On March 12, 2020, 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] On March 13, Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order banning gatherings of over 250 people until as early as April 18, thus ending all possible future 2020 home or in-state games until that time if the season were to continue.[3] Soon after, the Sun Belt cancelled all season and postseason play.
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Cajuns were picked to finish third in the West Division and fourth overall in the conference.[5]
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Referencesedit
^"Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions". sunbeltsports.org.
^"Louisiana schools closed until April 13, halts public gatherings over 250 people". KLFY.
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The 2021 Louisiana Ragin Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season The Ragin Cajuns played their home games at M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park and were led by second year head coach Matt Deggs They were members of the Sun Belt Conference 2021 Louisiana Ragin Cajuns baseballSun Belt Conference West Division championsConferenceSun Belt ConferenceDivisionWest DivisionRecord32 23 13 11 SBC Head coachMatt Deggs 2nd season Assistant coachesAnthony Babineaux Jeremy Talbert Jake WellsHome stadiumM L Tigue Moore Field at Russo ParkSeasons 20202022 2021 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTEast DivisionSouth Alabama x y 15 9 625 36 22 621Georgia Southern 14 10 583 34 23 596Troy 13 11 542 27 26 509Appalachian State 11 10 524 21 31 404Georgia State 12 12 500 18 37 327Coastal Carolina 9 12 429 27 24 529West DivisionLouisiana x 13 11 542 32 23 582UT Arlington 13 11 542 27 30 474Louisiana Monroe 11 13 458 26 26 500Little Rock 11 13 458 21 30 412Arkansas State 10 14 417 19 30 388Texas State 9 15 375 21 36 368x Division champion Tournament championy Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7 2021 1 Rankings from D1Baseball Contents 1 Previous season 2 Preseason 2 1 Signing day recruits 2 2 Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll 2 3 Preseason All Sun Belt Team amp Honors 3 Roster 3 1 Coaching staff 4 Schedule and results 5 Postseason 5 1 Conference accolades 6 Rankings 7 ReferencesPrevious season editOn March 12 2020 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 On March 13 Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards signed an executive order banning gatherings of over 250 people until as early as April 18 thus ending all possible future 2020 home or in state games until that time if the season were to continue 3 Soon after the Sun Belt cancelled all season and postseason play Preseason editSigning day recruits edit 4 Player Hometown Previous TeamPitchersBo Bonds Suwannee Florida Chipola CollegeCole Elkins Fort Wayne Indiana Homestead HSAdam Guth Lake Charles Louisiana Barbe HSAntoine Harris Chalmette Louisiana Mississippi Gulf Coast CCTommy Ray Quincy Illinois John A LoganTony Rossi Sanford Florida State College of FloridaDylan Theut Fulshear Texas Blinn CollegePeyton Zabel Pierre South Dakota Iowa Western CCHittersJack Clark Whitehouse Texas Whitehouse HSKyle DeBarge Lake Charles Louisiana Barbe HSClint Lasiter Benton Louisiana Benton HSMason Zambo Baton Rouge Louisiana Catholic HSSun Belt Conference Coaches Poll edit The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15 2021 and the Cajuns were picked to finish third in the West Division and fourth overall in the conference 5 Coaches poll West Predicted finish Team Votes 1st place 1 Texas State 65 6 2 UT Arlington 58 4 3 Louisiana 52 2 4 Little Rock 335 Louisiana Monroe 276 Arkansas State 13Preseason All Sun Belt Team amp Honors edit Aaron Funk LR Pitcher Jordan Jackson GASO Pitcher Conor Angel LA Pitcher Wyatt Divis UTA Pitcher Lance Johnson TROY Pitcher Caleb Bartolero TROY Catcher William Sullivan TROY 1st Base Luke Drumheller APP 2nd Base Drew Frederic TROY Shortstop Cooper Weiss CCU 3rd Base Ethan Wilson USA Outfielder Parker Chavers CCU Outfielder Rigsby Mosley TROY Outfielder Eilan Merejo GSU Designated Hitter Andrew Beesly ULM Utility Roster edit2021 Louisiana Ragin Cajuns roster Pitchers 2 Connor Cooke Sophomore 15 Jacob Schultz Junior 16 Austin Bradford Senior 17 Conor Angel Junior 27 Austin Perrin Junior 30 David Christie Freshman 31 Conner Wyly Sophomore 32 Spencer Arrighetti Sophomore 34 Hayden Durke Freshman 35 Blake Marshall Sophomore 37 Dane Dixon Redshirt Junior 38 Jason Nelson Junior 40 Will Moriarty Redshirt Sophomore 41 Chipper Menard Freshman 45 Jack Burk Senior 49 Peyton Havard Freshman 51 Jeff Wilson Junior 53 Carter Robinson Junior Catchers 6 Nick Hagedorn Junior 11 Julian Brock Freshman 13 Drake Osborn SeniorInfielders 1 Brett Borgogno Junior 5 Sam Bianco Freshman 7 Kevin Fitzgerald Sophomore 9 Bobby Lada Sophomore 12 Sam Riola Sophomore 18 Anthony Catalano Sophomore 19 Clayton Dean Freshman 24 Josh Cofield Sophomore 26 Jonathan Brandon Redshirt Junior Outfielders 4 Brennan Breaux Senior 10 Alex Hannie Redshirt Sophomore 14 Jamey Richey Sophomore 20 Tyler Robertson Sophomore 21 Connor Kimple Junior 22 Carson Roccaforte Freshman 33 Conor Higgs FreshmanUtility 8 Ben Fitzgerald Junior 44 CJ Willis SophomoreCoaching staff edit 2021 Louisiana Ragin Cajuns coaching staffMatt Deggs Head coach amp Pitching Coach 2nd year Anthony Babineaux Associate head coach and Director of Player and Program Development 27th year Jeremy Talbot Assistant head coach 7th year Jake Wells Assistant head coach Batting coach 3rd year B J Ryan Volunteer assistant Coach 2nd year Chris Domingue Academic amp Camp coordinator 18th year James Lang Assistant director of Athletic Performance for Olympic Sports 2nd year Joey Bearb Clubhouse Manager Carter Munchrath Clubhouse Manager Zackary Crain Clubhouse Manager Aidan Serio Clubhouse Manager Austin Belaire Field Manager Victoria Stringer Student assistantSchedule and results editLegend Louisiana win Louisiana loss Postponement Cancelation SuspensionsBold Louisiana team member2021 Louisiana Ragin Cajuns baseball game logRegular season 30 22 February 6 2 Date Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC recordFeb 19 at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium New Orleans LA L 2 3 10 inn Price 1 0 Wilson 0 1 None ESPN 339 1 0Feb 20 at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium New Orleans LA W 9 8 10 inn Dixon 1 0 Campbell 0 1 Talley 1 ESPN 362 1 1Feb 21 at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium New Orleans LA W 9 7 12 inn Burk 1 0 Price 1 1 None ESPN 369 2 1Feb 23 Louisiana Tech M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 2 0 Arrighetti 1 0 Whorff 0 1 Talley 2 ESPN 795 3 1Feb 24 No 11 LSU M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 2 11 Hellmers 1 0 Cooke 0 2 None ESPN 1 183 3 2Feb 26 Rice M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 7 3 Durke 1 0 Holcomb 0 1 None ESPN 890 4 2Feb 27 Rice M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 5 3 Nelson 1 0 Brogdon 0 1 Arrighetti 1 ESPN 911 5 2Feb 28 Rice M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 6 3 Robinson 1 0 Deskins 0 1 Schultz 1 ESPN 761 6 2March 8 9 Date Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC recordMar 2 at Louisiana Tech J C Love Field at Pat Patterson Park Ruston LA W 7 2 Cooke 1 2 Griffen 0 1 None 387 7 2Mar 3 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark Lake Charles LA L 3 4 Duplechain 1 0 Moriarty 0 1 Reeves 1 402 7 3Mar 5 Houston Baptist M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 5 2 Durke 2 0 Zarella 0 2 None ESPN 737 8 3Mar 6 Houston Baptist M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 4 1 Arrighetti 2 0 Coats 0 2 Schultz 2 ESPN 610 9 3Mar 7 Houston Baptist M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 4 6 11 inns Reitmeyer 1 1 Angel 0 1 Burch 1 ESPN 735 9 4Mar 10 at No 3 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field Polk DeMent Stadium Starkville MS L 0 4 Harding 2 1 Perrin 0 1 None SECN 2 976 9 5Mar 12 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg MS L 4 13 Stanley 2 1 Durke 2 1 None CUSA TV 9 6Mar 13 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg MS L 0 1 Powell 2 0 Arrighetti 2 1 Ramsey 4 CUSA TV 9 7Mar 14 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg MS L 3 6 11 inns Hall 1 1 Schultz 0 1 None CUSA TV 9 8Mar 16 at Nicholls Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E Didier Field Thibodaux LA W 9 8 Cooke 2 2 Theriot 2 2 Bradford 1 733 10 8Mar 19 No 15 TCU M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 7 2 Arrighetti 3 1 Smith 3 1 None ESPN 918 11 8Mar 20 No 15 TCU M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 4 13 Krob 2 0 Durke 2 2 None ESPN 902 11 9Mar 21 No 15 TCU M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 1 5 Ray 1 1 Robinson 1 1 Green 3 ESPN 894 11 10Mar 26 Coastal Carolina M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 9 2 Arrighetti 4 1 VanScoter 2 1 None ESPN 1 004 12 10 1 0Mar 27 Coastal Carolina M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 3 5 Parker 2 1 Menard 0 1 Barrow 1 ESPN 828 12 11 1 1Mar 28 Coastal Carolina M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 5 3 Perrin 1 1 Hopwood 4 1 Cooke 1 ESPN 730 13 11 2 1Mar 29 Coastal Carolina M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 7 0 Burk 2 0 Green 0 1 None 418 14 11April 8 8 Date Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC recordApr 1 at Louisiana Monroe Warhawk Field Monroe LA W 9 5 Arrighetti 5 1 Barnes 1 2 None ESPN 694 15 11 3 1Apr 2 at Louisiana Monroe Warhawk Field Monroe LA W 5 2 Cooke 3 2 Barlow 3 3 Talley 4 ESPN 676 16 11 4 1Apr 3 at Louisiana Monroe Warhawk Field Monroe LA W 11 9 Christie 1 0 Lindsay 1 2 None ESPN 617 17 11 5 1Apr 6 Nicholls M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 3 2 Menard 1 1 Kilcrease 2 3 Durke 1 815 18 11Apr 9 Arkansas State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 10 3 Arrighetti 6 1 Jeans 1 1 Talley 5 ESPN 900 19 11 6 1Apr 10 Arkansas State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 9 0 Cooke 4 2 Nash 1 3 None ESPN 851 20 11 7 1Apr 11 Arkansas State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 11 16 Jumper 1 2 Christie 1 1 Stone 3 782 20 12 7 2Apr 18 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field Mobile AL L 1 4 Lee 3 2 Arrighetti 6 2 Smith 2 ESPN 811 20 13 7 3Apr 19 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field Mobile AL L 2 3 Boyd 2 1 Talley 0 1 Samaniego 5 ESPN 20 14 7 4Apr 19 at South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field Mobile AL L 2 8 Booker 4 0 Durke 2 3 None ESPN 648 20 15 7 5Apr 21 McNeese State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 4 3 Burk 4 0 Abraham 2 1 Schultz 3 ESPN 643 21 15Apr 23 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field Little Rock AR L 2 8 Arnold 6 3 Arrighetti 6 3 Barkley 6 ESPN 256 21 16 7 6Apr 24 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field Little Rock AR L 3 4 10 inns Delgadillo 2 0 Nelson 1 1 None ESPN 490 21 17 7 7Apr 25 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field Little Rock AR W 7 4 Dixon 2 0 Wallner 0 1 Talley 5 ESPN 390 22 17 8 7Apr 27 Louisiana Monroe M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 6 7 Longsworth 1 2 Christie 1 2 Wepf 3 567 22 18Apr 30 Texas State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 3 9 Leigh 4 5 Arrighetti 6 4 None ESPN 887 22 19 8 8May 8 3 Date Opponent Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC recordMay 1 Texas State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 9 0 Cooke 5 2 Wood 2 4 None 826 23 19 9 8May 2 Texas State M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 2 6 Wofford 3 1 Perrin 1 2 None 426 23 20 9 9May 7 North Alabama M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 11 1 Arrighetti 7 4 Davidson 2 6 None ESPN 563 24 20May 8 North Alabama M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 5 2 Cooke 6 2 Best 1 9 Menard 1 ESPN 539 25 20May 9 North Alabama M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 13 3 Burk 4 0 Haberstock 1 4 None ESPN 461 26 20May 11 Southern M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA Game cancelledMay 14 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington TX W 4 3 15 inns Marshall 1 0 Brooks 0 2 Dixon 1 ESPN 314 27 20 10 9May 15 at UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington TX L 2 6 Bullard 7 3 Cooke 6 3 King 3 ESPN 314 27 21 10 10May 16 UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark Arlington TX W 7 4 Marshall 2 0 Logan 1 2 Talley 7 ESPN 314 28 21 11 10May 18 at New Orleans Maestri Field at Privateer Park New Orleans LA Game cancelledMay 20 Troy M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA L 5 6 Gainous 9 4 Arrighetti 7 5 Oates 8 ESPN 460 28 22 11 11May 21 Troy M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 3 2 Cooke 7 3 Ortiz 6 5 Talley 8 ESPN 958 29 22 12 11May 22 Troy M L Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park Lafayette LA W 2 1 Dixon 3 0 Witcher 5 4 Schultz 4 1 227 30 22 13 11Post season 2 1 SBC Tournament 2 1 Date Opponent Seed Rank Site stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament recordMay 26 vs 6W Texas State 1W Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery AL W 12 6 Burk 5 0 Sundgren 0 4 None ESPN 31 22 1 0May 26 vs 4E Appalachian State 1W Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery AL W 7 2 Talley 1 1 Tuthill 4 6 Arrighetti 2 ESPN 32 22 2 0May 29 vs 2E Georgia Southern 1W Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery AL L 2 3 11 inns Thompson 7 1 Arrighetti 8 6 None ESPN 32 23 2 1Schedule Source 6 Rankings are based on the team s current ranking in the D1Baseball poll Postseason editConference accolades edit Player of the Year Mason McWhorter GASO Pitcher of the Year Hayden Arnold LR Freshman of the Year Garrett Gainous TROY Newcomer of the Year Drake Osborn LA Coach of the Year Mark Calvi USAAll Conference First Team Connor Cooke LA Hayden Arnold LR Carlos Tavera UTA Nick Jones GASO Drake Osborn LA Robbie Young APP Luke Drumheller APP Drew Frederic TROY Ben Klutts ARST Mason McWhorter GASO Logan Cerny TROY Ethan Wilson USA Cameron Jones GSU Ben Fitzgerald LA All Conference Second Team JoJo Booker USA Tyler Tuthill APP Jeremy Lee USA Aaron Barkley LR BT Riopelle CCU Dylan Paul UTA Travis Washburn ULM Eric Brown CCU Grant Schulz ULM Tyler Duncan ARST Parker Chavers CCU Josh Smith GSU Andrew Miller UTA Noah Ledford GASO References 7 Rankings editMain article 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked RV Received votes WeekPollPre123456789101112131415FinalCoaches 8 RVRV Baseball America 9 Collegiate Baseball 10 RV NCBWA 11 RVRVRVRV RVRVRV D1Baseball 12 Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week s ranking is inserted in this week s slot References edit Sun Belt Conference baseball standings D1Baseball com Retrieved May 31 2021 Conference Sun Belt Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions sunbeltsports org Louisiana schools closed until April 13 halts public gatherings over 250 people KLFY Louisiana Baseball Announces 2021 Signing Class Louisiana Athletics Retrieved January 25 2021 Conference Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors sunbeltsports org Retrieved February 17 2021 Louisiana Baseball Announces 2021 Schedule Louisiana Athletics Retrieved January 25 2021 Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All Conference Teams amp Postseason Awards sunbeltsports org Retrieved January 5 2022 Baseball Coaches Poll Retrieved February 28 2021 College Baseball Top 25 Rankings baseballamerica com Retrieved February 28 2021 2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls Collegiate Baseball Newspaper baseballnews com Retrieved February 28 2021 NCBWA gt News 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