The 2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represented Lamar University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at VincentâÂÂBeck Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference. The team was coached by Will Davis in his 4th season at Lamar. The Cardinals compiled a 7âÂÂ8 overall record (0âÂÂ3 SLC) prior to season cancellation. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced a suspension of Spring sports through March 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference announced that all remaining Spring 2020 sports contests were cancelled on March 14.
The Cardinals played 15 games in the shortened season with an overall record of 7âÂÂ8, and a 0âÂÂ3 record in conference play.
In 2019, the Cardinals finished the season 13th in the Southland with a record of 18âÂÂ36, 9âÂÂ21 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2019 Southland Conference baseball tournament.
The Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll was released on February 6, 2020. Lamar was picked to finish twelfth in the Southland Conference with 87 votes.
The preseason all-conference team is based on votes by the conference head coaches. Players who were named to the previous season's first and second teams are automatically named to the preseason team for their respective positions.
^2019 All-Conference Designation
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