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.
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.
Media poll 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 No. 40 FAU Baseball StadiumBoca Raton, FL 8–4 Reese (1–0) Ludman (0–1) None 787 1–0 0-0February 15 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium 9–5 Kostantis (1–0) Silan (0–1) None 718 2–0 0-0February 16 Delaware No. 40 FAU Baseball Stadium 8-25 Ireson (1–0) Wakeley (0–1) None 532 3–0 0-0February 18 FAU Baseball Stadium 6–4 Entenza (1–0) T. Shuck (0–2) Hartigan (1) 620 4–0 0-0February 21 FAU Baseball Stadium 9–8 Entenza (2–0) DiRado (0–1) None 534 5–0 0-0February 22 Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium Postponed (rain) Makeup: February 23 as a doubleheaderFebruary 23 (1) Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 9–4 Reese (2–0) Satriale (0–1) None 598 6–0 0-0February 23 (2) Binghamton FAU Baseball Stadium 11–4 Visconti (1–0) Kopcza (0–1) None 598 7–0 0-0February 28 No. 5 Texas Tech Dick Howser StadiumTallahassee, FL 1–7 Brustoski (1–0) Reese (2–1) None 4,249 7–1 0-0February 28 No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 1–5 Van Eyk (1–0) Josey (0–1) None 4,249 7–2 0-0February 29 No. 9 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 6–16 Anderson (1–0) Waterbor (0–1) Ahearn (1) 5,443 7–3 0-0: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 BeachesWest Palm Beach, FL 3–7 Luethje (2–0) DeGusipe (0–1) None 1,984 7–4 0-0March 4 No. 7 Miami (FL) FAU Baseball Stadium 11–2 Cooley (1–0) McFarlane (1–2) None 1,166 8–4 0-0March 6 FAU Baseball Stadium 4–2 Josey (1–1) Murphy (2–2) Hartigan (2) 501 9–4 0-0March 7 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 7–10 Jacobsak (2–1) Reese (2–2) Dufault (3) 551 9–5 0-0March 8 Northeastern FAU Baseball Stadium 1–6 Keane (3–1) Visconti (1–1) None 464 9–6 0-0March 10 FAU Baseball Stadium 5–0 Entenza (3–0) Shoemaker (0–1) None 549 10–6 0-0March 11 Penn FAU Baseball Stadium Cancelled March 13 Bud Metheny Baseball ComplexNorfolk, VA Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)March 14 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball ComplexMarch 15 Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball ComplexMarch 18 FAU Baseball StadiumMarch 20 FAU Baseball StadiumMarch 21 UAB FAU Baseball StadiumMarch 22 UAB FAU Baseball StadiumMarch 24 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez ParkCoral Gables, FLMarch 27 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson ParkRuston, LAMarch 28 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson ParkMarch 29 Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson ParkMarch 31 John Euliano ParkOrlando, FL April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record April 3 FAU Baseball Stadium Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)April 4 Southern Miss FAU Baseball StadiumApril 5 Southern Miss FAU Baseball StadiumApril 7 UCF FAU Baseball StadiumApril 9 Reese Smith Jr. FieldMurfreesboro, TNApril 10 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. FieldApril 11 Middle Tennessee Reese Smith Jr. FieldApril 15 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez ParkApril 17 FAU Baseball StadiumApril 18 WKU FAU Baseball StadiumApril 19 WKU FAU Baseball StadiumApril 21 Florida McKethan StadiumGainesville, FLApril 24 Infinity Insurance ParkMiami, FLApril 25 FIU Infinity Insurance ParkApril 26 FIU Infinity Insurance ParkApril 28 FAU Baseball Stadium May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 1 FAU Baseball Stadium Canceled (COVID-19 pandemic)May 2 UTSA FAU Baseball StadiumMay 3 UTSA FAU Baseball StadiumMay 5 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson StadiumFort Myers, FLMay 8 Reckling ParkHouston, TXMay 9 Rice Reckling ParkMay 10 Rice Reckling ParkMay 14 Charlotte FAU Baseball StadiumMay 15 Charlotte FAU Baseball StadiumMay 16 Charlotte FAU Baseball Stadium Legend: = Win = Loss = CancelledBold = Florida Atlantic team member Schedule source:
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 StaffJohn 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
Awards
Weekly awards Mitchell Hartigan C-USA Co-Hitter of the Week February 24, 2020
References