American college baseball season
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 [ edit ] Signing Day Recruits [ edit ] [3]
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] No players from UT Arlington were chosen.
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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 [ edit ] [6]
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 [ edit ] 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)
Schedule Source: [7] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
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