2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team

2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	15–41 (6–18 The American)
Head coach	Ty Neal (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Adam Bourassa (2nd season) John Lackaff (1st season)
Home stadium	Marge Schott Stadium

2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	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 Florida^y  ‍‍‍	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 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats played their home games at Marge Schott Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were 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 Rank 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 Rank 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 Rank 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 Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record May 1 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 11–4 Atkinson (4–5) Hathcock (2–4) 732 14–30 5–11 May 2 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 5–4 ^(12) Perez (1–2) Caufield (3–1) Yoakam (2) 1278 15–30 6–11 May 3 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN L 3–4 Blackwood (2–1) Perez (1–3) 811 15–31 6–12 May 6 Ohio State Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 0–6 Niemeyer (2–0) Schimmoeller (1–1) 1,072 15–32 – May 8 at Connecticut J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT L 6–12 Cross (10–2) Yoakam (3–5) 149 15–33 6–13 May 9 at Connecticut J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT L 8–10 Kay (7–5) Zellner (2–3) 229 15–34 6–14 May 10 at Connecticut J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT L 4–9 Tabakman (3–4) Schimmoeller (1–2) 286 15–35 6–15 May 12 Xavier Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 1–5 Jacknewitz (4–5) Voss (0–2) 350 15–36 – May 14 East Carolina Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 3–7 Love (7–3) Atkinson (4–6) 519 15–37 6–16 May 15 East Carolina Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 4–6 Kruczynski (7–3) Zellner (2–4) Ingle (5) 677 15–38 6–17 May 16 East Carolina Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 7–8 Durazo (4–0) Patishall (0–3) Ingle (6) 1036 15–39 6–18
Post-season
AAC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AACT Record May 19 #23 Houston Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL TBD 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]
• AAC Player of the Year[20]
• First Team All-Conference Unanimous Selection[20]

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