2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #7
2015 record 0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach Dan McDonnell (9th year)
Assistant coach Roger Williams (9th year)
Assistant coach Eric Snider (1st year)
Home stadium Jim Patterson Stadium
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Atlantic
#4 Louisville 16 – 2   .889     27 – 9   .750
#9 Florida State 11 – 7   .611     27 – 12   .692
#25 Notre Dame 9 – 9   .500     24 – 11   .686
Wake Forest 9 – 9   .500     22 – 16   .579
Clemson 9 – 9   .500     20 – 18   .526
NC State 8 – 9   .471     20 – 14   .588
Boston College 6 – 11   .353     18 – 18   .500
Coastal
#6 Miami (FL) 14 – 4   .778     29 – 9   .763
#24 Georgia Tech 9 – 9   .500     24 – 12   .667
North Carolina 9 – 9   .500     23 – 14   .622
Virginia 7 – 11   .389     22 – 14   .611
Virginia Tech 7 – 11   .389     18 – 20   .474
Pittsburgh 6 – 12   .333     14 – 21   .400
Duke 5 – 13   .278     22 – 15   .595
‡ – Tournament champion
As of April 16, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team will represent the University of Louisville during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals will play their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They will be led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his ninth year at Louisville.

Previous season

In 2014, the Cardinals finished as champions of the American Athletic Conference with a record of 48–15, 19–5 in conference play, in their first and only season in the conference. They qualified for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, and lost in the finals to Houston. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were selected as hosts of the Louisville regional, along with rival Kentucky, Kansas, and Kent State. The Cardinals rolled to three quick wins to win the Louisville Regional and advance to the Super Regional (of which they were hosts) by defeating Kent State 5–0, Kansas 6–3, and Kentucky 4–1. In the Super Regional, Louisville faced off against Kennesaw State, who had won the Tallahassee Regional in their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Cardinals quickly ended any hopes of a further Cinderella run by defeating the Owls, 5–3 and 7–4, which qualified them for the College World Series.

In the College World Series, Louisville first faced off against Vanderbilt, and lost 3–5 to the eventual national champions. In the Cardinals' second game, they faced Texas, and lost 1–4, leading to their elimination from the College World Series.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Louisville Cardinals roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 5 - Anthony Kidston - Junior
  • 6 - Chandler Dale - Freshman
  • 7 - Butch Baird - Freshman
  • 13 - Josh Rogers - Sophomore
  • 15 - Lincoln Henzman - Freshman
  • 16 - Kyle Funkhouser - Junior
  • 19 - Kade McClure - Freshman
  • 20 - Drew Harrington - Sophomore
  • 22 - Dylan Shoffner - Junior
  • 25 - Robert Strader - Sophomore
  • 28 - Brandon Alphin - Senior
  • 36 - Jonah Philley - Junior
  • 38 - Brendan McCay - Freshman
  • 39 - Alex Sears - Freshman
  • 40 - Sean Leland - Freshman
  • 43 - Zack Burdi - Sophomore
  • 44 - Jake Sparger - Sophomore
  • 45 - Mac Welsh - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 14 - Austin Clemons - Freshman
  • 30 - Will Smith - Sophomore
  • 42 - Colby Fitch - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Sutton Whiting - Senior
  • 8 - Danny Rosenbaum - Junior
  • 10 - Drew Ellis - Freshman
  • 11 - Zach Lucas - Senior
  • 17 - Nick Solak - Sophomore
  • 26 - Blake Tiberi - Freshman
  • 29 - Devin Hairston - Freshman
  • 31 - Grant Schreiver - Freshman
  • 34 - Michael Bollmer - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 2 - Corey Ray - Sophomore
  • 4 - Riley Jackson - Freshman
  • 18 - Mike White - Senior
  • 24 - Logan Taylor - Sophomore
  • 33 - Ryan Summers - Freshman
  • 35 - Colin Lyman - Sophomore
  • 41 - Jimmy Faul - Junior
  

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Louisville		 Alma Mater
Dan McDonnell Head Coach 9 The Citadel (1992)
Roger Williams Associate Head Coach 9 East Carolina University (1992)
Eric Snider Assistant Coach 1 University of Northern Iowa (1987)

Schedule

Legend
 Louisville win
 Louisville loss
 Postponement
BoldLouisville team member
2015 Louisville Cardinals Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' 7 7*  
Baseball America 12  
Collegiate Baseball^ 12  
NCBWA† 10

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* Coaches' does not release a week 1 poll so for comparison purposes the pre-season poll ranking is inserted in the week 1 slot.

Awards and honors

Kyle Funkhouser

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved January 9, 2015.