2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team

2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball
2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	11–6 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coach	Lane Burroughs (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Silva; Mitch Gaspard; Matt Miller;
Home stadium	Ruston High School Baseball Stadium
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Conference USA baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	12	–	4	–	0	.750
Southern Miss ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	12	–	4	–	0	.750
FIU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	10	–	5	–	0	.667
Louisiana Tech ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	11	–	6	–	0	.647
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	10	–	6	–	0	.625
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	10	–	6	–	0	.625
UTSA ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	10	–	7	–	0	.588
Charlotte ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	9	–	8	–	0	.529
UAB ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	7	–	9	–	0	.438
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	7	–	10	–	0	.412
Marshall ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	4	–	10	–	1	.300
Rice ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	14	–	0	.125

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 16, 2020^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team represent Louisiana Tech University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Ruston High's Baseball Stadium and are led by fourth year head coach Lane Burroughs.

On March 12, the Conference USA released an announcement proclaiming the suspension of all spring athletics until "further notice".^[2] This came during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 34–24 overall, and 17–13 in the conference.^[3] The Bulldogs lost their only two games in the C-USA Postseason tournament and were not invited to any other tournament, thus ending their season.^[4]

Preseason

C-USA Coaches poll

The C-USA coaches poll was released on January 29, 2020 with the Bulldogs predicted to finish third in the conference.

Predicted finish	Team	First Place votes
Media poll
1	Southern Miss	6
2	Florida Atlantic	4
3	Louisiana Tech
4	Old Dominion
5	Rice	1
6	FIU	1
7	Western Kentucky
8	UAB
9	UTSA
10	Marshall
11	Charlotte
12	Middle Tennessee

Preseason All-C-USA teams

All-Team

Taylor Young – JR, Infielder

Reference:^[5]

Roster

2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs roster

Pitchers

6 Kyle Griffen – Senior
13 Tyler Follis – Senior
14 Casey Ouellette – Freshman
15 Shemar Page – Junior
16 Ryan Jennings – Junior
20 Cade Gibson – Redshirt Junior
21 Joseph Carbone – Freshman
25 Jarret Whorff – Junior
28 Jason Jaekel – Junior
29 Bryson Bales – Freshman
31 Jack Payne – Freshman
33 Beau Billings – Sophomore
36 Greg Martinez – Freshman
37 Bryce Fagan – Redshirt Senior
40 Seth Traweek – Freshman
47 Jonathan Fincher – Redshirt Sophomore

Catchers

11 Jorge Corona – Freshman
12 Philip Matulia – Sophomore
19 Jackson Slaughter – Freshman
38 Kyle Hasler – Freshman

Outfielders

1 Manny Garcia – Senior
2 Parker Bates – Senior
4 Cole McConnell – Freshman
5 Braden Duhon – Freshman
7 Adarius Myers – Redshirt Freshman
17 Seth White – Redshirt Junior
18 Bryce Wallace – Sophomore
30 Steele Netterville – Junior

Infielders

3 Alex Ray – Junior
8 Taylor Young – Junior
9 Hunter Wells – Redshirt Senior
10 Logan McLeod – Freshman
26 Kyle Crigger – Junior
39 Ben Brantley – Freshman

Coaching staff

2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs coaching staff
Lane Burroughs – Head Coach – 4th year Mike Silva – Associate head coach – 3rd year Mitch Gaspard – Assistant Head Coach/recruiting coordinator – 1st year Matt Miller – Assistant Coach – 1st year Kim Tanner – Administrative Assistant Katie Lunsford – Athletic Trainer Alexa Garcia – Director of player development Brian Walker – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Kent Hasler – Graduate Manager Spence Drake – Student Manager Joe Craighead – Student Manager

Schedule and results

2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball game log

Regular season (11-6)

February (8–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	C-USA record
Feb. 15	at No. 24 Louisiana		M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette, LA	W 2–1	Fincher (1–0)	Moriarty (0–1)	Crigger (1)		5,109	1–0
Feb. 15	vs. Southeastern Louisiana		M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park	W 2–0	Griffen (1–0)	Simanek (0–1)	Billings (1)		457	2–0
Feb. 16	at No. 24 Louisiana		M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park	W 10–0	Whorff (1-0)	Schultz (0-1)	None		4,881	3–0
Feb. 18	at McNeese State		Joe Miller Ballpark Lake Charles, LA	W 7–4	Martinez (1–0)	Hecker (0–1)	Griffen (1)		1,215	4–0
Feb. 21	at Troy		Riddle–Pace Field Troy, AL	L 0–4	Thomas (2–0)	Fincher (1–1)	Johnson (1)		1,399	4–1
Feb. 22	at Troy		Riddle–Pace Field	L 4–7	Oates (2-0)	Crigger (0–1)	Wilkinson (1)		2,053	4–2
Feb. 23	at Troy		Riddle–Pace Field	W 9–0	Whorff (2-0)	Newton (1–1)	None		1,567	5–2
Feb. 26	at No. 11 LSU		Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Baton Rouge, LA	L 1–7	Kaminer (1-0)	Martinez (1-1)	None	SECN+	9,912	5–3
Feb. 28	Maine		Ruston High Baseball Stadium Ruston, LA	W 5–1	Fincher (2–1)	Sinacola (0–3)	None		842	6–3
Feb. 29	Maine		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	W 15–10	Page (1–0)	Pushard (0–2)	None		1,056	7–3
Feb. 29	Maine		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	W 19–0	Traweek (1–0)	Carson (0–2)		1,056	8–3

March (3–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
Mar. 1	Maine		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	W 26–3	Whorff (3–0)	Geoffrion (0-1)	None		734	9–3
Mar. 3	at Sam Houston State		Don Sanders Stadium Huntsville, TX	W 9–3	Ouelette (1–0)	Wesneski (0–1)	None	ESPN+	1,175	10–3
Mar. 4	at Sam Houston State		Don Sanders Stadium	Game canceled
Mar. 6	at Wichita State		Eck Stadium Wichita, KS	L 2–6	Hamilton (2–1)	Fincher (2–2)	None		1,845	10–4
Mar. 7	at Wichita State		Eck Stadium	L 3–5	Bechtel (2–0)	Griffen (1–1)	Gifford (4)		2,113	10–5
Mar. 8	at Wichita State		Eck Stadium	L 9–10	Peters (1-0)	Ouelette (1-1)	None		1,996	10–6
Mar. 10	Southeastern Louisiana		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	W 14–3	Crigger (1–1)	Bozosi (0–1)	None'		785	11-7
Mar. 13	vs. Middle Tennessee		Smith–Wills Stadium Jackson, MS	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 14	vs. Middle Tennessee		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 15	vs. Middle Tennessee		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 17	at Northwestern State		H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field Natchitoches, LA	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 20	at Western Kentucky		Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 21	at Western Kentucky		Nick Denes Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 22	at Western Kentucky		Nick Denes Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 24	at Louisiana		M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 27	vs. Florida Atlantic		Warhawk Field Monroe, LA	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 28	vs. Florida Atlantic		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 29	vs. Florida Atlantic		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Mar. 31	at Southeastern Louisiana		Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field Hammond, LA	Games suspended indefinitely

April (0-0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
Apr. 3	at Marshall		Appalachian Power Park Charleston, WV	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 4	at Marshall		Appalachian Power Park	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 5	at Marshall		Appalachian Power Park	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 7	at Louisiana–Monroe		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 9	vs. Rice		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 10	vs. Rice		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 11	vs. Rice		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 14	vs. Northwestern State		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 17	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field San Antonio, TX	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 18	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 19	at UTSA		Roadrunner Field	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 21	vs. McNeese State		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 24	vs. Old Dominion		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 25	vs. Old Dominion		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 26	vs. Old Dominion		Smith–Wills Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely
Apr. 28	vs. Louisiana		Ruston High Baseball Stadium	Games suspended indefinitely

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
May 1	at UAB		Jerry D. Young Memorial Field Birmingham, AL	Games suspended indefinitely
at UAB		Jerry D. Young Memorial Field	Games suspended indefinitely
May 3	at UAB		Jerry D. Young Memorial Field	Games suspended indefinitely
May 8	at Southern Miss		Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, MS	Games suspended indefinitely
May 9	at Southern Miss		Pete Taylor Park	Games suspended indefinitely
May 10	at Southern Miss		Pete Taylor Park	Games suspended indefinitely
May 12	at Louisiana–Monroe		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely
May 14	vs. FIU		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely
May 15	vs. FIU		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely
May 16	vs. FIU		Warhawk Field	Games suspended indefinitely

Post-season

C-USA Tournament
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SECT Record
May 20–24	TBD		MGM Park Biloxi, MS	Games suspended indefinitely

Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled/Suspended
Bold = Louisiana Tech team member

Schedule Source:^[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

^ "Conference USA baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball.
^ "C-USA shuts down spring sports 'until further notice'". al. March 12, 2020.
^ "2019 Baseball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics.
^ Diaz, Cory. "LA Tech's C-USA tourney blues continue, ousted by Rice to go winless". thenewsstar.com.
^ "BASE: 2020 Preseason Awards". Conference USA.
^ "2020 Baseball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics.

[1] "Conference USA baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball.

[2] "C-USA shuts down spring sports 'until further notice'". al. March 12, 2020.

[3] "2019 Baseball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics.

[4] Diaz, Cory. "LA Tech's C-USA tourney blues continue, ousted by Rice to go winless". thenewsstar.com.

[5] "BASE: 2020 Preseason Awards". Conference USA.

[6] "2020 Baseball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics.

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