2015 Pittsburgh Panthers baseball team

The 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers baseball team represents the University of Pittsburgh during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Panthers play their home games at Charles L. Cost Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Joe Jordano, in his 18th season at Pittsburgh.

2015 Pittsburgh Panthers baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2015 record20-32 (9-21 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Oakes (3rd season)
  • Bryan Peters (2nd season)
  • Shane Liska (2nd season)
Home stadiumCharles L. Cost Field
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Louisville  xy 255 .833  4718 .723
No. 26 Notre Dame  y 1713 .567  3723 .617
No. 12 Florida State  y 1713 .567  4421 .677
Clemson  y 1613 .552  3229 .525
NC State  y 1514 .517  3623 .610
Wake Forest   1218 .400  2726 .509
Boston College   1019 .345  2727 .500
Coastal
No. 6 Miami (FL)  xy 228 .733  5016 .758
No. 1 Virginia  y 1515 .500  4424 .647
North Carolina   1316 .448  3424 .586
Virginia Tech   1316 .448  2727 .500
Georgia Tech   1317 .433  3223 .582
Duke   1019 .345  3122 .585
Pittsburgh   921 .300  2032 .385
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

In 2014, the Panthers finished the season 6th in the ACC's Coastal Division with a record of 22–30, 11–19 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament or the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Pittsburgh Panthers roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Dan Furman - Freshman
  • 9 - Matthew Renck - Freshman
  • 12 - Hobie Harris - Senior
  • 19 - Sam Mersing - Sophomore
  • 20 - Aaron Schnurbusch - Junior
  • 21 - Sam Proctor - Freshman
  • 22 - Nick Parnell - Senior
  • 27 - Marc Berube - Junior
  • 29 - Garrett Wrambel - Junior
  • 31 - Isaac Mattson - Freshman
  • 34 - T. J. Zeuch - Sophomore
  • 35 - Aaron Sandefur - Junior
  • 37 - Rich Condeelis - Junior
  • 40 - Josh Mitchell - Freshman
  • 41 - Matt Pidich - Sophomore
  • 45 - Ryan Campbell - Freshman
  • 47 - Joseph Cominsky - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 6 - Caleb Parry - Sophomore
  • 15 - Alex Kowalczyk - Junior
  • 26 - Ben Snyder - Freshman
  • 43 - Manny Pazos - Sophomore
  • 44 - Matt Emge - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 5 - Matt Johnson - Senior
  • 7 - Joe McHugh - Freshman
  • 8 - Eric Hess - Senior
  • 14 - Charles LeBlanc - Freshman
  • 16 - Jordan Frabasilio - Senior
  • 18 - Ron Sherman - Junior
  • 42 - P. J. DeMeo - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 3 - Frank Maldonado - Freshman
  • 11 - Jawan McAllister - Freshman
  • 13 - Jacob Wright - Sophomore
  • 24 - Boo Vazquez - Senior
  • 33 - Nick Yarnall - Sophomore
 

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Pittsburgh
Alma Mater
Joe JordanoHead Coach18Westminster College (1985)
Jerry OakesAssistant Head Coach3Coastal Carolina University (2012)
Bryan PetersAssistant Coach2University of South Florida (1997)
Shane LiskaAssistant Coach2Xavier University (2011)

Season

February

The Panthers opened up their season with three games in Port Charlotte, Florida, as part of the annual Snowbird Baseball Classic. In their first game of the three game tournament, Pittsburgh defeated Saint Louis Billikens baseball, 18–1. The Billikens were the three-time defending Atlantic 10 Conference regular season champions. Frank Maldonado hit his first career home run in his first career game and T. J. Zeuch struck out nine Billikens in the victory.[3]

Schedule

Legend
 Pittsburgh win
 Pittsburgh loss
 Postponement
BoldPittsburgh team member
2015 Pittsburgh Panthers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

References

  1. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". Pittsburgh Panthers. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  3. "Baseball Falls in Season Opener". slubillikens.com. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
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