2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team

2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record11–6 (2–1 SLC)
Head coach
Hitting coachBrett Stewart (5th season)
Pitching coachA.J. Battisto (2nd season)
Home stadiumMaestri Field at Privateer Park
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
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 November 24, 2024[1][2]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team represent the University of New Orleans (UNO) during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Privateers play their home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park as a member of the Southland Conference. They are led by head coach Blake Dean, in his 5th season at UNO.

Preseason

SLC media poll

The SLC media poll was released on February 6, 2020 with the Privateers predicted to finish 9th, the position they finished the previous season.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Sam Houston State 276 (17)
2 Central Arkansas 247 (5)
3 McNeese State 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-SLC teams

Along with Abilene Christian, the Privateers were one of only two teams that did not have any players selected by the conference to be part of their all-conference teams.

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Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
UNO		 Alma Mater
Blake Dean Head coach 5 Louisiana State University (2013)
Brett Stewart Assistant coach 5 Appalachian State University (2009)
A.J. Battisto Assistant coach 2 Georgia Southern University (2007)
Ryan Brewer Student Assistant Coach 4 University of New Orleans (2019)
Hezekiah Randolph Volunteer Assistant 1 University of New Orleans (2017)

Reference:[5]

Schedule

Legend
  UNO win
  UNO loss
  Postponement/Cancelation/Suspension
Bold UNO team member
2020 New Orleans Privateers Game Log
Regular season (10–6)
March (4–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SLC record
March 1 UConn Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 2–9 Krauth Holstein (0–2) None 313 7–5 –
March 3 Alcorn State Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 11–0 Poche (1–0) Osborne III None 152 8–5 –
March 6 Nicholls Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 3–4 Kilcrease Turpin (1–1) Taylor 282 8–6 0–1
March 7 Nicholls Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 5–2 Orze (3–0) Theriot Mitchell (1) 492 9–6 1–1
March 8 Nicholls Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 9–1 Kulivan (2–2) Heckman Khachadourian (1) 451 10–6 2–1
March 11 Southern Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 11–5 Poche (2–0) Haensel None 430 11–6 –
March 13 Northwestern State Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 14 Northwestern State Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 15 Northwestern State Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 17 South Alabama Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 20 Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 21 Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 22 Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 25 Jackson State Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 27 Incarnate Word Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 28 Incarnate Word Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
March 29 Incarnate Word Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

All rankings from D1Baseball.

Reference:[6]

References

  1. ^ "2020 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "Southland Conference Standings 2020". DIBaseball. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sam Houston State Repeats as Southland Baseball Preseason Favorite". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "Southland Announces 2020 Preseason All-Conference Baseball Teams". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Baseball Roster". UNO Privateers. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 Baseball Schedule". UNO Privateers. Retrieved February 16, 2020.