2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team

The 2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2019 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 twenty-fifth year head coach Tony Robichaux.

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
	West Division
2019 record	28-31 (15-15 SBC)
Head coach	Tony Robichaux (25th season)
Assistant coaches	Anthony Babineaux Jeremy Talbert
Home stadium	M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park

2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
Georgia Southern  ^x‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			35	–	24	–	0		.593
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	13	–	0		.536			36	–	26	–	1		.579
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Troy  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			31	–	29	–	0		.517
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	0		.448			22	–	31	–	0		.415
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			15	–	41	–	0		.268
West Division
Texas State  ^x‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			36	–	20	–	0		.643
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			28	–	31	–	0		.475
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			27	–	31	–	0		.466
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			26	–	29	–	0		.473
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 5, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

This season would also be their last with Robichaux at the helm of the program. This came after Robichaux’s death on July 3, 2019 after suffering from a massive heart attack. Days prior to his death, the university hosted a prayer vigil at Russo Park in which hundreds of fans attended to pray for their coach. Robichaux's funeral procession passed through campus and around the Baseball stadium on the way to his burial in Crowley, Louisiana. During opening weekend of the 2020 season, former players of Robichaux unveiled a statue dedicated to him outside of the Tigue.[2]

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 30, 2019. Louisiana was picked to finish first in the West Division with 71 votes and 11 first-place votes.[3]

Coaches poll (West)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Louisiana	71 (11)
2	Texas State	55
3	Little Rock	48 (1)
4	UT Arlington	36
5	Arkansas State	24
6	Louisiana-Monroe	18

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

Louisiana playing at UT Arlington

• Seth Shuman (GASO, JR, Pitcher)
• Hunter Gaddis (GSU, JR, Pitcher)
• Gunner Leger (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Matt Eardensohn (CCU, SR, Pitcher)
• Carter Perkins (USA, SR, Catcher)
• Kyle McDonald (ARST, SR, First Base)
• Corey Wood (CCU, JR, Second Base)
• Hayden Cantrelle (LA, SO, Shortstop)
• Drew Frederic (TROY, JR, Third Base)
• Parker Chavers (CCU, SO, Outfield)
• Daniel Lahare (LA, SR, Outfield)
• Rigsby Mosley (TROY, SO, Outfield)
• Ryan Glass (GSU, SO, Designated Hitter)
• Brandon Bell (GSU, SR, Utility)

Roster

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns roster
	Pitchers 2 Connor Cooke - Freshman 8 Blake Shultz - Freshman 15 Jacob Shultz - Sophomore 17 Gunner Leger - Senior 16 Austin Bradford - Junior 20 Brock Batty - Sophomore 22 Chance Stone - Freshman 24 Caleb Armstrong - Junior 27 Austin Perrin - Sophomore 28 Logan Savoy -- Sophomore 32 Brandon Young - Junior 34 Grant Cox - Senior 39 Michael Leaumont - Sophomore 40 Dalton Horton - Junior 45 Jack Burk - Junior		Catchers 11 Kole McKinnon - Senior 13 Sebastian Toro - Junior 23 Handsome Monica - Senior Infielders 1 Connor Dupuy - Sophomore 5 Hayden Cantrelle - Sophomore 7 O'Neal Lochridge - Sophomore 12 Jonathan Windham - Sophomore 14 Nathan Camp - Freshman 19 Hunter Kasuls - Senior		Outfielders 4 Brennan Breaux - Junior 6 Jordan Wiley - Junior 9 Todd Lott - Junior 10 Alex Hannie - Sophomore 18 Tremaine Spears - Junior 21 Orynn Veillon - Senior 26 Daniel Lahare - Senior 30 Connor Joffrion - Freshman 31 Adam Mitchell - Junior 33 Colton Frank - Freshman 41 Gavin Bourgeois - Senior

Coaching staff

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns coaching staff

Tony Robichaux – Head Coach & Pitching Coach – 25th year Anthony Babineaux – Associate Head Coach and Director of Player and Program Development– 25th year Jeremy Talbot – Assistant Head Coach, , and Recruiting Coordinator – 5th year Jack Wells – Assistant Head Coach , Batting coach – 1st year Daniel Freeman – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 5th year Chris Domingue – Academic & Camp Coordinator – 16th year Debbie Guilbeaux – Administrative Assistant Joey Bearb – Clubhouse Manager Carter Munchrath – Clubhouse Manager Jacob Raggio – Clubhouse Manager Austin Belaire – Field Manager Kaleb Istre – Field Manager Victoria Stringer – Student Assistant

Schedule and results

Legend
	Louisiana win
	Louisiana loss
	Postponement
Bold	Louisiana team member

2019 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (27-29)
February (1-6) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Feb. 15 No. 23 Texas M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 1-3 (10 inn) Ivey (1-0) Perrin (0-1) Bryant (1) CST 5,591 0-1 Feb. 16 No. 23 Texas M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 5-6 Quintanilla (1-0) Young (0-1) O'Donnell (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 5,517 0-2 Feb. 17 No. 23 Texas M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-6 Horton (1–0) Cobb (0-1) Bradford (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 5,119 1-2 Feb. 20 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA L 2-3 (10 inn) Fincher (1-0) Leaumont (0-1) None C-USA.TV 2,011 1-3 Feb. 23 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 5-7 Beard (1-0) Veillon (0-1) None None 1-4 Feb. 23 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 8-9 Ausley (1-0) Young (0-2) None None 1,026 1-5 Feb. 24 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX L 2-9 Demco (1-0) Leaumont (0-2) Gossett (1) BearkatSportsNetwork on YouTube 1,217 1-6 Feb. 26 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA Postponed due to inclement weather. Will play a away-and-home with SELA on April 2nd and April 3rd.
March (12-10) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Mar. 1 Maryland M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 2-4 Parson (2-0) Leger (0-1) Murphy (4) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,668 1–7 Mar. 2 Maryland M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 4-3 (14 inn) Cooke (1-0) Fisher (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,502 2–7 Mar. 2 Maryland M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 2-1 B. Schultz (1-0) Heine (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,528 3–7 Mar. 5 at Nicholls Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 3-1 Batty (1-0) Andrews (0-1) Leaumont (1) None 221 4–7 Mar. 6 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 16-10 B. Schultz (2-0) Reeves (1-2) Leaumont (2) None 845 5–7 Mar. 8 Loyola Marymount M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 5-0 Leger (1-1) Paiva (1-2) Young (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 5,197 6–7 Mar. 9 Loyola Marymount M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 1-4 Agnew (2-1) Horton (1-1) Voelker (3) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,803 6–8 Mar. 10 Loyola Marymount M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-7 Frasso (1-0) Perrin (0-2) None Ragin Cajuns Digital Network 4,604 6–9 Mar. 12 New Orleans M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-10 Smith (1-1) B. Schultz (2-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,428 6–10 Mar. 13 Southern Miss M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-5 (12 inn) Stone (0-1) Wright (0-2) None CST/ESPN+ 4,539 7–10 Mar. 15 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 1-4 Fidel (1-2) Leger (1-2) None None 194 7–11 0-1 Mar. 16 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 16-10 Cox (1-0) Buck (1-2) Young (2) None L 8–11 1–1 Mar. 17 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 4-2 Perrin (1-2) Perez (0-2) B. Schultz (1) None 186 9–11 2–1 Mar. 19 Northwestern State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-3 Cooke (2-0) Burke (0-1) Burke (1) CST 4,545 10–11 Mar. 20 at Tulane Greer Field at Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 3-7 Raj (2-0) Batty (1-1) Pellerin (2) None 2,069 10–12 Mar. 22 Appalachian State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 5-6 Bowman (2-0) Leaumont (0-3) Papp (3) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,779 10–13 2–2 Mar. 23 Appalachian State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 7-4 Perrin (2-2) Tuthill (4-2) Savoy (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,634 11–13 3–2 Mar. 24 Appalachian State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 5-6 Bowman (3-0) Armstrong (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,555 11–14 3–3 Mar. 26 Tulane M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 7-6 Leaumont (1-3) Cellucci (1-2) None ESPN+/CST 4,624 12–14 Mar. 29 at Troy Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL L 4-5 Hixon (2-1) Young (0-3) None None 1,773 12–15 3-4 Mar. 30 at Troy Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL L 6-10 Gill (2-1) Perrin (2-3) None None 2,010 12–16 3-5 Mar. 31 at Troy Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 4-3 Cooke (3-0) Hixon (2-2) Leger (1) None 1,239 13–16 4-5
April (7-11) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record April 2 Southeastern Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-2 Savoy (1-0) Simanek (1-1) None ESPN+ 4,496 14–16 April 3 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA W 9-8 B. Schultz (3-1) Tassin (2-1) Leger (2) None 1,355 15–16 April 5 Arkansas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 6-12 Jackson (5-1) J. Schultz (0-1) Jumper (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,531 15–17 4–6 April 6 Arkansas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 14-5 Perrin (3-3) Coates (3-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,752 16–17 5–6 April 6 Arkansas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-1 Young (1-3) Alberius (4-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,660 17–17 6–6 April 9 Louisiana Tech M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-11 Griffen (6-2) Savoy (1-1) Fincher (3) ESPN+ 4,532 17–18 April 10 McNeese State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3-6 King (4-1) Cox (1-1) None CST 4,188 17–19 April 12 South Alabama M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 2-9 Booker (4-3) Perrin (3-4) Greene (7) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,739 17–20 6–7 April 13 South Alabama M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 8-4 Young (2-3) Yarborough (2-5) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,474 18–20 7–7 April 14 South Alabama M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 4-1 Burk (1-0) Proctor (0-4) J. Schultz (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,460 19–20 8–7 Wally Pontiff Classic April 16 vs. No. 10 LSU Shrine on Airline • Metairie, LA W 6-5 J. Schultz (1-1) Vietmeier (2-1) None CST 8,667 20–20 April 18 at No. 29 UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 8-9 Gross (1-1) Leger (1-3) None None 520 20–21 8–8 April 19 at No. 29 UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3-7 Divis (3-0) Young (2-4) Gross (16) None 770 20–22 8–9 April 20 at No. 29 UT Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 5-9 Moffat (4-2) Burk (1-1) None None 613 20–23 8–10 April 23 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 6-7 Stanley (4-0) J. Schultz (1-2) None C-USA.TV 3,203 20–24 April 26 Texas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 9-13 Bradford (1-0) Young (2-5) Leigh (3) CST 4,483 20–25 8–11 April 27 Texas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 2-3 McMahon (5-4) Burk (1-2) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,584 20–26 8–12 April 28 Texas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 8-10 Reich (6-1) Savoy (1-2) Theriot (3) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 20–27 8–13
May (7–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 3 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 10-0 Burk (2-2) Veneziano (4-2) Perrin (1) Chanticleer Sports Network 1,035 21–27 9-13 May 4 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 9-7 J. Schultz (2-2) Causey (0-1) Cox (1) Chanticleer Sports Network 1,229 22–27 10–13 May 5 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 9-11 Kitchen (6-3) Horton (1-2) None Chanticleer Sports Network 1,101 22–28 10–14 May 10 Georgia State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 2-0 Burk (3-2) Gaddis (1-7) Perrin (2) ESPN+ 4,452 23–28 11–14 May 11 Georgia State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 16-6 Young (3-5) Koch (0-4) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,542 24–28 12–14 May 12 Georgia State M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 11-5 Armstrong (1-1) Watson (6-4) Leger (3) CST 4,432 25–28 13–14 May 16 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 3-6 Jeans (4-8) Perrin None None 1,002 25–29 13–15 May 17 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 13-9 (10 inn) Leaumont (2-3) Deeds (2-2) None None 1,096 26–29 14–15 May 18 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 19-8 (7 inn) Savoy (2-2) Sanderson (3-4) None None 1,082 27–29 15–15
Post-Season (1–2)
SBC Tournament (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 21 vs. (9) Appalachian State (Play-In Round) (8) Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 6-2 Perrin (4-5) Bowman (6-2) None ESPN+ 309 28–29 May 22 vs. (2) Georgia Southern (First Round) (8) Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5-6 (13 inn) Collins (4-1) J. Schultz (2-3) None ESPN+ 298 28-30 May 23 vs. (6) Troy (Loser's Bracket First Round) (8) Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 7-10 Thomas (8-2) Savoy (2-3) None ESPN+ 290 28-31

Schedule Source:[4]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

1. "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
2. Foote, Kevin. "Former UL baseball players commission statue of Tony Robichaux to be placed at Russo Park". The Advocate. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
3. "Coastal Carolina, Louisiana Tabbed as Favorites in Preseason Baseball Coaches' Poll". sunbeltsports.org.
4. "LSU Releases 2019 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2019.