2015 Tulane Green Wave baseball team

2015 Tulane Green Wave baseball
Baton Rouge Regional, 1–2
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	35–25 (13–11 The American)
Head coach	David Pierce (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Sean Allen (1st season) Philip Miller (1st season)
Home stadium	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Houston  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			43	–	20	–	0		.683
East Carolina‡y  ‍‍‍	15	–	9	–	0		.625			40	–	22	–	0		.645
Tulane  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			35	–	25	–	0		.583
South Floriday  ‍‍‍	13	–	11	–	0		.542			34	–	26	–	1		.566
Memphis  ‍‍‍	12	–	12	–	0		.500			37	–	21	–	0		.638
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	11	–	13	–	0		.458			35	–	25	–	0		.583
UCF  ‍‍‍	10	–	14	–	0		.417			31	–	27	–	0		.534
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			15	–	41	–	0		.268
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Tulane Green Wave baseball team represented Tulane University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Green Wave played their home games at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his first season at Tulane.

Previous season

In 2014, the Green Wave finished the season 10th in Conference USA with a record of 23–29, 10–18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 Conference USA baseball tournament or the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Tulane Green Wave roster
	Pitchers 5 – Tim Yandel – Junior 13 – Jackson Johnson – Freshman 14 – J.P. France – Sophomore 20 – Eric Steel – Sophomore 21 – Corey Merrill – Sophomore 24 – Jake Crain – Freshman 26 – Zach Flowers – Sophomore 28 – Alex Massey – Junior 29 – Emerson Gibbs – Junior 31 – Patrick Duester – Junior 32 – Sam Bjorngjeld – Freshman 33 – Ian Gibaut – Junior 36 – Jordan Gross – Junior 37 – Brandon Sequeira – Freshman 38 – Dan Rankin – Sophomore 41 – Max Karp – Freshman 42 – Troy Ward – Junior 44 – Brandon Issa – Freshman 45 – Tyler Zamjahn – Sophomore 46 – Trevor Simms – Senior		Catchers 4 – Jake Rogers – Sophomore 18 – Jeremy Montalbano – Junior 35 – Cameron Burns – Junior Infielders 1 – Garrett Deschamp – Senior 2 – Stephen Alemais – Sophomore 15 – Rainer Ausmus – Freshman 16 – Hunter Hope – Sophomore 17 – Jake Willsey – Sophomore 30 – Nico Symington – Freshman 34 – Sam Martin – Freshman 39 – Hunter Williams – Sophomore 40 – Tyler Wilson – Senior 48 – Hunter Lapeyre – Sophomore		Outfielders 6 – Lex Kaplan – Sophomore 8 – Richard Carthon – Junior 9 – John Gandolfo – Senior 23 – Grant Brown – Sophomore

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Tulane	Alma Mater
David Pierce	Head coach	1	University of Houston (1988)
Sean Allen	Assistant coach	1	University of Houston (2001)
Philip Miller	Assistant coach	1	Northwestern State University (2005)

Schedule

Legend
	Tulane win
	Tulane loss
	Postponement
Bold	Tulane team member

2015 Tulane Green Wave baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record February 13 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA W 9–3 Steel (1–0) Puckett (0–1) 435 1–0 – February 14 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA W 9–5 Rankin (1–0) Blanchard (0–1) 410 2–0 – February 15 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, CA L 1–2 Gamboa (1–0) Gibaut (0–1) 403 2–1 – February 18 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond • Hammond, LA W 5–4 Gibaut (1–1) Cashman (0–1) Rankin (1) 906 3–1 – February 20 San Francisco Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 1–0 Gibbs (1–0) Buonopane (0–1) 2,225 4–1 – February 21 San Francisco Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 3–2 (11) Gibaut (2–1) Narahara (0–1) 2,351 5–1 – February 22 San Francisco Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 5–3 Yandel (1–0) Rincon (0–2) Steel (1) 2,617 6–1 – February 24 at New Orleans Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA W 9–0 Duester (1–0) Martinez (0–1) Johnson (1) 609 7–1 – February 25 New Orleans Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 4–0 Gibbs (2–0) Smith (1–1) 1,681 8–1 – February 27 Creighton Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 8–2 Merrill (1–0) Albrecht (1–1) 1,700 9–1 – February 28 Creighton Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 2–7 Warren (1–1) Massey (0–1) 2,108 9–2 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record March 1 Creighton Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 3–2 Gibaut (3–1) Ising (0–1) 2,000 10–2 – March 3 at Nicholls State Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 5–0 Duester (2–0) Ernestine (1–1) Gibbs (1) 1,378 11–2 – March 6 Gonzaga Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 0–2 Bailey (3–1) Merrill (1–1) Bigelow (3) 1,905 11–3 – March 7 Gonzaga Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 2–7 Sopko (2–1) Massey (0–2) Mills (2) 2,403 11–4 – March 8 Gonzaga Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 3–0 Yandel (2–0) Burland (0–1) Gibaut (1) 2,113 12–4 – March 11 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 4–8 Cockrell (2–0) Duster (2–1) 2,559 12–5 – March 13 Xavier Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 3–2 (10) Gibaut (4–1) Lowther (0–1) 1,504 13–5 – March 14 Xavier Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 1–0 Rankin (2–0) Jacknewitz (1–3) 1,935 14–5 – March 15 Xavier Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 10–3 Massey (1–2) Astle (0–3) 1,904 15–5 – March 17 Southeastern Louisiana Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 15–2 Duester (3–1) Cashman (2–3) 2,311 16–5 – March 20 at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA L 1–2 (13) Genter (3–0) Gibaut (4–2) 355 16–6 – March 21 at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA W 6–5 Rankin (3–0) Lillie (0–1) Duester (1) 240 17–6 – March 22 at UC Riverside Riverside Sports Complex • Riverside, CA L 2–6 Leach (2–2) Yandel (2–1) 273 17–7 – March 24 LSU Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 7–13 Newman (2–0) Duester (3–2) 4,994 17–8 – March 27 Connecticut Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 0–6 Cross (6–1) Merrill (1–2) 1,887 17–9 0–1 March 28 Connecticut Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 5–1 Gibbs (3–0) Kay (3–3) 2,015 18–9 1–1 March 29 Connecticut Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 3–5 Ruotolo (2–0) Gibaut (4–3) 1,950 18–10 1–2 March 31 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC W 8–4 Duester (4–2) Magestro (3–2) Steel (2) 1,008 19–10 1–2
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record April 2 at East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 0–3 Love (3–2) Merrill (1–3) 2,213 19–11 1–3 April 3 at East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 4–11 Boyd (3–7) Rankin (3–1) 2,411 19–12 1–4 April 4 at East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC W 8–6 Massey (2–2) Lucroy (2–2) Duester (2) 2,261 20–12 2–4 April 7 Nicholls State Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 7–1 Gibaut 5–3 Stapler (2–1) 1,452 21–12 2–4 April 10 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX L 3–4 Weigel (3–0) Duester (4–3) 1,583 21–13 2–5 April 11 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX L 1–6 Dowdy (4–1) Gibbs (3–1) 1,512 21–14 2–6 April 12 at Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 3–1 Massey (3–2) Cobb (1–1) 1,603 22–14 3–6 April 14 Southern Miss Greer Field • New Orleans, LA Postponed April 17 UCF Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 3–0 Merrill (2–3) Finfrock (6–3) Gibaut (2) 1,106 23–14 4–6 April 18 UCF Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 0–8 Rodgers (7–0) Gibbs (3–2) 1,824 23–15 4–7 April 19 UCF Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 10–0 Massey (4–2) Hepple (3–2) Gibaut (3) 1,290 24–15 5–7 April 21 at LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 0–6 Bain (1–1) Duester (4–4) 10,614 24–16 5–7 April 24 at Cincinnati Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 4–0 Merrill (3–0) Atkinson (3–5) Gibaut (4) 522 25–16 6–7 April 25 at Cincinnati Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 8–6 Duester (5–4) Zellner (2–2) 296 26–16 7–7 April 26 at Cincinnati Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 9–5 Massey (5–2) Lehnen (1–7) Gibaut (5) 631 27–16 8–7 April 28 Southeastern Louisiana Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 5–4 (10) Steel (2–0) Sceroler (2–2) 1,823 28–16 8–7
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record May 1 Houston Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 3–1 Merrill 4–3 Lantrip (6–3) Gibaut (6) 1,100 29–16 9–7 May 2 Houston Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 0–3 Dowdy (7–1) Massey (7–3) 2,050 29–17 9–8 May 3 Houston Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 1–7 Romero (6–3) Duester (5–5) 2,100 29–18 9–9 May 8 South Florida Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 0–12 Herget (8–2) Merrill (4–4) 2,678 29–19 9–10 May 9 South Florida Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 5–3 Duester (6–5) Valdes (5–2) Gibaut (7) 2,167 30–19 10–10 May 10 South Florida Greer Field • New Orleans, LA W 4–3 Gibbs (4–2) Mulholland 4–7 Gibaut (8) 2,221 31–19 11–10 May 12 Southern Miss Greer Field • New Orleans, LA L 4–8 Talley (3–5) Yandel (2–2) 2,368 31–20 11–10 May 14 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN L 3–7 Gunn (6–1) Merrill (4–5) 678 31–21 11–11 May 15 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 5–2 (7) Massey (6–3) Toscano (8–2) 510 32–21 12–11 May 16 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 9–1 Gibbs (5–2) Alexander (4–2) 510 33–21 13–11
Post-season
AAC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AACT Record May 20 vs. (6) Connecticut (3) Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL W 3–1 Duester (7–5) Zapata (5–1) Gibaut (9) 34–21 1–0 May 21 vs. (2) East Carolina (3) Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL L 1–3 Kruczynski (8–4) Merrill (4–6) Ingle (7) 1,243 34–22 1–1 May 22 vs. (6) Connecticut (3) Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL L 6–7 Holmes (1–0) Gibbs (5–3) Kay (1) 922 34–23 1–2
NCAA Regionals Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record May 29 vs. (2) UNC Wilmington (3) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–10 Foster (7–1) Duester (7–6) 10,657 34–24 0–1 May 30 vs. (4) Lehigh (3) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–3 Merrill (5–6) Stephens (4–7) Yandel (1) 10,527 35–24 1–1 May 31 vs. (2) UNC Wilmington (3) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–8 Monroe (4–3) Massey (6–4) 10,582 35–25 1–2
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.
Schedule and results taken from tulanegreenwave.com Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. Box scores are available under "related links" in the right-hand navigation.

Rankings

See also: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†	—	RV	RV	30	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.