2020 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team
{{short description|American college baseball season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
|mode = baseball
|year = 2020
|team = Florida Atlantic Owls
|logo = Florida Atlantic Owls baseball logo.svg
|logo_size = 150
|conference = Conference USA
|division =
|short_conf = C-USA
|CoachRank =
|APRank =
|record = 10-6
|conf_record = 0-0
|head_coach = John McCormack
|hit_coach =
|pitch_coach =
|stadium = FAU Baseball Stadium
|champion =
|bowl =
|bowl_result =
}}
{{2020 Conference USA baseball standings}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://fausports.com/news/2020/3/16/general-conference-usa-cancels-spring-sport-competition.aspx |title=Conference USA Cancels Spring Sport Competition |date=March 16, 2020 |publisher=Florida Atlantic University Athletics }}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2020/1/29/baseball-base-2020-preseason-awards.aspx?path=baseball|title = BASE: 2020 Preseason Awards}}
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|align="center" Colspan="3" |Media poll | ||
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Florida Atlantic Owls|Predicted finish|Team|1st Place Votes}} | ||
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| 1 | Southern Miss | 6 |
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| 2 | Florida Atlantic | 4 |
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| 3 | Louisiana Tech | - |
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| 4 | Old Dominion | - |
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| 5 | Rice | 1 |
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| 6 | FIU | 1 |
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| 7 | WKU | - |
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| 8 | UAB | - |
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| 9 | UTSA | - |
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| 10 | Marshall | - |
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| 11 | Charlotte | - |
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| 12 | Middle Tennessee | - |
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Schedule and results
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colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|color=white|Florida Atlantic Owls}}" | Regular Season | ||||||||||
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! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Attendance ! Overall record ! C-USA record | ||||||||||
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|February 14 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|title=Delaware}} | No. 40 | FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL | 8–4 | Reese (1–0) | Ludman (0–1) | None | 787 | 1–0 | 0-0 |
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|February 15 | Delaware | No. 40 | FAU Baseball Stadium | 9–5 | Kostantis (1–0) | Silan (0–1) | None | 718 | 2–0 | 0-0 |
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|February 16 | Delaware | No. 40 | FAU Baseball Stadium | 8-25 {{ref|February 16|[a]}} | Ireson (1–0) | Wakeley (0–1) | None | 532 | 3–0 | 0-0 |
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|February 18 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Florida Gulf Coast Eagles|title=Florida Gulf Coast}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | 6–4 | Entenza (1–0) | T. Shuck (0–2) | Hartigan (1) | 620 | 4–0 | 0-0 | |
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|February 21 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Binghamton Bearcats|title=Binghamton}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | 9–8 | Entenza (2–0) | DiRado (0–1) | None | 534 | 5–0 | 0-0 | |
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|February 22 | Binghamton | FAU Baseball Stadium | colspan=7| Postponed (rain) Makeup: February 23 as a doubleheader{{cite web |url=https://fausports.com/news/2020/2/22/baseballs-saturday-game-postponed-rescheduled-as-part-of-sunday-doubleheader.aspx |title=Baseball's Saturday Game Postponed; Rescheduled as Part of Sunday Doubleheader |date=February 22, 2020 |publisher=Florida Atlantic University Athletics }} | |||||||
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|February 23 (1) | Binghamton | FAU Baseball Stadium | 9–4 | Reese (2–0) | Satriale (0–1) | None | 598 | 6–0 | 0-0 | |
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|February 23 (2) | Binghamton | FAU Baseball Stadium | 11–4 | Visconti (1–0) | Kopcza (0–1) | None | 598 | 7–0 | 0-0 | |
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|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 | |
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|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 | |
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|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 |
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! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! Attendance ! Overall record ! C-USA record | ||||||||||
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|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 | |
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|March 4 | No. 7 Miami (FL) | FAU Baseball Stadium | 11–2 | Cooley (1–0) | McFarlane (1–2) | None | 1,166 | 8–4 | 0-0 | |
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|March 6 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | 4–2 | Josey (1–1) | Murphy (2–2) | Hartigan (2) | 501 | 9–4 | 0-0 | |
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|March 7 | Northeastern | FAU Baseball Stadium | 7–10 | Jacobsak (2–1) | Reese (2–2) | Dufault (3) | 551 | 9–5 | 0-0 | |
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|March 8 | Northeastern | FAU Baseball Stadium | 1–6 | Keane (3–1) | Visconti (1–1) | None | 464 | 9–6 | 0-0 | |
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|March 10 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Penn Quakers|title=Penn}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | 5–0 | Entenza (3–0) | Shoemaker (0–1) | None | 549 | 10–6 | 0-0 | |
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|March 11 | Penn | FAU Baseball Stadium | colspan=7| Cancelled {{cite web |url=https://fausports.com/news/2020/3/11/baseballs-finale-against-penn-canceled.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0oG_d9efkY4HHVsciG8fL76VnlTG2R3XwCy1_nih-z0mt8iggsAIIAeFI |title=Baseball's Finale against Penn Canceled |date=March 11, 2020 |publisher=Florida Atlantic University Athletics }} | |||||||
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|March 13 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Old Dominion Monarchs|title=Old Dominion}} | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex Norfolk, VA | rowspan=12 colspan=7| Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic){{cite web |url=https://fausports.com/news/2020/3/12/baseball-competition-has-been-suspended.aspx |title=Competition Has Been Suspended |date=March 12, 2020 |publisher=Florida Atlantic University Athletics }} | |||||||
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|March 14 | Old Dominion | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex | ||||||||
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|March 15 | Old Dominion | Bud Metheny Baseball Complex | ||||||||
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|March 18 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Marist Red Foxes|title=Marist}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||||||||
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|March 20 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=UAB Blazers|title=UAB}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||||||||
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|March 21 | UAB | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||||||||
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|March 22 | UAB | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||||||||
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|March 24 | Miami (FL) | Alex Rodriguez Park Coral Gables, FL | ||||||||
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|March 27 | Louisiana Tech | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park Ruston, LA | ||||||||
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|March 28 | Louisiana Tech | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park | ||||||||
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|March 29 | Louisiana Tech | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park | ||||||||
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|March 31 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=UCF Knights|title=UCF}} | John Euliano Park Orlando, FL |
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|April 3 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Southern Miss Golden Eagles|title=Southern Miss}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | rowspan=16 colspan=7| Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) | |
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|April 4 | Southern Miss | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|April 5 | Southern Miss | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|April 7 | UCF | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|April 9 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|title=Middle Tennessee}} | Reese Smith Jr. Field Murfreesboro, TN | ||
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|April 10 | Middle Tennessee | Reese Smith Jr. Field | ||
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|April 11 | Middle Tennessee | Reese Smith Jr. Field | ||
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|April 15 | Miami (FL) | Alex Rodriguez Park | ||
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|April 17 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Western Kentucky Hilltoppers|title=WKU}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|April 18 | WKU | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|April 19 | WKU | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|April 21 | Florida | McKethan Stadium Gainesville, FL | ||
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|April 24 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=FIU Panthers|title=FIU}} | Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL | ||
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|April 25 | FIU | Infinity Insurance Park | ||
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|April 26 | FIU | Infinity Insurance Park | ||
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|April 28 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Bethune–Cookman Wildcats|title=Bethune–Cookman}} | FAU Baseball Stadium |
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! colspan=11 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|color=white|Florida Atlantic Owls}}" | May | ||||
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|May 1 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=UTSA Roadrunners|title=UTSA}} | FAU Baseball Stadium | rowspan=10 colspan=7| Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic) | |
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|May 2 | UTSA | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|May 3 | UTSA | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|May 5 | Florida Gulf Coast | Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL | ||
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|May 8 | {{CBSB link|year=2020|team=Rice Owls|title=Rice}} | Reckling Park Houston, TX | ||
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|May 9 | Rice | Reckling Park | ||
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|May 10 | Rice | Reckling Park | ||
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|May 14 | Charlotte | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|May 15 | Charlotte | FAU Baseball Stadium | ||
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|May 16 | Charlotte | FAU Baseball Stadium |
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! colspan=9 | Legend: {{Color box|#ddffdd|border=darkgray}} = Win {{Color box|#ffdddd|border=darkgray}} = Loss {{Color box|#bbbbbb|border=darkgray}} = Cancelled
Bold = Florida Atlantic team member
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Roster
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- 2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore
- 12 - Corey Ireson - Junior
- 14 - Zach Asnes - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 15 - Brycen Allen - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior
- 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore
- 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore
- 22 - Jackson Vescelus - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman
- 27 - Dylan O'Connell - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore
- 30 - Michael Schuler - Sophomore
- 31 - Dylan Carter - Senior
- 34 - Ryan Sandberg - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior
- 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman
- 38 - Matt Sparling - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman
- 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman
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- 25 - Tucker Mitchell - Freshman
- 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore
- 1 - Cade Parker - Freshman
- 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior
- 5 - Garrett Evans - File:Redshirt.svg Freshman
- 6 - Francisco Urbaez - Senior
- 7 - Alex Arauz - Junior
- 8 - Andru Summerall - File:Redshirt.svg Junior
- 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore
- 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman
- 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior
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- 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior
- 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior
- 17 - Charlie Concannon - Graduate Student
- 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman
- 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore
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Coaching staff
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Rankings
{{main|2020 NCAA Division I baseball rankings}}
{{NCAA Division I baseball rankings
| year = {{date|year}}
| finalpollweek = 5
| coaches_ref = [http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/ Baseball Coaches Poll]
| ba_ref = [http://www.baseballamerica.com/tag/top-25/ Baseball America College: Top 25]
| collegiate_ref = [http://baseballnews.com/2019-collegiate-baseball-polls/ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper]
| ncbwa_ref = [http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/poll/ NCBWA Division I poll]
| d1b_ref = [https://d1baseball.com/category/rankings/ D1 Baseball]
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| ba_pre = NR
| collegiate_pre = 40
| ncbwa_pre = RV
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| ncbwa_1 = RV
| d1b_1 = NR
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| ncbwa_2 = RV
| d1b_2 = NR
| coaches_3 = NR
| ba_3 = NR
| collegiate_3 = NR
| ncbwa_3 = RV
| d1b_3 = NR
| coaches_4 = NR
| ba_4 = NR
| collegiate_4 = NR
| ncbwa_4 = NR
| d1b_4 = NR
| coaches_5 = NR
| ba_5 = NR
| collegiate_5 = NR
| ncbwa_5 = NR
| d1b_5 = NR
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Awards
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|+ style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida Atlantic Owls|border=0|color=white}}” | Weekly awards |
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Mitchell Hartigan
| C-USA Co-Hitter of the Week | February 24, 2020 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Florida Atlantic Owls baseball navbox}}
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