland Conference baseball standings
	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 August 14, 2020[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

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

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. [5]

Coaches and Sports Information Directors poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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

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.[6]

• 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

2020 Lamar Cardinals roster[7]
	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

2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball coaching staff[7]

Will Davis - Head Coach - 4th year Scott Hatten - Assistant Coach - 20th year Sean Snedeker - 3rd year Hunter Doucet - Volunteer Assistant

Schedule

Sources:[8]

2020 Lamar Cardinals Baseball Game Log[9]
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 – – –

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