2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team

2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball

Conference	American Athletic Conference
2015 record	13–30 (4–11 American)
Head coach	Ty Neal (2nd year)
Assistant coach	Adam Bourassa (2nd year)
Assistant coach	John Lackaff (1st year)
Home stadium	Marge Schott Stadium

	Conf						Overall
2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
South Florida	8	–	4	–	0	.667	26	–	14	–	1	.646
Memphis	7	–	5	–	0	.583	26	–	12	–	0	.684
#28 Houston	7	–	5	–	0	.583	27	–	14	–	0	.659
East Carolina	6	–	6	–	0	.500	25	–	16	–	0	.610
Connecticut	6	–	6	–	0	.500	25	–	16	–	0	.610
#15 UCF	5	–	7	–	0	.417	26	–	16	–	0	.619
Tulane	5	–	7	–	0	.417	24	–	16	–	0	.600
Cincinnati	4	–	8	–	0	.333	12	–	27	–	0	.308

‡ – Tournament champion As of April 21, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats play their home games at Marge Schott Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Ty Neal, in his second season at Cincinnati.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Bearcats finished the season 10th in the American with a record of 22–31, 6–18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament or the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Cincinnati Bearcats roster^[2]

Pitchers

11 - Andrew Zellner - Sophomore
16 - Cameron Ross - Freshman
21 - Jarod Yoakam - Freshman
22 - A.J. Olasz - Freshman
23 - Doug Lowe - Freshman
24 - Mitch Patishall - Junior
25 - Matt Fowler - Freshman
27 - Bryan Chenoweth - Junior
28 - J.T. Perez - Freshman
32 - Colton Cleary - Sophomore
33 - Dalton Lehnen - Freshman
34 - Ryan Atkinson - Senior
39 - Matt Woloszyk - Freshman
40 - Nick Voss - Freshman
43 - Patrick Boyle - Junior
45 - Tristan Hammans - Freshman
46 - David Orndorff - Freshman
47 - Tanner Schimmoeller - Freshman
49 - Kyle Koppenhoefer - Freshman

Catchers

10 - Woody Wallace - Junior
13 - Joey Thomas - Freshman
35 - Russell Clark - Junior
44 - Hunter Losekamp - Freshman

Infielders

3 - Jake Richmond - Sophomore
5 - Ian Happ - Junior
6 - Manny Rodriguez - Freshman
7 - Forrest Perron - Junior
8 - Devin Wenzel - Junior
18 - Connor McVey - Sophomore
29 - R.J. Thompson - Sophomore
30 - J.J. Carr - Freshman
49 - T.J. Galenti - Freshman

Outfielders

14 - Ryan Noda - Freshman
17 - Treg Haberkorn - Freshman
20 - Kyle Luensman - Freshman
31 - Chris Klenk - Freshman
41 - Connor Van Caugherty - Freshman

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Cincinnati	Alma Mater
Ty Neal	Head Coach	2	Miami University (1999)
Adam Bourassa	Assistant Coach	2	Wake Forest University (2003)
John Lackaff	Assistant Coach	1	Miami University (2003)

Season

February

The Bearcats opened their season with a four-game tournament in Starkville, Mississippi against Miami (OH) and Mississippi State. In the first game, the Bearcats defeated Miami (OH) 3–1, but they were swept in the next three games by a nationally ranked Mississippi State team.^[3] In their second series of the year, the Bearcats were swept in a three-game road series against Santa Clara.^[4] Ian Happ recorded ten hits over the three games.

Dudy Noble Field, home field of Mississippi State

Cincinnati was originally scheduled to compete in a tournament at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, from February 27–March 1, but inclement weather forced the Bearcats to schedule a three-game series against Iowa in Emerson, Georgia.^[5] Over the three game series, the Bearcats were again swept, marking their third straight weekend series sweep to open the season, and nine straight losses following a neutral site win over Miami (OH). The closest Cincinnati came to a win in the series was in the final game, in which the Bearcats allowed five runs in the thirteenth inning in the loss.^[6]

March

The Bearcats were scheduled to host a midweek game against Xavier on March 4, but the game was cancelled due to weather and not rescheduled.^[7] Cincinnati's first weekend series of the month was against Niagara, out of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Against the Purple Eagles, the Bearcats picked up their first weekend sweep of the year. To complete the sweep, freshman Manny Rodriguez hit a walk off single in the tenth inning of the final game to lead Cincinnati to a 2–1 win.^[8]

In their second midweek game of the month, the Bearcats hosted Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky. Kentucky's Ka'ai Tom hit for the cycle for the Wildcats as they picked up a 9–1 win over Cincinnati.^[9] Cincinnati then hosted Toledo in a three-game weekend series from March 14–15. The first game of the series was originally scheduled for March 13, but weather pushed the game back to the 14th as part of a doubleheader.^[10] The Bearcats went on to win the series, two games to one, dropping the first game of the doubleheader before rebounding to win the final two games.^[11]

The Bearcats did not play a midweek game heading into a road series against nationally ranked Nevada over the sixth weekend of the season. Cincinnati endured their fourth weekend sweep of the season as they fell to the Wolf Pack all four games of the series.^[12] In the final game of the series, Cincinnati allowed 17 runs, marking the highest total of runs scored by Nevada since 2010.^[13]

On March 25, Cincinnati visited Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers had struggled with high expectations early in the season, but had no issues with the visiting Bearcats, leaving home with a 7–0 win.^[14] The following weekend, the Bearcats hit the road again to open American Athletic Conference play, visiting South Florida. For the second straight weekend, and the fifth time on the year, the Bearcats were swept over the weekend. After a 4–8 in the first game, the Bulls were subject to a walk-off base hit to lose 3–4 in 11 innings in the second game.^[15] To close out the series, the Bearcats were subject to the run rule as they fell to USF 4–15 in seven innings.

Schedule

Legend
	Cincinnati win
	Cincinnati loss
	Postponement
Bold	Cincinnati team member

2015 Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	AAC Record
February 13	vs. Miami (OH)	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	W 3–1	Zellner (1–0)	Banks (0–1)	Cleary (1)	7,981	1–0	–
February 13	at #20 Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	L 2–6	P. Brown (1–0)	Lehnen (0–1)		7,981	1–1	–
February 14	at #20 Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	L 5–19	Tatum (1–0)	Yoakam (0–1)		9,159	1–2	–
February 15	at #20 Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	L 7–16	D. Brown (1–0)	Olasz (0–1)	Fitts (1)	6,551	1–3	–
February 20	at Santa Clara	Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	L 3–11	Steffens (1–1)	Atkinston (0–1)		416	1–4	–
February 21	at Santa Clara	Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	L 8–10	Inouye (1–0)	Lehnen (0–2)	Karalus (1)	410	1–5	–
February 21	at Santa Clara	Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	L 4–8	Hendron (1–0)	Lowe (0–1)	Karalus (2)	410	1–6	–
February 27	vs. Iowa	Perfect Game Park South • Emerson, GA	L 2–6	Radtke (1–0)	Atkinson (0–2)		261	1–7	–
February 28	vs. Iowa	Perfect Game Park South • Emerson, GA	L 1–5	Hickman (1–0)	Lehnen (0–3)	Grant (1)	122	1–8	–

March

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	AAC Record
March 1	vs. Iowa	Perfect Game Park South • Emerson, GA	L 0–5 ⁽¹³⁾	Radtke (2–0)	Olasz (0–2)		70	1–9	–
March 4	Xavier	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	Postponed Rescheduled for May 12
March 7	Niagara	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 5–1	Zellner (2–0)	Kolodziejski (0–2)		302	2–9	–
March 8	Niagara	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 6–4	Atkinson (1–2)	Eckerson (0–1)		492	3–9	–
March 9	Niagara	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 2–1 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Yoakam (1–1)	Bucci (0–2)		315	4–9	–
March 11	Kentucky	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 1–9	Dwyer (2–0)	Patishall (0–1)		777	4–10	–
March 13	Toledo	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	Postponed Rescheduled for March 14
March 14	Toledo	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 5–8 ⁽¹¹⁾	Tyson (1–0)	Yoakam (1–2)		418	4–11	–
March 14	Toledo	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 5–3	Lehnen (1–3)	Calhoun (0–3)	Atkinson (1)	418	5–11	–
March 15	Toledo	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 11–2	Cleary (1–0)	Schillace (2–2)		517	6–11	–
March 18	at #29 Nevada	William Peccole Park • Reno, NV	L 3–5	Wilkins (1–0)	Perez (0–1)	Whitt (10)	726	6–12	–
March 19	at #29 Nevada	William Peccole Park • Reno, NV	L 10–11	Held (4–0)	Yoakam (1–3)		813	6–13	–
March 20	at #29 Nevada	William Peccole Park • Reno, NV	L 4–7	Deitrich (4–1)	Lehnen (1–4)	Romero (1)	930	6–14	–
March 21	at #29 Nevada	William Peccole Park • Reno, NV	L 6–17	Fain (3–0)	Olasz (0–3)		1,247	6–15	–
March 25	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 0–7	Warren (2–0)	Voss (0–1)		1,644	6–16	–
March 27	at South Florida	USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 4–8	Herget (5–1)	Orndorff (0–1)		609	6–17	0–1
March 28	at South Florida	USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 3–4 ⁽¹¹⁾	Peterson (3–1)	Yoakam (1–4)		1,044	6–18	0–2
March 29	at South Florida	USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL	L 4–15 ⁽⁷⁾	Valdes (3–1)	Atkinson (1–3)	Peterson (8)	690	6–19	0–3
March 31	at Wright State	Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH	L 3–5	Randolph (4–0)	Patishall (0–2)	Blair (2)	346	6–20	–

April

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	AAC Record
April 2	#10 UCF	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 4–1	Atkinson (2–3)	Finfrock (6–1)	Zellner (1)	267	7–20	1–3
April 3	#10 UCF	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 5–3	Orndorff (1–1)	Howell (4–3)	Zellner (2)	233	8–20	2–3
April 4	#10 UCF	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 1–2	Rodgers (5–0)	Lehnen (1–5)		917	8–21	2–4
April 8	at Indiana	Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, IN	W 5–4	Yoakam (2–4)	Foote (1–1)	Zellner (3)	1,549	9–21	–
April 10	Memphis	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 6–2	Atkinson (3–3)	Wallingford (1–1)	Yoakam (1)	411	10–21	3–4
April 11	Memphis	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 3–8	Toscano (5–1)	Zellner (2–1)		598	10–22	3–5
April 12	Memphis	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 8–7 ⁽¹²⁾	Schimmoeller (3–3)	Blackwood (0–1)		535	11–21	4–4
April 14	Xavier	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	W 4–0	Hammans (1–0)	Jacknewitz (0–2)		1,315	12–22	–
April 15	Wright State	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 9–15	Trapino (4–0)	Perez (0–2)		279	12–23	–
April 17	at #28 Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	Postponed Rescheduled for April 18
April 18	at #28 Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 1–4	Weigel (4–0)	Atkinson (3–4)		1,904	12–24	4–6
April 18	at #28 Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 0–13	Dowdy (5–1)	Orndorff (1–2)		1,904	12–25	4–7
April 19	at #28 Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 2–9	Romero (4–3)	Lehnen (1–6)		1,793	12–26	4–8
April 21	#3 Louisville	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 2–6	Leland (3–0)	Hammans (1–1)		489	12–27	–
April 22	at Xavier	J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH	W 8–5	Yoakam (3–4)	Johnson (1–3)	Zellner (4)	378	13–27	–
April 24	Tulane	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 0–4	Merrill (3–3)	Atkinson (3–5)	Gibaut (4)	522	13–28	4–9
April 25	Tulane	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 6–8	Duester (5–4)	Zellner (2–2)		296	13–29	4–10
April 26	Tulane	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 5–9	Massey (5–2)	Lehnen (1–7)	Gibaut (5)	631	13–30	4–11

May

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium
May 1	at Memphis	FedExPark • Memphis, TN
May 2	at Memphis	FedExPark • Memphis, TN
May 3	at Memphis	FedExPark • Memphis, TN
May 6	Ohio State	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
May 8	at Connecticut	J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT
May 9	at Connecticut	J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT
May 10	at Connecticut	J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT
May 12	Xavier	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
May 14	East Carolina	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
May 15	East Carolina	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
May 16	East Carolina	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH

Post-Season

AAC Tournament

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	AACT Record
May 20	TBD		Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
May 21	TBD		Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Awards and honors

Ian Happ

Louisville Slugger Pre-season Third team All-American^[16]
Perfect Game USA Pre-season First team All-American^[17]
Pre-season AAC Player of the Year^[18]
Pre-season All-AAC^[18]
Baseball America Pre-season First team All-American^[19]

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