2015 South Florida Bulls baseball team

2015 South Florida Bulls baseball
Conference American Athletic Conference
2015 record 16–8–1 (0–0 The American)
Head coach Mark Kingston (1st year)
Assistant coach Mike Current (1st year)
Assistant coach Billy Mohl (1st year)
Home stadium USF Baseball Stadium
2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Houston †y 16 – 8 – 0   .667     43 – 20 – 0   .683
East Carolina‡y 15 – 9 – 0   .625     40 – 22 – 0   .645
Tulane y 13 – 11 – 0   .542     35 – 25 – 0   .583
South Floriday 13 – 11 – 0   .542     34 – 26 – 1   .566
Memphis 12 – 12 – 0   .500     37 – 21 – 0   .638
Connecticut 11 – 13 – 0   .458     35 – 25 – 0   .583
UCF 10 – 14 – 0   .417     31 – 27 – 0   .534
Cincinnati 6 – 18 – 0   .250     15 – 41 – 0   .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 South Florida baseball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulls play their home games at USF Baseball Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Mark Kingston in his first season at South Florida.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Bulls finished the season 5th in the American with a record of 27–31, 10–14 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in pool play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 South Florida Bulls roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 10 - Jordan Strittmatter - Senior
  • 13 - Brandon Lawson - Sophomore
  • 17 - Mark Savarese - Sophomore
  • 19 - Cody Hernandez - Junior
  • 20 - Jimmy Herget - Junior
  • 22 - Michael Farley - Sophomore
  • 24 - Michael Clarkson - Junior
  • 25 - Joe Cavallaro - Freshman
  • 27 - Diego Rapalino - Junior
  • 28 - Jonah Owenby - Freshman
  • 37 - Tommy Peterson - Sophomore
  • 40 - Josh Walker - Sophomore
  • 44 - Brandon Murray - Sophomore
  • 45 - Josh Witherspoon - Freshman
  • 47 - Casey Mulholland - Senior
  • 51 - Joe Adel - Junior
  

Catchers

  • 12 - Levi Borders - Junior
  • 34 - Jeff Korte - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - Clay Simmons - Sophomore
  • 3 - Kyle Teaf - Senior
  • 4 - Luke Borders - Sophomore
  • 5 - Buddy Putnam - Senior
  • 6 - Kevin Merrell - Freshman
  • 8 - Nik Alfonso - Junior
  • 9 - Andres Leal - Sophomore
  • 16 - Zac Gilcrease - Senior
  • 26 - Paul Russo - Freshman
  • 33 - Vincent Miniet - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 7 - Austin Lueck - Senior
  • 14 - Vincent Leto - Junior
  • 15 - Hayden Kelley - Junior
  • 18 - Luke Maglich - Junior
  • 29 - Daniel Portales - Sophomore
  • 42 - Ryan Valdes - Junior
  

Coaching Staff

Name Position Seasons at
South Florida		 Alma Mater
Mark Kingston Head Coach 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1995)
Mike Current Assistant Coach 2 Blackburn College (2005)
Billy Mohl Assistant Coach 1 Tulane University (2007)

Season

February

The Bulls opened their season in Clearwater, Florida, close to their campus in Tampa, for a three-game opening weekend tournament with a pair of nationally-ranked clubs in Cal State Fullerton and Louisville, along with Alabama State. The Bulls went two for three on the weekend, upsetting Cal State Fullerton in the opening game in a pitching duel between Bulls ace Jimmy Herget, who recorded nine strikeouts, and Titans ace Thomas Eshelman, who recorded ten.[3] The Bulls then fell to Louisville, 3–7, before easily defeating Alabama State 12–4 to finish off the weekend 2–1.

The Bulls hosted #5 Florida in a midweek game on February 18, and the Gators defeated the Bulls 13–3 behind six no-hit innings from Brett Morales.[4] In their weekend series from February 20–22, the Bulls took the series against Wagner, winning the first two games handily before settling for an unusual tie in the final game due to a travel curfew for the Seahawks.[5]

In the final week of the month of February, the Bulls played a midweek game against Florida Gulf Coast and fell 2–6, losing their third straight midweek game dating back to 2014.[6] In their weekend series against High Point, the Bulls won two of three games, led by another good start for ace Jimmy Herget.[7]

Schedule

Legend
 South Florida win
 South Florida loss
 Tie
 Postponement
BoldSouth Florida team member
2015 South Florida Bulls Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Awards and honors

Jimmy Herget
Kyle Teaf

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Official Baseball Roster". South Florida Bulls. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Bulls Rally Past No. 17 Titans on Opening Night". gousfbulls.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gators bite the Bulls". prosportblogging.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Wagner College baseball team battles South Florida to 4-4, 11-inning tie". silive.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ "College baseball: FGCU too much for USF". naplesnews.com. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "USF, Joe Cavallaro Win Series Finale with High Point". College Baseball Central. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "2015 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll And Awards". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
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