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American Athletic Conference Baseball Championships Bright House Field - Clearwater, Fla. May 19-24, 2015 The American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship will be held at Bright House Field in 2015. The stadium is home to the Clearwater Threshers, the Class A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. All eight teams qualified for the championship and enter into a double-elimination tournament. The tournament champion will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
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2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship May 19-24 Bright House Field • Clearwater, Florida
Tuesday, May 19
Wednesday, May 20
Thursday, May 20
Friday, May 21
Saturday, May 23
Sunday, May 24
No. 7 seed
Loser of Game 3
Loser of Game 7
Winner of Game 7
Semifinal Winner
Game 3 11 a.m. The American Digital Network
Game 6 11 a.m. The American Digital Network
Game 9 11 a.m. The American Digital Network
Game 11 10 a.m. The American Digital Network
Game 15 3 p.m. ESPNU
No. 2 seed
Loser of Game 4
Winner of Game 5
Winner of Game 9
Semifinal Winner
No. 5 seed
No. 6 seed
Winner of Game 1
Loser of Game 8
Winner of Game 8
Game 1 3 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Game 4 3 p.m. The American Digital Network
Game 7 3 p.m. The American Digital Network
Game 10 3 p.m. The American Digital Network
Game 12 1 p.m. The American Digital Network
No. 4 seed
No. 3 seed
Winner of Game 2
Winner of Game 6
Winner of Game 10
No. 8 seed
Loser of Game 1
Winner of Game 3
Loser of Game 11 All times Eastern
Game 2 7 p.m. CBS Sports Network
Game 5 7 p.m. The American Digital Network
Game 8 7 p.m. The American Digital Network
Game 13 (if necessary) 4:30 p.m. The American Digital Network
No. 1 seed
Loser of Game 2
Winner of Game 4
Winner of Game 11
Live Coverage
Loser of Game 12 Game 14 (if necessary) 7:30 p.m. The American Digital Network
Winner of Game 12
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2 015 CHAMPI O N SH I P 2015 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Championship Schedule Tuesday, May 19 (CBS Sports Network) Game 1 – No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 4 USF Game 2 – No. 8 Cincinnati vs. No. 1 Houston
3 p.m. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 20 (American Digital Network) Game 3 – No. 7 UCF vs. No. 2 East Carolina Game 4 – No. 6 UConn vs. No. 3 Tulane Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2
11 a.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 21 (American Digital Network) Game 6 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 Game 7 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 Game 8 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
11 a.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m.
Friday, May 22 (American Digital Network) Game 9 – Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 5 Game 10 – Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 6
11 a.m. 3 p.m.
The 2015 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship will be hosted at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida. The championship will take place May 19-24. The final will be televised on ESPNU. Additional coverage of the championship will be provided by The American Digital Network.
Saturday, May 23 (American Digital Network) Game 11 – Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 10 a.m. Game 12 – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10 1 p.m. Game 13 – Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11 4:30 p.m.^ Game14 – Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12 7:30 p.m.^
Bright House Field, which is regarded as one of the finest minor league playing and practice facilities in the nation, is no stranger to collegiate baseball after hosting last year’s American Athletic Conference Championship and seven Big East Championships. The site first hosted the conference tournament in 2006 and was the league’s championship destination for seven of the last eight years.
Sunday, May 24 (ESPNU) Game 15 – Semifinal winners (Final)
Noon
^ - If Necessary All times Eastern
Bright House Field serves as the spring training site for the Philadelphia Phillies, and it has housed the Phillies’ Florida State League affiliate Clearwater Threshers since the facility opened in 2004. The stadium’s seating capacity is 8,500. The outfield dimensions measure 329 feet down the left field line, 408 feet to center, and 330 down the right field line. The $25 million facility features a 360-degree main concourse, grass berm seating, group picnic areas, a children’s play area and a state-of-the-art video scoreboard. In addition to a major-league quality playing field, the facility also houses the Carpenter Complex – an adjacent four-diamond practice complex, which allows teams to take full-field batting practice while a game is taking place in the stadium. All eight teams will qualify for the 2015 American Athletic Conference Championship, which will utilize a double-elimination format in two brackets, leading up to the May 24 final, which will be televised at noon on ESPNU. Houston won the 2014 American Athletic Conference Championship, as the No. 3-seeded Cougars downed No. 1 Louisville 10-4 to capture the conference’s automatic qualifier into the NCAA tournament. The Cougars advanced to the Super Regionals after their victory in the conference championship game.
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2015 AWA RD WI N N E R S A N D A L L -C O N FE R E N C E T E AMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Ian Happ • Jr. • OF • Cincinnati
Carson Cross • R-Sr. • RHP • UConn
Happ has led The American in a multitude of offensi ve categories during the 2015 campaign. He enters the Championship with a .366 average, .490 on-base percentage and .681 slugging percentage, all good for the top mark in The American. The junior from Pittsburgh has also walked a conferencebest 47 times and is tied for second in The American with 14 homers on the year. Happ has also shown versatility defensively, playing both middle infield positions this year in addition to his work in the outfield.
Cross returned to the mound after missing the 2014 season and quickly showed himself as one of the most dominant pitchers not only in The American but across college baseball. His 10 victories rank in the top 10 nationally, while he has pitched to the tune of a 2.18 ERA and .206 opposing batting average this year. The Brentwood, New Hampshire, native’s 106 strikeouts lead The American, as does the opposing batting average and his 99 innings pitched entering the Championship.
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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
COACH OF THE YEAR
Seth Romero • Fr. • LHP • Houston
Cliff Godwin • East Carolina
Romero was a vital cog in the Cougar pitching staff as a freshman, serving Houston in both the back end of the bullpen and the rotation. The native of West Columbia, Texas went 7-3 with six saves, making him the only pitcher in The American with five or more wins and saves. Romero’s 1.73 ERA leads the conference entering the Championship and his .214 opposing batting average ranks third.
Godwin led the Pirates to the No. 2 seed in The American Championship in his first year at the helm in Greenville. East Carolina enters the Championship with 36 wins, three more than the Pirates’ total from the 2014 season. The Pirates went 15-9 in conference play in their first year in The American after going in 1614 in Conference USA in 2014.
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS P P P P P RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF OF DH UTY
FIRST TEAM
Zach Rodgers * Carson Cross * Anthony Kay Reid Love Jimmy Herget Nolan Blackwood Levi Borders * Tucker Tubbs Vinny Siena Dylan Moore Tommy Williams Ian Happ * Erik Barber Blake Davey Kyle Survance Luke Lowery Reid Love *
UCF UConn UConn East Carolina USF Memphis USF Memphis UConn UCF UCF Cincinnati UCF UConn Houston East Carolina East Carolina
P P P P RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF OF DH
SECOND TEAM
Kyle Dowdy Andrew Lantrip Seth Romero Corey Merrill Tommy Peterson Max McDowell Chris Iriart Josh Vidales Stephen Alemais Willy Yahn JoMarcos Woods Jack Sundberg Kane Barrow Darien Tubbs Jacob Campbell
Houston Houston Houston Tulane USF UConn Houston Houston Tulane UConn UCF UConn Memphis Memphis Houston
* unanimous selection
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FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS (AS OF MAY 16)
2015 STANDINGS
American
Houston* East Carolina Tulane USF Memphis UConn UCF Cincinnati
16-8 15-9 13-11 13-11 12-12 11-13 10-14 6-18
Pct.
.667 .625 .542 .542 .500 .458 .417 .250
Overall
39-17 36-20 33-21 32-22-1 35-19 33-23 31-25 15-39
WEEK-BY-WEEK IN THE NATIONAL POLLS Baseball American/USA Today Coaches Poll
Pct.
.696 .643 .611 .591 .648 .589 .554 .278
* - Won Regular Season Championship
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK Feb. 16 Dylan Moore, Sr., INF, UCF Feb. 23 Kyle Marsh, So., INF/P, UCF March 2 JoMarcos Woods, Jr., OF, UCF March 9 Ian Happ, Jr., OF, Cincinnati March 16 Luke Lowery, Jr., C/1B/DH, East Carolina March 23 Chris Iriart, Jr., 1B, Houston March 30 Buddy Putnam, Sr., 1B, USF April 6 Chris Carrier, So., OF, Memphis April 13 Tucker Tubbs, Sr., 1B, Memphis April 20 Chris Carrier, So., OF, Memphis April 27 Reid Love, Sr., LHP/OF, East Carolina May 4 Treg Haberkorn, Fr., OF, Cincinnati May 11 Corey Julks, Fr., INF/OF, Houston May 18 Garrett Brooks, Jr., OF, East Carolina
Feb. 16
Kyle Marsh, Fr., INF/P, UCF; Ian Happ, Jr., OF, Cincinnati; Andrew Lantrip, So., RHP, Houston; Dylan Toscano, Jr., RHP, Memphis; Jimmy Herget, Jr., RHP, USF
Feb. 23
Ian Happ, Jr., OF, Cincinnati; Anthony Kay, So., LHP, UConn; Luke Lowery, Jr., C/1B/DH, East Carolina; Jimmy Herget, Jr., RHP, USF; Hunter Hope, So., INF, Tulane
March 2
Vinny Siena, Jr., INF, UConn; Luke Lowery, Jr., C/1B/DH, East Carolina; Andrew Lantrip, So., RHP, Houston; Joe Cavallaro, Fr., RHP, USF; Corey Merrill, So., RHP, Tulane
March 9
Dylan Moore, Sr., INF, UCF; Evan Kruczynski, So., LHP, East Carolina; Travis Watkins, R-So., C, East Carolina; Jimmy Herget, Jr., RHP, USF; Emerson Gibbs, Jr., RHP, Tulane
March 16
Cre Finfrock, Fr., RHP, UCF; Dylan Moore, Sr., INF, UCF; Dalton Lehnen, Fr., LHP, Cincinnati; Josh Vidales, Jr., INF, Houston; Casey Mulholland, Sr., RHP, USF
March 23
Erik Barber, Sr., OF, UCF; Seth Romero, Fr., LHP, Houston; Tucker Tubbs, Sr., 1B, Memphis; Tommy Peterson, R-So., RHP, USF; John Gandolfo, Sr., OF, Tulane
March 30
JoMarcos Woods, Sr., OF, UCF; Vinny Siena, Jr., INF, UConn; Chris Iriart, Jr., 1B, Houston; Jimmy Herget, Jr., RHP, USF; Emerson Gibbs, Jr., RHP, Tulane
PITCHER OF THE WEEK Feb. 16 Tim Yandel, Jr., RHP, Tulane Feb. 23 Andrew Lantrip, So., RHP, Houston March 2 Anthony Kay, So., LHP, UConn March 9 Carson Cross, R-Sr., RHP, UConn March 16 Patrick Weigel, Jr., RHP, Houston March 23 Carson Cross, R-Sr., RHP, UConn March 30 Carson Cross, R-Sr., RHP, UConn April 6 Reid Love, Sr., LHP, East Carolina April 13 Anthony Kay, So., LHP, UConn April 20 Kyle Dowdy, Jr., RHP, Houston April 27 Seth Romero, Fr., LHP, Houston May 4 Kyle Dowdy, Jr., RHP, Houston May 11 Andrew Lantrip, So., RHP, Houston May 18 Alex Massey, Jr., RHP, Tulane
April 6
Zach Rodgers, Sr., RHP, UCF; Andrew Zellner, So., RHP, Cincinnati; Blake Davey, Sr., OF/1B/C, UConn; Charlie Yorgen, Sr., INF, East Carolina; Buddy Putnam, Sr., 1B, USF
April 13
Zach Rodgers, Sr., RHP, UCF; Tanner Schimmoeller, Fr., RHP, Cincinnati; Kyle Dowdy, Jr., RHP Houston; Casey Mulholland, Sr., RHP, USF; Alex Massey, Jr., RHP, Tulane
April 20
Zach Rodgers, Sr., RHP, UCF; Tristan Hammans, Fr., RHP, Cincinnati; Reid Love, Sr., LHP/ OF, East Carolina; Jacob Campbell, Jr., C, Houston; Alex Massey, Jr., RHP, Tulane
April 27
Joe DeRoche-Duffin, Jr., INF/DH, UConn; Kyle Survance, Jr., OF, Houston; Nolan Blackwood, So., RHP, Memphis; Jimmy Herget, Jr., RHP, USF; Corey Merrill, So., RHP, Tulane
May 4
Zach Rodgers, Sr., RHP, UCF; Andrew Zellner, So., RHP, Cincinnati; Hunter Allen, Sr., INF, East Carolina; Kane Barrow, Sr., OF, Memphis; Corey Merrill, So., RHP, Tulane
May 11
Matt Diorio, So., C/OF, UCF; Ian Happ, Jr., OF, Cincinnati; Blake Davey, Sr., OF/1B/C, UConn; Jimmy Herget, Jr., RHP, USF; Ian Gibaut, Jr., RHP, Tulane
May 18
Erik Barber, Sr., OF, UCF; Joe Ingle, Fr., RHP, East Carolina; Aaron Garza, Sr., RHP, Houston; Kevin Merrell, Fr., INF/OF, USF; Garrett Deschamp, Sr., INF, Tulane
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2015 RESULTS
U C F K NI G H TS NO . 7 SEED 3 1 - 25 OVE RAL L 1 0 - 1 4 A M E R I C A N LOCATION......................................................................................................... Orlando, Fla. COLORS............................................................................................................ Black & Gold ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 60,000 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1963 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR....................................................................................Todd Stansbury HEAD COACH...................................................... Terry Rooney - Radford ‘96 - Seventh Season ASSISTANT COACH....................................Kevin Schnall - Coastal Carolina ‘01 - Third Season ASSISTANT COACH......................................Ryan Klosterman - Vanderbilt ‘04 - Fourth Season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH......................Kyle Sprague - Malone ‘12 - Second Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Dylan Moore JoMarcos Woods Tommy Williams Erik Barber Matt Diorio Jordan Savinon Kyle Marsh Derrick Salberg James Vasquez Player Zach Rodgers Cre Finfrock Parker Thomas Harrison Hukari Robby Howell Eric Hepple Ryan Meyer Spencer Davis Trent Thompson
AVG .330 .329 .324 .322 .312 .308 .294 .278 .271 ERA 2.18 3.25 3.86 4.89 5.82 6.75 6.86 8.40 12.05
GP 56 52 55 54 48 41 47 50 55 W 10 7 0 4 5 3 2 0 0
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 233 49 77 13 3 9 41 123 .528 27 .412 14 167 31 55 12 2 5 32 86 .515 16 .415 9 213 36 69 19 3 8 39 118 .554 33 .414 5 199 43 64 8 1 11 38 107 .538 20 .402 4 141 35 44 7 1 5 29 68 .482 28 .434 1 130 24 40 6 1 5 17 63 .485 17 .397 0 160 29 47 12 0 5 37 74 .463 29 .407 0 162 26 45 5 0 2 20 56 .346 23 .380 9 214 30 58 10 0 7 37 89 .416 18 .349 0 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 0 17 11 3 1 1 91.0 72 27 22 36 90 .220 5 14 14 1 0 0 88.2 73 34 32 30 69 .228 0 26 0 0 0 0 44.1 47 26 19 25 25 .281 4 29 1 0 0 5 49.2 61 29 27 28 51 .313 8 16 15 0 0 0 77.1 98 56 50 33 55 .310 2 9 4 0 0 0 21.1 24 19 16 17 13 .282 1 10 4 0 0 0 19.2 22 25 15 17 14 .275 1 17 2 0 0 2 30.0 35 33 28 21 24 .289 3 17 2 0 0 2 18.2 34 28 25 11 16 .391
FEBRUARY 13 Siena 14 Siena 15 Siena 18 Bethune-Cookman 20 vs --/rv Arkansas 1 (CST) 21 vs 16/20 Maryland 1 22 at South Alabama 25 at Bethune-Cookman 27 24/18 Ole Miss
MARCH 24/18 1 Ole Miss 24/18 Ole Miss 4/2 3 Florida 4/2 4 at Florida (SECN+) 6 Columbia 7 Columbia 8 Columbia 18/18 10 at Florida State (ESPN3) 18/18 11 at Florida State (ESPN3) 13 Fairfield 14 Fairfield 15 Fairfield 17 at Bethune-Cookman 20 Presbyterian 21 Presbyterian 22 Presbyterian 24 at Jacksonville (ESPN3) 27 17/19 Houston * 28 17/19 Houston * 29 17/19 Houston * --/rv 31 Florida Atlantic APRIL 2 at Cincinnati * 3 at Cincinnati * 4 at Cincinnati * 7 Jacksonville 10 UConn * 11 UConn * 12 UConn * 9/9 15 at Miami (Fla.) 17 at Tulane * 18 at Tulane * 19 at Tulane * 21 North Florida 24 at East Carolina * 25 at East Carolina * 26 at East Carolina * MAY 1 2 3 6 at 8 9 10 12 at 14 at 15 at 16 at 1
USF * USF * USF * 18/16 Florida Atlantic Memphis * Memphis * Memphis * North Florida USF * (CBSSN) USF * (CBSSN) USF *
W, 4-1 W, 13-4 W, 11-0 W, 10-2 W, 9-5 W, 7-6 W, 7-5 W, 18-8 W, 5-4 W, 3-2 L, 3-4 W, 4-3 L, 2-10 W, 9-1 W, 5-1 W, 9-3 L, 8-11 L, 11-15 W, 11-1 W, 6-5 W, 16-10 W, 18-3 W, 6-5 L, 6-8 W, 18-4 L, 9-13 W, 9-2 L, 5-7 W, 4-3 L, 5-11 L, 1-4 L, 3-5 W, 2-1 W, 6-5 L, 4-6 L, 1-15 W, 5-1 L, 2-4 L, 0-3 W, 8-0 L, 0-10 (7) L, 3-9 L, 5-6 (10) L, 2-3 L, 5-6 W, 3-0 W, 2-1 L, 3-9 L, 2-10 W, 10-2 L, 5-6 W, 4-1 L, 5-10 W, 12-9 L, 3-7 L, 4-5
- Mobile, Ala.
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TOMMY WILLIAMS
sr. north palm beach, fla.
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Top Row (L-R): Matt Diorio, Trent Thompson, Tommy Williams, Spencer Davis, Tyler Hayden, Harrison Hukari, Jason Bahr, Ryan Meyer, Robby Howell, Tanner Olson, Mitchell Tripp, Jordan Savinon Second Row: Eugene Vazquez, Kyle Marsh, Dylan Moore, Brooks Morgan, Sam Bates, Drew Faintich, Josh Moser, Derrick Salberg, Dalton Duty, Parker Thomas, Sam Tolleson, Kam Gellinger Third Row: Nathan Allen, Cody Azzi, Andy Chriscaden, Ryan McPhail, Ryan Klosterman, Terry Rooney, Kevin Schnall, Kyle Sprague, Mason Baker, Chris Colaluca, John Lee Bottom Row: Kyle Perkins, Brad Rowley, Joe Marotta, Zach Rodgers, Cre Finfrock, Eric Hepple, Erik Barber, JoMarcos Woods, Pat Stephens, Logan Heiser, James Vasquez
UCF KNIGHTS o. N 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Name Dylan Moore Kam Gellinger Cre Finfrock Brooks Morgan JoMarcos Woods Erik Barber Dalton Duty Sam Bates James Vasquez Tommy Williams Tyler Hayden Sam Tolleson Derrick Salberg Eugene Vazquez Josh Moser Kyle Marsh Logan Heiser Kyle Perkins Pat Stephens Spencer Davis Tanner Olson Jordan Savinon Matt Diorio Parker Thomas Harrison Hukari Mitchell Tripp Jason Bahr Brad Rowley Joe Marotta Zach Rodgers Drew Faintich Robby Howell Trent Thompson Eric Hepple Ryan Meyer
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Pos. INF INF RHP INF OF OF OF INF INF INF INF OF OF OF OF RHP/INF C C RHP/C RHP RHP C C/OF LHP LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP
Cl. Sr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. R-Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. R-Jr. R-Jr. R-Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. R-Jr.
B/T R/R L/R S/R R/R L/L R/R L/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht. 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-7 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-5 6-4 6-3 6-0 6-0 6-6 6-1 6-5 6-0 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-6
Wt. 194 197 186 195 170 194 187 180 230 192 233 198 188 205 193 191 183 193 185 223 230 215 204 213 246 223 200 194 170 175 239 233 248 218 201
Hometown/Previous School Yorba Linda, Calif./Cypress College Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast Jensen Beach, Fla./Martin County Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz Orlando, Fla./The First Academy Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland Palatka, Fla./Palatka Oviedo, Fla./Daytona State Palm City, Fla./Martin County North Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Gardens Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo Houston, Texas/Cypress College Kelso, Wash./Lower Columbia College Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek Fleming Island, Fla./Fleming Island Port Orange, Fla./Spruce Creek Jupiter, Fla./Jupiter Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central Orlando, Fla./Orlando Christian The Woodlands, Texas/Howard J.C. Ferndale, Wash./Skagit Valley College Clearwater, Fla./St. Petersburg College Staten Island, N.Y./Moore Catholic Richmond, Texas/Weatherford College St. Petersburg, Fla./St Petersburg Bellingham, Wash./Lower Columbia College Longwood, Fla./Lake Mary Stuart, Fla./Martin County Port Saint Lucie, Fla./College of Central Florida Glendale, Ariz./Cochise College Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian Fort White, Fla./Fort White Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Springs Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo
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CINCINNATI BEARCATS NO . 8 SEED 1 5 - 39 OVE RAL L 6 - 1 8 A M E R I C A N LOCATION.................................................................................................... Cincinnati, Ohio COLORS............................................................................................................. Red & Black ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 42,421 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1819 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.......................................................................................... Mike Bohn HEAD COACH........................................................ Ty Neal - Miami (Ohio) ‘99 - Second Season ASSISTANT COACH.................................. Adam Bourassa - Wake Forest ‘03 - Second Season ASSISTANT COACH...................................... John Lackaff - Miami (Ohio) ‘03 - Second Season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH................... Dustin Coffman - Indiana ‘09 - Second Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Ian Happ Woody Wallace R.J. Thompson Treg Haberkorn Ryan Noda Manny Rodriguez Kyle Mottice Devin Wenzel Jake Richmond Player Andrew Zellner Tristan Hammans Ryan Atkinson Jarod Yoakam David Orndorff Dalton Lehnen J.T. Perez Tanner Schimmoeller A.J. Olasz
AVG .366 .283 .258 .242 .234 .222 .222 .220 .210 ERA 3.22 4.04 4.33 5.27 5.71 5.82 5.73 7.54 8.64
GP 54 48 46 47 54 54 47 53 28 W 2 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 0
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 191 45 70 18 0 14 43 130 .681 47 .490 11 152 15 43 8 1 2 15 59 .388 12 .353 2 155 15 40 6 1 1 23 51 .329 14 .330 3 153 20 37 4 1 2 23 49 .320 15 .331 6 188 29 44 10 0 7 30 75 .399 38 .387 5 176 18 39 8 1 0 8 49 .278 11 .275 5 167 20 37 2 2 0 12 43 .257 8 .267 7 191 29 42 14 1 4 30 70 .366 21 .297 2 81 8 17 4 0 0 3 21 .259 13 .366 1 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 4 17 9 0 0 4 64.1 66 30 23 26 54 .263 1 13 2 2 1 0 35.2 37 21 16 16 16 .276 6 15 7 0 0 1 70.2 64 38 34 46 52 .252 5 23 0 0 0 2 42.2 48 29 25 27 17 .291 2 18 7 0 0 0 52.0 66 39 33 16 22 .316 7 15 13 1 0 0 65.0 75 50 42 22 47 .294 3 15 1 0 0 1 22.0 19 15 14 11 12 .244 2 14 3 0 0 0 37.0 34 33 31 23 15 .243 3 14 5 0 0 0 33.1 45 42 32 20 26 .326
F EBRUARY 13 vs Miami (Ohio) 1 14/25 at Mississippi State (SECN+) 14 at 14/25 Mississippi State (SECN+) 14/25 15 at Mississippi State 20 at Santa Clara 21 at Santa Clara at Santa Clara 27 vs Iowa 2 28 vs Iowa 2
W, 3-1 L, 2-6 L, 5-19 L, 7-14 L, 3-11 L, 8-10 L, 4-8 L, 2-6 L, 1-5
MARCH 1 vs Iowa 2 7 Niagara 8 Niagara 9 Niagara 11 Kentucky 14 Toledo Toledo 15 Toledo 18 at --/rv Nevada 19 at --/rv Nevada --/rv 20 at Nevada --/rv 21 at Nevada 25 at Tennessee (SECN) 27 at USF * 28 at USF * 29 at USF * 31 at Wright State (ESPN3)
L, 0-5 (13) W, 5-1 W, 6-4 W, 2-1 (10) L, 1-9 L, 5-8 W, 5-3 W, 11-2 L, 3-5 L, 10-11 L, 4-7 L, 6-17 L, 0-7 L, 4-8 L, 3-4 L, 4-15 (7) L, 3-5
APRIL 6/11 2 UCF * 6/11 3 UCF * 6/11 4 UCF * 8 at Indiana 10 Memphis * 11 Memphis * 12 Memphis * 14 Xavier 15 Wright State 18 at --/rv Houston * --/rv at Houston * 19 at --/rv Houston * 4/4 21 Louisville 22 at Xavier 24 Tulane * 25 Tulane * 26 Tulane *
W, 4-1 W, 5-3 L, 1-2 W, 5-4 W, 6-2 L, 3-8 W, 8-7 (12) W, 4-0 L, 9-15 L, 1-4 L, 0-13 L, 2-9 L, 2-6 W, 8-5 L, 0-4 L, 6-8 L, 5-9
MAY 24/rv 1 at Memphis * 24/rv 2 at Memphis * 24/rv 3 at Memphis * --/rv 6 Ohio State 8 at UConn * 9 at UConn * 10 at UConn * 12 Xavier 14 East Carolina * 15 East Carolina * 16 East Carolina *
W, 11-4 W, 5-4 (12) L, 3-4 L, 0-6 L, 6-12 L, 8-10 L, 4-9 L, 1-5 L, 3-7 L, 4-6 L, 7-8
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- Starkville, Miss. - Emerson, Ga.
All times Eastern and subject to change Asterisk denotes American Athletic Conference game
IAN HAPP
jr. pittsburgh, pa. ®
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Top Row (L-R): Ryan Atkinson, David Orndorff, Tanner Schimmoeller, Tristan Hammans, Nick Voss, J.T. Perez, Andrew Zellner Second Row: Jarod Yoakam, Joey Thomas, Dalton Lehnen, Bryan Chenoweth, Treg Haberkorn, Devin Wenzel, Mitch Patishall, Ian Happ, Matt Fowler, A.J. Olasz Third Row: Jake Richmond, Hunter Losekamp, athletic trainer Aaron Himmler, assistant coach Adam Bourassa, head coach Ty Neal, assistant coach John Lackaff, volunteer assistant coach Dustin Coffman, director of baseball operations Ted Tom, Ryan Noda, Cameron Ross Bottom Row: Silas Neal, Manny Rodriguez, Chris Klenk, Woody Wallace, R.J. Thompson, Connor McVey, Kyle Mottice, Beckett Neal Not Pictured: Russell Clark, Colton Cleary, T.J. Galenti, Doug Lowe II, Kyle Luensman, Forrest Perron, Connor Van Caugherty
CINCINNATI BEARCATS o. N 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 14 16 17 1 8 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 40 41 44 45 46 47 49
Name Pos. Jake Richmond INF Kyle Mottice INF Ian Happ OF Manny Rodriguez INF Forrest Perron INF Devin Wenzel INF Woody Wallace C Andrew Zellner RHP Joey Thomas C Ryan Noda INF/OF Cameron Ross RHP Treg Haberkorn OF Connor McVey INF Kyle Luensman OF Jarod Yoakam RHP A.J. Olasz LHP Doug Lowe II LHP Mitch Patishall RHP Matt Fowler LHP Bryan Chenoweth RHP J.T. Perez LHP R.J. Thompson OF Chris Klenk OF Colton Cleary LHP Dalton Lehnen LHP Ryan Atkinson RHP Russell Clark C Nick Voss RHP Connor Van Caugherty OF Hunter Losekamp C Tristan Hammans RHP David Orndorff RHP Tanner Schimmoeller RHP T.J. Galenti INF
Cl. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. RS-Jr. Fr. So. Fr. RS-So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
B/T R/R L/R S/R S/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R L/L L/L R/R L/L R/R L/L R/R L/R L/L L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-1 6-1 6-4 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-6 6-4 6-4 6-8 6-5 6-6 6-3
Wt. 195 184 205 165 165 200 188 180 189 210 174 200 195 161 180 205 193 200 195 193 214 185 177 180 195 218 210 197 203 228 230 185 205 230
Hometown/Previous School Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills Canal Fulton, Ohio/Jackson Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon Brooklyn, N.Y./Calvert Hall (Baltimore, Md.) Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville Blandon, Pa./Fleetwood Area Lewis Center, Ohio/Olentangy Farmersville, Ohio/Valley View Mason, Ohio/Mason Volo, Ill./Grant Hebron, Ky./Conner Leo, Ind./Leo Mason, Ohio/Mason Fairfield, Ohio/Fairfield Marysville, Ohio/Marysville West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin Area Marysville, Ohio/Triad Pendleton, Ind./Pendleton Heights Loveland, Ohio/Kings Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon Orrville, Ohio/Orrville Mason, Ohio/Mason Portage, Ind./Portage Nicholasville, Ky./Lexington Catholic Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain Wexford, Pa./Pine-Richland Loveland, Ohio/Moeller Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Milford, Ohio/Milford Bakersfield, Calif./Garces, Memorial Pasadena, Calif./Pasadena Polytechnic Ottawa, Ohio/Ottawa-Glandorf Stillwater, Minn./IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
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UCONN HUSKIES NO . 6 SEED 3 3 - 23 OVE RAL L 1 1 - 1 3 A M E R I C A N LOCATION........................................................................................................ Storrs, Conn. COLORS..............................................................................National Flag Blue (Navy) & White ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 18,032 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1881 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.....................................................................................Warde Manuel HEAD COACH.............................................................. Jim Penders - UConn ‘94 - 12th Season ASSISTANT COACH................................................Jeff Hourigan - UConn ‘05 - Fourth Season ASSISTANT COACH.........................................Joshua McDonald - UConn ‘06 - Fourth Season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH........................ Chris Podeszwa - UConn ‘93 - 12th Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Vinny Siena Willy Yahn Bobby Melley Max McDowell Blake Davey Jack Sundberg Bryan Daniello Joe DeRoche-Duffin Jon Testani Player Anthony Kay Carson Cross Nico Darras Patrick Ruotolo Devin Over Jordan Tabakman Wills Montgomerie Ryan Radue Andrew Zapata
AVG .358 .346 .323 .302 .295 .284 .281 .266 .209 ERA 2.16 2.18 2.51 3.09 3.44 3.52 3.98 4.02 4.24
GP 56 42 56 56 53 56 52 49 53 W 7 10 2 2 0 3 3 1 5
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 246 61 88 14 2 7 50 127 .516 23 .411 1 156 28 54 6 2 3 30 73 .468 9 .394 4 220 29 71 18 0 1 37 92 .418 30 .411 0 202 33 61 7 0 7 38 89 .441 20 .390 2 207 36 61 19 0 6 44 98 .473 20 .377 11 222 52 63 11 2 1 35 81 .365 44 .410 31 167 33 47 6 3 1 22 62 .371 31 .404 10 154 28 41 13 0 9 36 81 .526 27 .415 2 158 27 33 6 0 6 31 57 .361 19 .337 5 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 6 14 14 1 0 0 96.0 73 35 23 23 89 .209 2 14 14 1 0 0 99.0 75 31 24 24 106 .206 2 22 0 0 0 1 28.2 25 11 8 14 29 .234 4 19 0 0 0 6 32.0 20 17 11 21 48 .177 2 14 0 0 0 0 18.1 15 8 7 11 19 .227 5 14 14 1 0 0 84.1 87 38 33 24 45 .273 1 10 5 0 0 0 31.2 26 15 14 13 23 .224 1 14 0 0 0 0 15.2 12 8 7 10 12 .226 0 11 9 0 0 0 51.0 47 24 24 16 43 .242
F EBRUARY 13 at Florida Atlantic 14 at Florida Atlantic 15 at Florida Atlantic 21 vs Siena 1 22 vs Siena 1 23 vs Siena 1 27 at 21/rv Kennesaw State 28 at 21/rv Kennesaw State MARCH 1 at 6 at 7 at 8 at 11 vs 14 vs at 15 vs 17 at 18 at 21 at 22 at at 24 vs 25 at 27 at 28 at 29 at 31 vs
21/rv Kennesaw State FIU FIU FIU Sacred Heart 3 USC Upstate 2 Furman Michigan State 2 Wake Forest William & Mary Seton Hall Seton Hall Seton Hall Yale 4 Central Connecticut Tulane * Tulane * Tulane * Boston College 5
L, 5-16 L, 1-2 (11) L, 4-5 W, 12-4 L, 1-3 W, 14-1 W, 5-3 W, 7-0 L, 1-6 W, 4-1 W, 5-3 L, 4-7 W, 8-4 W, 7-3 W, 12-1 W, 3-1 L, 2-6 W, 12-1 W, 1-0 L, 0-2 W, 6-3 W, 18-1 W, 17-2 W, 6-0 L, 1-5 W, 5-3 W, 8-7
APRIL 2 USF * 3 USF * 5 4 USF * 7 Northeastern 8 at Hartford 12/18 10 at UCF * 12/18 11 at UCF * 12/18 12 at UCF * 14 at Fairfield 15 at Bryant 17 East Carolina * 18 East Carolina * 19 East Carolina * 21 UMass 22 UMass Lowell 24 Memphis * 25 Memphis * 26 Memphis * 29 Holy Cross
L, 6-9 W, 7-0 L, 6-8 W, 9-1 L, 1-6 W, 6-4 W, 15-1 L, 1-5 W, 7-0 W, 18-5 L, 3-7 W, 7-3 L, 3-4 (10) W, 13-2 W, 17-2 W, 10-1 L, 3-4 L, 1-3 (15) L, 7-8
MAY --/rv 1 at East Carolina * --/rv 2 at East Carolina * --/rv 3 at East Carolina * 8 Cincinnati * 9 Cincinnati * 10 Cincinnati * 12 at Rhode Island 14 at 19/21 Houston * 19/21 15 at Houston * 16 at 19/21 Houston *
W, 13-2 L, 4-5 L, 2-5 W, 12-6 W, 10-8 W, 9-4 W, 11-5 L, 4-5 (10) L, 1-3 L, 0-1
- Port St. Lucie, Fla. - Greenville, S.C. 3 - Stony Brook, N.Y. 4 - Garden City, N.Y. 5 - Northborough, Mass. 1 2
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CARSON CROSS
sr. brentwood, n.h.
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Back Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Joshua MacDonald, Athletic Trainer Janelle Francisco, Assistant Coach Jeffrey Hourigan, Max McDowell, Devin Over, Connor David, Nico Darras, Alex LeFevre, Callahan Brown, Ryan Radue, Taylor Olmstead, Eric Yavarone, Sam Nepiarsky, Trevor Holmes, Jack Riley, Volunteer Assistant Coach Chris Podeszwa, Head Coach Jim Penders Middle Row: Wills Montgomerie, Max Slade, Vinny Siena, Anthony Kay, Jon Testani, Carson Cross, Bobby Melley, Andrew Zapata, Jack Sundberg, Griffin Garabedian, Joe DeRoche-Duffin Front Row: Aaron Hill, Troy Stefanski, Patrick Ruotolo, Willy Yahn, Bryan Daniello, Joe Rivera, CJ Dandeneau, Connor Buckley, Bullpen Catcher Tom Hart Not pictured: Blake Davey, Jordan Tabakman
UCONN HUSKIES o. N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 32 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Name Pos. Bryan Daniello INF Max McDowell C Aaron Hill INF Jack Sundberg OF Alex LeFevre C Willy Yahn INF Griffin Garabedian OF Devin Over RHP/UT Vinny Siena INF Eric Yavarone OF Bobby Melley 1B Joe Rivera RHP Max Slade RHP Ryan Radue RHP Anthony Kay LHP Nick Lamberti INF Connor Buckley INF Patrick Ruotolo RHP Joe Deroche-Duffin INF/RHP Jordan Tabakman RHP Andrew Zapata RHP Connor David C Jon Testani INF/OF Blake Davey OF/INF Callahan Brown RHP William Montgomerie RHP Jack Riley LHP Sam Nepiarsky RHP CJ Dandeneau RHP Taylor Olmstead OF Nico Darras RHP/UT Trevor Holmes RHP/C Carson Cross RHP Troy Stefanski INF/OF Dan Rajkowski RHP
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Cl. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. RJr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. RJr. RSo. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. RSr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. RSo. Fr. Fr. RFr. Fr. RFr. Jr. RFr. RSr. Fr. Fr.
B/T L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R
Ht. 5’10 6’1 5’11 5’11 6’2 5’11 5’11 6’1 5’10 6’2 6’3 5’11 6’0 6’5 6’0 5’6 6’0 5’10 6’0 6’4 6’0 6’1 5’11 6’4 6’3 6’2 6’1 6’3 6’0 6’3 6’2 6’1 6’6 6’1 6’1
Wt. 165 208 172 185 200 186 178 211 192 206 235 165 180 202 187 184 186 218 244 225 198 213 193 234 213 210 191 188 190 213 202 215 205 164 178
Hometown/Previous School Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin Groton, Conn./Fitch Mansfield, Conn./Avon Old Farms Mansfield, Conn./UConn Avery Point Sharon, Conn./Housatonic Regional Hamden, Conn./Notre Dame (West Haven) Windsor, Conn./Windsor Woodbridge, Conn./Amity North Haven, Conn./North Haven Barnstable, Mass./Boston College High School Southington, Conn./Southington Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire Appleton, Wis./Fox Valley Lutheran Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward-Melville East Haven, Conn./East Haven Stonington, Conn./UConn Avery Point Peabody, Mass./Peabody Veterans Santa Ana, Calif./Cypress College Pompton Plains, N.J./North Carolina Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire Monroe, Conn./Masuk Newport Beach, Calif./Cypress College Jupiter, Fla./Mississippi State Lakeville, Conn./Salisbury Prep West Boylston, Mass./St. Peter Marian Orange, Conn./Amity North Smithfield, R.I./La Salle Academy Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich Laguna Beach, Calif./Cal State Fullerton Ashland, Mass./Governor Academy Brentwood, N.H./Exeter North Stonington, Conn./Wheeler New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan
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EAST CAROLINA PIRATES NO . 2 SEED 3 6 - 20 OVE RAL L 1 5 - 9 A M E R I C A N LOCATION.....................................................................................................Greenville, N.C. COLORS........................................................................................................... Purple & Gold ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 27,000 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1907 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.......................................................................................Jeff Compher HEAD COACH..................................................... Cliff Godwin - East Carolina ‘00 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH........................................Jeff Palumbo - George Mason ‘04 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH............................................. Dan Roszel - North Florida ‘00 - Fifth Season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH.............. Frankie Everitte - Brunswick CC ‘06 - First Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Hunter Allen Kirk Morgan Travis Watkins Luke Lowery Reid Love Eric Tyler Charlie Yorgen Garrett Brooks Bryce Harman Player Joe Ingle David Lucroy Nick Durazo Reid Love Kirk Morgan Evan Kruczynski Jacob Wolfe Jimmy Boyd Evan Voliva
AVG .339 .317 .316 .313 .301 .283 .281 .259 .250 ERA 0.70 2.18 2.70 2.79 3.10 3.29 3.42 4.89 9.98
GP 52 38 54 51 42 54 56 49 52 W 0 3 4 7 4 7 4 5 2
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 183 32 62 8 1 0 17 72 .393 18 397 4 126 14 40 0 2 0 16 44 .349 5 .365 1 190 27 60 5 0 2 34 71 .374 17 .367 6 182 37 57 9 1 12 45 104 .571 24 .416 7 156 22 47 6 1 3 18 64 .410 11 .363 2 187 33 53 11 0 3 21 73 .390 22 .383 1 199 32 56 7 0 4 25 75 .377 30 .391 7 112 21 29 2 0 3 12 40 .357 19 .366 5 184 32 46 11 2 7 27 82 .446 21 .358 0 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 0 27 0 0 0 6 25.2 10 3 2 17 36 .119 4 15 12 0 0 0 62.0 51 25 15 27 46 .229 0 23 2 0 0 2 33.1 29 15 10 13 30 .246 3 20 9 2 1 4 80.2 79 27 25 9 68 .255 0 9 1 0 0 0 20.1 19 8 7 3 14 .247 4 14 14 2 1 0 87.2 97 40 32 22 63 .283 2 16 14 0 0 1 81.2 80 44 31 20 48 .257 7 27 4 0 0 1 57.0 75 36 31 5 38 .326 0 17 0 0 0 1 15.1 16 19 17 5 6 .267
F EBRUARY 4/2 13 Virginia 14 4/2 Virginia 14 4/2 Virginia 21 UNC Greensboro 25/rv 22 Liberty --/rv 22 St. John’s 27 Albany 28 Albany
L, 1-3 L, 2-9 L, 2-4 W, 8-3 L, 3-4 W, 9-2 W, 5-1 W, 14-3
MARCH 1 Albany 3 at North Carolina State (ESPN3) 4 Old Dominion 7 Monmouth Monmouth 8 Monmouth --/rv 10 Campbell 11 UNC Greensboro 13 at Elon 14 at Elon 15 at Elon 17 Princeton 18 Princeton 20 VCU 21 VCU 22 VCU 24 at --/rv UNC-Wilmington 25 High Point 28 Memphis * Memphis * 29 Memphis *
W, 5-3 L, 0-7 W, 9-7 W, 2-0 W, 9-0 W, 3-2 L, 4-9 W, 8-1 W, 10-3 W, 11-8 W, 20-4 W, 11-2 W, 8-3 L, 3-4 W, 9-3 L, 2-3 L, 2-4 L, 2-13 W, 4-1 L, 2-3 L, 2-4
APRIL 2 Tulane * 3 Tulane * 4 Tulane * 7 at --/rv Campbell 10 at USF * 11 at USF * 12 at USF * 15 at Old Dominion 17 at UConn * 18 at UConn * 19 at UConn * 21 NC State 22 Duke 24 --/rv UCF * --/rv 25 UCF * 26 --/rv UCF * 29 at Liberty MAY 1 UConn * 2 UConn * 3 UConn * 8 at 25/21 Houston * 9 at 25/21 Houston * (CBSSN) 25/21 10 at Houston * 12 Elon 14 at Cincinnati * 15 at Cincinnati * 16 at Cincinnati *
W, 3-0 W, 11-3 L, 6-8 W, 7-5 L, 1-2 L, 0-10 W, 10-0 W, 4-2 W, 7-3 L, 3-7 W, 4-3 (10) W, 6-5 W, 3-2 (10) W, 6-5 (10) W, 3-2 W, 6-5 L, 0-5 L, 2-13 W, 5-4 W, 5-2 L, 1-10 W, 4-1 L, 1-11 (7) W, 7-0 (7) W, 7-3 W, 6-4 W, 8-7
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HUNTER ALLEN
sr. shallotte, n.c.
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Back Row (L-R): Zac Womack, Jeff Palumbo, Cliff Godwin (HC), Ryan Clinch, T.J. McDonald, Chris Perry, Ross Gardner, Bryce Harman, Brandon Saunders, Evan Kruczynski, Joe Ingle, Jackson Mims, Dan Roszel, Frankie Everitte and Pete Buscaino. Middle Row: Wyatt Bland, Reid Love, David Lucroy, Hunter Allen, Jeff Nelson, Davis Kirkpatrick, Luke Lowery, Travis Watkins, Luke Bolka, Mason Keen, Nick Durazo and Zach Centrella. Front Row: Jimmy Boyd, Kirk Morgan, Jacob Wolfe, Evan Voliva, Bailey Sugg, Garrett Brooks, Jack Owens, Cam Snow, Eric Tyler, Charlie Yorgen and Parker Lamm.
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Name Garrett Brooks Charlie Yorgen Hunter Allen Parker Lamm Bailey Sugg Cameron Snow Kirk Morgan Ryan Clinch Davis Kirkpatrick Jeff Nelson T.J. McDonald Travis Watkins Jackson Mims David Lucroy Luke Lowery Eric Tyler Bryce Harman Ross Gardner Chris Perry Nick Durazo Reid Love Jacob Wolfe Mason Keen Evan Kruczynski Joe Ingle Luke Bolka Brandon Saunders Jimmy Boyd Evan Voliva
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Pos. OF 2B SS OF OF INF/RHP 3B/RHP C/OF RHP OF RHP C 3B RHP DH/OF C/OF 1B RHP RHP LHP LHP/OF LHP RHP LHP RHP LHP RHP RHP RHP
Cl. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. RFr. So. Fr. So. Jr. RFr. RSo. Fr. RJr. Jr. So. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. RSo. Jr. Fr.
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B/T L/L L/R S/R R/R L/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/L L/L R/R L/L R/R R/L R/R L/R R/R
Ht. 5-9 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-2 5-8 6-6 6-5 6-5 5-11 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-0 6-5 5-11 5-10
Wt. 200 190 180 160 175 182 177 169 186 195 196 200 195 213 240 205 220 202 196 187 199 192 157 188 164 202 219 205 198
Hometown/Previous School Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s Shallotte, N.C./Brunswick CC Wilson, N.C./Pitt CC Greenville, N.C./J.H. Rose Hillsborough, N.C./Riverside Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek Jamestown, N.C./Wesleyan Christian Academy Greenville, N.C./D.H. Conley Puyallup, Wash./Pierce College Fayetteville, N.C./Gray’s Creek Concord, N.C./Cox Mill Shelby, N.C./Shelby Umatilla, Fla./Umatilla Midlothian, Va./Cosby Landis, N.C./South Rowan Chesterfield, Va./Lloyd C. Bird Jacksonville, Fla./Atlantic Coast Bethel, N.C./North Pitt Broadway, N.C./Lee County Dunnellon, Fla./St. Johns River St. College Haw River, N.C./Southern Alamance Greenville, N.C./J.H. Rose Franklin, Wis./Franklin Fayetteville, N.C./Terry Sanford Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee Raleigh, N.C./Pitt CC Raleigh, N.C./Brunswick CC Currituck, N.C./Currituck County
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HOUSTON COUGARS NO . 1 SEED 3 9 - 17 OVE RAL L 1 6 - 8 A M E R I C A N LOCATION..................................................................................................... Houston, Texas COLORS........................................................................................................ Scarlet & White ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 40,750 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1927 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.................................................................................. Hunter Yurachek HEAD COACH.......................................................... Todd Whitting - Houston ‘95 - Fifth Season ASSISTANT COACH.................................... Trip Couch - Louisiana-Lafayette ‘91 - Fifth Season ASSISTANT COACH....................................Frank Anderson - Emporia State ‘83 - Third Season ASSISTANT COACH................................ Mike Taylor - Prairie View A&M ‘97 - Second Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Josh Vidales Chris Iriart Jacob Campbell Kyle Survance Corey Julks Ian Rice Ashford Fulmer Connor Wong Justin Montemayor Player Aaron Fletcher Seth Romero Andrew Lantrip Taylor Cobb David Longville Kyle Dowdy Patrick Weigel Jake Lemoine Aaron Garza
AVG .315 .307 .301 .295 .287 .252 .241 .232 .188 ERA 1.64 1.73 2.40 2.45 2.65 2.77 3.20 4.50 5.79
GP 55 56 51 53 46 48 54 55 55 W 1 7 7 1 5 8 4 1 1
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 213 44 67 8 3 2 36 87 .408 29 .406 5 202 39 62 12 2 14 39 120 .594 24 .419 1 176 27 53 10 1 5 36 80 .455 24 .389 1 210 45 62 8 5 1 31 83 .395 30 .394 28 150 15 43 9 2 2 25 62 .413 17 .367 3 139 26 35 6 0 3 24 50 .360 41 .431 1 141 20 34 4 1 3 24 49 .348 11 .314 10 207 33 48 5 4 6 31 79 .382 20 .303 3 186 22 35 4 1 1 23 44 .237 25 .287 3 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 0 18 0 0 0 1 22.0 20 9 4 6 8 .244 3 19 6 1 0 6 67.2 54 27 13 18 74 .214 3 14 14 2 0 0 97.1 92 30 26 19 97 .246 1 9 5 0 0 1 25.2 29 7 7 13 17 .296 2 12 9 1 1 0 51.0 50 20 15 5 24 .263 2 17 10 2 2 0 78.0 66 29 24 19 60 .234 1 22 1 0 0 2 50.2 34 19 18 20 45 .198 1 5 5 0 0 0 24.0 24 15 12 4 15 .261 3 15 5 0 0 3 37.1 47 27 24 7 24 .303
FEBRUARY 13 Minnesota 14 Minnesota 15 Minnesota 18 Texas Southern --/rv 20 Alabama -/rv 21 Alabama -/rv 22 Alabama 25 at Texas State 27 Columbia 28 Columbia Columbia
MARCH 1 Columbia 3 Houston Baptist 6 vs 2/5 LSU (ESPN3) MM 7 vs 22/11 Texas A&M MM 8 vs Hawaii (ROOT-SW) MM 10 at Sam Houston State 13 Buffalo 14 Buffalo 15 Buffalo 17 10/8 Rice --/rv 20 at New Mexico --/rv 21 at New Mexico --/rv 22 at New Mexico 24 Lamar 27 at 6/11 UCF * 28 at 6/11 UCF * 29 at 6/11 UCF * 31 at Baylor (FSSW) APRIL 2 at 3 at 4 at 7 at 10 11 12 14 at 18 19 21 at 24 at 25 at 26 at 28
W, 9-1 W, 5-0 W, 5-4 W, 11-5 W, 3-1 W, 14-9 L, 3-8 L, 6-7 W, 3-0 L, 4-5 (13) W, 8-7 L, 7-12 L, 1-2 L, 2-4 L, 0-6 W, 8-6 W, 17-7 W, 9-1 W, 9-3 W, 5-0 W, 8-3 W, 6-5 W, 6-5 W, 8-7 W, 6-5 (10) L 2-9 W, 7-5 L, 3-4 W, 11-0
Memphis * W, 3-2 Memphis * L, 6-14 Memphis * L, 2-6 Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3) L, 5-6 Tulane * W, 4-3 Tulane * W, 6-1 Tulane * L, 1-3 --/16 Rice L, 0-11 Cincinnati * W, 4-1 Cincinnati * W, 13-0 Cincinnati * L, 2-9 McNeese State W, 5-4 USF * L, 1-2 (11) USF * (CBSSN) W, 9-8 USF * W, 6-2 Sam Houston State W, 3-0
MAY 1 at Tulane * (CBSSN) L, 1-3 2 at Tulane * W, 3-0 3 at Tulane * W, 7-1 5 McNeese State W, 9-2 8 --/rv East Carolina * W, 10-1 --/rv 9 East Carolina * (CBSSN) L, 1-4 --/rv 10 East Carolina * W, 11-1 (7) 12 vs 21/14 Rice 1 W, 2-1 14 UConn * W, 5-4 (10) 15 UConn * W, 3-1 16 UConn * W, 1-0
- Minute Maid Park (Houston College Classic) - Sugar Land, Texas
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KYLE DOWDY
jr. san diego, calif.
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Front Row (L-R): Robert Grilli, Josh Vidales, Bubba Maxwell, Connor Wong, Gino Marucci, Ian Rice, Jacob Campbell, Connor Hollis, Chase Cryer, Michael Pyeatt Second Row (L-R): Corey Julks, Derek Dickerson, Zac Taylor, Jordan Stading, George Pappas, Aaron Fletcher, Jared Robinson Third Row (L-R): Head Coach Todd Whitting, Assistant Coach Trip Couch, Kyle Survance, Chris Iriart, Justin Montemayor, Seth Romero, Michael Wisz, Marshall Kasowski, Austin Moore, Director for Player Development Ryan Shotzberger, Assistant Coach Frank Anderson, Assistant Coach Mike Taylor Top Row (L-R): Kyle Dowdy, Ashford Fulmer, David Longville, Taylor Cobb, Jake Lemoine, Patrick Weigel, Braeden Holub, Aaron Garza, Chris Reed, Colin Butkiewicz, Andrew Lantrip
HOUSTON COUGARS No. 1 2 4 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 47
Name Robert Grilli Michael Pyeatt Zac Taylor Ian Rice Josh Vidales Connor Wong Jared Robinson Andrew Lantrip Marshall Kasowski Chris Reed Austin Moore Patrick Weigel Taylor Cobb Justin Montemayor Aaron Garza Ashford Fulmer Corey Julks Chris Iriart Jake Lemoine Derek Dickerson Bubba Maxwell George Pappas Jacob Campbell Kyle Dowdy Kyle Survance Jordan Stading Chase Cryer Colin Butkiewicz David Longville Gino Marucci Seth Romero Michael Wisz Braeden Holub Connor Hollis Aaron Fletcher
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Pos. INF OF OF C INF INF RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP INF RHP OF INF 1B RHP 1B/C RHP C C RHP OF INF INF C RHP OF LHP INF RHP INF LHP
Cl. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. R-Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr.
B/T L/R L/R R/R R/R S/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R S/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R L/L
Ht. 5-9 5-9 6-0 6-0 5-8 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-5 5-11 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-1 6-3 5-8 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-3 6-1 6-3 5-10 5-11
Wt. 170 190 174 190 160 170 180 175 220 175 225 222 220 225 200 190 180 230 220 230 185 205 200 205 190 205 189 175 210 175 242 220 292 175 240
Hometown/Previous School Toronto, Ontario/Salt Lake CC Lake Jackson, Texas/Brazoswood Chicago, Ill./Downers Grove South Huntsville, Ala./Chipola College La Porte, Texas/La Porte Pearland, Texas/Pearland Lubbock, Texas/Midland JC Livingston, Texas/Livingston The Woodlands, Texas/Panola JC Aledo, Texas/Aledo Tucson, Ariz./Lamar CC Ventura, Calif./Oxnard College Houston, Texas/Blinn JC Austin, Texas/Anderson Galveston, Texas/Ball Cypress, Texas/Cy-Ranch Friendswood, Texas/Clear Brook Chino Hills, Calif./Orange Coast College Bridge City, Texas/Bridge City Cypress, Texas/Cypress Ranch Vidor, Texas/Panola College Houston, Texas/Memorial Alvin, Texas/Alvin San Diego, Calif./Orange Coast College Jersey Village, Texas/Jersey Village Katy, Texas/Second Baptist Belton, Texas/Belton Milwaukee, Wis./Greendale Mission Viejo, Calif./Orange Coast College Baton Rouge, La./University West Columbia, Texas/Columbia Lemont, Ill./Lemont Township Tomball, Texas/Tomball Arlington, Texas/Lamar Cypress, Texas/Langham Creek
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MEMPHIS TIGERS NO . 5 SEED 3 5 - 19 OVE RAL L 1 2 - 1 2 A M E R I C A N LOCATION.................................................................................................... Memphis, Tenn. COLORS.....................................................................................................Royal Blue & Gray ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 22,139 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1912 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR......................................................................................... Tom Bowen HEAD COACH........................................Daron Schoenrock - Tennessee Tech ‘84 - 11th Season ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH....................Russ McNickle - South Alabama ‘88 - Second Season ASSISTANT COACH...........................................Clay Greene -Tennessee ‘01 - Second Season ASSISTANT COACH......................................... Lee Parks - Mississippi State ‘02 - First Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Kane Barrow Darien Tubbs Tucker Tubbs Zach Schritenthal Nate Rupiper Carter White Brandon Montgomery Chris Carrier Jake Overbey Player Nolan Blackwood Craig Caufield Blake Myers Dylan Toscano Alex Gunn Connor Alexander Caleb Wallingford Colton Hathcock Matt Ferguson
AVG .329 .316 .311 .298 .286 .274 .256 .254 .198 ERA 0.56 1.42 2.35 3.26 3.32 3.42 3.61 3.63 5.74
GP 54 54 54 53 28 52 53 37 54 W 2 3 4 8 6 4 3 2 1
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 219 31 72 12 2 3 40 97 .443 9 .353 5 215 56 68 9 3 7 35 104 .484 23 .391 20 206 38 64 15 0 16 52 127 .617 24 .399 5 178 34 53 3 1 1 18 61 .343 27 .411 11 77 8 22 2 0 0 4 24 .312 4 .353 0 86 22 51 10 1 1 17 66 .355 16 .337 8 207 27 53 7 3 2 17 72 .348 6 .284 16 134 19 34 7 1 5 24 58 .433 9 .325 6 177 20 35 6 0 0 18 41 .232 15 .268 2 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 1 23 0 0 0 13 32.1 26 2 2 6 15 .230 1 24 0 0 0 1 38.0 24 8 6 16 39 .185 0 28 0 0 0 0 30.2 29 9 8 13 30 .246 2 13 13 1 0 0 80.0 66 35 29 20 71 .222 1 10 10 1 0 0 59.2 59 26 22 13 32 .260 2 14 11 0 0 0 73.2 80 29 28 15 56 .289 6 12 12 0 0 0 67.1 59 31 27 16 34 .234 4 19 2 0 0 0 39.2 32 17 16 16 38 .234 0 7 3 0 0 0 15.2 16 11 10 6 10 .262
FEBRUARY
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Oral Roberts Oral Roberts Oral Roberts Central Arkansas Saint Louis Saint Louis
MARCH 1 Saint Louis 9 Samford 10 Middle Tennessee 11 Middle Tennessee 14 Eastern Illinois 15 Eastern Illinois Eastern Illinois 17 Arkansas State 20 Alcorn State 21 Alcorn State Alcorn State 22 Alcorn State 24 vs Arkansas 3 25 Arkansas AZP (CST) 28 at East Carolina * at East Carolina * 29 at East Carolina * 31 Ole Miss AZP
L, 1-3 L, 3-6 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 (10) L, 2-3 W, 5-2 L, 4-8 W, 3-1 W, 11-0 W, 6-1 W, 11-1 W, 5-2 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 14-3 W, 17-7 W, 3-1 W, 5-4 L, 3-7 L, 1-4 W, 3-2 W, 4-2 L, 5-7
APRIL 20/20 2 Houston * 20/20 3 Houston * 4 20/20 Houston * 6 at Belmont 7 --/rv Mississippi State AZP 10 at Cincinnati * 11 at Cincinnati * 12 at Cincinnati * 14 at Austin Peay 15 Belmont 17 --/rv USF * --/rv USF * 18 --/rv USF * 21 Belmont 22 at Ole Miss (SECN+) 24 at UConn * 25 at UConn * 26 at UConn * 28 at Arkansas State 29 Mississippi Valley State
L, 2-3 W, 14-6 W, 6-2 W, 11-8 W, 7-1 L, 2-6 W, 8-3 L, 7-8 (12) W, 10-5 L, 1-3 L, 2-6 W, 4-1 W, 6-4 W, 11-6 W, 10-5 L, 1-10 W, 4-3 W, 3-1 (15) W, 8-3 W, 11-7
MAY 1 2 3 8 at 9 at 10 at 12 vs. 14 16
L, 4-11 L, 4-5 (12) W, 4-3 L, 2-10 W, 6-5 L, 1-4 W, 2-1 (16) W, 7-3 L, 2-5 L, 1-9
Cincinnati * Cincinnati * Cincinnati * UCF * UCF * UCF * Tennessee-Martin 4 Tulane * Tulane * Tulane *
* - Conference Game. All Times Eastern AZP - Auto Zone Park 1 - Conway, Ark. 2 - Jackson, Tenn. 3 - North Little Rock, Ark. 4 - Millington, Tenn. All times Eastern and subject to change Asterisk denotes American Athletic Conference game
KANE BARROW
sr. paris, tenn.
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Back Row (L-R): Jacob Elliot, Kane Barrow, Trevor Sutton, Alex Gunn, Craig Caufield, Trey McNickle, Michael Sillyman, Nolan Blackwood, Dylan Toscano, Caleb Wallingford, Jake Little, Collin Lee, Carter White. Middle Row (L-R): Corey Chafin, Tucker Tubbs, Colton Hathcock, Connor Alexander, Tyler Dixon, Matt Ferguson, Jake Overbey, Andy Bowman, Chris Carrier, Zach Schritenthal, Blake Drabik, Damo DeMatteo. Coaching Staff (L-R in uniform): Clay Greene, Daron Schoenrock, Russ McNickle, Lee Parks. Front Row (L-R): Drew Crosby, Brandon Montgomery, Bryan Cruse, Ryan Garner, Kellan Hibbard, Darien Tubbs, Cody Duncan, Blake Myers, Nate Rupiper.
MEMPHIS TIGERS No. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 36 42 44
Name Jake Overbey Jacob Elliott Nate Rupiper Connor Alexander Brandon Montgomery Tyler Dixon Tucker Tubbs Jake Little Darien Tubbs Colin Lee Zach Schritenthal Chris Carrier Trevor Sutton Craig Caufield Alex Gunn Ryan Garner Blake Myers Caleb Wallingford Carlos Williams Cody Duncan Corey Chafin Bryan Cruse Carter White Matt Ferguson Dylan Toscano Nolan Blackwood Trey McNickle Andy Bowman Colton Hathcock Kane Barrow Damo DeMatteo Drew Crosby Blake Drabik
Pos. INF INF C RHP INF OF INF OF OF LHP INF OF RHP RHP LHP LHP LHP LHP OF INF C RHP C/1B RHP RHP RHP RHP 1B RHP OF/INF C LHP RHP
Cl. R-Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. So. So. R-Jr. R-Sr. So. R-Sr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. R-Jr. So. Fr. R-Sr. R-Jr. Fr. So.
B/T R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-L L-L L-R R-R R-R R-R L-L L-L R-L R-L R-R R-R R-R L-R L-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-R R-R R-R R-R R-L R-R
Ht. 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-2 5-11 6-3 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-4 5-11 5-10 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-0
Wt. 195 195 185 165 175 220 205 180 175 205 180 204 230 209 205 175 180 200 190 155 205 180 185 215 205 160 205 220 195 200 210 180 190
Hometown/Previous School Jackson, Tenn./Ole Miss Bartlett, Tenn./Bartlett HS Collierville, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS Bartlett, Tenn./Tipton-Rosemark Academy Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS Eads, Tenn./Meridian CC Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS Franklin, Tenn./Columbia CC Cookeville, Tenn./Cookeville HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Southaven, Miss./Desoto Central HS Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS Murfreesboro, Tenn./Riverdale HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Clinton, Miss./Hinds CC Dyer, Tenn./University School of Jackson Memphis, Tenn./St. Benedict of Auburndale Elkhorn, Neb./McLennan CC Covington, Tenn./Covington HS Arlington, Tenn./Arlington HS Germantown, Tenn./Houston HS Memphis, Tenn./Bartlett HS Hoover, Ala./Spain Park HS Arlington, Tenn./Northwest Miss. CC Franklin, Tenn./Independence HS Southaven, Miss./Southaven HS Land O’Lakes, Fla./South Carolina Arlington, Tenn./Itawamba CC Atoka, Tenn./Brighton HS Paris, Tenn./Jackson State CC Hixson, Tenn./Cleveland State CC Southaven, Miss./Desoto Central HS Germantown, Tenn./Northeast Miss. CC
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USF BULLS NO .4 SEE D 3 2 - 22 - 1 OVE RAL L 1 3 - 1 1 A M E R I C A N LOCATION........................................................................................................... Tampa, Fla. COLORS............................................................................................................Green & Gold ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 47,122 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1956 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR........................................................................................ Mark Harlan HEAD COACH................................................ Mark Kingston - North Carolina ‘95 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH...................................Mike Current - Blackburn College ‘05 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH........................................................ Billy Mohl - Tulane ‘07 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH.................................................. Chris Cates - Louisville ‘07 - First Season
STATISTICAL LEADERS Player Kevin Merrell Levi Borders Luke Maglich Kyle Teaf Luke Borders Austin Lueck Andres Leal Buddy Putnam Daniel Portales Player Tommy Peterson Michael Farley Jimmy Herget Ryan Valdes Casey Mulholland Jordan Strittmatter Joe Cavallaro Tommy Eveld Brandon Lawson
AVG .346 .304 .302 .287 .267 .237 .237 .232 .205 ERA 1.77 2.60 2.64 3.17 3.76 4.02 4.12 6.48 6.50
GP 54 55 55 55 55 55 41 52 42 W 4 4 8 5 5 0 3 1 1
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 214 41 74 5 0 0 19 79 .369 16 .407 20 207 40 63 13 2 9 42 107 .517 17 .392 4 199 30 60 10 1 7 34 93 .467 27 .394 13 202 38 58 7 3 0 21 71 .351 41 .411 13 206 31 55 12 1 2 41 75 .364 24 .356 6 194 26 46 7 1 5 23 70 .361 14 .310 6 135 11 32 9 0 0 14 41 .304 12 .297 0 168 25 39 11 0 7 35 71 .423 18 .330 1 127 16 26 2 0 1 10 31 .244 16 .297 0 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 1 27 1 0 0 15 40.2 27 12 8 14 50 .186 2 24 0 0 0 0 45.0 34 15 13 19 52 .217 3 15 14 0 0 0 88.2 70 27 26 32 101 .215 2 21 9 0 0 0 71.0 67 34 25 32 63 .261 7 13 13 2 0 0 81.1 87 47 34 30 67 .271 0 14 0 0 0 0 15.2 12 10 7 13 15 .200 2 14 9 0 0 0 54.2 44 32 25 29 41 .230 2 11 2 0 0 0 25.0 28 23 18 20 22 .286 3 14 7 0 0 0 44.1 56 37 32 22 45 .296
F EBRUARY 13 vs 23/19 Cal State Fullerton 1 14 vs 12/7 Louisville 1 15 vs Alabama State 1 18 6/5 Florida 20 Wagner 21 Wagner 22 Wagner 24 FGCU 27 High Point 28 High Point
W, 2-1 L, 3-7 W, 12-4 L, 3-13 W, 12-1 W, 9-2 T, 4-4 (11) L, 2-6 W, 2-1 L, 3-10
MARCH 1 High Point 21/19 3 at Florida State (ESPN3) 4 at 21/19 Florida State (ESPN3) 6 Seton Hall 7 Seton Hall 8 Seton Hall 11 at Bethune-Cookman 13 Florida A&M 14 Florida A&M 15 Florida A&M 17 Stetson 18 FIU 25/24 20 at Illinois 25/24 21 at Illinois 25/24 22 at Illinois 24 at FGCU 27 Cincinnati * 28 Cincinnati * 29 Cincinnati * 31 at Stetson
W, 3-0 L, 1-24 L, 3-7 W, 1-0 W, 7-3 W, 12-6 W, 1-0 W, 10-5 W, 4-1 W, 5-0 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 1-13 L, 2-5 W, 8-5 (10) W, 8-7 W, 8-4 W, 4-3 W, 15-4 (7) L, 3-6
APRIL 2 at UConn * 3 at UConn * 2 4 at UConn * 7 at FIU 10 East Carolina * 11 East Carolina * 12 East Carolina * 15 Stetson 17 at Memphis * at Memphis * 18 at Memphis * 22 Bethune-Cookman 24 --/25 Houston * --/25 25 Houston * (CBSSN) 26 --/25 Houston *
W, 9-6 L, 0-7 W, 8-6 L, 7-13 W, 2-1 W, 10-0 L, 0-6 W, 11-9 W, 6-2 L, 1-4 W, 6-4 W, 7-5 W, 2-1 (11) L, 8-9 L, 2-6
MAY 1 at UCF * 2 at UCF * 3 at UCF * 10/9 5 at Florida (SECN) 8 at Tulane * 9 at Tulane * 10 at Tulane * 14 UCF * (CBSSN) 15 UCF * (CBSSN) 16 UCF * 1 2
L, 0-3 L, 1-2 W, 9-3 L, 1-5 W, 12-0 L, 3-5 L, 3-4 L, 9-12 W, 7-3 W, 5-4
- Clearwater, Fla. - Northborough, Mass.
All times Eastern and subject to change Asterisk denotes American Athletic Conference game
JIMMY HERGET
jr. tampa, fla.
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Back Row (L-R): Mark Savarese, Michael Farley, Levi Borders, Diego Rapalino, Tommy Eveld, Josh Walker, Joe Adel, Brandon Murray, Joe Cavallaro, Casey Mulholland, Luke Borders, Jimmy Herget, Tommy Peterson Middle Row (L-R): Zac Gilcrease, Daniel Portales, Brandon Lawson, Josh Herran, Asst. Coach Chris Cates, Head Coach Mark Kingston, Asst. Coach Billy Mohl, Asst. Coach Mike Current, Holden Reinman, Luke Maglich, Buddy Putnam, Jordan Strittmatter, Hayden Kelley Front Row (L-R): Michael Clarkson, Andres Leal, Nik Alfonso, Ryan Valdes, Kevin Merrell, Cody Hernandez, Clay Simmons, Austin Lueck, Vincent Miniet, David Whann, Kyle Teaf
USF BULLS No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 37 40 42 47 51
Name Clay Simmons Kyle Teaf Luke Borders Buddy Putnam Kevin Merrell Austin Lueck Nik Alfonso Andres Leal Jordan Strittmatter Levi Borders Brandon Lawson Hayden Kelley Zac Gilcrease Mark Savarese Luke Maglich Cody Hernandez Jimmy Herget Michael Farley Michael Clarkson Joe Cavallaro David Whann Diego Rapalino Tommy Eveld Daniel Portales Vincent Miniet Tommy Peterson Josh Walker Ryan Valdes Casey Mulholland Joe Adel
Pos. INF/OF INF INF/OF UT INF/OF OF SS/2B UT RHP C RHP OF 3B RHP OF RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP C RHP RHP UT 3B RHP LHP OF/RHP RHP RHP
Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. RSo. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. So. So. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. RSo. RSo. Fr. Fr. RFr. Fr. Jr. Jr. RSo.
B/T R/R L/R L/R L/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R L/R S/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R
Ht. 6-1 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-9 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-1 6-5 5-11 6-4 6-5 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-6 6-0 6-4 6-7
Wt. 195 170 198 185 181 215 180 185 200 185 200 200 175 200 190 180 165 210 205 200 170 180 194 205 200 205 200 165 190 215
Hometown/Previous School Ocala, Fla./Lake Sumter HS Tallahassee, Fla./Trinity Catholic HS Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven HS Bartow, Fla./Bartow HS Odessa, Fla./Steinbrenner HS Daytona, Fla./Lake Brantley HS Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic HS Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic Apopka, Fla./Lake Brantley HS Winter Haven, Fla./Winter Haven HS Hernando, Fla./Hernando HS Tampa, Fla./Miami Dade CC Tampa, Fla./Cambridge Christian Lynbrook, N.Y./St. Petersburg College Sarasota, Fla./Riverview HS Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic Tampa, Fla./Jefferson HS Valrico, Fla./Newsome HS Dunedin, Fla./Dunedin HS Venice, Fla./Sarasota HS Lakeland, Fla./George Jenkins HS Barranquilla, Colombia/British International College Tampa, Fla. /Jesuit HS Tampa, Fla./Jesuit HS Tampa, Fla./Jesuit HS New Port Richey, Fla./River Ridge HS Otisville, N.Y./Minisink Valley HS Tampa, Fla./State College of Florida Bradenton, Fla./State College of Florida Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz HS
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TULANE GREEN WAVE NO . 3 SEED 3 3 - 21 OVE RAL L 1 3 - 1 1 A M E R I C A N LOCATION.................................................................................................. New Orleans, La. COLORS..............................................................................................Olive Green & Sky Blue ENROLLMENT............................................................................................................ 13,462 FOUNDED......................................................................................................................1843 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR....................................................................................... Rick Dickson HEAD COACH........................................................... David Pierce - Houston ‘88 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH..................................................... Sam Allen - Houston ‘01 - First Season ASSISTANT COACH.................................. Philip Miller - Northwestern State ‘05 - First Season VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH....................................................Phil Haig - First Season
Player Stephen Alemais Hunter Williams Jake Willsey Richard Carthon John Gandolfo Lex Kaplan Hunter Hope Jake Rogers Garrett Deschamp Player Corey Merrill Ian Gibaut Patrick Duester Emerson Gibbs Alex Massey Eric Steel Tim Yandel Dan Rankin Jordan Gross
AVG .319 .283 .265 .257 .250 .233 .228 .223 .215 ERA 2.13 2.38 2.58 2.71 3.39 4.12 4.30 5.40 9.49
STATISTICAL LEADERS
GP 54 53 46 51 45 54 51 50 50 W 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 3 0
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OBP SB 226 39 72 10 2 1 20 89 .394 14 .366 25 187 23 53 6 1 4 26 73 .390 14 .346 0 132 11 35 4 1 0 14 41 .311 10 .336 2 144 19 37 4 2 1 18 48 .333 9 .335 3 148 14 37 3 1 2 17 48 .324 12 .315 2 193 34 45 9 3 5 22 75 .389 29 .336 7 171 18 39 10 1 4 23 63 .368 17 .298 3 157 22 35 2 0 0 18 37 .236 25 .333 4 158 21 34 8 0 3 19 51 .323 22 .340 0 L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/Avg 5 15 14 1 0 0 93.0 74 27 22 39 74 .225 3 24 1 0 0 8 41.2 32 13 11 19 45 .212 5 17 9 0 0 2 59.1 56 27 17 25 51 .260 2 16 11 0 0 1 76.1 71 26 23 19 51 .248 3 16 11 2 0 0 79.2 67 40 30 38 66 .233 0 15 0 0 0 2 19.2 20 10 9 4 12 .270 2 16 8 0 0 0 52.1 52 28 25 26 26 .261 1 17 0 0 0 1 23.1 20 15 14 11 15 .241 0 18 0 0 0 0 12.1 22 13 13 12 17 .379
F EBRUARY --/rv 13 at Pepperdine 14 at --/rv Pepperdine --/rv 15 at Pepperdine 18 at Southeastern Louisiana 20 San Francisco 21 San Francisco 22 San Francisco 24 at New Orleans 25 New Orleans 27 Creighton 28 Creighton
W, 9-3 W, 9-5 L, 1-2 W, 5-4 W, 1-0 W, 3-2 (11) W, 5-3 W, 9-0 W, 4-0 W, 8-2 L, 2-7
MARCH 1 Creighton 3 at Nicholls State 6 Gonzaga 7 Gonzaga 8 Gonzaga 11 at Southern Miss 13 Xavier 14 Xavier 15 Xavier 17 Southeastern Louisiana 20 at UC Riverside 21 at UC Riverside 22 at UC Riverside 24 1/1 LSU (CST) 27 UConn * 28 UConn * 29 UConn * --/rv 31 at UNC-Wilmington
W, 3-2 W, 5-0 L, 0-2 L, 2-7 W, 3-0 L, 4-8 W, 3-2 W, 1-0 W, 10-3 W, 15-2 L, 1-2 (13) W, 6-5 L, 2-6 L, 7-13 L, 0-6 W, 5-1 L, 3-5 W, 8-4
APRIL 2 at East Carolina * L, 0-3 3 at East Carolina * L, 3-11 4 at East Carolina * W, 8-6 7 Nicholls State W, 7-1 --/22 10 at Houston * L, 3-4 --/22 11 at Houston * L, 1-6 --/22 12 at Houston * W, 3-1 17 19/19 UCF * W, 3-0 18 19/19 UCF * L, 0-8 19 19/19 UCF * W, 10-0 (7) 1/1 21 at LSU (SECN+) L, 0-6 24 at Cincinnati * W, 4-0 25 at Cincinnati * W, 8-6 26 at Cincinnati * W, 9-5 28 --/rv Southeastern Louisiana W, 5-4 (10) MAY --/22 1 Houston * (CBSSN) --/22 2 Houston * --/22 3 Houston * 8 USF * 9 USF * 10 USF * 12 Southern Miss 14 at Memphis * 16 at Memphis * at Memphis *
W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 1-7 L, 0-12 W, 5-3 W, 4-3 L, 4-8 L, 3-7 W, 5-2 W, 9-1
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COREY MERRILL
so. lutcher, la.
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Front Row (L-R): John Gandolfo, Nico Symington, Hunter Lapeyre, Richard Carthon, Matt Braud, Eric Steel, Jackson Johnson, John McNamara, Cameron Burns Middle Row (L-R): Equipment Manager Trase Guidry, J.P. France, Emerson Gibbs, Jordan Gross, Rainer Ausmus, Tyler Wilson, Lex Kaplan, Jake Willsey, Hunter Williams, Jake Rogers, Stephen Alemais, Tim Yandel, Strength and Conditioning Coach Russ Butler Back Row (L-R): Director of Baseball Operations Brian Meyer, Assistant Coach Philip Miller, Assistant Coach Sean Allen, Garrett Deschamp, Tyler Zamjahn, Troy Ward, Brandon Issa, Sam Bjorngjeld, Patrick Duester, Corey Merrill, Ian Gibaut, Jeremy Montalbano, Dan Rankin, Alex Massey, Hunter Hope, Grant Brown, Head Coach David Pierce, Assistant Coach Phil Haig, Athletic Communications Curtis Akey
TULANE GREEN WAVE No. 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 23 24 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 45
Name Garrett Deschamp Stephen Alemais Jake Rogers Tim Yandel Lex Kaplan Richard Carthon John Gandolfo Hunter Lapeyre Jackson Johnson J.P. France Rainer Ausmus Hunter Hope Jake Willsey Jeremy Montalbano Eric Steel Corey Merrill Grant Brown Trevor Simms Alex Massey Emerson Gibbs Nico Symington Patrick Duester Sam Bjorngjeld Ian Gibaut Cameron Burns Jordan Gross Brandon Sequeira Dan Rankin Hunter Williams Tyler Wilson Troy Ward Matt Braud Brandon Issa Tyler Zamjahn
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Pos. INF INF C RHP/UTL OF OF OF INF/OF LHP RHP INF INF INF C RHP RHP OF RHP/OF RHP RHP INF RHP LHP RHP C LHP RHP RHP INF INF RHP UTL RHP RHP
Cl. Sr. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. Jr. R-So. So. So. Sr. R-Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. R-Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. R-So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So.
B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-8 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-6 6-5 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0 5-11 6-4 5-9 6-4 6-1
Wt. 195 180 185 190 210 195 180 180 165 200 198 210 175 200 170 225 210 195 190 195 176 220 220 220 175 215 190 185 215 215 215 180 185 185
Hometown/Previous School Denham Springs, La./Parkview Baptist Bronx, N.Y./All Hallows/Elev8 Sports Institute Canyon, Texas/Canyon Woodstock, Ga./Etowah St. Louis, Mo./Ladue Shreveport, La./C.E. Byrd Franklin Lakes, N.J./Ramapo New Orleans, La./Newman Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra Luling, La./Archibishop Shaw Spring, Texas/Klein Jupiter, Fla./Dwyer Chestnut Hill, Mass./The Rivers School Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes Merritt Island, Fla./Merritt Island Lutcher, La./Lutcher Gulfport, Miss./Gulfport Hurst, Texas/Liberty Christian Baton Rouge, La./Catholic River Ridge, La./Jesuit Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Titusville, Fla./Astronaut Sugar Land, Texas/W.P. Clements Houston, Texas/Lamar Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire Franklin Lakes, N.J./Don Bosco Prep New Orleans, La./Jesuit Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes West Monroe, La./West Monroe Cedar Park, Texas/Vista Ridge North Richland Hills, Texas/Richland River Ridge, La./Jesuit Old Tappan, N.J./Old Tappan Harahan, La./Brother Martin
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2 0 15 N C A A D I V I S I O N I B AS EB A L L C H A M P I O N S H I P The winner of the the American Athletic Conference championship title will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The College World Series features the top eight teams in the nation squaring off in a double-elimination tournament format, all vying for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Sixty-four teams will enter the qualifying bracket, with 30 teams receiving automatic bids and the remaining 34 atlarge selections by the Division I Baseball Committee. Regional competition will be held May 29-June 1 on campus sites, with the Super Regionals following the next weekend on eight campus sites. June 13-24, 2015 will mark the 69th annual NCAA College World Series, the premier event for college baseball held annually at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES School
NCAA Appearances
UCF
11 (11-22, Last in 2012)
Cincinnati UConn
5 (4-9, Last in 1974) 17 (29-35, Last in 2011, 5 College World Series)
East Carolina Houston
26 (31-53, Last in 2012) 19 (38-42-1, Last in 2014, 2 College World Series)
Memphis
5 (8-10, Last in 2007)
USF
10 (9-20, Last in 2012)
Tulane
19 (35-40, Last in 2008, 2 College World Series)
Total
112 (165-231-1 Overall, 9 College World Series)
2015 NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE Regionals
Campus Sites
May 29 - June 1
Super Regionals Campus Sites College World Series TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Neb.
June 5-8
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