2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

The 2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team will represent Wake Forest University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demon Deacons will play their home games at Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They will be led by head coach Tom Walter, in his sixth season at Wake Forest.

2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2015 record	27–26 (12–18 ACC)
Head coach	Tom Walter (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Cilento (6th season) Matt Hobbs (2nd season)
Home stadium	Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park

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 Demon Deacons finished the season 4th in the ACC's Atlantic Division with a record of 30–26, 15–15 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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons roster[2]
	Pitchers 1 – Matt Pirro – Senior 18 – Aaron Fossas – Junior 19 – Patrick Bryant – Freshman 25 – Anthony Romanelli – Freshman 27 – Parker Johnson – Freshman 30 – Connor Johnstone – Sophomore 32 – Chris Farish – Freshman 33 – Will Finley – Junior 34 – Max Tishman – Sophomore 35 – Christian Bartholomew – Sophomore 36 – Parker Dunshee – Sophomore 37 – Andrew Loepprich – Freshman 42 – Paul Kirkpatrick – Freshman 45 – John McCarren – Sophomore 55 – Andrew Culp – Freshman		Catchers 9 – Ben Breazeale – Sophomore 28 – Garrett Kelly – Junior 38 – Larry Mascolino – Freshman 39 – Nick Bigplinghoff – Freshman 41 – Chris Schafer – Freshman Infielders 5 – Drew Freedman – Freshman 6 – Zach Piazza – Freshman 8 – Joey Rodriguez – Junior 10 – Nate Mondou – Sophomore 12 – Joe Napolitano – Junior 12 – Keegan Maronpot – Freshman 17 – Bruce Steel – Freshman 20 – Justin Yurchak – Freshman 22 – Will Craig – Sophomore 26 – Aaron Smith – Freshman 40 – Matt Graziano – Freshman		Outfielders 2 – Seth Constable – Junior 3 – Eric Ramsey – Sophomore 4 – Stuart Fairchild – Freshman 7 – Kevin Conway – Junior 11 – Jonathan Pryor – Sophomore 14 – Donnie Sellers – Freshman 15 – Luke Czajkowski – Junior 21 – Kevin Jordan – Senior 24 – Gavin Sheets – Freshman

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Wake Forest	Alma Mater
Tom Walter	Head Coach	6	Georgetown University (1991)
Bill Cilento	Assistant Coach	6	Siena College (2003)
Matt Hobbs	Assistant Coach	2	University of Missouri (2002)

Schedule

Legend
	Wake Forest win
	Wake Forest loss
	Postponement
Bold	Wake Forest team member

2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record 1 February 13 Delaware Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 2 February 14 Delaware Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 3 February 15 Bucknell Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 4 February 15 VCU Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 5 February 17 at Davidson T. Henry Wilson, Jr. Field • Davidson, NC 6 February 20 vs. George Mason Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC 7 February 21 vs. Western Carolina Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC 8 February 22 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC 9 February 24 Appalachian State Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 10 February 27 Towson Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 11 February 28 Marshall Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC
March # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record 12 March 1 Towson Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 13 March 1 Marshall Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 13 March 3 at UNC Greensboro UNCG Baseball Stadium • Greensboro, NC 14 March 6 Virginia Tech Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 15 March 7 Virginia Tech Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 16 March 8 Virginia Tech Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 17 March 10 at Elon Walter C. Latham Park • Elon, NC 18 March 11 Elon Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 19 March 13 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 21 March 14 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 22 March 15 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 23 March 17 Connecticut Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 24 March 20 Miami (FL) Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 25 March 21 Miami (FL) Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 26 March 22 Miami (FL) Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 27 March 24 at Appalachian State Smith Stadium • Boone, NC 28 March 25 Charlotte Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 29 March 27 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC 30 March 28 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC 31 March 29 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC 32 March 31 Coastal Carolina Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC
April # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record 33 April 3 Boston College Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 34 April 4 Boston College Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 35 April 5 Boston College Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 36 April 7 UNC Greensboro Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 37 April 10 at Pittsburgh Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, PA 38 April 11 at Pittsburgh Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, PA 39 April 12 at Pittsburgh Charles L. Cost Field • Pittsburgh, PA 40 April 14 Davidson Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 41 April 17 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY 42 April 18 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY 43 April 19 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY 44 April 21 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium • Charlotte, NC 45 April 24 Notre Dame Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 46 April 25 Notre Dame Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 47 April 26 Notre Dame Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 48 April 28 High Point Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 49 April 29 at High Point Williard Stadium • High Point, NC
May # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record 50 May 8 NC State Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 51 May 9 NC State Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 52 May 10 NC State Wake Forest Baseball Park • Winston-Salem, NC 53 May 12 at Coastal Carolina Charles Watson Stadium • Conway, SC 54 May 14 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC 55 May 15 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC 56 May 16 at Duke Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NC
Post-Season
ACC Tournament # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Tourn. Record May 19 TBD Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
2. "Official Baseball Roster". Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Retrieved November 30, 2014.