2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball team

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2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball

Conference	Southland Conference
2015 record	19–25 (8–13 SLC)
Head coach	Jim Gilligan (39th year)
Assistant coach	Jim Rickelfsen (17th year)
Assistant coach	Scott Hatten (15th year)
Home stadium	Vincent–Beck Stadium (Capacity: 3,500)

	Conf						Overall
2015 Southland Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Southeastern Louisiana	17	–	4	–	0	.810	33	–	13	–	0	.717
Northwestern State	16	–	7	–	0	.696	24	–	18	–	0	.571
Central Arkansas	13	–	8	–	0	.619	23	–	15	–	0	.605
Sam Houston State	13	–	8	–	0	.619	24	–	22	–	0	.522
McNeese State	14	–	10	–	0	.583	25	–	20	–	0	.556
Houston Baptist	12	–	9	–	0	.571	22	–	20	–	0	.524
Nicholls State	11	–	10	–	0	.524	25	–	16	–	1	.607
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	10	–	11	–	0	.476	20	–	21	–	0	.488
Lamar	8	–	13	–	0	.381	19	–	25	–	0	.432
Stephen F. Austin	9	–	14	–	0	.391	15	–	30	–	0	.333
Abilene Christian *	8	–	13	–	0	.381	10	–	31	–	0	.244
Incarnate Word *	6	–	15	–	0	.286	15	–	27	–	0	.357
New Orleans	3	–	18	–	0	.143	14	–	30	–	0	.318

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of April 29, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition

The 2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represents Lamar University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Vincent–Beck Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference. The team is coached by Jim Gilligan in his 39th season at Lamar.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Cardinals finished the season 8th in the Southland with a record of 31–25, 16–14 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in the first round. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Roster

2015 Lamar Cardinals roster^[2]

Pitchers

5 Chase Angelle - Junior
34 Joe Farley - Junior
35 Travis Moore - Junior
39 Cody Laird - Senior
46 Matt White - Freshman
50 Brandon Kirkham - Senior
6 Kyle Leggett - Junior
12 Derek Wade - Senior
14 Brent Janak - Sophomore
16 Eric Foshee - Freshman
18 Collin Chapman - Junior
23 Billy Love - Junior
26 Sean Hudson - Freshman
28 Jayson McKinley - Junior
30 Enrique Oquendo - Junior
31 Brent Brown - Sophomore
32 Danny Fernandez - Senior
33 Galen Andrews - Sophomore
37 Ryan Cawthon - Junior
40 Josh Crain - Freshman
45 Connor Thomas - Junior
48 Will Hibbs - Junior
49 Charles Farrugia - Freshman

Catchers

3 Justin Eckols - Senior
17 Brandon Provost - Senior
44 Kyle Markum - Senior

Infielders

2 Mason Salazar - Senior
8 Ryan Erickson - Freshman
9 Reed Seeley - Senior
19 Tyler Sullivan - Senior
20 Brennan Strovink - Freshman
21 Jake Nash - Junior
22 Kevin Santana - Senior
27 Stijn van der Meer - Junior

Outfielders

1 Joe Arechiga - Junior
7 Brendan Satran - Sophomore
24 Jacoby Middleton - Senior
36 Cutter McDowell - Sophomore
42 C J Moore - Freshman

Coaches

2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball coaching staff^[2]
29 Jim Gilligan - Head Coach - 38th year 4 Jim Rickelfsen - Associate Head Coach - 17th year 10 Scott Hatten - Assistant Coach - 15th year 11 Brian Nelson - Volunteer Assistant

Preseason

The Cardinals were predicted to finish 8th in the Southland in the preseason Coaches and Sports Information Director polls.^[3]^[4]

On February 5, three Cardinals were named to Southland Conference All-Conference teams. Brandon Provost, playing catcher for the Cardinals, was named as a 1st Team All-Conference member, and Reed Seeley, as third baseman, and Kyle Markhum, as designated hitter, were named as 2nd Team All-Conference members.^[5]

Season

February

Head coach Jim Gilligan achieved his 1,300th career win in the February 13 season opener pitting the Cardinals against the New Mexico State Aggies. He joined five other active college coaches with 1,300 or more career wins.^[6]^[7]

March

The Cardinals opened March play with a non-conference loss to Texas–Pan American in Edinburg, TX. The month closed with the Cardinals losing another non-conference game against the Rice Owls. The Cardinals began conference play in March with series against Northwestern State, Central Arkansas, and New Orleans building a conference record of 3–6. The Cardinals also played two other conference foes during the month, Nicholls State and Abilene Christian, but those games were scheduled as non–conference games. The team had a 7–11 overall record during the month of March with a 13–15 for the season to date.

April

The Cardinals opened April play with a conference win against Texas A&M–Corpus Christi at home. The month closed with a home loss to Texas Southern. The Cardinals split all four of the conference series only winning the series against Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. At the end of April, the team finished with a 5–7 conference record for the month and an 8–13 season to date conference record. In non-conference play, the Cardinals recorded one victory against Grambling State and had losses to LSU, Baylor, and Texas Southern. The team had a 6–10 overall record during the month of April with a 19–25 for the season to date.

Schedule

Legend
	Lamar win
	Lamar loss
	Postponement
Bold	Lamar team member

2015 Lamar Cardinals Baseball Game Log^[8]

Regular Season

February (6–4)
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SLC Record
Feb 13	New Mexico State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 7–6	Andrews, G. (1-0)	Higginbotham (1-0)	None	764	1–0
Feb 14	Illinois	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 1–8	Kravetz, J. (1-0)	Angelle, C. (0-1)	Nielsen, J.D (1)	1,032	1–1
Feb 14	New Mexico State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 9–2	Fernandez, D (1-0)	Conard (0-1)	None	1,032	2–1
Feb 15	Illinois	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 3–9	Jay, T. (1-0)	Foshee, E. (0-1)	None	811	2–2
Feb 20	Manhattan	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 14–1	Fernandez, D (2-0)	McClennan, S (0-1)	None	611	3–2
Feb 20	Manhattan	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 2–1	Angelle, C. (1-1)	Scarinci (0-1)	None	611	4–2
Feb 21	Manhattan	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 11–7	Hibbs, W. (1-0)	Jacques (0-1)	None	N/A	5–2
Feb 21	Manhattan	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 12–0	Foshee, E. (1-1)	Arntsen (0-1)	None	697	6–2
Feb 27	at Texas–Pan American	Edinburg Stadium • Edinburg, TX	L 2–5	Gonzalez, J (1-0)	Andrews, G. (1-1)	None	497	6–3
Feb 28	at Texas–Pan American	Edinburg Stadium • Edinburg, TX	L 8–11	Martinez, I (1-1)	Kirkham, B. (0-1)	Padron, A (5)	312	6–4

March (7–11)
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SLC Record
Mar 1	at Texas–Pan American	Edinburg Stadium • Edinburg, TX	L 4–6	Quinonez, R (1-0)	Hibbs, W. (1-1)	Padron, A (6)	328	6–5
Mar 3	Prairie View A&M	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 4–3	Farley, J. (1-0)	E.Robledo (0-1)	None	573	7–5
Mar 6	Northwestern State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 2–4	Oller, A. (2-1)	Fernandez, D (2-1)	None	607	7–6	0–1
Mar 7	Northwestern State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 6–9	Oller, J. (3-0)	Angelle, C. (1-2)	Hymel, C. (1)		7–7	0–2
Mar 8	Northwestern State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 1–3	Stovall, J. (2-1)	Foshee, E. (1-2)	Smith, B. (2)	647	7–8	0–3
Mar 10	at Rice	Reckling Park • Houston, TX	Postponed
Mar 13	at Central Arkansas	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	L 4–8	Gilmore, C. (2-2)	Fernandez, D (2-2)	None	315	7–9	0–4
Mar 14	at Central Arkansas	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	L 4–2	Hagerla, B. (3-0)	Angelle, C. (1-3)	Stitch, B. (1)	275	7–10	0–5
Mar 15	at Central Arkansas	Bear Stadium • Conway, AR	L 0–8	Echols, R. (2-0)	Foshee, E. (1-3)	None	412	7–11	0–6
Mar 17	at Nicholls State	Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	L 0–1	Deemes, R. (3-0)	McKinley, J. (0-1)	Holmes, S. (7)	788	7–12	–
Mar 18	at Nicholls State	Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	W 9–7 ⁽¹¹⁾	Kirkham, B. (1-1)	Petty, R. (1-1)	Cawthon, R. (1)	438	8–12	–
Mar 20	at New Orleans	Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	W 8–1	Angelle, C. (2-3)	Smith, A. (2-4)	None	462	9–12	1–6
Mar 21	at New Orleans	Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	W 5–4	Fernandez, D (3-2)	Priddle, J. (4-2)	Wade, D. (2)		10–12	2–6
Mar 21	at New Orleans	Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	W 17–2 ⁽⁷⁾	Andrews, G. (2-1)	Martinez, D. (0-2)	None	492	11–12	3–6
Mar 24	at Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 5–6 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Moore (1-0)	Oquendo, E. (0-1)	None	1,502	11–13	3–6
Mar 27	Abilene Christian	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 6–1	Angelle, C. (3-3)	G. deMeyere (2-3)	None	777	12–13	3–6
Mar 28	Abilene Christian	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 8–4	Fernandez, D (4-2)	A. Mason (0-4)	None	776	13–13	3–6
Mar 29	Abilene Christian	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 4–5	L. Zotyka (2-1)	Leggett, K. (0-1)	N. Palacios (1)	702	13–14	3–6
Mar 31	Rice	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 3–4	A.Orewiler (4-0)	Janak, B. (0-1)	Ditman (5)	853	13–15	3–6

April (6–10)
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SLC Record
Apr 2	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 3–0	Angelle, C. (4-3)	Danton,M (2-5)	Wade, D. (3)	587	14–15	4–6
Apr 3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 3–12	Belicek,T (3-3)	Fernandez, D (4-3)	None	723	14–16	4–7
Apr 4	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 11–1	McKinley, J (1-1)	Harris, G (2-2)	None	705	15–16	5–7
Apr 7	Grambling State	Vincent-Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 11–4	Foshee, E. (2-3)	Mckinney (1-3)	None	649	16–16	5–7
Apr 11	at McNeese State	Cowboy Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	L 0–2	Fontenot, K. (5-3)	Angelle, C. (4-4)	Kober, C. (8)	N/A	16–17	5–8
Apr 11	at McNeese State	Cowboy Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	W 8–2	McKinley, J. (2-1)	Stremmel, E. (3-3)	Wade, D. (4)	684	17–17	6–8
Apr 12	at McNeese State	Cowboy Diamond • Lake Charles, LA	L 2–6	Kober, C. (3-1)	Oquendo, E. (0-2)	None	524	17–18	6–9
Apr 15	at LSU	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 2–11	Bouman (1-1)	Love, B. (0-1)	None	9,947	17–19	6–9
Apr 17	Houston Baptist	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 2–3	McCollough (7-1)	Wade, D. (0-1)	Zarosky, D. (2)	634	17–20	6–10
Apr 19	Houston Baptist	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 3–4	Jones, Cu. (4-4)	McKinley, J. (2-2)	Martinez, J. (1)	636	17–21	6–11
Apr 19	Houston Baptist	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 5–0	Leggett, K. (1-1)	Wright, T. (6-4)	None	636	18–21	7–11
Apr 21	at Baylor	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	L 6–8	Hessemer (4-1)	Foshee, E. (2-4)	Kirkland (1)	1,896	18–22	7–11
Apr 24	Incarnate Word	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	W 1–0	Angelle, C. (5-4)	Encina, G. (2-4)	None	808	19–22	8–11
Apr 25	Incarnate Word	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 0–2	Cooper, G. (5-5	McKinley, J. (2-3)	Shull, J. (1)	754	19–23	8–12
Apr 26	Incarnate Word	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 6–8	Looper, K. (2-5)	Kirkham, B. (1-2)	None	720	19–24	8–13
Apr 29	Texas Southern	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	L 2–6	Rios, R (5-1)	Foshee, E. (2-5)	None	644	19–25	8–13

May (0–0)
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SLC Record
May 1	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	–					–	–
May 2	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	–					–	–
May 3	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	–					–	–
May 8	Stephen F. Austin	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
May 9	Stephen F. Austin	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
May 10	Stephen F. Austin	Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, TX	–					–	–
May 14	at Sam Houston State	Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX	–					–	–
May 15	at Sam Houston State	Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX	–					–	–
May 16	at Sam Houston State	Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX	–					–	–

Postseason

SLC Tournament
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SLC Record
May 20	vs TBA	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX	–					–	–
May 21	vs TBA	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX	–					–	–

Note: Nicholls State and Abilene Christian series games were scheduled as non-conference games.

References

↑ "2015 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "2015 Lamar Baseball Roster". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
↑ "SAM HOUSTON STATE PICKED TO WIN 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASEBALL TITLE". Southland Conference. January 28, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ "2015 Preseason Southland Conference Poll". College Baseball Daily. January 28, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ "SOUTHLAND ANNOUNCES PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAMS". Southland Conference. February 5, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ "GILLIGAN GETS 1,300 IN TIGHT CONTEST". Lamar University Athletics. February 13, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ Daniel Maher (February 16, 2015). "Opening win No. 1,300 for coach Jim Gilligan". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
↑ "Lamar Cardinals baseball schedule". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

Lamar Cardinals baseball

Venues	Stuart Stadium (1952–1954) Price Daniel Field (1967–1968) Vincent–Beck Stadium (1969–present)

People	Head coaches

NCAA Tournaments	1976 1977 1979 1981 1984 1985 1987 1993 1995 2002 2003 2004 2010

Seasons	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Baseball venues of the Southland Conference

Crutcher Scott Field (Abilene Christian)
Bear Stadium (Central Arkansas)
Sullivan Field (Incarnate Word)
Husky Field (Houston Baptist)
Vincent–Beck Stadium (Lamar)
Cowboy Diamond (McNeese State)
Maestri Field at Privateer Park (New Orleans)
Ray E. Didier Field (Nicholls State)
H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field (Northwestern State)
Don Sanders Stadium (Sam Houston State)
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field (Southeastern Louisiana)
Jaycees Field (Stephen F. Austin)
Chapman Field - Primary (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
Whataburger Field - Secondary (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)