2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

The 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team will represent the University of Notre Dame during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Irish will play 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.

2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2015 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

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 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 Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC 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) 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 Save 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.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	NR	NR*	NR*	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV
Baseball America	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^	NR	NR	NR	25	27	22	NR	NR	NR	25	26	NR	NR	24	20	23
NCBWA†	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV
D1Baseball

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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

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