2013 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team
American college baseball season
The 2013 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by the nineteenth year head coach Tony Robichaux .
Preseason
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 11, 2013. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish eighth in the Sun Belt with 39 votes and 1 first-place vote.[ 2]
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Florida Atlantic
89 (5)
2
FIU
85 (1)
3
South Alabama
67
4
Troy
61
5
Arkansas State
60 (1)
6
Middle Tennessee
56 (1)
7
Western Kentucky
42
8
Louisiana-Lafayette
39 (1)
9
Louisiana-Monroe
31 (1)
10
Arkansas-Little Rock
20
Preseason All-Sun Belt team
Chance Cleveland (UALR, SR, Pitcher)
Austin Gomber (FAU, SO, Pitcher)
Michael Ellis (FIU, JR, Pitcher)
Johnathan Frebis (MTSU, SO, Pitcher)
Nate Hill (TROY, SR, Pitcher)
Aramis Garcia (FIU, SO, Catcher)
Mark Nelson (FAU, SR, 1st Base)
Logan Kirkland (USA, SO, 2nd Base)
Dustin Jones (ARST, JR, Shortstop)
Logan Pierce (TROY, SR, 3rd Base)
Logan Uxa (ARST, SR, Outfield)
Trent Miller (MTSU, JR, Outfield)
Danny Collins (TROY, JR, Outfield)
Whitt Dorsey (USA, SR, Designated Hitter)
Jordan Patterson (USA, JR, Utility)
Roster
2013 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns roster
Pitchers
1 Cord Cockrell - Sophomore
12 Austin Robichaux - Sophomore
14 Chase Traffica - Redshirt Junior
17 Kody Smith - Sophomore
20 Cody Boutte - Junior
24 Chris Griffitt - Senior
25 Connor Toups - Freshman
26 Matt Hicks - Junior
30 Ben Carter - Redshirt Junior
33 Nick Zaunbrecher - Freshman
34 Ben Frith - Senior
35 Matt Plitt - Junior
37 Kendall Mayer - Senior
39 Lance Quebodeaux - Freshman
Catchers
6 Nick Thurman - Freshman
11 Michael Strentz - Redshirt Sophomore
29 Nathan Zavos - Junior
42 Alex Stringer - Freshman
Infielders
2 Sam Carriere - Junior
4 Blake Trahan - Freshman
5 Brenn Conrad - Freshman
8 Logan Preston - Sophomore
9 Tyler Girouard - Sophomore
10 Joe Robbins - Freshman
19 Jace Conrad - Sophomore
32 Chase Compton - Junior
Outfielders
7 Ryan Leonards - Junior
13 Caleb Adams - Sophomore
15 Dylan Butler - Sophomore
21 Dex Kjerstad - Junior
23 Ryan Wilson - Junior
27 Seth Harrison - Junior
Coaching staff
2013 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns coaching staff
Tony Robichaux – Head Coach – 19th year
Anthony Babineaux – Associate Head Coach – 19th year
Matt Deggs – Assistant Head Coach – 2nd year
Chris Domingue – Director of Baseball Operations – 11th year
Schedule and results
Legend
Louisiana-Lafayette win
Louisiana-Lafayette loss
Postponement
Bold
Louisiana-Lafayette team member
2013 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball game log
Regular season (38-17)
February (8-2)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
Feb. 15
Central Michigan
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 12-6
Cockrell (1-0)
Trowbridge (0-1)
None
2,209
1-0
Feb. 16
Central Michigan
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 5-3
Boutte (1-0)
Kaminska (0-1)
Hicks (1)
2-0
Feb. 16
Central Michigan
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 5-4
Hicks (1-0)
Renzi (0-1)
None
1,993
3-0
Feb. 17
Central Michigan
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 2-10
Dodridge (1-0)
Wilson (0-1)
None
1,974
3-1
Feb. 20
Northwestern State
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 12-3
Cockrell (2-0)
Krebs (1-1)
None
1,837
4-1
Feb. 22
UTSA
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 18-6
Cockrell (3-0)
Kraft (0-1)
None
1,877
5–1
Feb. 23
UTSA
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 9-6
Boutte (2-0)
Hartson (0-1)
Hicks (2)
2,040
6-1
Feb. 24
UTSA
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 2-1
Robichaux (1-0)
Sharp (0-1)
Hicks (3)
2,058
7-1
Feb. 26
No. 4 LSU
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 2-11
Glenn (1-0)
Smith (0-1)
None
3,790
7-2
Feb. 27
Nicholls State
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 5-1
Hicks (2-0)
Langston (0-1)
None
1,766
8-2
March (11-6)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
Mar. 1
Sacred Heart
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 4-2
Traffica (1-0)
Maguire (0-1)
Hicks (4)
1,724
9-2
Mar. 2
Sacred Heart
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 8-2
Boutte (3-0)
Leiningen (0-1)
None
1,711
10-2
Mar. 3
Sacred Heart
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 4-3
Wilson (1-1)
Stoddard (0-1)
Hicks (5)
1,846
11-2
Mar. 5
New Orleans
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
Game postponed due to mid-term exams being taken by the University of New Orleans
Mar. 8
at Southern Miss
Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS
L 2-9
Pierce (4-0)
Traffica (1-1)
None
3,009
11-3
Mar. 9
at Southern Miss
Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS
W 13-4
Plitt (1-0)
Drehoff (1-1)
Cockrell (1)
3,225
12-3
Mar. 10
at Southern Miss
Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS
W 9-1
Robichaux (2-0)
Fisk (0-1)
None
3,003
13-3
Mar. 15
Louisiana-Monroe
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 9-2
Wilson (2-1)
Taylor (1-2)
None
2,325
14-3
1-0
Mar. 16
Louisiana-Monroe
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 5-2
Robichaux (3-0)
Wine (2-3)
Hicks (6)
2,333
15-3
2-0
Mar. 17
Louisiana-Monroe
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 3-2
Boutte (4-0)
Dumaine (1-1)
Hicks (7)
2,380
16-3
3-0
Mar. 19
Southern
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 11-6
Traffica (2-1)
Godoy (0-2)
None
1,559
17-3
Mar. 22
at Middle Tennessee
Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN
L 5-12
Adkins (4-2)
Cockrell (3-1)
None
758
17-4
3-1
Mar. 23
at Middle Tennessee
Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN
L 5-7
Frebis (3-2)
Robichaux (3-1)
Mittura (5)
815
17-5
3-2
Mar. 24
at Middle Tennessee
Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN
L 3-9
Curtis (4-2)
Boutte (4-1)
None
628
17-6
3-3
Mar. 26
at Southeastern Louisiana
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA
W 9-6
Traffica (3-1)
Manuel (2-2)
Hicks (8)
1,212
18-6
Mar. 29
at Western Kentucky
Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY
L 9-10 (11 inn)
Tompkins (3-3)
Smith (0-2)
None
184
18-7
3-4
Mar. 30
at Western Kentucky
Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY
L 0-3
Edwards (2-1)
Robichaux (3-2)
None
18-8
3-5
Mar. 30
at Western Kentucky
Nick Denes Field • Bowling Green, KY
W 8-6
Boutte (5-1)
Bado (2-3)
Harrison (1)
324
19-8
4-5
April (12-7)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
Apr. 2
McNeese State
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 8-5
Hicks (3-0)
Parke (2-1)
Harrison (2)
2,475
20-8
Apr. 5
Troy
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 7-6
Wilson (3-1)
Hicks (3-2)
Harrison (3)
2,253
21-8
5-5
Apr. 6
Troy
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 9-2
Robichaux (4-2)
Starling (4-3)
None
2,219
22-8
6-5
Apr. 7
Troy
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 4-10
McCain (6-0)
Boutte (5-2)
None
2,224
22-9
6-6
Apr. 9
Tulane
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 5-7
LeBlanc (1-2)
Traffica (3-2)
None
2,144
22-10
Apr. 10
at Northwestern State
H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA
W 12-0
Plitt (2-0)
Crain (0-1)
None
232
23-10
Apr. 12
at Arkansas-Little Rock
Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR
W 9-2
Robichaux (5-2)
Cleveland (4-5)
None
209
24-10
7-6
Apr. 13
at Arkansas-Little Rock
Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR
L 2-7
Huffman (4-2)
Wilson (3-2)
Moritz (5)
274
24-11
7-7
Apr. 14
at Arkansas-Little Rock
Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR
W 15-10
Mayer (1-0)
Moritz (1-2)
None
261
25-11
8-7
Apr. 16
at Nicholls State
Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA
L 3-4
Picciola (1-2)
Cockrell (3-2)
None
619
25-12
Apr. 19
Florida Atlantic
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 5-3
Robichaux (6-2)
Gomber (4-3)
Hicks (9)
2,369
26-12
9-7
Apr. 20
Florida Atlantic
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 4-5
Logan (4-0)
Hicks (3-1)
Adams (12)
2,628
26-13
9-8
Apr. 21
Florida Atlantic
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 12-2 (7 inn)
Boutte (6-2)
Rhodes (3-2)
None
2,206
27-13
10-8
Apr. 23
at McNeese State
Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA
W 11-9
Cockrell (4-2)
Williams (1-1)
Hicks (10)
732
28-13
Apr. 24
Southeastern Louisiana
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 6-3
Plitt (3-0)
Kennel (4-3)
Wilson (1)
1,741
29-13
Apr. 26
at FIU
FIU Baseball Stadium • Miami, FL
L 6-7 (11 inn)
Davis (6-2)
Wilson (3-3)
None
383
29-14
10-9
Apr. 27
at FIU
FIU Baseball Stadium • Miami, FL
W 9-1
Boutte (7-2)
Franco (5-2)
None
305
30-14
11-9
Apr. 28
at FIU
FIU Baseball Stadium • Miami, FL
W 14-4 (8 inn)
Smith (1-2)
Seibold (2-3)
Carter (1)
263
31-14
12-9
Apr. 30
at Houston
Cougar Field • Houston, TX
L 4-6
Lemoine (6-3)
Plitt (3-1)
Wellbrock (7)
1,197
31-15
May (7-2)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
May 3
Arkansas State
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 11-4
Robichaux (7-2)
Wright (5-4)
None
2,019
32-15
13-9
May 4
Arkansas State
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 14-6
Boutte (8-2)
Wallace (4-2)
Smith (1)
2,266
33-15
14-9
May 5
Arkansas State
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 8-1
Carter (1-0)
Woodhouse (0-1)
None
2,082
34-15
15-9
May 11
No. 20 South Alabama
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 6-9
Izzio (1-0)
Wilson (3-4)
Stamey (4)
2,821
34-16
15-10
May 12
No. 20 South Alabama
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 5-9
Bell (6-0)
Boutte (8-3)
None
34-17
15-11
May 12
No. 20 South Alabama
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 17-7 (7 inn)
Frith (1-0)
Cecil (3-2)
None
2,243
35-17
16-11
May 16
at Louisiana-Monroe
Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA
W 5-4 (10 inn)
Mayer (2-0)
Bray (4-3)
Carter (2)
1,148
36-17
17-11
May 17
at Louisiana-Monroe
Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA
W 13-4
Frith (2-0)
Wine (6-8)
None
1,311
37-17
18-11
May 18
at Louisiana-Monroe
Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA
W 12-1 (7 inn)
Wilson (4-4)
Aulds (4-8)
None
1,449
38-17
19-11
Post-season (5-4)
SBC Tournament (3-1)
Date
Opponent
(Seed) / Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
May 22
vs. (6) FIU
(3)
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 9-6
Wilson (5-4)
Davis (6-3)
None
2,172
39-17
May 24
(2) No. 24 South Alabama
(3)
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 9-2
Robichaux (8-2)
Bell (6-1)
None
1,444
40-17
May 25
(2) No. 24 South Alabama
(3)
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
W 12-2 (7 inn)
Wilson (6-4)
Noble (5-3)
None
1,612
41-17
May 26
(4) Florida Atlantic
(3)
M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA
L 8-16
Gomber (7-4)
Smith (1-3)
None
CST
2,528
41-18
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship (2-2)
Date
Opponent
Seed/Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
Baton Rouge Regionals
May 31
vs. Sam Houston State
Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA
L 2-4
Scott (2-0)
Hicks (3-2)
None
3,851
41-19
Jun. 1
vs. Jackson State
Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 15-1
Robichaux (9-2)
Russell (3-1)
None
1,909
42-19
Jun. 2
vs. Sam Houston State
Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA
W 7-5
Plitt (4-1)
Godail (5-4)
Hicks (11)
2,066
43-19
Jun. 2
vs. No. 1 LSU
Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA
L 1-5
Bonvillain (3-0)
Boutte (8-4)
None
10,191
43-20
Schedule Source: [ 3]
Baton Rouge Regional
Baton Rouge Regional Teams
(1) LSU Tigers
(2) Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
(3) Sam Houston State Bearkats
(4) Jackson State Tigers
First Round Semi-Finals Finals 1 LSU 11 4 Jackson State 7 1 LSU 8 3 Sam Houston State 5 3 Sam Houston State 4 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 2 1 LSU 2 Louisiana–Lafayette Lower round 1 Lower final 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 7 4 Jackson State 1 3 Sam Houston State 5 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 15
References
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