2015 BYU Cougars baseball team

2015 BYU Cougars baseball
Conference West Coast Conference
2015 record 28–25 (16–11 WCC)
Head coach Mike Littlewood (3rd year)
Assistant coach Trent Pratt (3rd year)
Assistant coach Brent Haring (3rd year)
Assistant coach Jeremy Thomas (3rd year)
Home stadium Larry H. Miller Field
2015 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
San Diego 19 8 0   .704     33 22 0   .600
Pepperdine y 17 10 0   .630     30 27 0   .526
BYU 16 11 0   .593     28 25 0   .528
Loyola Marymount 16 11 0   .593     33 21 1   .609
San Francisco 15 12 0   .556     23 31 0   .426
Gonzaga 13 14 0   .481     24 28 0   .462
Santa Clara 12 15 0   .444     26 28 0   .481
Saint Mary's 10 17 0   .370     28 27 0   .509
Pacific 10 17 0   .370     14 37 0   .275
Portland 7 20 0   .259     12 42 0   .222
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 24, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his 3rd season as head coach of the Cougars. For the second consecutive year BYU was picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2] After using three stadiums last season, the Cougars played all of their home games at Larry H. Miller Field. The Cougars surpassed expectations in the 2015 season. BYU won 7 of their 9 conference series (losing series only at San Diego and at Pacific), claimed the 3-seed in the WCC Tournament, and lost 0 home series for the season. The Cougars went 0-2 in the WCC Tournament, losing both games in the ninth inning, to finish the season 28–25, 16–11 in conference play.

2015 Roster

2015 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 James Lengal - Senior
  • 9 Mason Marshall - Sophomore
  • 11 Kolton Mahoney - Junior
  • 17 Wyatt Padget - Junior
  • 18 Brady Corless - Junior
  • 23 Hayden Rogers - Sophomore
  • 24 James Barker - Freshman
  • 25 Jeff Barker - Senior
  • 26 Riley Gates - Freshman
  • 27 Michael Rucker - Sophomore
  • 29 Brandon Kinser - Senior
  • 32 Maverick Buffo - Freshman
  • 36 Blake Brailsford - Freshman
  • 37 Keaton Cenatiempo - Sophomore
  • 41 Austin Kamel - Junior
  • 42 Seth Huxford - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 5 Hayden Nielsen - Junior
  • 7 Parker Starr - Senior
  • 8 Dillon Robinson - Senior
  • 10 Brian Hsu - Freshman
  • 12 Tanner Chauncey - Sophomore
  • 13 Bret Lopez - Senior
  • 21 Paxton Larson - Freshman
  • 22 Dallen Reber - Junior
  • 43 Derrick Whitney - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 14 Bronson Larsen - Sophomore
  • 16 Jarrett Jarvis - Senior
  • 35 Colton Shaver - Freshman
  • 39 Grant Hodges - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 2 Brennon Lund - Sophomore
  • 3 Andy Isom - Senior
  • 4 Eric Urry - Junior
  • 19 Court Iorg - Freshman
 

Schedule

2015 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular Season

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games
y- BYU was considered the home team despite playing in Moraga because the game was originally scheduled to be played in Provo.

Radio Information

Every BYU Baseball game had a radio/internet broadcast available. 33 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 26th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts was used. 14 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 4 radio exclusives this season: Mar 6 late night & Mar 7 vs. Hartford & Apr 7 & 28 vs. Utah Valley. Robbie Bullough provided play by play for BYU Radio's exclusive games vs. Hartford as well as the Apr. 28 game at Utah Valley. He also sat in on a couple of games Brent Norton was unable to make. The Apr. 7 Utah Valley game was a BYUtv simulcast.

UC Santa Barbara, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah Valley, and Cal State Northridge all provided an internet broadcast through their respective athletic websites.

TV Announcers

See Also

References

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  2. "WCC Announces 2015 Baseball Preseason Poll and All-WCC Team: Loyola Marymount picked to win 2015 Championship". Wccsports.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-baseball
  4. http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2015
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