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2015 Houston Cougars baseball
2015 Houston Cougars baseball
AAC regular season champions
Houston Regional, 1–2
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
Record	43–20 (16–8 The American)
Head coach	Todd Whitting (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Frank Anderson (3rd season); Trip Couch (5th season); Mike Taylor (2nd season);
Home stadium	Cougar Field
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Houston Cougars baseball team

American college baseball season

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.

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Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	AAC Record
February 13	Minnesota	#8	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 9–1	Lantrip (1–0)	Meyer (0–1)		2,132	1–0	–
February 14	Minnesota	#8	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 5–0	Lemoine (1–0)	Sawyer (0–1)	Romero (1)	2,003	2–0	–
February 15	Minnesota	#8	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 5–4	Maxwell (1–0)	Thonvold (0–1)		1,797	3–0	–
February 18	Texas Southern	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 11–5	Longville (1–0)	Konarik (1–1)	Cobb (1)	1,442	4–0	–
February 20	#30 Alabama	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 3–1	Lantrip (2–0)	Guilbeau (1–1)	Romero (2)	1,989	5–0	–
February 21	#30 Alabama	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 14–9	Maxwell (2–0)	Burrows (0–1)		2,463	6–0	–
February 22	#30 Alabama	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 3–8	Bramblett (2–0)	Garza (0–1)		1,883	6–1	–
February 25	at Texas State	#6	Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX	L 6–7	Whitter (1–0)	Longville (1–1)		1,316	6–2	–
February 27	Columbia	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 3–0	Lantrip (3–0)	Thanopoulos (0–1)	Romero (3)	1,279	7–2	–
February 28	Columbia	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 4–5 ⁽¹³⁾	Barr (1–0)	Robinson (0–1)	Gannaway (1)	1,772	7–3	–
February 28	Columbia	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 8–7	Weigel (1–0)	Ratner (0–1)		1,772	8–3	–

March

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	AAC Record
March 1	Columbia	#6	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 7–12	Wiest (1–0)	Romero (0–1)	Marks (1)	1,216	8–4	–
March 3	Houston Baptist	#12	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	L 1–2	Jones (1–1)	Longville (1–2)	Garza (1)	1,231	8–5	–
March 6	vs. #3 LSU	#12	Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 2–4	Poche' (4–0)	Lantrip (3–1)	Stallings (6)	10,651	8–6	–
March 7	vs. #11 Texas A&M	#12	Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	L 0–6	Long (3–0)	Lemoine (1–1)		16,276	8–7	–
March 8	vs. Hawaii	#12	Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	W 8–6	Romero (1–1)	Torres-Costa (0–3)		10,866	9–7	–
March 10	at Sam Houston State		Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX	W 17–7	Dowdy (1–0)	Bisacca (1–1)		803	10–7	–
March 13	Buffalo		Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 9–1	Lantrip (4–1)	Hartz (0–3)		1,355	11–7	–
March 14	Buffalo		Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 9–3	Weigel (2–0)	Magovney (1–3)		1,462	12–7	–
March 15	Buffalo		Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 5–0	Cobb (1–0)	McGee (1–1)		1,308	13–7	–
March 17	#15 Rice		Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 8–3	Romero (2–1)	Stephens (1–1)	Garza (1)	2,789	14–7	–
March 20	at New Mexico		Lobo Field • Albuquerque, NM	W 6–5	Lantrip (5–1)	Boardman (4–1)	Garza (2)	769	15–7	–
March 21	at New Mexico		Lobo Field • Albuquerque, NM	W 6–5	Dowdy (2–0)	Stevens (1–1)	Garza (3)	982	16–7	–
March 22	at New Mexico		Lobo Field • Albuquerque, NM	W 8–7	Romero (3–1)	Estrella (0–1)		463	17–7	–
March 24	Lamar	#16	Cougar Field • Houston, TX	W 6–5 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Moore (1–0)	Oquendo (0–1)		1,502	18–7	–
March 27	at #8 UCF	#16	Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL	L 2–9	Finfrock (6–0)	Lantrip (5–1)		1,397	18–8	0–1
March 28	at #8 UCF	#16	Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL	W 7–5	Dowdy (3–0)	Howell (4–2)	Romero (4)	1,555	19–8	1–1
March 29	at #8 UCF	#16	Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL	L 3–4	Rodgers (4–0)	Romero (3–2)		1,281	19–9	1–2
March 31	at Baylor	#14	Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX	W 11–0	Longville (2–2)	Kay (3–2)		2,104	20–9	–

April

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	AAC Record
April 2	at Memphis	#14	FedExPark • Memphis, TN	W 3–2	Lantrip (6–2)	Wallingford (3–3)		712	21–9	2–2
April 3	at Memphis	#14	FedExPark • Memphis, TN	L 6–14	Toscano (3–1)	Dowdy (3–1)		912	21–10	2–3
April 4	at Memphis	#14	FedExPark • Memphis, TN	L 2–6	Alexander (4–0)	Romero (3–2)	Blackwood (10)	829	21–11	2–4
April 7	at Louisiana–Lafayette	#25	M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA	L 5–6	Marks (2–0)	Garza (0–2)		3,885	21–12	–
April 10	Tulane	#25	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 11	Tulane	#25	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 12	Tulane	#25	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 14	at Rice		Reckling Park • Houston, TX
April 17	Cincinnati		Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 18	Cincinnati		Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 19	Cincinnati		Cougar Field • Houston, TX
April 21	at McNeese State		Cowboy Diamond • Lake Charles, LA
April 24	at South Florida		USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL
April 25	at South Florida		USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL
April 26	at South Florida		USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL
April 28	Sam Houston State		Cougar Field • Houston, TX

May

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium
May 1	at Tulane	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 2	at Tulane	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 3	at Tulane	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA
May 5	McNeese State	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
May 8	East Carolina	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
May 9	East Carolina	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
May 10	East Carolina	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
May 12	vs. Rice	Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX
May 14	Connecticut	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
May 15	Connecticut	Cougar Field • Houston, TX
May 16	Connecticut	Cougar Field • Houston, TX

Post-season

AAC Tournament

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	AACT Record
May 19			Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL
May 19			Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

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	Houston loss
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Bold	Houston team member

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v t e	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 Florida^y ‍‍‍	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^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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)

	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