2015 Tulane Green Wave baseball team

2015 Tulane Green Wave baseball

Conference	American Athletic Conference
2015 record	17–7 (0–0 American)
Head coach	David Pierce (1st year)
Assistant coach	Sean Allen (1st year)
Assistant coach	Philip Miller (1st year)
Home stadium	Greer Field at Turchin 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 Tulane Green Wave baseball team will represent Tulane University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Green Wave will play their home games at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They will be led by head coach David Pierce, in his first season at Tulane.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Green Wave finished the season 10th in Conference USA with a record of 23–29, 10–18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 Conference USA Baseball Tournament or the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Tulane Green Wave roster^[2]

Pitchers

5 - Tim Yandel - Junior
13 - Jackson Johnson - Freshman
14 - J.P. France - Sophomore
20 - Eric Steel - Sophomore
21 - Corey Merrill - Sophomore
24 - Jake Crain - Freshman
26 - Zach Flowers - Sophomore
28 - Alex Massey - Junior
29 - Emerson Gibbs - Junior
31 - Patrick Duester - Junior
32 - Sam Bjorngjeld - Freshman
33 - Ian Gibaut - Junior
36 - Jordan Gross - Junior
37 - Brandon Sequeira - Freshman
38 - Dan Rankin - Sophomore
41 - Max Karp - Freshman
42 - Troy Ward - Junior
44 - Brandon Issa - Freshman
45 - Tyler Zamjahn - Sophomore'
46 - Trevor Simms - Senior

Catchers

4 - Jake Rogers - Sophomore
18 - Jeremy Montalbano - Junior
35 - Cameron Burns - Junior

Infielders

1 - Garrett Deschamp - Senior
2 - Stephen Alemais - Sophomore
15 - Rainer Ausmus - Freshman
16 - Hunter Hope - Sophomore
17 - Jake Willsey - Sophomore
30 - Nico Symington - Freshman
34 - Sam Martin - Freshman
39 - Hunter Williams - Sophomore
40 - Tyler Wilson - Senior
48 - Hunter Lapeyre - Sophomore

Outfielders

6 - Lex Kaplan - Sophomore
8 - Richard Carthon - Junior
9 - John Gandolfo - Senior
23 - Grant Brown - Sophomore

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Tulane	Alma Mater
David Pierce	Head Coach	1	University of Houston (1988)
Sean Allen	Assistant Coach	1	University of Houston (2001)
Philip Miller	Assistant Coach	1	Northwestern State University (2005)

Schedule

Legend
	Tulane win
	Tulane loss
	Postponement
Bold	Tulane team member

2015 Tulane Green Wave Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	AAC Record
February 13	at Pepperdine	Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA	W 9–3	Steel (1–0)	Puckett (0–1)		435	1–0	–
February 14	at Pepperdine	Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA	W 9–5	Rankin (1–0)	Blanchard (0–1)		410	2–0	–
February 15	at Pepperdine	Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA	L 1–2	Gamboa (1–0)	Gibaut (0–1)		403	2–1	–
February 18	at Southeastern Louisiana	Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA	W 5–4	Gibaut (1–1)	Cashman (0–1)	Rankin (1)	906	3–1	–
February 20	San Francisco	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 1–0	Gibbs (1–0)	Buonopane (0–1)		2,225	4–1	–
February 21	San Francisco	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 3–2 ⁽¹¹⁾	Gibaut (2–1)	Narahara (0–1)		2,351	5–1	–
February 22	San Francisco	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 5–3	Yandel (1–0)	Rincon (0–2)	Steel (1)	2,617	6–1	–
February 24	at New Orleans	Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	W 9–0	Duester (1–0)	Martinez (0–1)	Johnson (1)	609	7–1	–
February 25	New Orleans	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 4–0	Gibbs (2–0)	Smith (1–1)		1,681	8–1	–
February 27	Creighton	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 8–2	Merrill (1–0)	Albrecht (1–1)		1,700	9–1	–
February 28	Creighton	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	L 2–7	Warren (1–1)	Massey (0–1)		2,108	9–2	–

March

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	AAC Record
March 1	Creighton	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 3–2	Gibaut (3–1)	Ising (0–1)		2,000	10–2	–
March 3	at Nicholls State	Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA	W 5–0	Duester (2–0)	Ernestine (1–1)	Gibbs (1)	1,378	11–2	–
March 6	Gonzaga	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	L 0–2	Bailey (3–1)	Merrill (1–1)	Bigelow (3)	1,905	11–3	–
March 7	Gonzaga	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	L 2–7	Sopko (2–1)	Massey (0–2)	Mills (2)	2,403	11–4	–
March 8	Gonzaga	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 3–0	Yandel (2–0)	Burland (0–1)	Gibaut (1)	2,113	12–4	–
March 11	at Southern Miss	Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS	L 4–8	Cockrell (2–0)	Duster (2–1)		2,559	12–5	–
March 13	Xavier	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 3–2 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Gibaut (4–1)	Lowther (0–1)		1,504	13–5	–
March 14	Xavier	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 1–0	Rankin (2–0)	Jacknewitz (1–3)		1,935	14–5	–
March 15	Xavier	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 10–3	Massey (1–2)	Astle (0–3)		1,904	15–5	–
March 17	Southeastern Louisiana	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	W 15–2	Duester (3–1)	Cashman (2–3)		2,311	16–5	–
March 20	at UC Riverside	Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA	L 1–2 ⁽¹³⁾	Genter (3–0)	Gibaut (4–2)		355	16–6	–
March 21	at UC Riverside	Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA	W 6–5	Rankin (3–0)	Lillie (0–1)	Duester (1)	240	17–6	–
March 22	at UC Riverside	Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA	L 2–6	Leach (2–2)	Yandel (2–1)		273	17–7	–
March 24	LSU	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
March 27	Connecticut	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
March 28	Connecticut	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
March 29	Connecticut	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
March 31	at UNC Wilmington	Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC

April

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium
April 2	at East Carolina	Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC
April 3	at East Carolina	Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC
April 4	at East Carolina	Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC
April 7	Nicholls State	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
April 10	at Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 11	at Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 12	at Houston	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 14	Southern Miss	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
April 17	UCF	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
April 18	UCF	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
April 19	UCF	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
April 21	at LSU	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
April 24	at Cincinnati	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
April 25	at Cincinnati	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
April 26	at Cincinnati	Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH
April 28	Southeastern Louisiana	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA

May

Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium
May 1	Houston	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 2	Houston	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 3	Houston	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 8	South Florida	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 9	South Florida	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 10	South Florida	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 14	at Memphis	FedExPark • Memphis, TN
May 15	at Memphis	FedExPark • Memphis, TN
May 16	at Memphis	FedExPark • Memphis, TN

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.

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	18	Final
Coaches'	NR	NR*	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR
Baseball America	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†	NR	RV	RV	30	RV	RV	NR

^ 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.

References

↑ "2015 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
↑ "Official Baseball Roster". Tulane Green Wave. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

Tulane Green Wave baseball

Venue	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium (1991–present)

Culture & lore	Riptide "The Olive and the Blue" "The Hullabaloo"

People	Head Coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 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

College World Series appearances in italics