2015 BYU Cougars baseball team

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2015 BYU Cougars baseball
BYU Cougars logo.svg
Conference West Coast Conference
Record28–25 (16–11 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (3rd season)
  • Brent Haring (3rd season)
  • Jeremy Thomas (3rd season)
Home stadium Larry H. Miller Field
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
San Diego  1980 .70433220 .600
Pepperdine  y17100 .63030270 .526
BYU  16110 .59328250 .528
Loyola Marymount  16110 .59333211 .609
San Francisco  15120 .55623310 .426
Gonzaga  13140 .48124280 .462
Santa Clara  12150 .44426280 .481
Saint Mary's  10170 .37028270 .509
Pacific  10170 .37014370 .275
Portland  7200 .25912420 .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.

Contents

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
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
February 13at #16 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium None1–8 [5] Justin Jacome (1–0)Kolton Mahoney (0–1)None4110–1
February 14at #16 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium None0–6 [6] Dillon Tate (1–0)Hayden Rogers (0–1)None3400–2
February 14at #16 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium None1–3 [6] Shane Bieber (1–0)Jeff Barker (0–1)James Carter (1)3800–3
February 16at #16 UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium None4–5 [7] Domenic Mazza (1–0)Brady Corless (0–1)James Carter (2)3050–4
February 19vs. Nebraska Peoria Sports Complex None3–6 [8] Jeff Chesnut (1–0)Mason Marshall (0–1)Josh Roeder (2)930 [9] 0–5
February 20vs. Nebraska Peoria Sports Complex None8–3 [10] Jeff Barker (1–1)Chance Sinclair (1–1)None1,1501–5
February 20vs. Nebraska Peoria Sports Complex None1–3 (11) [10] Colton Howell (1–1)Michael Rucker (0–1)Josh Roeder (3)1,1501–6
February 21vs. Nebraska Peoria Sports Complex None1–9 [11] Zack Engelken (1–0)Brady Corless (0–2)Jake Meyers (1)1,9141–7
February 26vs. Oklahoma Cashman Field None6–7 [12] Jacob Evans (1–0)Keaton Cenatiempo (0–1)None1001–8
February 27vs. Oklahoma Cashman Field None4–3 [13] Michael Rucker (1–1)Keaton Hernandez (0–1)None1252–8
February 27vs. Oklahoma Cashman Field None2–3 [13] Jacob Evans (2–0)Brandon Kinser (0–1)None1252–9
February 28vs. Oklahoma Cashman Field None1–7 [14] Adam Choplick (1–1)Maverik Buffo (0–1)None1502–10
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
March 5Hartford Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 6–0 [15] Kolton Mahoney (1–1)Kyle Gauthier (1–2)None803 [16] 3–10
March 6Hartford Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 8–6 [17] Riley Gates (1–0)Justin Robarge (0–1)Michael Rucker (1)825 [18] 4–10
March 6Hartford Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 20–4 [17] Brandon Kinser (1–1)Jacob Mellin (0–1)None825 [19] 5–10
March 7Hartford Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 11–7 [20] Keaton Cenatiempo (1–1)Sam Mckay (2–1)None817 [21] 6–10
March 10at Utah Valley Brent Brown Ballpark YouTube 10–7 [22] Brady Corless (1–2)Jake Mayer (0–2)None2,213 [23] 7–10
March 12Pepperdine* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–11 [24] Jackson McClelland (3–1)Kolton Mahoney (1–2)None919 [25] 7–110–1
March 13Pepperdine* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 5–3 [26] Keaton Cenatiempo (2–1) A. J. Puckett (2–3)Michael Rucker (2)1,357 [27] 8–111–1
March 14Pepperdine* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–5 (10) [28] Michael Rucker (2–1)Max Gamboa (1–1)None1,541 [29] 9–112–1
March 19at Gonzaga* Patterson Complex TheW.tv 6–5 [30] Kolton Mahoney (2–2)Calvin Lebrun (2–3)None517 [31] 10–113–1
March 20at Gonzaga* Patterson Complex TheW.tv 6–7 [32] Sean-Luke Brija (1–1)James Lengal (0–1)David Bigelow (4)391 [33] 10–123–2
March 21at Gonzaga* Patterson Complex TheW.tv 13–4 [34] Brandon Kinser (2–1)Andrew Spoko (2–3)None568 [35] 11–124–2
March 24at Utah Smith's Ballpark P12 Mtn 3–9 (6) [36] Dylan Drachler (2–2)Brady Corless (1–3)None1,367 [37] 11–13
March 26at San Diego* Fowler Park TheW.tv 1–7 [38] David Hill (5–2)Kolton Mahoney (2–3)None85711–144–3
March 27at San Diego* Fowler Park TheW.tv 3–19 [39] PJ Conlon (4–1)Jeff Barker (1–2)None881 [40] 11–154–4
March 28at San Diego* Fowler Park TheW.tv 4–13 [41] CJ Burdick (2–1)Brandon Kinser (2–2)None654 [42] 11–164–5
March 30at #29 San Diego State Tony Gwynn Stadium MW Net [ permanent dead link ]4–0 [43] Michael Rucker (3–1)Brett Seeburger (0–1)None329 [44] 12–16
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
April 2Portland* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–2 [45] Kolton Mahoney (3–3)Brandon Snyder (0–3)Michael Rucker (3)725 [46] 13–165–5
April 3Portland* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–6 [47] Kurt Yinger (1–5)Jeff Barker (1–3)Carl Snaring (2)1,773 [48] 13–175–6
April 4Portland* Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 9–3 [49] Michael Rucker (4–1)Davis Tominaga (1–5)None812 [50] 14–176–6
April 7Utah Valley Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 15–6 [51] Brandon Kinser (3–2)Patrick Wolfe (1–4)None1,344 [52] 15–17
April 9at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium LMUSN5–3 (12) [53] Keaton Cenatiempo (3–1)J.D. Busfield (2–1)Michael Rucker (4)362 [54] 16–177–6
April 10at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium TheW.tv 4–2 [55] Brandon Kinser (4–2) Trevor Megill (2–3)Michael Rucker (5)478 [56] 17–178–6
April 11at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium LMUSN2–8 [57] Sean Watkins (3–0)Brady Corless (1–4)None391 [58] 17–188–7
April 13at Cal State Northridge Matador Field None8–10 [59] Conner O'Neil (3–2)Kolton Mahoney (3–4)None20317–19
April 21Utah Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 7–6 [60] Brandon Kinser (5–2)Bret Helton (2–6)Michael Rucker (6)1,848 [61] 18–19
April 23San Francisco* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 14–4 [62] Kolton Mahoney (4–4)Anthony Shew (6–4)None1,361 [63] 19–199–7
April 24San Francisco* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 6–5 (10) [64] Mason Marshall (1–1)Travis Ulstead (1–2)None1,199 [65] 20–1910–7
April 25San Francisco* Larry H. Miller Field TheW.tv 3–2 (10) [66] Mason Marshall (2–1)Christian Cecilio (5–2)None1,160 [67] 21–1911–7
April 28at Utah Valley Brent Brown Ballpark YouTube 5–2 [68] Brady Corless (2–4)Jake Mayer (1–5)Keaton Cenatiempo (1)4,240 [69] 22–19
April 30at Pacific* Klein Family Field TheW.tv [ dead link ]3–4 [70] Jake Jenkins (3–6)Kolton Mahoney (4–5)Vince Arobio (7)456 [71] 22–2011–8
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumTelevisionScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordWCC record
May 1at Pacific* Klein Family Field TheW.tv 6–11 [72] Sean Bennetts (1–6)Brandon Kinser (5–3)None863 [73] 22–2111–9
May 2at Pacific* Klein Family Field TheW.tv [ dead link ]6–4 (11)Mason Marshall (3–1)Vince Arobio (1–1)None445 [74] 23–2112–9
May 7Saint Mary's* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 5–14Johnny York (7–4)Kolton Mahoney (4–6)None84623–2212–10
May 8Saint Mary's* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 17–1Brandon Kinser (6–3) Corbin Burnes (6–5)None1,03724–2213–10
May 9Saint Mary's* Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv Cancelled due to weather- Will be made up May 18
May 12at Utah Smith's Ballpark P12 16–6Keaton Cenatiempo (4–1)Nolan Stouder (0–5)None4,10825–22
May 14at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara Portal 8–5 (10)Mason Marshall (4–1)Josh Inouye (2–1)None23026–2214–10
May 15at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara Portal 7–8Max Kuhns (1–0)Kolton Mahoney (4–7)None37326–2314–11
May 16at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara Portal 4–2Michael Rucker (5–1)Steven Wilson (3–4)Mason Marshall (1)28027–2315–11
May 18y-Saint Mary's* Louis Guisto Field TheW.tv 4–3 (10)James Lengal (1–1)David Dellaserra (2–4)None9128–2316–11
May 21vs. Pepperdine* Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 7–8Max Gamboa (5–2)Mason Marshall (4–2)None78928–24
May 22vs. San Diego* Banner Island Ballpark TheW.tv 4–5Anthony McIver (3–2)Kolton Mahoney (4–8)None96228–25
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

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