New Orleans Privateers baseball
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 2017 New Orleans Privateers baseball team
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| Founded | 1970 |
| University | University of New Orleans |
| Conference | Southland |
| Location | New Orleans, LA |
| Head coach | Blake Dean (2nd year) |
| Home stadium | Maestri Field at Privateer Park |
| Nickname | Privateers |
| Colors | Royal Blue, Silver, and Navy |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1974*, 1984 *at Division II level |
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| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2007, 2008 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| American South 1989 Sun Belt: 1978, 1979, 2007 |
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The New Orleans Privateers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Maestri Field at Privateer Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Privateers are coached by Blake Dean.
Formed as early as 1970, the University of New Orleans, formerly known as Louisiana State University of New Orleans, started NCAA play in the Division II ranks.
Bob Hines served as the first coach in UNO baseball history, directing the team to an 8–19 record in 1970 – its first season – followed by a 14–25 mark in 1971.
The losing record in 1971 would be the last for the UNO program until Tom Schwaner's 1986 squad went 29–30.
UNO defeated Southeastern Louisiana 7–6 on Mar. 13, 1970 in the first game in school history.
In 1972, Illinois native, Ron Maestri, was hired by then chancellor Homer Hitt as the second head coach to lead the Privateers.
Following two consecutive winning seasons in the first two seasons with their new coach, the Privateers made school history in 1974 with a Division II College World Series berth. In Game 2, the Privateers recorded their first CWS win in a defeat of Valdosta State by a score of 13–9. They followed with a 6–2 win over Central Missouri State in Game 6. After being bested by UC-Irvine, the Privateers bounced back to 2 consecutive wins over University of New Haven and previously unbeaten UC-Irvine. The comeback fell short, however, as the Privateers lost the final elimination game against UC-Irvine 14–1.
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