2018 New Orleans Privateers baseball team

2018 New Orleans Privateers baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	29–32 (14–16 SLC)
Head coach	Blake Dean (3rd season)
Hitting coach	Brett Stewart (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Rudy Darrow (2nd season)
Home stadium	Maestri Field at Privateer Park

2018 Southland Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Sam Houston St  ‍†‍‍	24	–	6		.800			39	–	20		.661
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			37	–	22		.627
Northwestern State  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	12		.600			37	–	22		.627
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			29	–	30		.492
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			32	–	25		.561
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			25	–	33		.431
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			30	–	26		.536
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			29	–	32		.475
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			28	–	32		.467
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			29	–	26		.527
Lamar  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			19	–	36		.345
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			17	–	36		.321
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	5	–	25		.167			21	–	33		.389
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 New Orleans Privateers baseball team represented the University of New Orleans (UNO) during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Privateers played their home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park as a member of the Southland Conference. They were led by head coach Blake Dean, in his 3rd season at UNO.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at UNO	Alma Mater
Blake Dean	Head coach	3	Louisiana State University (2013)
Brett Stewart	Assistant coach	3	Appalachian State University (2009)
Rudy Darrow	Assistant coach	2	Nicholls State University (2012)
Dylan Belanger	Assistant coach/Camp Coordinator	3	University of Louisiana at Monroe

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Schedule

Legend
	UNO win
	UNO loss
Bold	UNO team member

2018 New Orleans Privateers Game Log
Regular season (26–30)
February (4–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SLC record February 16 UIC Maestri Field • New Orleans 5–410 Oset Cerny 261 1–0 – February 17 Alabama State Wesley Barrow Stadium • New Orleans 3–6 Wright Barr Laney 308 1–1 – February 18 Southern Maestri Field • New Orleans 14–3 Martinez Boyd 381 2–1 – February 20 Jackson State Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–4 Perez Orze Tirado 127 2–2 – February 21 No. 15 LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–14 Hilliard Griffin 10,154 2–3 – February 23 Ball State Maestri Field • New Orleans 10–1 Warzek Baker 332 3–3 – February 24 Virginia Tech Maestri Field • New Orleans 4–2 Arjona Hall Orze 342 4–3 – February 25 Iowa Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–8 McDonald Smith 252 4–4 – February 27 No. 25 Southern Miss Maestri Field • New Orleans 7–9 Wright Stephens Wallner 372 4–5 –
March (9–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SLC record March 2 Arkansas State Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–111 Barr Kutzke 220 5–5 – March 3 Arkansas State Maestri Field • New Orleans 3–12 Lee Arjona Ritter 225 5–6 – March 4 Arkansas State Maestri Field • New Orleans 3–6 Culbertson Martin Kutzke 213 5–7 – March 6 Tulane Maestri Field • New Orleans 8–7 Oset Bjorngjeld 463 6–7 – March 9 Southeastern LA Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA 6–7 Lee Barr 1,310 6–8 0–1 March 10 Southeastern LA DH-1 Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA 1–3 Koestler Martin Shaffer 1,313 6–9 0–2 March 10 Southeastern LA DH-2 Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA 8–1 Stephens Granier 1,314 7–9 1–2 March 13 Southern Maestri Field • New Orleans 6–2 Schindler Franklin 331 8–9 – March 16 Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX 6–7 Knowles Oset 50 8–10 1–3 March 17 Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX 5–6 Barger Martin Scott 500 8–11 1–4 March 18 Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, TX 14–10 Arjona Brasher 500 9–11 2–4 March 20 No. 9 Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 4–9 Roth Schindler 9,996 9–12 – March 23 Central Arkansas Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–410 Rogers Griffin Moyer 232 9–13 2–5 March 24 Central Arkansas Maestri Field • New Orleans 7–16 Brand Stephens 243 9–14 2–6 March 25 Central Arkansas Maestri Field • New Orleans 3–5 Davenport Arjona 204 9–15 2–7 March 27 South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL 8–2 Stephens Booker 1,341 10–15 – March 29 A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX 13–8 Gillis Lacaze 539 11–15 3–7 March 30 A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX 2–0 Warzek Hernandez Martin 424 12–15 4–7 March 31 A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX 6–511 Schindler Ayala Martin 367 13–15 5–7
April (6–12) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SLC record April 3 Tulane Turchin Stadium • New Orleans 3–2 Barr Bjorngjeld Martin 1,924 14–15 – April 6 Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX 1–5 Driskill Warzek 251 14–16 5–8 April 8 Lamar DH-1 Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX 6–2 Smith Dallas 275 15–16 6–8 April 8 Lamar DH-2 Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX 2–012 Barr Campbell Martin 316 16–16 7–8 April 10 Tulane Turchin Stadium • New Orleans 3–4 White Schindler 1,707 16–17 – April 11 Southern Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA 7–5 Barr Robinson Martin 121 17–17 – April 13 McNeese State Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–3 Rider Warzek Anderson 252 17–18 7–9 April 15 McNeese State DH-1 Maestri Field • New Orleans 6–9 King Stephens Rider N/A 17–19 7–10 April 15 McNeese State DH-2 Maestri Field • New Orleans 7–9 Ueckert Smith Anderson 275 17–20 7–11 April 17 Jackson State Braddy Field • Jackson, MS 4–7 Galatas Arjona Tirado 132 17–21 – April 18 South Alabama Maestri Field • New Orleans 9–15 Greene DeMayo 176 17–22 – April 20 No. 21 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 6–8 Sawyer Barr McGuire 4,953 17–23 – April 21 No. 21 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 1–3 Shugart Smith Elder 5,203 17–24 – April 22 No. 21 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 4–1 Stephens Henley Martin 5,300 18–24 – April 25 Louisiana–Lafayette M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA 6–8 Moore Oset 4,633 18–25 – April 27 Incarnate Word Maestri Field • New Orleans 6–511 Martin Allen 243 19–25 8–11 April 28 Incarnate Word Maestri Field • New Orleans 3–410 Martinez Martin 213 19–26 8–12 April 29 Incarnate Word Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–8 Jackson Stephens Martinez 196 19–27 8–13
May (7–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SLC record May 4 Houston Baptist DH-1 Husky Field • Houston, TX 8–1 Smith Carter N/A 20–27 9–13 May 4 Houston Baptist DH-2 Husky Field • Houston, TX 2–5 McCollough Arjona 583 20–28 9–14 May 5 Houston Baptist Husky Field • Houston, TX 2–1 Warzek Batten Martin 315 21–28 10–14 May 11 Nicholls State Maestri Field • New Orleans 8–3 Barr Hatcher 711 22–28 11–14 May 12 Nicholls State Maestri Field • New Orleans 2–0 Martin Ernestine 734 23–28 12–14 May 13 Nicholls State Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA 12–5 Arjona Bahlinger 255 24–28 13–14 May 15 No. 13 Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS 14–9 DeMayo Jackson 3,485 25–28 – May 17 Northwestern State Maestri Field • New Orleans 3–6 Heisler Smith Hlad 217 25–29 13–15 May 19 Northwestern State DH-1 Maestri Field • New Orleans 8–1 Warzek Jones N/A 26–29 14–15 May 19 Northwestern State DH-2 Maestri Field • New Orleans 4–10 Maddox Arjona 291 26–30 14–16
Postseason (3–2)
SLC Tournament (3–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SLCT record May 23 vs. (1) Sam Houston St (8) Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX 4–310 Barr Chisolm Martin N/A 27–30 1–0 May 24 vs. (4) Houston Baptist (8) Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX 3–1 Warzek Carter Martin N/A 28–30 2–0 May 25 vs. (4) Houston Baptist (8) Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX 3–412 Newton DeMayo N/A 28–31 2–1 May 26 vs. (4) Houston Baptist (8) Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX 6–1 Arjona Copeland N/A 29–31 3–1 May 26 vs. (3) Northwestern State (8) Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX 5–7 Vasquez Griffin N/A 29–32 3–2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

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