2015 NC State Wolfpack baseball team

The 2015 NC State Wolfpack baseball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolfpack played their home games at Doak Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Elliott Avent, in his 19th season at NC State.

2015 NC State Wolfpack baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2015 record	36–23 (15–14 ACC)
Head coach	Elliott Avent (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Hart (9th season) Scott Foxhall (1st season)
Home stadium	Doak Field

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	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

Previous Season

In 2014, the Wolfpack finished the season 5th in the ACC's Atlantic Division with a record of 32–23, 13–17 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in the play-in round. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 NC State Wolfpack roster
	Pitchers 3 - Ryan Williamson - Sophomore 17 - Jon Olczak - Junior 20 - Austin Staley - Freshman 25 - Karl Keglovits - Junior 26 - Brad Stone - Junior 27 - Chris Williams - Junior 29 - Logan Beehler - Freshman 33 - Johnny Piedmonte - Sophomore 34 - Cody Beckman - Sophomore 35 - Cory Wilder - Sophomore 37 - Brian Brown - Freshman 38 - Evan Mendoza - Freshman 39 - Travis Orwig - Junior 41 - Joe O'Donnell - Sophomore 46 - Jordan Bissette - Freshman 47 - Brian Donovan - Junior 50 - Curt Britt - Junior 51 - Will Gilbert - Junior		Catchers 14 - Harris Yett - Freshman 24 - Chance Shepard - Junior 31 - Luke Voiron - Junior 32 - Scott Manea - Freshman Infielders 5 - Joel McKeithan - Senior 6 - Logan Ratledge - Senior 7 - Nick Owens - Freshman 8 - Ryne Willard - Junior 10 - Joe Dunard - Freshman 11 - Andrew Knizner - Sophomore 16 - Shane Shepard - Freshman 19 - Stephen Pitarra - Freshman 23 - Jake Armstrong - Senior 28 - Josh McLain - Freshman 42 - Tommy DeJuneas - Freshman		Outfielders 1 - Storm Edwards - Freshman 2 - Bubby Riley - Senior 13 - Brock Deatherage - Freshman 15 - Garrett Suggs - Sophomore 30 - Jake Fincher - Senior

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at NC State	Alma Mater
Elliott Avent	Head Coach	19	North Carolina State University
Chris Hart	Assistant Coach	9	Florida State University (2003)
Scott Foxhall	Assistant Coach	1	College of Charleston (1994)

Source: [2]

Season

February

The Wolfpack opened the season on February 13 with a game against Villanova, as part of a three-day tournament at home at Doak Field. However, the games on February 15 were cancelled due to impending weather, including NC State's game with Appalachian State. Against Villanova, the Wolfpack jumped out to a 10–0 lead after two innings, 13–0 lead after six, and eventually went on to win by a score of 14–5.[3] In the second game of the weekend, the Wolfpack faced Davidson. Preston Palmiero went 5-for-5 from the plate and the Wolfpack defeated the Wildcats, 8–3.[4] The Wolfpack had a game scheduled for February 17 against UNC Wilmington, but it was cancelled due to impending weather.[5]

Schedule

Legend
	NC State win
	NC State loss
	Postponement
Bold	NC State team member

2015 NC State Wolfpack Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record February 13 Villanova Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 14–5 Wilder (1–0) Harris (0–1) 773 1–0 – February 14 Davidson Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 8–3 Mendoza (1–0) Bain (0–1) 1,223 2–0 – February 15 Appalachian State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Cancelled February 17 UNC Wilmington Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Cancelled February 20 vs. Albany TicketReturn.com Field • Myrtle Beach, SC Postponed Rescheduled for February 21 February 21 vs. Albany TicketReturn.com Field • Myrtle Beach, SC 6–9 Ryan (1–0) Wilder (1–1) DeCelle (1) 247 2–1 – February 21 vs. FIU TicketReturn.com Field • Myrtle Beach, SC 3–1 Brown (1–0) Mourelle (1–1) DeJuneas (1) 82 3–1 – February 22 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC 3–12 Hopeck (1–0) Mendoza (1–1) 1,454 3–2 – February 24 North Carolina A&T Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Postponed Rescheduled for February 25 February 25 North Carolina A&T Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 9–1 Stone (1–0) Miranda (0–1) 225 4–2 – February 27 vs. Charlotte Grayson Stadium • Savannah, GA 0–1 Geoghegan (1–0) Wilder (1–2) Sherer (2) 26 4–3 – February 28 vs. UNC Greensboro Grayson Stadium • Savannah, GA 4–2 Brown (2–0) James (0–2) Olczak (1) 41 5–3 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record March 1 vs. UNC Greensboro Grayson Stadium • Savannah, GA Cancelled March 1 vs. Charlotte Grayson Stadium • Savannah, GA Cancelled March 3 East Carolina Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 7–0 Britt (1–0) Boyd (1–2) 456 6–3 – March 4 Appalachian State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 6–4 DeJuneas (1–0) DeVrieze (1–2) 971 7–3 – March 6 Clemson Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 4–6 Crownover (3–0) Wilder (1–3) Moyer (2) 496 7–4 0–1 March 7 Clemson Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 8–3 Britt (2–0) Erwin (1–2) 1,508 8–4 1–1 March 8 Clemson Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 14–6 Piedmonte (1–0) Koerner (2–2) 1,745 9–4 2–1 March 11 at #29 Florida Atlantic FAU Baseball Stadium • Boca Raton, FL 9–5 Olczak (1–0) Monkman (3–1) 607 10–4 – March 13 at #25 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 2–3 ^(10) Garcia (2–1) DeJuneas (1–1) 2,420 10–5 2–2 March 14 at #25 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 2–9 Sosa (3–1) Brown (2–1) 2,836 10–6 2–3 March 15 at #25 Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park • Coral Gables, FL 0–6 Suarez (1–0) Piedmonte (2–1) 2,502 10–7 2–4 March 17 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC 3–7 Wantz (3–0) Williamson (0–1) 977 10–8 – March 18 UNC Greensboro Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 8–3 O'Donnell (1–0) Dulaney (0–2) 1,014 11–8 – March 20 at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA 1–3 Burke (1–3) Wilder (1–4) Dunn (1) 214 11–9 2–5 March 21 at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA 9–4 ^(15) O'Donnell(2–0) Poore (0–2) 267 12–9 3–5 March 22 at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond • Chestnut Hill, MA Cancelled March 24 Elon Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 14–0 Williamson (1–1) Stalzer (1–4) 884 13–9 – March 25 North Carolina A&T Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 16–5 Orwig (1–0) Garrett (0–1) 982 14–9 – March 27 Pittsburgh Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 14–5 Wilder (2–4) Zeuch (2–3) Braband (1) 431 15–9 4–5 March 28 Pittsburgh Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 7–1 Brown (3–1) Sandefur (1–3) DeJuneas (2) 923 16–9 5–5 March 29 Pittsburgh Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 9–2 O'Donnell(3–0) Berube (0–3) 1,134 17–9 6–5 March 31 vs. Charlotte BB&T Ballpark • Charlotte, NC 10–6 Williamson (2–1) Horkey (1–2) DeJuneas (3) 8,147 18–9 –
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record April 2 #8 Florida State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 2–3 Byrd (4–0) O'Donnell(3–1) Strode (9) 1,528 18–10 6–6 April 3 #8 Florida State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 0–1 Carlton (2–1) Brown (3–2) Strode (10) 2,201 18–11 6–7 April 4 #8 Florida State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 11–7 O'Donnell(4–1) Johnson (3–2) Gilbert (1) 1,838 19–11 7–7 April 7 at Elon Walter C. Latham Park • Elon, NC 5–7 McGillicuddy (1–2) Gilbert (0–1) 525 19–12 – April 8 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC Cancelled April 10 at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC 1–2 Gallen (2–2) O'Donnell(4–2) 3,942 19–13 7–8 April 11 at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC 2–3 ^(10) Kelley (3–1) DeJuneas (1–2) 4,142 19–14 7–9 April 12 at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC 6–3 Williamson (3–1) Thornton (1–4) Gilbert (2) 3,835 20–14 8–9 April 15 Charlotte Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Cancelled April 17 at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN 0–2 Smoyer (6–0) Wilder (2–5) Guenther (4) 555 20–15 8–10 April 18 at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN 4–2^(14) O'Donnell (5–2) Ruibal (0–1) 21–15 9–10 April 18 at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium • Notre Dame, IN 2–7 McCarty (3–2) Williamson (3–2) 1,230 21–16 9–11 April 21 at East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC 5–6 Voliva (2–0) O'Donnell (5–3) 3,821 21–17 – April 24 Virginia Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 3–8 Jones (5–2) Brown (3–3) 1,759 21–18 9–12 April 25 Virginia Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Postponed Rescheduled for April 26 (doubleheader) April 26 (game 1) Virginia Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 4–3 Gilbert (1–1) Doyle (1–1) 937 22–18 10–12 April 26 (game 2) Virginia Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 5–3^(10) DeJuneas (2–2) Bettinger (3–2) 1,113 23–18 11–12
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record May 1 Longwood Doak Field • Raleigh, NC Postponed Rescheduled for May 2 (doubleheader) May 2 ^(game 1) Longwood Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 3–2 O'Donnell (6–3) Jones (2–1) 880 24–18 – May 2 ^(game 2) Longwood Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 6–1 Brown (4–3) Simpson (3–2) Britt (1) 1,376 25–18 – May 3 Longwood Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 6–3 Gilbert (2–1) Vick (2–6) DeJuneas (4) 1,206 26–18 – May 5 Campbell Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 9–5 Olczak (2–0) Meyer (0–1) 2,204 27–18 – May 8 at Wake Forest Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston Salem, NC 19–1 Brown (5–3) Pirro (6–4) Orwig (1) 1,263 28–18 12–12 May 9 at Wake Forest Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 3–2 Gilbert (3–1) Dunshee (5–3) DeJuneas (5) 1,411 29–18 13–12 May 11 at Wake Forest Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 9–6 O'Donnell (7–3) Johnstone (2–4) Orwig (2) 819 30–18 14–12 May 14 Louisville Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 3–4 Funkhouser (7–3) Williamson (3–3) Burdi (8) 2,252 30–19 14–13 May 15 Louisville Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 3–2 Brown (6–3) McKay (8–2) DeJuneas (6) 1,987 31–19 15–13 May 16 Louisville Doak Field • Raleigh, NC 5–8 Burdi (5–0) DeJuneas (2–3) 1,591 31–20 15–14
Post-Season
ACC Tournament # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Tourn. Record 1 May 21 Notre Dame Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 3–0 Brown (7–3) Kerrigan (3–5) Britt (2) 3,599 32–20 1–0 2 May 22 Miami Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 5–4 ^(12) DeJuneas (3–3) Mediavilla (3–2) 6,806 33–20 2–0 3 May 23 Virginia Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 10–2 Williamson (4–3) Bettinger (4–5) 7,139 34–20 3–0 4 May 24 Florida State Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC 2–6 Biegalski (7–4) Piedmonte (1–1) 9,759 34–21 3–1 NCAA Regional # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Tourn. Record 1 May 29 Stony Brook Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 3–0 Britt (3–0) Zamora (7–3) Gilbert (3) 2,785 35–21 1–0 2 May 30 at TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 5–4 Orwig (2–0) Ferrell (1–3) 4,009 36–21 2–0 3 May 31 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 2–8 Alexander (6–2) Williamson (4–4) 3,480 36–22 2–1 4 June 1 at TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 8–9 ^(10) Trieglaff (3–0) Britt (3–1) 4,277 36–23 2–2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Awards and honors

Andrew Knizner

• Perfect Game USA Pre-season First Team All-American[6]
• 2015 All-ACC Baseball Second Team[7]

Preston Palmeiro

• 2015 All-ACC Baseball Second Team[7]

Jake Fincher

• 2015 All-ACC Baseball Second Team[7]

Logan Ratledge

• 2015 All-ACC Baseball Third Team[7]

Brian Brown

• 2015 ACC Baseball All-Freshman Team[7]

References

1. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
2. "Official Baseball Roster". NC State Wolfpack. Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
3. "#Pack9 Pounds Nova, 14-5". gopack.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
4. "BSB: Palmeiro goes 5-5, Pack pummels Davidson". wralsportsfan.com. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
5. "Tuesday Cancelled, Efforts to Reschedule Ongoingn". gopack.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
6. "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
7. "2015 ACC Baseball Honors: Cards Dominate Lists". Retrieved 2015-06-02.