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2015 Springfield Regional
(capsules compiled by Sean Ryan, Phil Stanton,
Will Merritt, Jackson Proffitt, John Whittle)
1. Missouri State Bears (8)
Springfield,
Missouri
Automatic
bid from MVC
2015
record: 18-3,
45-10 (first)
Head
coach: Keith
Guttin (Missouri-St Louis, 1978)
Record at
school: 1,134-706,
32 years
Overall
record: same
Assistant
coaches: Paul
Evans, Nate Thompson
Team
offense: .292
BA, 350 R, 35 HR, .422 SLG%, .395 OBP%, 36-61 SB
Team
pitching:
2.75 ERA, 496.2 IP, 409 H, 199 BB, 506 K
Top
hitters: Jake
Burger (.333/3/40), Dylan Becker (.318/3/37), Spencer Johnson
(.316/5/41), Tate Matheny (.294/4/37), Joey Hawkins (.272/2/27),
Matt Fultz (.268/3/12), Blake Graham (.264/4/26), Justin Paulsen
(.263/7/42)
Top
pitchers: Jon
Harris (7-1, 1.91 ERA, 89.1 IP, 63 H, 105 K), Matt Hall (10-2,
2.17 ERA, 108 IP, 79 H, 38 BB, 152 K), Jordan Knutson (5-1, 3.11
ERA, 75.1 IP, 74 H, 31 BB, 53 K), Sam Perez (9-1, 3.46 ERA, 1 SV,
65 IP, 61 H, 15 BB, 61 K), Bryan Young (7-0, 1.16 ERA, 15 SV,
38.2 IP, 28 H, 13 BB, 46 K), Andy Cheray (3-3, 56.1 IP, 57 H, 31
BB, 37 K)
Last NCAA
appearance: 2012
(1-2 at Coral Gables Regional)
Notes: Missouri
State enters the tournament on a 16-game winning streak
including going 4-0 in the MVC Tournament after finishing the
regular season with a 45-10 record and being selected as a host
site for the first round of NCAA Regionals. Missouri State is
14-17 all-time in NCAA Tournament play and has won at least two
games in five of their last six trips to the NCAA Tournament.
Missouri State had a total of eight players selected to the
All-MVC Conference team, including five first-team selections.
Coach Keith Guttin was selected MVC Coach of the Year for the
fifth time, while senior Joey Hawkins was elected MVC Defensive
Player of the Year and Jake Burger, the team’s top hitter was
named Rookie of the Year. Junior pitcher Jon Harris was the
sixth Missouri State pitcher to be named MVC Pitcher of the Year
as well as being one of 60 players named to the midseason USA
Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list. The Bears were
ranked eighth in the last national poll released.
2. Iowa Hawkeyes
Iowa City,
Iowa
At-large bid
from Big Ten
2015
record:
19-5, 39-16 (second)
Head
coach: Rick
Heller (Upper Iowa University, 1986)
Record at
school: 67-35
(two years)
Overall
record: 757-599-4
(28 years)
Assistant
coaches: Scott
Brickman, Marty Sutherland
Team
offense: .273
BA, 283 R, 14 HR, .357 SLG%, .366 OBP%, 77-99 SB
Team
pitching:
3.00 ERA, 500.1 IP, 434 H, 198 BB, 348 K
Top
hitters: Tyler
Peyton (.352/0/30), Eric Toole (.309/1/28 27-33 SB), Jake
Mangler (.303/0/33), Nick Roscetti (.302/1/25), Kris Goodman
(.274/3/26)
Top
pitchers: Blake
Hickman (9-2, 2.90 ERA, 80.2 IP, 63 H, 37 BB, 49 K), Calvin
Mathews (5-3, 2.67 ERA, 67.1 IP, 65 H, 26 BB, 40 K), Tyler
Peyton (6-4, 3.18 ERA, 87.2 IP, 87 H, 24 BB, 69 K), Nick Hibbing
(3-1, 1.74 ERA, 7 SV, 41.1 IP, 26 H, 2 BB, 35 K)
Last NCAA
appearance: 1990
(0-2 at Northeast Regional)
Notes: The
Hawkeyes earned an at-large bid to make it into their first NCAA
Tournament since the 1990 season. The Hawkeyes had six players,
a school record, earn All-B1G honors including Blake Hickman who
was awarded first-team honors. Hickman went 9-1 on the season
including 7-0 in league play which was tied for first in the
league. The nine wins is the most for a Hawkeye pitcher since
2005 and is the fourth most wins in school history for a single
season. Rick Heller has guided the Hawkeyes to 30-win seasons in
his first two years, the first time they've won 30-plus games in
back-to-back seasons since 1989-90. One more win will give Iowa
its first 40-win season since 1985.
3. Oregon Ducks
Eugene,
Oregon
At-large bid
from Pac-12
2015
record:
16-14, 37-23
Head
coach: George
Horton (Cal State Fullerton, 1978)
Record at
school: 261-168-1
(seven years)
Overall
record: 751-381-3
(24 years)
Assistant
coaches: Jay
Uhlman, Mark Wasikowski
Team
offense: .254
BA, 324 R, 27 HR, .365 SLG%, .364 OBP%, 56-93 SB
Team
pitching:
3.68 ERA, 548 IP, 482 H, 215 BB, 488 K
Top
hitters: Mitchell
Tolman (.329/3/40), Phil Craig-St Louis (.294/2/37), Scott
Heineman (.289/4/20 13-18 SB), Jakob Goldfarb (.267/2/17),
Brandon Cuddy (.255/4/35)
Top
pitchers: Cole
Irvin (2-4, 4.01 ERA, 74 IP, 73 H, 22 BB, 42 K), David Peterson
(4-6, 4.39 ERA, 82 IP, 79 H, 31 BB, 81 K), Garrett Cleavinger
(6-2, 1.59 ERA, 39.2 IP, 20 H, 17 BB, 66 K 9 SV), Stephen
Nogosek (6-2, 2.05 ERA, 52.2 IP, 36 H, 32 BB, 58 K)
Last NCAA
appearance: 2014
(2-2 at Nashville Regional)
Notes: The
Ducks made a late season surge this year to earn an at-large bid
from the PAC-12 to qualify for their fourth straight NCAA
tournament. The Ducks won all five of their final series and
nine of their last ten games, including two of three against
Pac-12 champs UCLA, to fight their way into the postseason
picture. Oregon put together two walk-off wins against UCLA,
who were named the number one overall seed in the NCAA
tournament. Junior first baseman Scott Heineman was
recently named Psc-12 Player of the Week after putting up big
numbers in the final week of the regular season. Scott hit
.562 as the Ducks went 3-1 to force their way into the
postseason picture.
4. Canisius Golden Griffins
Buffalo, New
York
Automatic
bid from MAAC
2015
record:
16-8, 34-28
Head
coach: Mike
McRae (Colby College, 1991)
Record at
school: 338-285
(11 Years)
Overall
record: same
Assistant
coaches: Matt
Mazurek, Paul Panik
Team
offense: .290
BA, 420 R, 33 HR, .411 SLG%, .390 OBP%, 74-104 SB
Team
pitching:
4.60 ERA, 521 IP, 524 H, 215 BB, 425 K
Top
hitters: Connor
Panas (.379/10/67 19-24 SB), Brett Siddall (.353/12/63), Jake
Lumley (.328/3/39), Ryan Stekl (.294/1/38), Jesse Puscheck
(.284/3/45 10-13 SB)
Top
pitchers: Devon
Stewart (7-6, 3.65 ERA, 93.2 IP, 87 H, 22 BB, 72 K), J.P.
Stevenson (7-3, 4.20 ERA, 70.2 IP, 69 H, 17 BB, 66 K), Alex
Godzak (5-5, 4.34 ERA, 66.1 IP, 66 H, 35 BB, 50 K), Iannic
Remillard (1-4, 4.32 ERA, 10 SV, 33.1 IP, 37 H, 12 BB, 39 K)
Last NCAA
appearance: 2013
(0-2 at Chapel Hill Regional)
Notes: The
Golden Griffins earned the automatic bid from the MAAC this
season to return to the NCAA tournament after missing out last
season. Canisius pulled off a miracle in the MAAC Tournament by
winning five straight elimination games including championship
game victories over the defending MAAC champions Siena. The
Golden Griffins have won eight of their last nine games entering
the tournament. Junior outfield Brett Siddall was named the
MAAC Player of the Year this season as well as being a
first-team All-MAAC selection. Seniors Connor Panas and Devon
Stewart were also awarded All-MAAC honors. Siddall was a threat
from the plate all year this season driving in 55 runs, good for
first in the MAAC, and hammering out 11 home runs. Panas was
named MAAC Player of the Year last year giving the Griffins
back-to-back Players of the Year. Devon Stewart, named to the
second team All-MAAC moved into second place on the all-time
strikeouts list at Canisius after posting 67 strikeouts on the
season.
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