2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team

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2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
The Citadel Wordmark.png
Conference Southern Conference
Record10–6 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Hitting coachZach Lucas (1st season)
Pitching coachBlake Cooper (3rd season)
Home stadium Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Samford  00 132 .867
Wofford  00 143 .824
Mercer  00 133 .813
East Tennessee State  00 123 .800
UNC Greensboro  00 115 .688
The Citadel  00 106 .625
Western Carolina  00 88 .500
Furman  00 89 .471
VMI  00 413 .235
Tournament champion
As of March 12, 2020 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represents The Citadel in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The team is coached by Tony Skole, in his 3rd season at The Citadel.

Contents

Previous season

The Bulldogs struggled to a 12–43 overall record, just 5–19 in the Southern Conference. They were eliminated in the play-in round of the 2019 Southern Conference baseball tournament by Western Carolina

Personnel

Roster

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 - Hunter Barbee - Senior
  • 13 - Chace Cooper - Freshman
  • 15 - Cameron Reeves - Sophomore
  • 17 - Shane Connolly - Junior
  • 18 - Lathan Todd - Sophomore
  • 19 - Brandon Mulier - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 20 - Zach Taglieri - Senior
  • 24 - Gant Starling - Freshman
  • 28 - Thomas Swafford - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 31 - Caleb Speedy - Freshman
  • 33 - Devin Beckley - Junior
  • 37 - Simon Graf - Freshman
  • 40 - Will Barker - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 42 - Austin Blakely - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 4 - Will Bastian - Sophomore
  • 14 - Travis Lott - Freshman

Infielders

  • 0 - Brooks O'Brien - Junior
  • 1 - Tyler Corbitt - Sophomore
  • 10 - Crosby Jones - Freshman
  • 16 - Anthony Badala - Freshman
  • 21 - John Lanier - Freshman
  • 22 - Tilo Skole - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 23 - Adam Colon - Junior
  • 32 - Noah Mitchell - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 2 - Wesley Lane - Sophomore
  • 3 - Luke Montenery - Freshman
  • 5 - Cam Jensen - Senior
  • 8 - Jeffery Brown - Senior
  • 9 - Lane Botkin - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 11 - Andrew Judkins - Junior
  • 12 - Ryan McCarthy - Junior
  • 30 - Grant Dowis - Freshman
  • 34 - Cole Simpson - Sophomore
  • 39 - Clay Wilson - Freshman

Utility

  • 25 - Ches Goodman - Sophomore

Coaches

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff [2]
  • Tony Skole – Head coach – 3rd year
  • Zach Lucas – Assistant coach (hitting/recruiting) – 1st year
  • Blake Cooper – Assistant coach (pitching) – 3rd year
  • Jonathan Sabo – Volunteer assistant coach – 2nd year

Schedule

Legend
 The Citadel win
 The Citadel loss
 Cancellation
BoldThe Citadel team member
*Non-Conference game
2020 The Citadel Bulldogs Baseball Game Log [3]
Regular Season
Post-Season

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References

  1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "2020 Baseball Roster". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  3. "2020 Baseball Schedule". CitadelSports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.