2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2016
Team:	Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Conference:	Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:	SBC
Coachrank:	19
Record:	43-21
Conf Record:	21-9
Head Coach:	Tony Robichaux
Hc Year:	22nd
Asst Coach1:	Anthony Babineaux
Asst Coach2:	Jeremy Talbot
Stadium:	M. L. Tigue Moore Field
Champion:	Sun Belt Conference Regular season Co-champions Sun Belt Conference Tournament champions Lafayette Regionals Appearance

The 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by twenty-second year head coach Tony Robichaux.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 2, 2016. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt with 117 votes and 8 first-place votes.^[1]

Coaches poll
1	Louisiana-Lafayette	117 (8)
2	South Alabama	111 (3)
3	Texas State	88
4	Troy	81
5	Georgia Southern	76
6	Georgia State	63
7	UT Arlington	57
8	Arkansas State	50
9	Little Rock	35
10	Louisiana-Monroe	29
11	Appalachian State	19

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

• Evan Challenger (GASO, R-JR, Pitcher)
• Gunner Leger (ULL, SO, Pitcher)
• Kevin Hill (USA, R-SR, Pitcher)
• Dylan Moore (ULL, SO, Pitcher)
• Joey Roach (GSU, SR, Catcher)
• Tanner Hill (TXST, SR, 1st Base)
• Stefan Trosclair (ULL, SR, 2nd Base)
• Justin Jones (GSU, SO, Shortstop)
• Tanner Ring (ARST, SR, 3rd Base)
• Ryan Blanton (GSU, JR, Outfield)
• Kyle Clement (ULL, SR, Outfield)
• Cole Billingsley (USA, R-JR, Outfield)
• Danny Martinez (USA, SR, Designated Hitter)
• Cory Geisler (TXST, SR, Utility)

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

Louisiana–Lafayette announced its 2016 baseball schedule on September 15, 2015. The 2016 schedule consisted of 28 home and 28 away games in the regular season, including a trip to Houston to play in one of the toughest college baseball series, the Houston College Classic. The Ragin' Cajuns will host Sun Belts foes Little Rock, Georgia State, Texas State, Appalachian State, and Louisiana-Monroe and will travel to Troy, Arkansas State, Georgia State, UT Arlington, and South Alabama.^[2]

The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested on May 25–29 in San Marcos, Texas, and was hosted by Texas State University.

Legend
	Louisiana-Lafayette win
	Louisiana-Lafayette loss
	Postponement
Bold	Louisiana-Lafayette team member

2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball game log
Regular season (37-19)
February (4-3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 19 No. 6 W 2-1 (10 inn) Moore (1-0) Manning (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,473 1-0 Feb. 20 Sam Houston State No. 6 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-2 Marks (1-0) Nixon (0-1) Harris (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,646 2-0 Feb. 21 Sam Houston State No. 6 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 13–3 Carter (1-0) Brown (0-1) None 4,400 3-0 Feb. 24 No. 6 L 2-6 Clancy (2-0) Guillory (0-1) None None 2,095 3-1 Houston College Classic Feb. 26 No. 6 L 1-7 Howard (2-0) Leger (0-1) None 3–2 Feb. 27 No. 6 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L 3-5 (10 inn) Shetter (1-0) Moore (1-1) None CST/ROOT Sports 3–3 Feb. 28 No. 6 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX W 4-2 Lee (1-0) Fox (0-2) Huval (1) CST/ROOT Sports 6,516 4-3
March (13-6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 7-4 Bacon (1-0) Leone (0-1) Moore (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,212 5–3 Mar. 2 No. 16 L 2-7 Sanders (1-1) Guillory (0-2) None None 1,509 5-4 Mar. 4 No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 8-0 Leger (1-1) Cooksey (0-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,369 6–4 Mar. 5 Sacred Heart No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 9-3 Marks (2-0) Foley (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,285 7-4 Mar. 6 Sacred Heart No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-0 Lee (2-0) Sostarich (0-1) Moore (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,265 8–4 Mar. 8 No. 16 L 3-5 Simms (3-0) Huval (0-1) None CST 2,247 8–5 Mar. 11 No. 16 W 4-2 Huval (1-1) Childress (1-1) Moore (3) None 787 9–5 1-0 Mar. 12 at Troy No. 16 Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL L 1-4 Brown (3-1) Marks (2-1) None None 774 9–6 1-1 Mar. 13 at Troy No. 16 Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 8-3 Lee (3-0) Gill (0-1) Moore (4) None 798 10–6 2–1 Mar. 16 No. 16 W 10-1 Guillory (1-2) Winders (0-2) None None 784 11–6 Mar. 19 No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 15-4 Leger (2-1) Slayton (0-1) Bacon (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,158 12–6 3–1 Mar. 19 Little Rock No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 5-10 Malcom (1-3) Marks (2-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,194 12–7 3-2 Mar. 20 Little Rock No. 16 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-7 Corbett (3-0) Lee (3-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,260 12–8 3-3 Wally Pontiff Classic Mar. 22 No. 29 L 5-8 Cartwright (3-0) Guillory (1-3) None 10,131 12–9 Mar. 24 No. 29 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-2 Moore (2-1) Conley (4-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,023 13–9 4–3 Mar. 25 Georgia State No. 29 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 7-3 Leger (3-1) Habeck (1-1) Huval (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,289 14–9 5–3 Mar. 26 Georgia State No. 29 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-1 Lee (4-1) White (1-1) Moore (5) 4,099 15–9 6-3 Mar. 29 No. 27 W 5-4 Bazar (1-0) Petty (1-1) Moore (6) CST 1,184 16-9
April (12-7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 L 6-7 Zuber (3-2) Leger (3-2) Ring (3) None 407 16-10 6-4 Apr. 2 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 5-2 Marks (3-2) Kirby (0-1) Moore (7) None 535 17-10 7-4 Apr. 3 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 6-1 Lee (5-1) Jackson (0-1) Carter (1) None 400 18-10 8-4 Apr. 5 Northwestern State No. 26 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-0 Guillory (2-3) Stovall (3-3) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,146 19-10 Apr. 8 No. 26 W 6-2 (10 inn) Moore (3-1) Hughes (0-1) None ESPN3 1,211 20-10 9-4 Apr. 9 at Georgia Southern No. 26 J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 2-3 Cohen (3-2) Marks (3-3) Simmons (1) None 1,017 20-11 9-5 Apr. 10 at Georgia Southern No. 26 J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 13-9 Moore (4-1) Yelverton (0-2) None None 771 21-11 10-5 Apr. 12 No. 23 Tulane No. 22 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 9-2 Guillory (3-3) France (2-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,159 22-11 Apr. 13 at New Orleans No. 22 Game Postponed to May 17 due to heavy rains and flooding in New Orleans. Apr. 15 No. 22 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-1 Leger (4-2) Cedotal (4-4) Moore (8) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,460 23-11 Apr. 16 at Southeastern Louisiana No. 22 L 5-16 Sceroler (6-2) Marks (3-4) None CST/ESPN3 1,776 23-12 Apr. 17 at Southeastern Louisiana No. 22 Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA W 5-4 Lee (6-1) Cashman (3-2) Moore (9) CST/ESPN3 1,336 24-12 Apr. 19 Nicholls State No. 20 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-3 Guillory (4-3) Smith (1-3) Carter (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,035 25-12 Apr. 20 McNeese State No. 20 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA Game cancelled due to inclement weather in Lafayette. Game will not be made up. Apr. 22 No. 20 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 5-1 Leger (5-2) Humpal (5-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,163 26–12 11-5 Apr. 23 Texas State No. 20 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-2 Geisler (4-1) Marks (3-5) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,340 26–13 11-6 Apr. 24 Texas State No. 20 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 1-0 Carter (2-0) Pagano (0-1) Moore (10) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,258 27-13 12-6 Apr. 26 No. 14 L 2-7 Winston (5-0) Guillory (4-4) None None 3,645 27–14 Apr. 27 Louisiana Tech No. 14 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 3-6 Baugham (1-0) Carter (2-1) Ahlrich (1) MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,114 27-15 Apr. 30 No. 18 L 1-4 Simmons (8-3) Leger (5-3) Moreland (3) None 576 27–16 12-7 Apr. 30 at UT Arlington No. 18 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 6-4 Carter (3-1) Kuhnel (4-3) Moore (11) None 520 28-16 13-7
May (9-3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at UT Arlington No. 18 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 19-6 Harris (1-0) Wilcox (3-4) None None 636 29-16 14-7 May 6 No. 19 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 7-0 Leger (6-3) Hampton (1-7) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,221 30-16 15-7 May 7 Appalachian State No. 19 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-6 Gorham (3-4) Marks (3-6) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,457 30-17 15-8 May 8 Appalachian State No. 19 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-1 Moore (5-1) Howell (5-2) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,096 31-17 16-8 May 11 No. 21 L 2-3 King (6-3) Guillory (4-5) Hernandez (8) None 622 31-18 May 13 No. 21 L 2-3 Dolloff (3-4) Carter (3-2) None None 2,219 31-19 16-9 May 14 at No. 23 South Alabama No. 21 Eddie Stankey Field • Mobile, AL W 5-4 (11 inn) Moore (6-1) Soleymani (4-3) None None 2,027 32-19 17-9 May 15 at No. 23 South Alabama No. 21 Eddie Stankey Field • Mobile, AL W 6-3 Harris (2-0) Bembnowski (6-2) Carter (3) None 1,656 33-19 18-9 May 17 at New Orleans No. 19 Maestri Field at Privateer Field • New Orleans, LA W 17-3 (7 inn) Marks (4-6) Leone (1-3) None None 478 34-19 May 20 No. 19 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 8-2 Carter (4-2) Bradford (2-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,125 35-19 19-9 May 20 Louisiana–Monroe No. 19 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-5 (11 inn) Huval (2-1) Herrera (1-4) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,264 36-19 20-9 May 21 Louisiana–Monroe No. 19 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-2 Guillory (5-5) Auger (1-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,442 37-19 21-9
Post-season (6-2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 25 vs. Arkansas State No. 17 W 7-4 Carter (5-2) Lee (5-7) None None 1,254 38-19 May 27 vs. Texas State No. 17 Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 4-2 Lee (7-1) Geisler (4-3) Moore (12) None 1,056 39-19 May 28 vs. Arkansas State No. 17 Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 17-10 Huval (3-1) Lee (5-8) Carter (4) None 921 40-19 May 20 vs. Georgia Southern No. 17 Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 5-0 Marks (5-6) Challenger (7-5) Moore (13) ESPN3 961 41-19
(2-2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Lafayette Regionals Jun. 3 No. 14 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 5-3 Carter (6-2) Powers (6-4) Moore (14) ESPN3 3,569 42-19 Jun. 5 No. 14 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 10-3 Leger (7-3) Cloney (6-4) Huval (3) ESPN3 3,638 43-19 Jun. 6 vs. No. 26 Arizona No. 14 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 3-6 Bannister (11-2) Guillory (5-6) Ginkel (3) ESPN3 3,673 43-20 Jun. 6 vs. No. 26 Arizona No. 14 M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-3 Ginkel (4-1) Marks (5-7) Ming (1) ESPN3 3,674 43-21 Schedule Source:^[3] Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cajuns Baseball Tabbed to Win SBC Title.
2. Robichaux Announces 2016 Ragin' Cajuns Baseball Schedule. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Athletics. September 15, 2015. March 18, 2019.
3. Louisiana Releases 2016 Softball Schedule. UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2015. March 18, 2019.