2015 NC State Wolfpack baseball team

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

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.

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	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	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	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	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	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	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

^ "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
^ "Official Baseball Roster". NC State Wolfpack. Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved December 14, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "#Pack9 Pounds Nova, 14-5". gopack.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved February 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "BSB: Palmeiro goes 5-5, Pack pummels Davidson". wralsportsfan.com. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
^ "Tuesday Cancelled, Efforts to Reschedule Ongoingn". gopack.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved February 16, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2015 ACC Baseball Honors: Cards Dominate Lists". Retrieved 2015-06-02.

[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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "#Pack9 Pounds Nova, 14-5". gopack.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved February 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

[:0-7] "2015 ACC Baseball Honors: Cards Dominate Lists". Retrieved 2015-06-02.

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