2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

2015 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season	2015
Teams	64
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park; Omaha, Nebraska;
Champions	Virginia Cavaliers (1st title)
Runner-up	Vanderbilt Commodores (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Brian O'Connor (1st title)
MOP	Josh Sborz (Virginia)
Television	ESPN Networks
	← 2014 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship; 2016 →;

The 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 29, 2015, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2015 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 13 and ended on June 24 with the Virginia Cavaliers upsetting the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores 4–2 in the decisive Game 3 and thereby avenging their CWS Finals loss to Vanderbilt the previous year.^[1]^[2]

Quick Facts Season, Teams ...

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams.^[3] Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams, which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three series to determine the eight participants of the College World Series.^[2]

Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia split the first two games of the best-of-three championship series before Virginia won Game 3, 4–2, to win their first national championship in baseball. The two teams previously met in the championship series in 2014, which Vanderbilt won.

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School	Conference	Record (Conf)	Berth	Last NCAA appearance
Stony Brook	America East	34–14 (18–4)	Tournament	2012 (Coral Gables Regional)
East Carolina	American	40–20 (15–9)	Tournament	2012 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Florida State	ACC	41–19 (17–13)	Tournament	2014 (Tallahassee Regional)
Lipscomb	Atlantic Sun	39–18 (13–8)	Tournament	2008 (Athens Regional)
VCU	Atlantic 10	37–22 (14–10)	Tournament	2010 (Charlottesville Regional)
Texas	Big 12	29–25 (11–13)	Tournament	2014 (Houston Regional)
St. John's	Big East	39–14 (14–3)	Tournament	2012 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Radford	Big South	43–14 (20–4)	Tournament	First appearance
Michigan	Big Ten	37–23 (14–10)	Tournament	2008 (Ann Arbor Regional)
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	34–22 (19–5)	Regular season	2014 (Stillwater Regional)
UNC Wilmington	Colonial	39–16 (18–6)	Tournament	2013 (Charlottesville Regional)
FIU	Conference USA	28–29 (13–17)	Tournament	2011 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Wright State	Horizon	41–15 (21–8)	Tournament	2011 (College Station Regional)
Columbia	Ivy League	29–15 (16–4)	Championship series	2014 (Coral Gables Regional)
Canisius	Metro Atlantic	34–28 (16–8)	Tournament	2013 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Ohio	Mid-American	36–19 (17–10)	Tournament	1997 (Midwest Regional)
Florida A&M	Mid-Eastern	23–23 (15–9)	Tournament	First appearance
Missouri State	Missouri Valley	45–10 (18–3)	Tournament	2012 (Coral Gables Regional)
San Diego State	Mountain West	40–21 (19–10)	Tournament	2014 (Lafayette Regional)
Sacred Heart	Northeast	23–30 (13–11)	Tournament	2012 (Raleigh Regional)
Morehead State	Ohio Valley	37–20 (20–10)	Tournament	1983 (Ann Arbor Regional)
UCLA	Pac-12	42–14 (22–8)	Regular season	2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
Lehigh	Patriot	25–27 (12–8)	Tournament	2006 (Charlottesville Regional)
Florida	Southeastern	44–16 (19–11)	Tournament	2014 (Gainesville Regional)
Mercer	Southern	35–21 (16–7)	Tournament	2013 (Starkville Regional)
Houston Baptist	Southland	28–25 (14–13)	Tournament	First appearance
Texas Southern	Southwestern Athletic	31–17 (16–7)	Tournament	2008 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Oral Roberts	Summit	41–14 (25–5)	Tournament	2012 (Waco Regional)
Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt	39–21 (18–11)	Tournament	2014 (Lafayette Regional)
Pepperdine	West Coast	30–27 (17–10)	Tournament	2014 (San Luis Obispo Regional)
Cal State Bakersfield	Western Athletic	36–22 (17–9)	Tournament	First appearance

Conference	Total	Schools
SEC	7	Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC	7	Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, Miami (FL), NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia
Pac-12	6	Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC
Big Ten	5	Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan
American	4	East Carolina, Houston, South Florida, Tulane
Big 12	3	Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas
Conference USA	3	Florida Atlantic, FIU, Rice
Missouri Valley	3	Bradley, Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
Big West	2	Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara
Big South	2	Coastal Carolina, Radford
Colonial	2	College of Charleston, UNC Wilmington
America East	1	Stony Brook
Atlantic 10	1	VCU
Atlantic Sun	1	Lipscomb
Big East	1	St. John's
Horizon	1	Wright State
Ivy	1	Columbia
MAAC	1	Canisius
Mid-American	1	Ohio
MEAC	1	Florida A&M
Mountain West	1	San Diego State
NEC	1	Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley	1	Morehead State
Patriot	1	Lehigh
Southern	1	Mercer
SWAC	1	Texas Southern
Southland	1	Houston Baptist
Summit	1	Oral Roberts
Sun Belt	1	Louisiana–Lafayette
WAC	1	Cal State Bakersfield
West Coast	1	Pepperdine

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	UCLA	7

4	Cal State Bakersfield	2
			1	UCLA	1

			3	Maryland	4
3	Maryland	3

2	Ole Miss	1
						3	Maryland	2	2
Los Angeles Regional – Jackie Robinson Stadium
						1	UCLA	4	1
4	Cal State Bakersfield	2

2	Ole Miss	1
			4	Cal State Bakersfield	1

			1	UCLA	9



											Maryland	3	4	–

											Virginia	5	5	–
1	UC Santa Barbara	3

4	San Diego State	4
			4	San Diego State	1

			3	Virginia	3
3	Virginia	6

2	USC	1
						3	Virginia	14	–
†Lake Elsinore Regional – Lake Elsinore Diamond
						2	USC	10¹¹	–
1	UC Santa Barbara	3

2	USC	12
			2	USC	12

			4	San Diego State	11

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Missouri State	14

4	Canisius	1
			1	Missouri State	5

			2	Iowa	3
3	Oregon	1

2	Iowa	3
						1	Missouri State	3	–
Springfield Regional – Hammons Field
						2	Iowa	2	–
4	Canisius	6

3	Oregon	12
			3	Oregon	1

			2	Iowa	2¹¹



										8	Missouri State	4	3	2

											Arkansas	18	1	3
1	Oklahoma State	5

4	St. John's	4
			1	Oklahoma State	5

			2	Arkansas	7
3	Oral Roberts	6

2	Arkansas	8
						2	Arkansas	4	–
Stillwater Regional – Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
						4	St. John's	3	–
4	St. John's	10

3	Oral Roberts	4
			4	St. John's	2

			1	Oklahoma State	1

Regional			Regional			Regional Final				Super Regional

1	Florida	19

4	Florida A&M	0
			1	Florida	8

			3	South Florida	2
3	South Florida	5

2	Florida Atlantic	3
						1	Florida	2	–
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
						2	Florida Atlantic	1	–
4	Florida A&M	1

2	Florida Atlantic	8
			2	Florida Atlantic	8

			3	South Florida	4



										4	Florida	13	11	–

											Florida State	5	4	–
1	Florida State	5

4	Mercer	4¹⁰
			1	Florida State	3

			2	College of Charleston	2
3	Auburn	6

2	College of Charleston	7¹¹
						1	Florida State	3	–
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
						2	College of Charleston	1	–
4	Mercer	0

3	Auburn	1
			3	Auburn	2

			2	College of Charleston	3

2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Bids

Automatic bids

By conference

National seeds

Regionals and Super Regionals

Charlottesville Super Regional

Fayetteville Super Regional

Gainesville Super Regional

Coral Gables Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Fort Worth Super Regional

Louisville Super Regional

Champaign Super Regional

College World Series

Participants

Bracket

Game results

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

Record by conference

Media coverage

Radio

Television

Broadcast assignments

References

Wikiwand - on

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	Previous CWS Appearances	Best CWS Finish	CWS record Not including this year
Arkansas	SEC	40–23 (17–12)	Dave Van Horn	7 (last: 2012)	2nd (1979)	11–14
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	39–23 (19–5)	Rick Vanderhook	16 (last: 2009)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)	34–27
Florida	SEC	49–16 (19–11)	Kevin O'Sullivan	8 (last: 2012)	2nd (2005, 2011)	11–17
LSU	SEC	53–10 (21–8)	Paul Mainieri	16 (last: 2013)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)	35–22
Miami (FL)	ACC	49–15 (22–8)	Jim Morris	23 (last: 2008)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)	47–38
TCU	Big 12	49–13 (18–5)	Jim Schlossnagle	2 (last: 2014)	3rd (2010)	4–4
Vanderbilt	SEC	47–19 (20–10)	Tim Corbin	2 (last: 2014)	1st (2014)	7–4
Virginia	ACC	39–22 (15–15)	Brian O'Connor	3 (last: 2014)	2nd (2014)	7–6

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Saving Pitcher	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Virginia	5–3	Arkansas	Josh Sborz (5–2)	Trey Killian (3–5)	—
June 13	Game 2	Florida	15–3	Miami (FL)	Logan Shore (10–6)	Andrew Suarez (9–2)	—
June 14	Game 3	TCU	10–3	LSU	Preston Morrison (12–3)	Jared Poché (9–2)	—
June 14/15^[a]	Game 4	Vanderbilt	4–3	Cal State Fullerton	Kyle Wright (6–1)	Tyler Peitzmeier (5–4)	—
June 15	Game 5	Miami (FL)	4–3	Arkansas	Bryan Garcia (6–2)	Zach Jackson (5–1)	—	Arkansas eliminated
June 15	Game 6	Virginia	1–0	Florida	Brandon Waddell (4–5)	A. J. Puk (9–4)	Josh Sborz (15)
June 16	Game 7	LSU	5–3	Cal State Fullerton	Alex Lange (12–0)	Connor Seabold (5–4)	—	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 16	Game 8	Vanderbilt	1–0	TCU	Philip Pfeifer (6–4)	Alex Young (9–3)	Kyle Wright (4)
June 17	Game 9	Florida	10–2	Miami (FL)	Alex Faedo (6–2)	Enrique Sosa (7–5)	—	Miami (FL) eliminated
June 18	Game 10	TCU	8–4	LSU	Trey Teakell (3–1)	Austin Bain (2–3)	—	LSU eliminated
June 19	Game 11	Florida	10–5	Virginia	Logan Shore (11–6)	Nathan Kirby (5–3)	—
June 19	Game 12	Vanderbilt	7–1	TCU	Walker Buehler (5–2)	Tyler Alexander (6–3)	—	TCU eliminated
June 20	Game 13	Virginia	5–4	Florida	Josh Sborz (6–2)	Taylor Lewis (6–2)	—	Florida eliminated
June 22	Final Game 1	Vanderbilt	5–1	Virginia	Carson Fulmer (14–2)	Connor Jones (7–3)	—
June 23	Final Game 2	Virginia	3–0	Vanderbilt	Josh Sborz (7–2)	Philip Pfeifer (6–5)	—
June 24	Final Game 3	Virginia	4–2	Vanderbilt	Brandon Waddell (5–5)	John Kilichowski (5–3)	Nathan Kirby (1)	Virginia wins College World Series

Position	Player	School
P	Josh Sborz (MOP)	background-color:#232D4B;color:#F84C1E;"}]]}">Virginia
P	Brandon Waddell	background-color:#232D4B;color:#F84C1E;"}]]}">Virginia
C	Kade Scivicque	background-color:#461D7C;color:#FDD023;"}]]}">LSU
1B	Zander Wiel	background-color:#000000;color:#CFAE70;"}]]}">Vanderbilt
2B	Ernie Clement	background-color:#232D4B;color:#F84C1E;"}]]}">Virginia
3B	Kenny Towns	background-color:#232D4B;color:#F84C1E;"}]]}">Virginia
SS	Daniel Pinero	background-color:#232D4B;color:#F84C1E;"}]]}">Virginia
OF	Bryan Reynolds	background-color:#000000;color:#CFAE70;"}]]}">Vanderbilt
	Harrison Bader	background-color:#003087;color:#FA4616;"}]]}">Florida
	Jacob Heyward	background-color:#005030;color:#F05A00;"}]]}">Miami (FL)
DH	Connor Wanhanen	background-color:#4D1979;color:#FFFFFF;"}]]}">TCU