2020 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team

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.

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	First Place votes
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

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.