2021 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team explained
Mode: | baseball |
Year: | 2021 |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Team: | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Division: | West Division |
Short Conf: | SBC |
Record: | 32–23 |
Conf Record: | 13–11 |
Head Coach: | Matt Deggs |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach1: | Anthony Babineaux |
Asst Coach2: | Jeremy Talbert |
Asst Coach3: | Jake Wells |
Stadium: | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park |
Champion: | Sun Belt Conference West Division champions |
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.
Previous season
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.[1] 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.[2] Soon after, the Sun Belt cancelled all season and postseason play.
Preseason
Signing-day recruits
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Pitchers |
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Bo Bonds | Suwannee, Florida | Chipola College |
Cole Elkins | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Homestead HS |
Adam Guth | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Barbe HS |
Antoine Harris | Chalmette, Louisiana | Mississippi Gulf Coast CC |
Tommy Ray | Quincy, Illinois | John A. Logan |
Tony Rossi | Sanford, Florida | State College of Florida |
Dylan Theut | Fulshear, Texas | Blinn College |
Peyton Zabel | Pierre, South Dakota | Iowa Western CC |
Hitters |
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Jack Clark | Whitehouse, Texas | Whitehouse HS |
Kyle DeBarge | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Barbe HS |
Clint Lasiter | Benton, Louisiana | Benton HS |
Mason Zambo | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Catholic HS | |
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
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.[4]
Coaches poll (West) |
1 | Texas State | 65 (6) |
2 | UT Arlington | 58 (4) |
3 | Louisiana | 52 (2) |
4 | Little Rock | 33 |
5 | Louisiana–Monroe | 27 |
6 | Arkansas State | 13 |
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Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors
- 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
Coaching staff
Schedule and results
Legend |
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| Louisiana win |
| Louisiana loss |
| Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
Bold | Louisiana team member | |
2021 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball game log |
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Regular season (30-22) |
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February (6-2) |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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Feb. 19 | at | | | L 2-3 (10 inn.) | Price (1-0) | Wilson (0-1) | None | | 339 | 1-0 | | Feb. 20 | at Tulane | | Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 9-8 (10 inn) | Dixon (1-0) | Campbell (0-1) | Talley (1) | | 362 | 1-1 | | Feb. 21 | at Tulane | | Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA | W 9-7 (12 inn) | Burk (1-0) | Price (1-1) | None | | 369 | 2-1 | | Feb. 23 | | | | W 2-0 | Arrighetti (1-0) | Whorff (0-1) | Talley (2) | | 795 | 3-1 | | Feb. 24 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | L 2-11 | Hellmers (1-0) | Cooke (0-2) | None | | 1,183 | 3-2 | | Feb. 26 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 7-3 | Durke (1-0) | Holcomb (0-1) | None | | 890 | 4-2 | | Feb. 27 | Rice | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 5-3 | Nelson (1-0) | Brogdon (0-1) | Arrighetti (1) | | 911 | 5-2 | | Feb. 28 | Rice | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 6-3 | Robinson (1-0) | Deskins (0-1) | Schultz (1) | | 761 | 6-2 | | |
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March (8-9) |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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Mar. 2 | at Louisiana Tech | | | W 7-2 | Cooke (1-2) | Griffen (0-1) | None | | 387 | 7-2 | | Mar. 3 | | | | L 3-4 | Duplechain (1-0) | Moriarty (0-1) | Reeves (1) | | 402 | 7-3 | | Mar. 5 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 5-2 | Durke (2-0) | Zarella (0-2) | None | | 737 | 8-3 | | Mar. 6 | Houston Baptist | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 4-1 | Arrighetti (2-0) | Coats (0-2) | Schultz (2) | | 610 | 9-3 | | Mar. 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) | | 735 | 9-4 | | Mar. 10 | | | | L 0-4 | Harding (2-1) | Perrin (0-1) | None | | 2,976 | 9-5 | | Mar. 12 | | | | L 4-13 | Stanley (2-1) | Durke (2-1) | None | CUSA.TV | | 9-6 | | Mar. 13 | at Southern Miss | | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | L 0-1 | Powell (2-0) | Arrighetti (2-1) | Ramsey (4) | CUSA.TV | | 9-7 | | Mar. 14 | at Southern Miss | | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | L 3-6 (11 inns) | Hall (1-1) | Schultz (0-1) | None | CUSA.TV | | 9-8 | | Mar. 16 | | | | W 9-8 | Cooke (2-2) | Theriot (2-2) | Bradford (1) | | 733 | 10-8 | | Mar. 19 | No. 15 TCU | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 7-2 | Arrighetti (3-1) | Smith (3-1) | None | | 918 | 11-8 | | Mar. 20 | No. 15 TCU | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | L 4-13 | Krob (2-0) | Durke (2-2) | None | | 902 | 11-9 | | Mar. 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) | | 894 | 11-10 | | Mar. 26 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 9-2 | Arrighetti (4-1) | VanScoter (2-1) | None | | 1,004 | 12-10 | 1-0 | Mar. 27 | Coastal Carolina | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | L 3-5 | Parker (2-1) | Menard (0-1) | Barrow (1) | | 828 | 12-11 | 1-1 | Mar. 28 | Coastal Carolina | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 5-3 | Perrin (1-1) | Hopwood (4-1) | Cooke (1) | | 730 | 13-11 | 2-1 | Mar. 29 | Coastal Carolina | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 7-0 | Burk (2-0) | Green (0-1) | None | | 418 | 14-11 | | |
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April (8-8) |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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Apr. 1 | | | | W 9-5 | Arrighetti (5-1) | Barnes (1-2) | None | | 694 | 15-11 | 3-1 | Apr. 2 | at Louisiana–Monroe | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5-2 | Cooke (3-2) | Barlow (3-3) | Talley (4) | | 676 | 16-11 | 4-1 | Apr. 3 | at Louisiana–Monroe | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 11-9 | Christie (1-0) | Lindsay (1-2) | None | | 617 | 17-11 | 5-1 | Apr. 6 | Nicholls | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 3-2 | Menard (1-1) | Kilcrease (2-3) | Durke (1) | | 815 | 18-11 | | Apr. 9 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 10-3 | Arrighetti (6-1) | Jeans (1-1) | Talley (5) | | 900 | 19-11 | 6-1 | Apr. 10 | Arkansas State | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 9-0 | Cooke (4-2) | Nash (1-3) | None | | 851 | 20-11 | 7-1 | Apr. 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 | 7-2 | Apr. 18 | | | | L 1-4 | Lee (3-2) | Arrighetti (6-2) | Smith (2) | | 811 | 20-13 | 7-3 | Apr. 19 | at South Alabama | | Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL | L 2-3 | Boyd (2-1) | Talley (0-1) | Samaniego (5) | | | 20-14 | 7-4 | Apr. 19 | at South Alabama | | Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL | L 2-8 | Booker (4-0) | Durke (2-3) | None | | 648 | 20-15 | 7-5 | Apr. 21 | McNeese State | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 4-3 | Burk (4-0) | Abraham (2-1) | Schultz (3) | | 643 | 21-15 | | Apr. 23 | | | | L 2-8 | Arnold (6-3) | Arrighetti (6-3) | Barkley (6) | | 256 | 21-16 | 7-6 | Apr. 24 | at Little Rock | | Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR | L 3-4 (10 inns) | Delgadillo (2-0) | Nelson (1-1) | None | | 490 | 21-17 | 7-7 | Apr. 25 | at Little Rock | | Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR | W 7-4 | Dixon (2-0) | Wallner (0-1) | Talley (5) | | 390 | 22-17 | 8-7 | Apr. 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 | 22-18 | | Apr. 30 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | L 3-9 | Leigh (4-5) | Arrighetti (6-4) | None | | 887 | 22-19 | 8-8 | |
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May (8–3) |
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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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May 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 | 9-8 | May 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 | 9-9 | May 7 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 11-1 | Arrighetti (7-4) | Davidson (2-6) | None | | 563 | 24-20 | | May 8 | North Alabama | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 5-2 | Cooke (6-2) | Best (1-9) | Menard (1) | | 539 | 25-20 | | May 9 | North Alabama | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 13-3 | Burk (4-0) | Haberstock (1-4) | None | | 461 | 26-20 | | May 11 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | Game cancelled | May 14 | | | | W 4-3 (15 inns) | Marshall (1-0) | Brooks (0-2) | Dixon (1) | | 314 | 27-20 | 10-9 | May 15 | at UT Arlington | | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | L 2-6 | Bullard (7-3) | Cooke (6-3) | King (3) | | 314 | 27-21 | 10-10 | May 16 | UT Arlington | | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | W 7-4 | Marshall (2-0) | Logan (1-2) | Talley (7) | | 314 | 28-21 | 11-10 | May 18 | | | Maestri Field at Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA | Game cancelled | May 20 | | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | L 5-6 | Gainous (9-4) | Arrighetti (7-5) | Oates (8) | | 460 | 28-22 | 11-11 | May 21 | Troy | | M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA | W 3-2 | Cooke (7-3) | Ortiz (6-5) | Talley (8) | | 958 | 29-22 | 12-11 | May 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 | 13-11 | |
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Post-season (2–1) |
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(2–1) |
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Date | Opponent | Seed/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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May 26 | vs. (6W) Texas State | (1W) | | W 12-6 | Burk (5-0) | Sundgren (0-4) | None | | | 31-22 | 1-0 | May 26 | | (1W) | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL | W 7-2 | Talley (1-1) | Tuthill (4-6) | Arrighetti (2) | | | 32-22 | 2-0 | May 29 | | (1W) | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL | L 2-3 (11 inns) | Thompson (7-1) | Arrighetti (8-6) | None | | | 32-23 | 2-1 | |
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Schedule Source:[5] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Postseason
Conference accolades
- 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 – USA
All 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:[6]
Rankings
See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.
Notes and References
- Web site: Conference . Sun Belt . Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions . sunbeltsports.org . en.
- Web site: Louisiana schools closed until April 13, halts public gatherings over 250 people . KLFY.
- Web site: Louisiana Baseball Announces 2021 Signing Class . Louisiana Athletics . 25 January 2021 . en.
- Web site: Conference . Sun Belt . Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors . sunbeltsports.org . 17 February 2021 . en.
- Web site: Louisiana Baseball Announces 2021 Schedule . Louisiana Athletics . 25 January 2021 . en.
- Web site: Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards . sunbeltsports.org . 5 January 2022 . en.