The 2015 Houston Cougars baseball team represented the

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during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at

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as a member of the

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. They were led by head coach

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, in his fifth season at Houston.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Cougars finished the season 3rd in the American Athletic Conference with a record of 48–16, 14–9 in conference play. They went on to win the 2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament. In the

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, the Cougars upset

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to win the Baton Rouge Regional, before falling to

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in two games in the Austin Super Regional.

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Season

February

The Cougars opened their season with a three-game series against . The Cougars, ranked 8th in the nation, swept the Golden Gophers over the three game series. Houston outscored Minnesota 14–1 over the first two games of the series, and won the third game on a walk-off to complete the series sweep. The Cougars also had an 11–5 win over the following Wednesday (after it was pushed back from Tuesday). On the second weekend of the season, the Cougars hosted 30th ranked

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. After winning the first two games of the series, the Crimson Tide salvaged a win in game three, thanks to 14 hits. On February 25, the Cougars took their second straight loss, this time on the road to . The Cougars closed out the month with a four-game series against . Houston was subject to a major upset in the second and fourth games of the series and ended up splitting the four game set with Columbia, the two time defending

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champions. The losses, coupled with the loss to Texas State earlier in the week, caused the Cougars to drop to #12 in two of the major polls.

Schedule

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, , W 9–1 , , Lantrip (1–0) , , Meyer (0–1) , , , , 2,132 , , 1–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 14 , , Minnesota , , #8 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 5–0 , , Lemoine (1–0) , , Sawyer (0–1) , , Romero (1) , , 2,003 , , 2–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 15 , , Minnesota , , #8 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 5–4 , , Maxwell (1–0) , , Thonvold (0–1) , , , , 1,797 , , 3–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 18 , , , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 11–5 , , Longville (1–0) , , Konarik (1–1) , , Cobb (1) , , 1,442 , , 4–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 20 , , #30

, , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 3–1 , , Lantrip (2–0) , , Guilbeau (1–1) , , Romero (2) , , 1,989 , , 5–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 21 , , #30 Alabama , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 14–9 , , Maxwell (2–0) , , Burrows (0–1) , , , , 2,463 , , 6–0 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , February 22 , , #30 Alabama , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , L 3–8 , , Bramblett (2–0) , , Garza (0–1) , , , , 1,883 , , 6–1 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , February 25 , , at , , #6 , ,

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, , L 6–7 , , Whitter (1–0) , , Longville (1–1) , , , , 1,316 , , 6–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 27 , , , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 3–0 , , Lantrip (3–0) , , Thanopoulos (0–1) , , Romero (3) , , 1,279 , , 7–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , February 28 , , Columbia , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , L 4–5 ⁽¹³⁾ , , Barr (1–0) , , Robinson (0–1) , , Gannaway (1) , , 1,772 , , 7–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , February 28 , , Columbia , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 8–7 , , Weigel (1–0) , , Ratner (0–1) , , , , 1,772 , , 8–3 , , – , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 1 , , Columbia , , #6 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , L 7–12 , , Wiest (1–0) , , Romero (0–1) , , Marks (1) , , 1,216 , , 8–4 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 3 , , , , #12 , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , L 1–2 , , Jones (1–1) , , Longville (1–2) , , Garza (1) , , 1,231 , , 8–5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 6 , , vs. #3

, , #12 , ,

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• Houston, TX , , L 2–4 , , Poche' (4–0) , , Lantrip (3–1) , , Stallings (6) , , 10,651 , , 8–6 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , March 7 , , vs. #11 , , #12 , , Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX , , L 0–6 , , Long (3–0) , , Lemoine (1–1) , , , , 16,276 , , 8–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 8 , , vs. , , #12 , , Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX , , W 8–6 , , Romero (1–1) , , Torres-Costa (0–3) , , , , 10,866 , , 9–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 10 , , at , , , ,

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, , W 17–7 , , Dowdy (1–0) , , Bisacca (1–1) , , , , 803 , , 10–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 13 , , Buffalo , , , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 9–1 , , Lantrip (4–1) , , Hartz (0–3) , , , , 1,355 , , 11–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 14 , , Buffalo , , , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 9–3 , , Weigel (2–0) , , Magovney (1–3) , , , , 1,462 , , 12–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 15 , , Buffalo , , , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 5–0 , , Cobb (1–0) , , McGee (1–1) , , , , 1,308 , , 13–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 17 , , #15 , , , , Cougar Field • Houston, TX , , W 8–3 , , Romero (2–1) , , Stephens (1–1) , , Garza (1) , , 2,789 , , 14–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" , March 20 , , at , , , , Lobo Field •

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, , W 3–2 , , Lantrip (6–2) , , Wallingford (3–3) , , , , 712 , , 21–9 , , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 3 , , at Memphis , , #14 , , FedExPark • Memphis, TN , , L 6–14 , , Toscano (3–1) , , Dowdy (3–1) , , , , 912 , , 21–10 , , 2–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 4 , , at Memphis , , #14 , , FedExPark • Memphis, TN , , L 2–6 , , Alexander (4–0) , , Romero (3–2) , , Blackwood (10) , , 829 , , 21–11 , , 2–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" , April 7 , , at Louisiana–Lafayette , , #25 , , M. L. Tigue Moore Field •

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Rankings

Awards and honors

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Pre-season Third team All-American * Perfect Game USA Pre-season Second team All-American * Pre-season All-AAC *

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Pre-season Second team All-American ;Aaron Garza * Pre-season All-AAC ;Andrew Lantrip * Pre-season All-AAC ;Jared Robinson * Pre-season All-AAC ;Connor Hollis * Pre-season All-AAC ;Kyle Survance * Pre-season All-AAC

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