2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team

The 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by twenty-first year head coach Tony Robichaux

2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball
Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions Houston Regionals Champions Baton Rouge Super Regionals Appearance
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
2015 record	42-23 (18-11 SBC)
Head coach	Tony Robichaux (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Anthony Babineaux Jeremy Talbot
Home stadium	M. L. Tigue Moore Field

2015 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
South Alabama  ‍†‍‍	19	–	9	–	0		.679			37	–	20	–	0		.649
Troy  ‍‍‍	18	–	10	–	0		.643			30	–	25	–	0		.545
No. 16 Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	11	–	0		.621			42	–	23	–	0		.646
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	15	–	13	–	0		.536			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Texas State  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			24	–	30	–	1		.445
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			24	–	32	–	0		.429
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Arkansas–Little Rock  ‍‍‍	12	–	17	–	0		.414			16	–	33	–	0		.327
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			25	–	29	–	0		.463
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	8	–	21	–	0		.276			17	–	36	–	0		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 11, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 28, 2015. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt with 114 votes and 8 first-place votes.[2]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Louisiana-Lafayette	114 (3)
2	Texas State	94 (1)
3	Arkansas State	87
4	UT Arlington	80
5	Troy	78
6	Georgia Southern	77 (2)
7	South Alabama	71
8	Georgia State	35
9	Louisiana-Monroe	34
10	Arkansas-Little Rock	31
11	Appalachian State	25

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

• David Owen (ARST, JR, Pitcher)
• Kevin Hill (USA, SR, Pitcher)
• Lucas Humpal (TXST, JR, Pitcher)
• Marc Skinner (TROY, SO, Pitcher)
• Joey Roach (GSU, JR, Catcher)
• Matt Burgess (ARST, JR, 1st Base)
• Darien McLemore (UTA, JR, 2nd Base)
• Blake Trahan (ULL, JR, Shortstop)
• Matt Rose (GSU, JR, 3rd Base)
• Aaron Mizell (GASO, SR, Outfield)
• Dylan Butler (ULL, SR, Outfield)
• Cole Gleason (USA, SR, Outfield)
• David Hall (TROY, SR, Designated Hitter)
• Cory Geisler (TXST, JR, Utility)

2015 Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year

• Blake Trahan (ULL, JR, Shortstop)

Roster

2015 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns roster
	Pitchers 1 Connor Toups - Sophomore 5 Riley Cooper - Sophomore 11 Trace Guidry - Redshirt Freshman 14 Greg Milhorn - Senior 18 Evan Guillory - Freshman 19 Colton Lee - Junior 24 Eric Carter - Junior 26 Jevin Huval - Junior 27 Nick Zaunbrecher - Junior 29 Chris Charpentier - Sophomore 31 Wyatt Marks - Freshman 32 Logan Stoelke - Freshman 34 Will Bacon - Junior 35 Ty Ewart - Freshman 38 Blaine Suehs - Freshman 40 Dylan Moore - Freshman 41 Reagan Bazar - Sophomore 42 Orynn Veillon - Freshman 43 Alex Shelton - Freshman 45 Trey Jeans - Freshman		Catchers 6 Nick Thurman - Junior 22 Evan Powell - Senior Infielders 4 Blake Trahan - Junior 9 Tyler Girouard - Senior 10 Kennon Fontenot - Freshman 12 Joe Robbins - Junior 13 Brenn Conrad - Junior 20 Greg Davis - Senior 23 Stefan Trosclair - Junior 28 Gunner Leger - Freshman Outfielders 2 Adam Angelle - Junior 7 Kyle Clement - Junior 8 Derek Herrington - Junior 15 Dylan Butler - Senior 17 Brian Mills - Junior 33 Jamarius Williams - Freshman

Coaching staff

2015 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns coaching staff
Tony Robichaux – Head Coach – 21st year Anthony Babineaux – Associate Head Coach – 21st year Jeremy Talbot – Assistant Head Coach – 1st year Daniel Freeman – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year Chris Domingue – Director of Baseball Operations – 13th year Brian Covington – Clubhouse Manager Jeff Patton – Field Manager Connor Romero – Field Manager Matt Skelton – Field Manager

Schedule and results

Legend
	Louisiana-Lafayette win
	Louisiana-Lafayette loss
	Postponement
Bold	Louisiana-Lafayette team member

2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (34-18)
February (5-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Feb. 13 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 5-8 Kirby (1-0) Charpentier (0-1) Herbelin (1) None 833 0-1 Feb. 14 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX W 8-2 Guillory (1-0) Trabanino (0-1) None None 612 1-1 Feb. 15 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 5-11 Herbelin (1-0) Carter (0-1) None None 567 1-2 Feb. 18 at Northwestern State H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 7-3 Leger (1-0) Tanner (0-1) Lee (1) None 804 2-2 Feb. 20 Stony Brook M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 7-3 Cooper (1-0) Lee (0-1) Lee (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,374 3–2 Feb. 21 Stony Brook M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-4 Zamora (1-0) Charpentier (0-2) Rodliff (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3–3 Feb. 21 Stony Brook M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 2-1 Moore (1-0) Corniel (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 2,737 4-3 Feb. 24 McNeese State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 4-5 (11 inn) Day (1-0) Stoelke (0-1) Briggs (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 2,213 4-4 Feb. 27 at No. 25 Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 4-6 Castillo (1-0) Bacon (0-1) None SECN+ 2,343 4-5 Feb. 28 at No. 25 Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-5 Cooper (2-0) Burrows (0-2) Lee (2) SECN+ 2,863 5-5
March (10-6) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Mar. 1 at No. 25 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 14-2 Leger (2-0) Bramblett (2-1) None SECN+ 2,738 6-5 Mar. 4 Northwestern State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 8-2 Toups (1-0) Shaffer (0-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,988 7-5 Mar. 6 Troy M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-5 (11 inn) Moore (2-0) McGowan (0-1) None ESPN3 3,904 8-5 1-0 Mar. 7 Troy M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-2 Bacon (1-1) Bennett (2-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,412 9-5 2-0 Mar. 8 Troy M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 10-5 Marks (1-0) McGowan (0-2) Moore (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,272 10-5 3-0 Mar. 10 New Orleans M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA Postponed due to impending weather in Lafayette. Game rescheduled to April 29. Mar. 11 at Southern Lee-Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA Postponed due to field conditions and expected rain in Baton Rouge. Game rescheduled to April 8. Mar. 14 at Arkansas-Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR Game cancelled due to poor field conditions and heavy rains in Little Rock. Mar. 15 at Arkansas-Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 4-5 Allen (2-1) Lee (0-1) None None 257 10–6 3-1 Mar. 15 at Arkansas-Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6-7 Brownmiller (1-2) Moore (2-1) None None 257 10-7 3-2 Mar. 20 at Georgia State GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA L 6-7 (10 inn) Burgee (2-0) Lee (0-2) None None 188 10-8 3–3 Mar. 21 at Georgia State GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 10-1 Leger (3-0) Anderson (2-2) None None 259 11-8 4-3 Mar. 21 at Georgia State GSU Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 3-2 Milhorn (1-0) Uvila (0-3) Moore (2) None 259 12–8 5-3 Mar. 24 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 6-5 Charpentier (1-2) Briggs (1-1) Moore (3) None 1,837 13-8 Mar. 25 Nichols State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-3 Stapler (1-0) Toups (1-1) Holmes (9) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,100 13–9 Mar. 27 Arkansas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 4-10 Zuber (3-2) Leger (3-1) Kibler (3) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,089 13-10 5–4 Mar. 28 Arkansas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 9-6 Charpentier (2-2) Lee )0-1) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,271 14-10 6-4 Mar. 29 Arkansas State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 3-0 Guillory (2-0) Owen (2-3) Marks (1) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,101 15-10 7-4 Wally Pontiff Classic Mar. 31 vs. No. 3 LSU Zephyr Field • Metairie, LA L 6-8 Reynolds (2-0) Toups (1-2) Stallings (11) CST 10,853 15-11
April (14-4) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Apr. 3 Georgia Southern M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 1-2 Challenger (3-0) Leger (3-2) Richman (2) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,033 15-12 7-5 Apr. 4 Georgia Southern M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 4-7 Sheppard (3-2) Milhorn (1-1) Brown (7) ESPN3 4,192 15-13 7-6 Apr. 5 Georgia Southern M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 5-1 Guillory (3-0) Simmons (1-2) Moore (4) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,823 16-13 8-6 Apr. 7 No. 22 Houston M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-5 Marks (2-0) Garza (0-2) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 3,885 17-13 Apr. 8 at Southern Lee-Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA W 14-1 Carter (1-1) George (1-4) None CST 134 18-13 Apr. 11 Jackson State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 7-6 (11 inn) Moore (3-1) Cahill (2-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 19-13 Apr. 11 Jackson State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 15-2 Marks (3-0) Colon (4-1) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,975 20-13 Apr. 12 Jackson State M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 7-2 Lee (1-2) Wilson (2-3) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,915 21-13 Apr. 14 Southeastern Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 3-5 Bethel (1-0) Lee (1-3) Sceroler (5) MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 3,778 21-14 Apr. 18 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 11-3 Leger (4-2) Humpal (4-4) Bacon (1) None 22-14 9-6 Apr. 18 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4-10 Grist (3-3) Charpentier (2-3) Giovanoni (1) None 2,004 22-15 9-7 Apr. 19 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 13-3 Marks (4-0) Hallonquist (4-1) None None 1,520 23-15 10-7 Apr. 21 at Southeastern Louisiana Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LA W 7-2 Bacon (2-1) Cashman (3-4) None CST 1,669 24-15 Apr. 22 Southern M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 5-4 Stoelke (1-1) Myles (0-3) Moore (5) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,850 25-15 Apr. 24 UT Arlington M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 5-0 Leger (5-2) Nack (3-4) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,852 26–15 11-7 Apr. 25 UT Arlington M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 3-2 Charpentier (3-3) Moreland (3-2) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,073 27–15 12-7 Apr. 26 UT Arlington M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 4-1 Marks (5-0) Kuhnel (2-2) Moore (6) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,165 28-15 13-7 Apr. 28 at Nicholls State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA Game postponed to May 12 due to poor field conditions caused by heavy rains in Thibodaux. Apr. 29 New Orleans M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-3 Charpentier (4-3) Medine (0-3) Moore (7) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 3,795 29-15
May (5-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 1 at Appalachian State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 1-2 Thurber (4-8) Leger (5-3) None None 233 29-16 13-8 May 2 at Appalachian State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 20-6 Bacon (3-1) Holden (0-4) None None 712 30-16 14-8 May 3 at Appalachian State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 4-7 Springs (4-1) Marks (5-1) Whaley (1) None 684 30-17 14-9 May 8 South Alabama M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 0-5 Hill (9-0) Leger (5-4) None Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,408 30-18 14-10 May 9 South Alabama M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 3-4 Taylor (6-1) Bacon (3-2) None MyAcadianaTV/ESPN3 4,411 30-19 14-11 May 10 South Alabama M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 3-2 Milhorn (2-1) Gates (4-3) Moore (8) Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network 4,010 31-19 15-11 May 12 at Nicholls State Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 4-5 Petty (4-1) Moore (3-2) None None 957 31-20 May 14 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 10-3 Leger (6-4) Hermeling (4-7) None None 1,504 32-20 16-11 May 16 at Louisiana-Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA W 5-4 Bacon (4-2) Setzer (6-3) Moore (9) None 33-20 17-11 May 16 at Louisiana-Monroe M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6-4 Lee (2-3) Leone (1-4) Bazar (1) None 1,783 34-20 18-11
Post-Season (8-3)
SBC Tournament (5-1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record May 20 vs. (6) Texas State (3) Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL L 7-8 Giovanoni (2-1) Moore (3-3) Geisler (3) None 34-21 May 21 vs. (2) Troy (3) Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 12-8 Milhorn (3-1) Bennett (9-4) Bacon (2) None 967 35-21 May 22 vs. (7) UT Arlington (3) Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 5-1 Guillory (4-0) Vassar (2-7) Charpentier (1) None 476 36-21 May 23 vs. (6) Texas State (3) Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 3-0 Marks (6-1) Geisler (2-2) Moore (10) ESPN3 37-21 May 23 vs. (6) Texas State (3) Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 6-2 Bacon (5-2) Humpal (5-7) Moore (11) ESPN3 652 38-21 May 24 vs. (1) South Alabama (3) Riddle-Pace Field • Troy, AL W 5-1 Milhorn (4-1) Taylor (6-3) None ESPN3 955 39-21
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship (3-2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SBC Record Houston Regionals May 29 vs. No. 19 Rice Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 7-6 Bacon (6-2) Orewiler (5-2) Moore (12) ESPN3 2,839 40-21 May 31 at No. 13 Houston Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 2-1 Milhorn (5-1) Fletcher (2-1) None ESPN3 3,792 41-21 Jun. 1 vs. No. 19 Rice Cougar Field • Houston, TX W 5-2 Guillory (5-0) Stephens (6-5) Moore (13) ESPN3 2,713 42-21 Baton Rouge Super Regionals Jun. 6 at No. 1 LSU Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 3-4 Bugg (1-2) Bacon (6-3) None ESPN2 11,179 42-22 Jun. 7 at No. 1 LSU Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 3-6 Poche' (9-1) Leger (6-5) None ESPN2 11,795 42-23 Schedule Source:[3] Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Houston Regional

Houston Regional Teams
(1) Houston Cougars	(2) Rice Owls	(3) Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	(4) Houston Baptist Huskies

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Houston	6
	4	Houston Baptist	4
						1	Houston	1
						3	Louisiana–Lafayette	2
	3	Louisiana–Lafayette	7
	2	Rice	6
											3	Louisiana–Lafayette	5
										2	Rice	2
	4	Houston Baptist	1
	2	Rice	3
						2	Rice	3
						1	Houston	2^20

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional Teams
(1) LSU Tigers	(2) Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns

Game 1
Rank	Team	Score
	Louisiana-Lafayette	3
2	LSU	4

Game 2
Rank	Team	Score
	Louisiana-Lafayette	3
2	LSU	6

References

1. "Sun Belt Conference - 2015 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
2. https://ragincajuns.com/news/2015/1/28/BB_0128152745.aspx?path=baseball
3. "Louisiana Releases 2015 Softball Schedule" (Press release). UL Department of Athletics. August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2019.