2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball
ConferenceConference USA
Record10-6 (0-0 C-USA)
Head coach
Home stadiumFAU Baseball Stadium
2020 Conference USA baseball standings
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
 ‍‍‍ 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 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2020 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton, Florida, campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his eleventh season at Florida Atlantic. On March 16, 2020, the Conference USA announced that all spring sport competition and championships, including baseball, have been cancelled.[2]

Previous season

The 2019 Owls finished 41–21 overall, and 22–8 in the conference. They lost in the Athens Regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA pre poll was released on January 29, 2020 with the Owls predicted to finish in second place.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team 1st Place Votes
1 Southern Miss 6
2 Florida Atlantic 4
3 Louisiana Tech -
4 Old Dominion -
5 Rice 1
6 FIU 1
7 WKU -
8 UAB -
9 UTSA -
10 Marshall -
11 Charlotte -
12 Middle Tennessee -

Schedule and results

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record
February 14 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium
Boca Raton, FL		 8–4 Reese (1–0) Ludman (0–1) None 787 1–0 0-0
February 15 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium 9–5 Kostantis (1–0) Silan (0–1) None 718 2–0 0-0
February 16 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium 8-25 [a] Ireson (1–0) Wakeley (0–1) None 532 3–0 0-0
February 18 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium 6–4 Entenza (1–0) T. Shuck (0–2) Hartigan (1) 620 4–0 0-0
February 21 Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 9–8 Entenza (2–0) DiRado (0–1) None 534 5–0 0-0
February 22 Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium Postponed (rain) Makeup: February 23 as a doubleheader[4]
February 23 (1) Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 9–4 Reese (2–0) Satriale (0–1) None 598 6–0 0-0
February 23 (2) Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 11–4 Visconti (1–0) Kopcza (0–1) None 598 7–0 0-0
February 28 No. 5 Texas Tech Dick Howser Stadium
Tallahassee, FL		 1–7 Brustoski (1–0) Reese (2–1) None 4,249 7–1 0-0
February 28 No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 1–5 Van Eyk (1–0) Josey (0–1) None 4,249 7–2 0-0
February 29 No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 6–16 Anderson (1–0) Waterbor (0–1) Ahearn (1) 5,443 7–3 0-0
:^[a] Shortened due to rain
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record
March 3 No. 1 Florida FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches
West Palm Beach, FL		 3–7 Luethje (2–0) DeGusipe (0–1) None 1,984 7–4 0-0
March 4 No. 7 Miami (FL) FAU Baseball Stadium 11–2 Cooley (1–0) McFarlane (1–2) None 1,166 8–4 0-0
March 6 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 4–2 Josey (1–1) Murphy (2–2) Hartigan (2) 501 9–4 0-0
March 7 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 7–10 Jacobsak (2–1) Reese (2–2) Dufault (3) 551 9–5 0-0
March 8 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 1–6 Keane (3–1) Visconti (1–1) None 464 9–6 0-0
March 10 Penn FAU Baseball Stadium 5–0 Entenza (3–0) Shoemaker (0–1) None 549 10–6 0-0
March 11 Penn FAU Baseball Stadium Cancelled [5]
March 13 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex
Norfolk, VA		 Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)[6]
March 14 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex
March 15 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex
March 18 Marist FAU Baseball Stadium
March 20 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium
March 21 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium
March 22 UAB FAU Baseball Stadium
March 24 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park
Coral Gables, FL
March 27 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
Ruston, LA
March 28 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
March 29 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
March 31 UCF John Euliano Park
Orlando, FL
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record
April 3 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
April 4 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium
April 5 Southern Miss FAU Baseball Stadium
April 7 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium
April 9 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field
Murfreesboro, TN
April 10 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field
April 11 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. Field
April 15 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park
April 17 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium
April 18 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium
April 19 WKU FAU Baseball Stadium
April 21 Florida McKethan Stadium
Gainesville, FL
April 24 FIU Infinity Insurance Park
Miami, FL
April 25 FIU Infinity Insurance Park
April 26 FIU Infinity Insurance Park
April 28 Bethune–Cookman FAU Baseball Stadium
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record
May 1 UTSA FAU Baseball Stadium Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)
May 2 UTSA FAU Baseball Stadium
May 3 UTSA FAU Baseball Stadium
May 5 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium
Fort Myers, FL
May 8 Rice Reckling Park
Houston, TX
May 9 Rice Reckling Park
May 10 Rice Reckling Park
May 14 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium
May 15 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium
May 16 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Cancelled
Bold = Florida Atlantic team member
Schedule Source:[7]

Roster

2020 Florida Atlantic Owls roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore
  • 12 - Corey Ireson - Junior
  • 14 - Zach Asnes - Junior
  • 15 - Brycen Allen - Junior
  • 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior
  • 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore
  • 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore
  • 22 - Jackson Vescelus - Junior
  • 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman
  • 27 - Dylan O'Connell - Junior
  • 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore
  • 30 - Michael Schuler - Sophomore
  • 31 - Dylan Carter - Senior
  • 34 - Ryan Sandberg - Junior
  • 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior
  • 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman
  • 38 - Matt Sparling - Junior
  • 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman
  • 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 25 - Tucker Mitchell - Freshman
  • 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 1 - Cade Parker - Freshman
  • 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior
  • 5 - Garrett Evans - Freshman
  • 6 - Francisco Urbaez - Senior
  • 7 - Alex Arauz - Junior
  • 8 - Andru Summerall - Junior
  • 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore
  • 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman
  • 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior
  

Outfielders

  • 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior
  • 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior
  • 17 - Charlie Concannon - Graduate Student
  • 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman
  • 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore

Coaching staff

Coaching Staff
  • John McCormack - Head Coach - 12th year
  • Greg Mamula - Hitting Coach - 5th year
  • David Kopp - Pitching Coach - 3rd year
  • Tristan McGinnis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1st year
  • Gunnar Lambert - Graduate Manager - 1st year

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234Final
Coaches'[8]RVRV*———
Baseball America[9]——————
Collegiate Baseball^[10]40—————
NCBWA†[11]RVRVRVRV——
D1Baseball[12]——————

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Conference USA baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball.
  2. ^ "Conference USA Cancels Spring Sport Competition". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "BASE: 2020 Preseason Awards".
  4. ^ "Baseball's Saturday Game Postponed; Rescheduled as Part of Sunday Doubleheader". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "Baseball's Finale against Penn Canceled". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "Competition Has Been Suspended". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Baseball Unveils 2020 Schedule" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Athletics. November 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  9. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  10. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  11. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  12. ^ D1 Baseball
  13. ^ "Baseball's Hartigan Earns C-USA Weekly Honor". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 24, 2020.
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