2015 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2015 LSU Tigers baseball team represent Louisiana State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 9th season at LSU.

2015 LSU Tigers baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
2015 record54–12 (21–8 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachAndy Cannizaro (1st season)
Pitching coachAlan Dunn (4th season)
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium
2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Vanderbilt  x‍‍‍y 20–10 .667  51–21 .708
No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‡‍y 19–11 .633  52–18 .743
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  30–28 .517
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 14–15 .483  30–25 .545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  32–25 .561
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11–18 .379  24–26 .480
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10–19 .345  26–28 .481
Western
No. 5 LSU  x‍†‍‍y 21–8 .724  54–12 .818
No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 18–10 .643  50–14 .781
No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 17–12 .586  40–25 .615
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 15–14 .517  30–28 .517
Auburn ‍‍‍y 13–17 .433  36–26 .581
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  32–28 .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .267  24–30 .444
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

At the end of the regular season, junior shortstop Alex Bregman was selected by the Houston Astros as the second pick of the 2015 MLB Draft. Bregman was the fifth LSU Tiger to be drafted in the first round in seven years, the highest-drafted position player in LSU's history, and the second-highest overall behind pitcher Ben McDonald (1989).[1][2]

Previous Season

In 2014, the Tigers finished the season 2nd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 46–16–1, 17–11–1 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament and defeated Florida in the final, 2–0, to win their 11th SEC Tournament title. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the SEC's automatic bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Houston, Bryant, and Southeastern Louisiana. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Southeastern Louisiana, 8–4, and Houston, 5–1. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Houston. In the first game of the regional final, the Cougars defeated the Tigers, 5–4, in 11 innings. The Cougars went on to win game two, 12–2, eliminating LSU and advancing to the Austin Super Regional, where they lost in two games to Texas.

Personnel

Roster
2015 LSU Tigers roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 12 - Hunter Devall - Junior
  • 13 - Brady Domangue - Senior
  • 16 - Jared Poché - Sophomore
  • 18 - Austin Bain - Freshman
  • 21 - Doug Norman - Freshman
  • 28 - Kyle Bouman - Senior
  • 29 - Jake Godfrey - Freshman
  • 30 - Collin Strall - Sophomore
  • 32 - Alden Cartwright - Sophomore
  • 35 - Alex Lange - Freshman
  • 37 - Jesse Stallings - Freshman
  • 40 - Ryan May - Freshman
  • 45 - Russell Reynolds - Sophomore
  • 46 - Parker Bugg - Sophomore
  • 49 - Zac Person - Senior
  • 55 - Hunter Newman - Sophomore
  • 67 - Jake Latz - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 2 - Michael Papierski - Freshman
  • 22 - Kade Scivicque - Senior
  • 25 - Bryce Jordan - Freshman
  • 26 - Chris Chinea - Junior

Infielders

  

Outfielders

  • 5 - Chris Sciambra - Senior
  • 6 - Andrew Stevenson - Junior
  • 9 - Mark Laird - Junior
  • 17 - Jared Foster - Senior
  • 23 - Jake Fraley - Sophomore
  • 24 - Beau Jordan - Freshman
  

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasons at
LSU		Alma Mater
Paul MainieriHead Coach9Florida International University (1980)
Andy CannizaroAssistant Coach1Tulane University (2001)
Alan DunnAssistant Coach4University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)

Schedule
Legend
 LSU win
 LSU loss
 Postponement
BoldLSU team member
2015 LSU Tigers Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament: Regionals
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
May 29Lehigh(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA10–3Newman (3–0)Boswick (3–4)10,94549–101–0
May 30UNC Wilmington(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA2–0Lange (11–0)Phillips (2–2)11,25150–102–0
June 1UNC Wilmington(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA2–0Poche' (8–1)Crump (1–2)Bugg (3)11,30151–103–0
NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 6Louisiana–Lafayette(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA4–3Bugg (1–2)Bacon (6–3)11,17952–104–0
June 7Louisiana–Lafayette(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–3Poche' (9–1)Leger (6–5)11,79553–105–0
College World Series
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 14(7) TCU(2)TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE3-10Morrison (12-3)Poche' (9-2)24,50653-115-1
June 16Cal State Fullerton(2)TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE5-3Lange (12-0)Seabold (5-4)18,75154-116-1
June 18(7) TCU(2)TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE4-8Teakell (3-1)Bain (2-3)26,80354-126-2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings
See also: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' 4 4* 4* 5 4 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1* 1*  
Baseball America 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1* 1*  
Collegiate Baseball^ 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  
NCBWA† 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1*  
D1Baseball

^ 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.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors
Paul Mainieri
  • SEC Coach of the Year[4]
  • NCBWA Coach of the Year[5]
Alex Bregman
  • Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American[6]
  • Perfect Game USA Pre-season First team All-American[7]
  • Baseball America Pre-season First team All-American[8]
  • First team All-SEC[4]
  • SEC All-Defensive Team[4]
  • Louisville Slugger First team All-American[9]
  • Baseball America First team All-American[10]
Chris Chinea
  • Second team All-SEC[4]
  • Louisville Slugger Third team All-American[9]
  • NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team[11]
Jared Foster
  • SEC All-Tournament Team[12]
Conner Hale
  • First team All-SEC[4]
  • NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team[11]
Mark Laird
  • SEC All-Defensive Team[4]
Alex Lange
  • SEC Freshman of the Year[4]
  • First team All-SEC[4]
  • Louisville Slugger First team All-American[9]
  • NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team[11]
  • Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Baton Rouge Regional[11]
  • NCBWA Freshman All-American[13]
  • NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year[14]
  • Baseball America First team All-American[10]
Jared Poche'
Kade Scivicque
  • First team All-SEC[4]
  • SEC All-Defensive Team[4]
  • Louisville Slugger Second team All-American[9]
  • Baseball America Second team All-American[10]
Jesse Stallings
  • NCBWA Freshman All-American[13]
Andrew Stevenson
  • First team All-SEC[4]
  • SEC All-Defensive Team[4]
  • NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team[11]
  • Baseball America Third team All-American[10]

References
  1. Randy Rosetta (June 8, 2015). "LSU star Alex Bregman goes to the Astros with the No. 2 pick in the 2015 MLB Draft". The Times-Picayune.
  2. Ron Kaplan (June 9, 2015). "The next big JML thing?". New Jersey Jewish News.
  3. "Official Baseball Roster". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  4. "SEC Baseball Awards". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  5. "NCBWA Coach of the Year". NCBWA. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. "NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  7. "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  8. "2015 College Preview: All-America Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  9. "NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans" (PDF). Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  10. "Baseball America All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  11. "NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team". NCAA. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  12. "SEC All-Tournament Team". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  13. "NCBWA Freshman All-American Team". NCBWA. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  14. "NCBWA Rookie Players of the Year". NCBWA. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
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