2020 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team

2020 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	West Division
Record	12–4 (0–0 SBC)
Head coach	Darin Thomas (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Jon Wente Chad Comer
Home stadium	Clay Gould Ballpark
Seasons ←  2019 2021  →

2020 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	6		.647
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	7		.563
Troy  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	8		.529
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			8	–	10		.444
West Division
Texas State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			14	–	4		.778
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	4		.750
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	5		.706
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	8		.529
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			8	–	9		.471
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			7	–	9		.438
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 12, 2020 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mavericks played their home games at Clay Gould Ballpark and were led by thirteenth year head coach Darin Thomas.

On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including baseball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2] Soon after, the Sun Belt cancelled all season and postseason play.

Preseason

Signing Day Recruits

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Player	Hometown	Previous Team
Pitchers
Zach Peters	Joshua, Texas	Joshua HS
Cade Citelli	Prosper, Texas	Prosper HS
Jack Hagan	McKinney, Texas	McKinney Boyd HS
Jackson Blue	The Woodlands, Texas	The Woodlands Christian Academy
Will Thomas	The Woodlands, Texas	The Woodlands HS
Brayden Brooks	Westminster, Colorado	South Mountain CC
Jarod Seals	Haslet, Texas	North Central Texas College
Zach Norris	Paris, Texas	Parish JC
Hitters
Cason Gregory	Cleburne, Texas	Cleburne HS
Sam Crowell	Heath, Texas	Rockwall Heath HS
Zach Henry	Rockwall, Texas	Rockwall HS
JD Wadleigh	Lakewood, Colorado	South Mountain CC
Steven Saunders	Sierra Vista, Arizona	Cochise College
Tad Thompson	Godley, Texas	Weatherford College
Matt Novis	Tempe, Arizona	Yavapai College

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll will be released sometime around January 30, 2020 and the Mavericks were picked to finish first in the West Division and tied for fourth overall in the conference. ^[4]

Coaches poll (West)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	UT Arlington	58 (3)
2	Louisiana	57 (5)
3	Texas State	55 (3)
4	Little Rock	39 (1)
5	Louisiana–Monroe	25
6	Arkansas State	18

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

No players from UT Arlington were chosen.

Roster

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2020 UT Arlington Mavericks roster
	Pitchers 5 Tanner King - Junior 12 Tristan Tom - Redshirt Senior 15 Wyatt Divis - Senior 18 Carlos Tavera - Junior 19 Toby Davis - Senior 22 Michael Wong - Junior 24 David Moffat - Junior 26 Kody Bullard - Redshirt Junior 33 Spencer Sawin - Junior 34 Cade Winquest - Sophomore 35 Ryan Thomas - Junior 40 Jonathan McNair - Freshman 42 Parker Schkade - Redshirt Senior 44 Logan Austin - Redshirt Senior 45 Brennan Smith - Redshirt Sophomore 47 Trevor Hukill - Redshirt Junior 49 Riley Bost - Sophomore 54 Trevor Pruitt - Sophomore		Catchers 17 Sam Gotlieb - Junior 21 Andrew Miller - Senior 25 Joe Terlizzi - Redshirt Freshman Infielders 3 Michael Cavanagh - Sophomore 4 Cameron Dobbs - Redshirt Junior 6 Boone Montgomery - Junior 7 Tyler Rice - Sophomore 13 Josh Minjarez - Redshirt Senior 23 Andrew Keefer - Senior 29 Zac Cook - Senior 36 Justin Marino - Redshirt Sophomore		Outfielders 2 Connor Aube - Senior 16 Anthony Dominguez - Senior 20 David Renning - Junior 28 Phillip Childs - Redshirt Junior Utility 9 Cesar Gomez - Senior 10 Cole Solomon - Redshirt Junior

Coaching staff

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2020 UT Arlington Mavericks coaching staff
Darin Thomas – Head Coach – 13th year Jon Wente – Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator – 6th year Chad Comer – Assistant Head Coach – 1st year Parker Osborne – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year

Schedule and results

Legend
	UT Arlington win
	UT Arlington loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	UT Arlington team member

2020 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball game log
Regular season (12-4)
February (7-3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 14 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 7-0 Tavera (1-0) Gaddis (0-1) Divis (1) 607 1-0 Feb. 15 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 4-1 Bullard (1-0) Thomas (0-1) Gomez (1) 701 2-0 Feb. 16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 3-1 Winquest (1-0) Miller (0-1) Gomez (2) 672 3-0 Feb. 18 at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 0-4 Heaton (1-0) Bost (0-1) None 651 3-1 SFA Tournament Feb. 22 vs. SIU Edwardsville Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX L 1-2 Serwa (2-0) Tavera (1-1) Milam (1) 67 3-2 Feb. 23 vs. SIU Edwardsville Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 3-2 Gomez (1-0) Swanson (0-2) None 78 4-2 Feb. 23 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 10-4 Bullard (2-0) Stobart (0-1) None 271 5-2 Feb. 25 No. 23 Dallas Baptist Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 6-3 Divis (1-0) Heaton (1-1) Gomez (3) 626 6-2 Feb. 28 Utah Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 6-0 Tavera (2-1) Kelly (0-1) None 447 7-2 Feb. 29 Utah Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5-9 Watson (1-1) Bullard (2-1) Schramm (1) 570 7-3
March (5-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 Utah Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 8-1 Moffat (1-0) Giffins (0-1) None 480 8-3 Mar. 3 at No. 22 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 6-4 (12 inn) Austin (1-0) Rudis (0-1) None 3,304 9-3 Mar. 6 UTSA Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 13-7 Tavera (3-1) Foust (3-1) None 553 10-3 Mar. 7 UTSA Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 9-5 Bullard (3-1) Daughety (3-1) Divis (2) 591 11-3 Mar. 8 UTSA Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 1-0 Austin (2-0) Mason (0-2) Gomez (4) 486 12-3 Mar. 10 No. 13 Oklahoma Clay Gould Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 0-3 Bennett (3-0) Winquest (1-1) Ruffcorn (5) 936 12-4 Mar. 13 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 14 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 15 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 17 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 18 vs. Texas Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 20 Georgia State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 21 Georgia State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 22 Georgia State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 24 TCU Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 27 Troy Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 28 Troy Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 29 Troy Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
April (0-0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 3 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 4 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 5 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 7 at TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 9 Arkansas State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 10 Arkansas State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 11 Arkansas State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 14 Abilene Christian Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 17 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 18 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 19 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 21 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 24 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 25 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 26 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 28 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
May (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 Louisiana–Monroe Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 2 Louisiana–Monroe Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 3 Louisiana–Monroe Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 8 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 9 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 10 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 14 Texas State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 15 Texas State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 16 Texas State Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Post-season (0–0)
SBC Tournament (0–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 20 Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL Championship Series suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule source: ^[7]

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

References

1. "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
2. Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions". sunbeltsports.org.
3. "Thomas Announces Recruiting Class". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
4. "Picked To Win West Division". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
5. "2020 Baseball Roster". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
6. "2020 Baseball Roster". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
7. "2020 Baseball Schedule". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved August 25, 2020.