# 2015 Houston Cougars baseball team

The 2015 Houston Cougars baseball team represented the University of Houston during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at Cougar Field as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Todd Whitting, in his fifth season at Houston.

## Previous Season

In 2014, the Cougars finished the season 3rd in the American Athletic Conference with a record of 48–16, 14–9 in conference play. They went on to win the 2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament. In the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the Cougars upset LSU to win the Baton Rouge Regional, before falling to Texas in two games in the Austin Super Regional.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at Houston | Alma Mater |
| Todd Whitting | Head coach | 5 | University of Houston (1995) |
| Trip Couch | Assistant coach | 5 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1991) |
| Frank Anderson | Assistant coach | 3 | Emporia State University (1983) |
| Mike Taylor | Assistant coach | 2 | Prairie View A&M University (1997) |

## Season
### February

The Cougars opened their season with a three-game series against Minnesota. The Cougars, ranked 8th in the nation, swept the Golden Gophers over the three game series. Houston outscored Minnesota 14–1 over the first two games of the series, and won the third game on a walk-off to complete the series sweep. The Cougars also had an 11–5 win over Texas Southern the following Wednesday (after it was pushed back from Tuesday).
On the second weekend of the season, the Cougars hosted 30th ranked Alabama. After winning the first two games of the series, the Crimson Tide salvaged a win in game three, thanks to 14 hits. On February 25, the Cougars took their second straight loss, this time on the road to Texas State.
The Cougars closed out the month with a four-game series against Columbia. Houston was subject to a major upset in the second and fourth games of the series and ended up splitting the four game set with Columbia, the two time defending Ivy League champions. The losses, coupled with the loss to Texas State earlier in the week, caused the Cougars to drop to #12 in two of the major polls.

## Schedule

Legend :
| | Houston win |
| | Houston loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Houston team member |
2015 Houston Cougars baseball game log :
Regular season :
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordAAC Record
February 13Minnesota#8Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 9–1Lantrip (1–0)Meyer (0–1)2,1321–0–
February 14Minnesota#8Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 5–0Lemoine (1–0)Sawyer (0–1)Romero (1)2,0032–0–
February 15Minnesota#8Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 5–4Maxwell (1–0)Thonvold (0–1)1,7973–0–
February 18Texas Southern#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 11–5Longville (1–0)Konarik (1–1)Cobb (1)1,4424–0–
February 20#30 Alabama#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 3–1Lantrip (2–0)Guilbeau (1–1)Romero (2)1,9895–0–
February 21#30 Alabama#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 14–9Maxwell (2–0)Burrows (0–1)2,4636–0–
February 22#30 Alabama#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXL 3–8Bramblett (2–0)Garza (0–1)1,8836–1–
February 25at Texas State#6Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TXL 6–7Whitter (1–0)Longville (1–1)1,3166–2–
February 27Columbia#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 3–0Lantrip (3–0)Thanopoulos (0–1)Romero (3)1,2797–2–
February 28Columbia#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXL 4–5 $^{(13)}$Barr (1–0)Robinson (0–1)Gannaway (1)1,7727–3–
February 28Columbia#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 8–7Weigel (1–0)Ratner (0–1)1,7728–3– :
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordAAC Record
March 1Columbia#6Cougar Field • Houston, TXL 7–12Wiest (1–0)Romero (0–1)Marks (1)1,2168–4–
March 3Houston Baptist#12Cougar Field • Houston, TXL 1–2Jones (1–1)Longville (1–2)Garza (1)1,2318–5–
March 6vs. #3 LSU#12Minute Maid Park • Houston, TXL 2–4Poche' (4–0)Lantrip (3–1)Stallings (6)10,6518–6–
March 7vs. #11 Texas A&M#12Minute Maid Park • Houston, TXL 0–6Long (3–0)Lemoine (1–1)16,2768–7–
March 8vs. Hawaii#12Minute Maid Park • Houston, TXW 8–6Romero (1–1)Torres-Costa (0–3)10,8669–7–
March 10at Sam Houston StateDon Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TXW 17–7Dowdy (1–0)Bisacca (1–1)80310–7–
March 13BuffaloCougar Field • Houston, TXW 9–1Lantrip (4–1)Hartz (0–3)1,35511–7–
March 14BuffaloCougar Field • Houston, TXW 9–3Weigel (2–0)Magovney (1–3)1,46212–7–
March 15BuffaloCougar Field • Houston, TXW 5–0Cobb (1–0)McGee (1–1)1,30813–7–
March 17#15 RiceCougar Field • Houston, TXW 8–3Romero (2–1)Stephens (1–1)Garza (1)2,78914–7–
March 20at New MexicoLobo Field • Albuquerque, NMW 6–5Lantrip (5–1)Boardman (4–1)Garza (2)76915–7–
March 21at New MexicoLobo Field • Albuquerque, NMW 6–5Dowdy (2–0)Stevens (1–1)Garza (3)98216–7–
March 22at New MexicoLobo Field • Albuquerque, NMW 8–7Romero (3–1)Estrella (0–1)46317–7–
March 24Lamar#16Cougar Field • Houston, TXW 6–5 $^{(10)}$Moore (1–0)Oquendo (0–1)1,50218–7–
March 27at #8 UCF#16Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FLL 2–9Finfrock (6–0)Lantrip (5–1)1,39718–80–1
March 28at #8 UCF#16Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FLW 7–5Dowdy (3–0)Howell (4–2)Romero (4)1,55519–81–1
March 29at #8 UCF#16Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FLL 3–4Rodgers (4–0)Romero (3–2)1,28119–91–2
March 31at Baylor#14Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TXW 11–0Longville (2–2)Kay (3–2)2,10420–9– :
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordAAC Record
April 2at Memphis#14FedExPark • Memphis, TNW 3–2Lantrip (6–2)Wallingford (3–3)71221–92–2
April 3at Memphis#14FedExPark • Memphis, TNL 6–14Toscano (3–1)Dowdy (3–1)91221–102–3
April 4at Memphis#14FedExPark • Memphis, TNL 2–6Alexander (4–0)Romero (3–2)Blackwood (10)82921–112–4
April 7at Louisiana–Lafayette#25M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LAL 5–6Marks (2–0)Garza (0–2)3,88521–12–
April 10Tulane#25Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 11Tulane#25Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 12Tulane#25Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 14at RiceReckling Park • Houston, TX
April 17CincinnatiCougar Field • Houston, TX
April 18CincinnatiCougar Field • Houston, TX
April 19CincinnatiCougar Field • Houston, TX
April 21at McNeese StateCowboy Diamond • Lake Charles, LA
April 24at South FloridaUSF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL
April 25at South FloridaUSF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL
April 26at South FloridaUSF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL
April 28Sam Houston StateCougar Field • Houston, TX :
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordAAC Record
May 1at TulaneGreer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 2at TulaneGreer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 3at TulaneGreer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 5McNeese StateCougar Field • Houston, TX
May 8East CarolinaCougar Field • Houston, TX
May 9East CarolinaCougar Field • Houston, TX
May 10East CarolinaCougar Field • Houston, TX
May 12vs. RiceConstellation Field • Sugar Land, TX
May 14ConnecticutCougar Field • Houston, TX
May 15ConnecticutCougar Field • Houston, TX
May 16ConnecticutCougar Field • Houston, TX :
Post-season :
AAC Tournament
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordAACT Record
May 19Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
May 19Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL :
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 11 | 11* | 11 | 13 | RV | 25 | 19 | 20 | 22 | — | 25 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 23 | | |
| Baseball America | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 19 | 14 | 13 | | | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | — | — | 16 | 14 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 19 | — | — | — |
| NCBWA† | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 23 | |
^ 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.

## Awards and honors
### Jake Lemoine

* Louisville Slugger Pre-season Third team All-American
* Perfect Game USA Pre-season Second team All-American
* Pre-season All-AAC
* Baseball America Pre-season Second team All-American

### Aaron Garza

* Pre-season All-AAC

### Andrew Lantrip

* Pre-season All-AAC

### Jared Robinson

* Pre-season All-AAC

### Connor Hollis

* Pre-season All-AAC

### Kyle Survance

* Pre-season All-AAC