2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	10–6 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Tony Skole (3rd season);
Hitting coach	Zach Lucas (1st season)
Pitching coach	Blake Cooper (3rd season)
Home stadium	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball team represented The Citadel in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The team was coached by Tony Skole, in his 3rd season at The Citadel.

2020 Southern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Samford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	13	–	2	.867
Wofford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	14	–	3	.824
Mercer ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	13	–	3	.813
East Tennessee State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	12	–	3	.800
UNC Greensboro ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	11	–	5	.688
The Citadel ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	10	–	6	.625
Western Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	8	–	8	.500
Furman ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	8	–	9	.471
VMI ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	4	–	13	.235

‡ – Tournament champion As of March 12, 2020^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The Bulldogs struggled to a 12–43 overall record, just 5–19 in the Southern Conference. They were eliminated in the play-in round of the 2019 Southern Conference baseball tournament by Western Carolina

Personnel

Roster

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff^[2]

Pitchers

6 - Hunter Barbee - Senior
13 - Chace Cooper - Freshman
15 - Cameron Reeves - Sophomore
17 - Shane Connolly - Junior
18 - Lathan Todd - Sophomore
19 - Brandon Mulier - Senior
20 - Zach Taglieri - Senior
24 - Gant Starling - Freshman
28 - Thomas Swafford - Senior
31 - Caleb Speedy - Freshman
33 - Devin Beckley - Junior
37 - Simon Graf - Freshman
40 - Will Barker - Freshman
42 - Austin Blakely - Sophomore

Catchers

4 - Will Bastian - Sophomore
14 - Travis Lott - Freshman

Infielders

0 - Brooks O'Brien - Junior
1 - Tyler Corbitt - Sophomore
10 - Crosby Jones - Freshman
16 - Anthony Badala - Freshman
21 - John Lanier - Freshman
22 - Tilo Skole - Sophomore
23 - Adam Colon - Junior
32 - Noah Mitchell - Freshman

Outfielders

2 - Wesley Lane - Sophomore
3 - Luke Montenery - Freshman
5 - Cam Jensen - Senior
8 - Jeffery Brown - Senior
9 - Lane Botkin - Sophomore
11 - Andrew Judkins - Junior
12 - Ryan McCarthy - Junior
30 - Grant Dowis - Freshman
34 - Cole Simpson - Sophomore
39 - Clay Wilson - Freshman

Utility

25 - Ches Goodman - Sophomore

Coaches

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs baseball coaching staff^[2]
Tony Skole – Head coach – 3rd year Zach Lucas – Assistant coach (hitting/recruiting) – 1st year Blake Cooper – Assistant coach (pitching) – 3rd year Jonathan Sabo – Volunteer assistant coach – 2nd year

Schedule

Legend
	The Citadel win
	The Citadel loss
	Cancellation
Bold	The Citadel team member
*	Non-Conference game

2020 The Citadel Bulldogs Baseball Game Log^[3]

Regular Season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SoCon Record
Feb 14	Coppin State*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 5–1	Connolly (1–0)	Rea (0–1)	None		1–0
Feb 15	Coppin State*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–3	Reeves (1–0)	Canales (0–1)	None	247	2–0
Feb 16	Coppin State*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 15–7	Taglieri (1–0)	Ruffino (0–1)	None	227	3–0
Feb 21	Yale*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 4–3	Connolly (2–0)	Stiegler (0–1)	Starling (1)	165	4–0
Feb 22	Yale*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 10–3	Reeves (2–0)	Walsh (0–1)	None	317	5–0
Feb 23	Yale*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	L 0–9	Handa (1–0)	Goodman (0–1)	None	263	5–1
Feb 25	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Ballpark • North Charleston, SC	W 10–5	Taglieri (2–0)	Yoder (0–3)	Starling (2)	156	6–1
Feb 28	Saint Peter's*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 14–7	Connolly (3–0)	Albunia (0–1)	None	235	7–1
Feb 29	Saint Peter's*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 13–0	Reeves (3–0)	Candelaria (0–1)	None	197	8–1

March
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SoCon Record
Mar 1	Saint Peter's*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 9–0	Todd (1–0)	Lebron (0–2)	None	211	9–1
Mar 3	at USC Upstate*	Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park • Spartanburg, SC	L 3–5	Wheeler (1–1)	Beckley (0–1)	None	192	9–2
Mar 6	Hartford*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	L 0–2	Dombkowski (3–0)	Connolly (3–1)	Nowak (3)	294	9–3
Mar 7	Hartford*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	W 7–0	Reeves (4–0)	Florence (1–2)	None	281	10–3
Mar 8	Hartford*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	L 3–13	Judenis (1–1)	Todd (1–1)	None	275	10–4
Mar 10	at South Carolina*	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	L 1–10	Bosnic (2–0)	Taglieri (2–1)	None	5,623	10–5
Mar 11	VCU*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	L 4–8	Delane (1–2)	Blakely (0–1)	None	217	10–6
Mar 13	Rider*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 14	Rider*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 15	Rider*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 18	Winthrop*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 20	Western Carolina	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 21	Western Carolina	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 22	Western Carolina	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 24	College of Charleston*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 27	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 28	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 29	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 31	at Winthrop*	Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

April
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SoCon Record
Apr 3	Samford	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 4	Samford	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 5	Samford	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 7	USC Upstate*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 9	at VMI	Gray–Minor Stadium • Lexington, VA	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 10	at VMI	Gray–Minor Stadium • Lexington, VA	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 11	at VMI	Gray–Minor Stadium • Lexington, VA	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 14	at College of Charleston*	CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point • Mount Pleasant, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 17	at Wofford	Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 18	at Wofford	Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 19	at Wofford	Russell C. King Field • Spartanburg, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 21	South Carolina*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 24	at Ohio State*	Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 25	at Ohio State*	Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 26	at Ohio State*	Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, OH	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 28	Charleston Southern*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

May
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SoCon Record
May 1	UNC Greensboro	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 2	UNC Greensboro	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 3	UNC Greensboro	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 5	at Clemson*	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 7	at East Tennessee State	Thomas Stadium • Johnson City, TN	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 8	at East Tennessee State	Thomas Stadium • Johnson City, TN	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 10	at East Tennessee State	Thomas Stadium • Johnson City, TN	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 12	Clemson*	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 14	Furman	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 15	Furman	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
May 16	Furman	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Post-Season

SoCon Tournament
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SoConT Record
May 19	TBD	Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

References

^ "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2020 Baseball Roster". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
^ "2020 Baseball Schedule". CitadelSports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[1] "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

[2020roster-2] "2020 Baseball Roster". The Citadel Bulldogs. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

[3] "2020 Baseball Schedule". CitadelSports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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