2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	36–21 (17–13 ACC)
Head coach	Mik Aoki (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Jesse Woods (5th season); Chuck Ristano (5th season);
Home stadium	Frank Eck Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Louisville ^x‍‍‍^y	25	–	5	.833	47	–	18	.723
No. 26 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	37	–	23	.617
No. 12 Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	13	.567	44	–	21	.677
Clemson ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13	.552	32	–	29	.525
NC State ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14	.517	36	–	23	.610
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	27	–	26	.509
Boston College ‍‍‍	10	–	19	.345	27	–	27	.500
Coastal
No. 6 Miami (FL) ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	8	.733	50	–	16	.758
No. 1 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	44	–	24	.647
North Carolina ‍‍‍	13	–	16	.448	34	–	24	.586
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	13	–	16	.448	27	–	27	.500
Georgia Tech ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	32	–	23	.582
Duke ‍‍‍	10	–	19	.345	31	–	22	.585
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	20	–	32	.385

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2015^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Irish played their home games at Frank Eck Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Mik Aoki, in his 5th season at Notre Dame.

Previous season

In 2014, the Fighting Irish finished the season 7th in the ACC's Atlantic Division with a record of 22–31, 9–21 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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish roster^[2]

Pitchers

3 – Ryan Smoyer – Sophomore
5 – Nick McCarty – Junior
11 – David Hearne – Junior
12 – Brandon Bielak – Freshman
17 – Cristian Torres – Senior
18 – Charlie Vorsheck – Freshman
21 – Joey Cresta – Junior
27 – Jim Orwick – Sophomore
28 – Michael Hearne – Junior
31 – Scott Kerrigan – Senior
32 – Connor Hale – Junior
35 – Peter Solomon – Freshman
37 – Kyle Rubbinaccio – Senior
38 – Scott Tully – Sophomore
42 – Matt Ternowchek – Senior
44 – Evy Ruibal – Freshman
45 – Brad Bass – Freshman
50 – Sean Guenther – Freshman

Catchers

30 – Forrest Johnson – Senior
36 – Ryan Lidge – Sophomore

Infielders

0 – Jake Shepski – Freshman
4 – Lane Richards – Junior
6 – Kevin DeFilippis – Senior
8 – Blaise Lezynski – Senior
16 – Zak Kutsulis – Junior
20 – Kyle Fiala – Sophomore
23 – Cavan Biggio – Sophomore
33 – Phil Mosey – Senior

Outfielders

2 – Torii Hunter Jr. – Sophomore
10 – Conor Biggio – Senior
13 – Mac Hudgins – Senior
14 – Kyle Richardson – Junior
19 – Ryan Bull – Senior
22 – Ricky Sanchez – Junior
25 – Robert Youngdahl – Senior
26 – James Nevant – Junior
39 – Jake Johnson – Freshman

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Notre Dame	Alma Mater
Mik Aoki	Head coach	5	Davidson College (1990)
Jesse Woods	Assistant coach	5	Wheaton College (2004)
Chuck Ristano	Assistant coach	5	Sacred Heart University (2004)

Schedule

Legend
	Notre Dame win
	Notre Dame loss
	Postponement
Bold	Notre Dame team member

2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record
February 13	vs. SIU Edwardsville	L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK	7–6	Peter Solomon (1–0)	Brett Thomas (0–1)		1,283	1–0
February 13	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK	1–6	Jake Elliott (1–0)	Scott Kerrigan (0–1)		1,283	1–1
February 14	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK	10–9	Brandon Bielak (1–0)	Alec Hansen (0–1)	Ryan Smoyer (1)	1,735	2–1
February 15	at Oklahoma	L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK	5–1	Nick McCarty (1–0)	Adam Choplick (0–1)	Peter Solomon (1)	1,735	3–1
February 19	vs. Incarnate Word	Nelson Wolff Stadium • San Antonio, TX	14–1	Michael Hearne (1–0)	Cody Richey (0–2)		335	4–1
February 20	vs. Villanova	Nelson Wolff Stadium • San Antonio, TX	8–1	Scott Kerrigan (1–1)	Mike Sgaramella (0–1)		333	5–1
February 21	vs. Northwestern	Nelson Wolff Stadium • San Antonio, TX	7–3	Scott Tully (1–0)	Matt Portland (0–2)		572	6–1
February 22	vs. Incarnate Word	Nelson Wolff Stadium • San Antonio, TX	11–1	Nick McCarty (2–0)	Kris Looper (0–1)		269	7–1
February 27	vs. Belmont	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	6–4	Scott Tully (2–0)	Aaron Quillen (1–1)	Peter Solomon (2)	147	8–1
February 28	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	8–2	Brandon Bielak (2–0)	Connor Herd (1–1)		408	9–1
February 28	vs. Akron	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	5–4	Brad Bass (1–0)	Matt LaRocca (0–1)		204	10–1

March

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	ACC Record
March 6	at No. 28 Georgia Tech	No. 25	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	3–2 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Brad Bass (2–0)	Matthew Gorst (0–2)	Peter Solomon (3)	1,108	11–1	1–0
March 7	at No. 28 Georgia Tech	No. 25	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	7–11	Zac Ryan (3–0)	Brandon Bielak (2–1)		1,821	11–2	1–1
March 8	at No. 28 Georgia Tech	No. 25	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	1–4	Brandon Gold (2–0)	Nick McCarty (2–1)		1,887	11–3	1–2
March 11	at Savannah State	No. 27	Tiger Field • Savannah, GA	5–3 ⁽¹¹⁾	Peter Solomon (2–0)	Zach Chandler (0–1)	Brad Bass (1)	210	12–3
March 14	at Clemson	No. 27	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC	1–6	Matthew Crownover (4–0)	Scott Kerrigan (1–2)		4,961	12–4	1–3
March 14	at Clemson	No. 27	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC	11–6	Sean Guenther (1–0)	Pat Krall (0–1)	Peter Solomon (4)	4,961	13–4	2–3
March 15	at Clemson	No. 27	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC	5–1	Nick McCarty (3–1)	Zack Erwin (1–3)		4,343	14–4	3–3
March 17	Bethel (IN)		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	Cancelled
March 18	Central Michigan	No. 22	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	8–3	Ryan Smoyer (1–0)	Jordan Grosjean (0–3)		613	15–4
March 20	No. 17 Louisville	No. 22	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	0–2	Kyle Funkhouser (2–2)	Scott Kerrigan (1–3)	Drew Harrington (3)	572	15–5	3–4
March 21	No. 17 Louisville	No. 22	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	4–6 ⁽¹⁸⁾	Sean Leland (1–0)	Scott Tully (2–1)		746	15–6	3–5
March 22	No. 17 Louisville	No. 22	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	0–3	Josh Rogers (3–1)	Nick McCarty (3–2)	Drew Harrington (4)	476	15–7	3–6
March 25	Western Michigan		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	8–3	Ryan Smoyer (2–0)	Tanner Allison (1–5)		215	16–7
March 28	No. 25 Virginia		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	1–9	Nathan Kirby (4–1)	Scott Kerrigan (1–4)	Kevin Doherty (2)	783	16–8	3–7
March 28	No. 25 Virginia		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	2–4	Tommy Doyle (1–0)	Sean Guenther (1–1)	Josh Sborz (6)	783	16–9	3–8
March 29	No. 25 Virginia		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	4–5	Brandon Waddell (2–1)	Nick McCarty (3–3)	Josh Sborz (7)	377	16–10	3–9
March 31	Eastern Michigan		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	6–0	Ryan Smoyer (3–0)	Adam Hornstra (0–1)		363	17–10

April

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	ACC Record
April 4	at Pittsburgh		Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, PA	8–1	Brandon Bielak (3–1)	T. J. Zeuch (2–4)		511	18–10	4–9
April 4	at Pittsburgh		Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, PA	7–1	Nick McCarty (4–3)	Aaron Sandefur (1–4)		511	19–10	5–9
April 5	at Pittsburgh		Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, PA	7–3	Ryan Smoyer (4–0)	Marc Berube (0–4)	Sean Guenther (1)	384	20–10	6–9
April 8	Valparaiso		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	6–0	Scott Tully (3–1)	Connor Kaucic (1–3)		417	21–10
April 10	No. 7 Florida State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	5–2	Ryan Smoyer (5–0)	Boomer Biegalski (2–3)	Sean Guenther (2)	522	22–10	7–9
April 11	No. 7 Florida State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	4–1	Brandon Bielak (4–1)	Drew Carlton (2–2)	Sean Guenther (3)	1,109	23–10	8–9
April 12	No. 7 Florida State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	2–1	Connor Hale (1–0)	Mike Compton (1–1)	Scott Tully (1)	896	24–10	9–9
April 15	Toledo	No. 25	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	0–5	Alex Wagner (2–3)	Scott Tully (3–2)	Kevin Kline (1)	344	24–11
April 17	NC State	No. 25	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	2–0	Ryan Smoyer (6–0)	Cory Wilder (2–5)	Sean Guenther (4)	555	25–11	10–9
April 18	NC State	No. 25	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	2–4 ⁽¹⁴⁾	Joe O'Donnell (5–2)	Evy Ruibal (0–1)		1,230	25–12	10–10
April 18	NC State	No. 25	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	7–2	Nick McCarty (5–3)	Ryan Williamson (3–2)		1,230	26–12	11–10
April 21	vs. Indiana	No. 26	Victory Field • Indianapolis, IN	5–6	Ryan Halstead (1–1)	Sean Guenther (1–2)		8,728	26–13
April 22	Chicago State	No. 26	Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	11–0	Connor Hale (2–0)	Ean McNeal (0–1)		235	27–13
April 24	at Wake Forest	No. 26	Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC	9–5	Scott Kerrigan (2–4)	Matt Pirro (6–3)		1,153	28–13	12–10
April 25	at Wake Forest	No. 26	Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC	2–4	Will Craig (2–3)	Evy Ruibal (0–2)	Parker Dunshee (3)	608	28–14	12–11
April 26	at Wake Forest	No. 26	Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC	4–5 ⁽¹¹⁾	Donnie Sellers (4–1)	Scott Tully (3–3)		608	28–15	12–12
April 28	Michigan State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	6–9 ⁽¹²⁾	Walter Borkovich (2–0)	Evy Ruibal (0–3)		414	28–16
April 29	Sacramento State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	2–0	Nick McCarty (6–3)	Jared Paderez (1–1)		441	29–16

May

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	ACC Record
May 1	Northwestern State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	4–1	Scott Kerrigan (3–4)	Adam Oller (6–3)	Brad Bass (2)	416	30–16
May 2	Northwestern State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	2–8	Josh Oller (8–1)	Brandon Bielak (4–2)		617	30–17
May 3	Northwestern State		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	4–8	Jeffrey Stovall (5–4)	Scott Tully (3–4)	Brandon Smith (8)	579	30–18
May 9	No. 24 North Carolina		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	10–5	Scott Tully (4–4)	Trevor Kelley (5–2)		1,064	31–18	13–12
May 9	No. 24 North Carolina		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	3–1	Ryan Smoyer (7–0)	J. B. Bukauskas (4–2)		1,064	32–18	14–12
May 10	No. 24 North Carolina		Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	8–7	Brad Bass (3–0)	Trent Thornton (3–5)		406	33–18	15–12
May 14	at Boston College	No. 24	Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA	10–4	Brandon Bielak (5–2)	Mike King (1–5)		604	34–18	16–12
May 15	at Boston College	No. 24	Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA	5–2	Ryan Smoyer (8–0)	Justin Dunn (4–4)	Sean Guenther (5)	412	35–18	17–12
May 15	at Boston College	No. 24	Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA	5–6 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Nick Poore (3–3)	Sean Guenther (1–3)		202	35–19	17–13

Post-season

ACC Tournament

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	ACCT Record
May 21	vs. NC State	No. 20	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	0–3	Brian Brown (7–3)	Scott Kerrigan (3–5)	Curt Britt (2)	3,599	35–20	0–1
May 22	vs. No. 29 Virginia	No. 20	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	8–2	Ryan Smoyer (9–0)	Brandon Waddell (3–5)	Brandon Bielak (1)	2,916	36–20	1–1
May 23	vs. No. 6 Miami (FL)	No. 20	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	5–6	Cooper Hammond (5–1)	Brad Bass (3–1)		4,249	36–21	1–2

NCAA tournament: Champaign Regional

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Attendance	Overall record	NCAAT Record
May 29	vs. Wright State	No. 23	Illinois Field • Champaign, IL	13–7	Brandon Bielak (6–2)	Trevor Swaney (4–3)	1,454	37–21	1–0
May 31	at No. 3 Illinois	No. 23	Illinois Field • Champaign, IL	0–3	Drasen Johnson (10–3)	Ryan Smoyer (9–1)	3,002	37–22	1–1
May 31	vs. Wright State	No. 23	Illinois Field • Champaign, IL	0–4	Jack Van Horn (4–2)	Brandon Bielak (6–3)	1,292	37–23	1–2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

2015 MLB Draft

The following Notre Dame players were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Conor Biggio	Outfielder	34	1,009	Houston Astros

Ranking Movements

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	Final
Coaches'	—	—*		RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^	—	—	—	25	27	22	—	—	—	25	26	—	—	24	20	23
NCBWA†	—	RV	RV	—	—	RV	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	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.

References

^ "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
^ "Official Baseball Roster". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved December 14, 2014.

[1] "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.

[2] "Official Baseball Roster". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved December 14, 2014.

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