2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball team

2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball
2020 New Orleans Privateers baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	11–6 (2–1 SLC)
Head coach	Blake Dean (5th season);
Hitting coach	Brett Stewart (5th season)
Pitching coach	A.J. Battisto (2nd season)
Home stadium	Maestri Field at Privateer Park
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Southland Conference baseball standings
v t e	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 December 27, 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]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll
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.

Reference:^[4]

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)

February (7–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
February 14	Southern		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	3–9	Snyder	Kulivan (0–1)	None	339	0–1	–
February 15	Grambling State		Wesley Barrow • New Orleans, LA	1–5	Delgado	Holstein (0–1)	None	327	0–2	–
February 16	Prairie View A&M		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	10–2	Mitchell (1–0)	Warren	None	213	1–2	–
February 18	Southern Miss		Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	5–6	Stanley	Kulivan (0–2)	None	3,314	1–3	–
February 21	Arkansas State		Tomlinson Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	5–4	DeMayo (1–0)	Stone	Kulivan (1)	243	2–3	–
February 22	Arkansas State		Tomlinson Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	11–0	Orze (1–0)	Jackson	None	327	3–3	–
February 23	Arkansas State		Tomlinson Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	2–1	Kulivan (1–2)	Jumper	Lamkin (1)	124	4–3	–
February 25	South Alabama		Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL	0–5	Boswell	DeMayo (1–1)	None	1,006	4–4	–
February 26	Tulane		Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	10–0	Mitchell (2–0)	Holcomb	None	1,486	5–4	–
February 28	UConn		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	8–3	Turpin (1–0)	Lucas	None	228	6–4	–
February 29	UConn		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	17–8	Orze (2–0)	Dunlop	None	498	7–4	–

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

April (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
April 1	Alcorn State		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 3	Southeastern LA		Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 4	Southeastern LA		Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 5	Southeastern LA		Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 7	at Jackson State		Braddy Field • Jackson, MS	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 9	McNeese State		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 10	McNeese State		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 11	McNeese State		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 14	Southern		Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 15	Tulane		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 17	VCU		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 18	VCU		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 19	VCU		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 21	Tulane		Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 24	Lamar		Cardinal Field • Beaumont, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 25	Lamar		Cardinal Field • Beaumont, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 26	Lamar		Cardinal Field • Beaumont, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
April 28	Southern Miss		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SLC record
May 1	Houston Baptist		Husky Field • Houston, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 2	Houston Baptist		Husky Field • Houston, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 3	Houston Baptist		Husky Field • Houston, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 8	Stephen F. Austin		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 9	Stephen F. Austin		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 10	Stephen F. Austin		Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 12	LSU		Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 14	Abilene Christian		Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 15	Abilene Christian		Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
May 16	Abilene Christian		Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX	Game canceled by the SLC in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

All rankings from D1Baseball.

Reference:^[6]

References

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

[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.

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