2015 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season2015
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsVirginia Cavaliers (1st title)
Runner-upVanderbilt Commodores (3rd CWS Appearance)
Winning coachBrian O'Connor (1st title)
MOPJosh Sborz (Virginia)
TelevisionESPN Networks

The 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, May 29, 2015, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2015 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 13 and ended on June 24 with the Virginia Cavaliers upsetting the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores 4–2 in the decisive Game 3 and thereby avenging their CWS Finals loss to Vanderbilt the previous year.[1][2]

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams.[3] Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Teams were divided into 16 regionals of four teams, which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three series to determine the eight participants of the College World Series.[2]

Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia split the first two games of the best-of-three championship series before Virginia won Game 3, 4–2, to win their first national championship in baseball. The two teams previously met in the championship series in 2014, which Vanderbilt won.

Bids

Automatic bids

School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA appearance
Stony BrookAmerica East34–14 (18–4)Tournament2012 (Coral Gables Regional)
East CarolinaAmerican40–20 (15–9)Tournament2012 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Florida StateACC41–19 (17–13)Tournament2014 (Tallahassee Regional)
LipscombAtlantic Sun39–18 (13–8)Tournament2008 (Athens Regional)
VCUAtlantic 1037–22 (14–10)Tournament2010 (Charlottesville Regional)
TexasBig 1229–25 (11–13)Tournament2014 (Houston Regional)
St. John'sBig East39–14 (14–3)Tournament2012 (Chapel Hill Regional)
RadfordBig South43–14 (20–4)TournamentFirst appearance
MichiganBig Ten37–23 (14–10)Tournament2008 (Ann Arbor Regional)
Cal State FullertonBig West34–22 (19–5)Regular season2014 (Stillwater Regional)
UNC WilmingtonColonial39–16 (18–6)Tournament2013 (Charlottesville Regional)
FIUConference USA28–29 (13–17)Tournament2011 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Wright StateHorizon41–15 (21–8)Tournament2011 (College Station Regional)
ColumbiaIvy League29–15 (16–4)Championship series2014 (Coral Gables Regional)
CanisiusMetro Atlantic34–28 (16–8)Tournament2013 (Chapel Hill Regional)
OhioMid-American36–19 (17–10)Tournament1997 (Midwest Regional)
Florida A&MMid-Eastern23–23 (15–9)TournamentFirst appearance
Missouri StateMissouri Valley45–10 (18–3)Tournament2012 (Coral Gables Regional)
San Diego StateMountain West40–21 (19–10)Tournament2014 (Lafayette Regional)
Sacred HeartNortheast23–30 (13–11)Tournament2012 (Raleigh Regional)
Morehead StateOhio Valley37–20 (20–10)Tournament1983 (Ann Arbor Regional)
UCLAPac-1242–14 (22–8)Regular season2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
LehighPatriot25–27 (12–8)Tournament2006 (Charlottesville Regional)
FloridaSoutheastern44–16 (19–11)Tournament2014 (Gainesville Regional)
MercerSouthern35–21 (16–7)Tournament2013 (Starkville Regional)
Houston BaptistSouthland28–25 (14–13)TournamentFirst appearance
Texas SouthernSouthwestern Athletic31–17 (16–7)Tournament2008 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Oral RobertsSummit41–14 (25–5)Tournament2012 (Waco Regional)
Louisiana–LafayetteSun Belt39–21 (18–11)Tournament2014 (Lafayette Regional)
PepperdineWest Coast30–27 (17–10)Tournament2014 (San Luis Obispo Regional)
Cal State BakersfieldWestern Athletic36–22 (17–9)TournamentFirst appearance

By conference

Conference Total Schools
SEC 7 Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC 7 Clemson, Florida State, Miami (FL), NC State, Notre Dame, Louisville, Virginia
Pac-12 6 Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC
Big Ten 5 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan
American 4 East Carolina, Houston, South Florida, Tulane
Big 12 3 Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas
Conference USA 3 Florida Atlantic, FIU, Rice
Missouri Valley 3 Bradley, Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
Big West 2 Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara
Big South 2 Coastal Carolina, Radford
Colonial 2 College of Charleston, UNC Wilmington
America East 1 Stony Brook
Atlantic 10 1 VCU
Atlantic Sun 1 Lipscomb
Big East 1 St. John's
Horizon 1 Wright State
Ivy 1 Columbia
MAAC 1 Canisius
Mid-American 1 Ohio
MEAC 1 Florida A&M
Mountain West 1 San Diego State
NEC 1 Sacred Heart
Ohio Valley 1 Morehead State
Patriot 1 Lehigh
Southern 1 Mercer
SWAC 1 Texas Southern
Southland 1 Houston Baptist
Summit 1 Oral Roberts
Sun Belt 1 Louisiana–Lafayette
WAC 1 Cal State Bakersfield
West Coast 1 Pepperdine

National seeds

With the exception of Missouri State, these teams would automatically host a super regional if they advanced that far. Missouri State was not able to host because of a venue scheduling conflict.[4]

  1. UCLA
  2. LSU
  3. Louisville
  4. Florida
  5. Miami (FL)
  6. Illinois
  7. TCU
  8. Missouri State

Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Charlottesville Super Regional

Hosted by Virginia at Davenport Field[5]

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 UCLA 7
4 Cal State Bakersfield 2
1 UCLA 1
3 Maryland 4
3 Maryland 3
2 Ole Miss 1
3 Maryland 2 2
Los Angeles Regional – Jackie Robinson Stadium
1 UCLA 4 1
4 Cal State Bakersfield 2
2 Ole Miss 1
4 Cal State Bakersfield 1
1 UCLA 9
Maryland 3 4
Virginia 5 5
1 UC Santa Barbara 3
4 San Diego State 4
4 San Diego State 1
3 Virginia 3
3 Virginia 6
2 USC 1
3 Virginia 14
Lake Elsinore Regional – Lake Elsinore Diamond
2 USC 1011
1 UC Santa Barbara 3
2 USC 12
2 USC 12
4 San Diego State 11

†UC Santa Barbara was unable to host at their home stadium, Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, due to inadequate facilities according to NCAA regional hosting guidelines.[6]

Fayetteville Super Regional

Action from Game 3 of Fayetteville Super Regional

Hosted by Arkansas at Baum Stadium, due to a scheduling conflict with the Springfield Cardinals, who also play at Missouri State's Hammons Field.[7]

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Missouri State 14
4 Canisius 1
1 Missouri State 5
2 Iowa 3
3 Oregon 1
2 Iowa 3
1 Missouri State 3
Springfield Regional – Hammons Field
2 Iowa 2
4 Canisius 6
3 Oregon 12
3 Oregon 1
2 Iowa 211
8 Missouri State 4 3 2
Arkansas 18 1 3
1 Oklahoma State 5
4 St. John's 4
1 Oklahoma State 5
2 Arkansas 7
3 Oral Roberts 6
2 Arkansas 8
2 Arkansas 4
Stillwater Regional – Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
4 St. John's 3
4 St. John's 10
3 Oral Roberts 4
4 St. John's 2
1 Oklahoma State 1

Gainesville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Florida 19
4 Florida A&M 0
1 Florida 8
3 South Florida 2
3 South Florida 5
2 Florida Atlantic 3
1 Florida 2
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
2 Florida Atlantic 1
4 Florida A&M 1
2 Florida Atlantic 8
2 Florida Atlantic 8
3 South Florida 4
4 Florida 13 11
Florida State 5 4
1 Florida State 5
4 Mercer 410
1 Florida State 3
2 College of Charleston 2
3 Auburn 6
2 College of Charleston 711
1 Florida State 3
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
2 College of Charleston 1
4 Mercer 0
3 Auburn 1
3 Auburn 2
2 College of Charleston 3

Coral Gables Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Miami (FL) 6
4 FIU 2
1 Miami (FL) 8
3 Columbia 3
3 Columbia 6
2 East Carolina 3
1 Miami (FL) 0 21
Coral Gables Regional – Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park
3 Columbia 3 3
4 FIU 2
2 East Carolina 0
4 FIU 3
3 Columbia 4
5 Miami (FL) 3 10
VCU 2 3
1 Dallas Baptist 2
4 VCU 7
4 VCU 5
2 Oregon State 1
3 Texas 4
2 Oregon State 5
4 VCU 1 3
Dallas Regional – Horner Ballpark
1 Dallas Baptist 2 1
1 Dallas Baptist 8
3 Texas 1
1 Dallas Baptist 7
2 Oregon State 1

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 LSU 10
4 Lehigh 3
1 LSU 2
2 UNC Wilmington 0
3 Tulane 1
2 UNC Wilmington 10
1 LSU 2
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
2 UNC Wilmington 0
4 Lehigh 3
3 Tulane 15
3 Tulane 2
2 UNC Wilmington 8
2 LSU 4 6
Louisiana–Lafayette 3 3
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
Houston Regional – Cougar Field
2 Rice 2
4 Houston Baptist 1
2 Rice 3
2 Rice 3
1 Houston 220

Fort Worth Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 TCU 10
4 Sacred Heart 0
1 TCU 4
2 NC State 5
3 Stony Brook 0
2 NC State 3
2 NC State 2 8
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
1 TCU 8 910
4 Sacred Heart 6
3 Stony Brook 11
3 Stony Brook 3
1 TCU 8
7 TCU 13 1 5
Texas A&M 4 210 416
1 Texas A&M 5
4 Texas Southern 0
1 Texas A&M 1
3 California 214
3 California 9
2 Coastal Carolina 3
3 California 3 1
College Station Regional – Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
1 Texas A&M 412 3
4 Texas Southern 1
2 Coastal Carolina 4
2 Coastal Carolina 1
1 Texas A&M 8

Louisville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Louisville 7
4 Morehead State 2
1 Louisville 4
3 Michigan 3
3 Michigan 10
2 Bradley 5
1 Louisville 13
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
3 Michigan 4
4 Morehead State 4
2 Bradley 9
2 Bradley 3
3 Michigan 4
3 Louisville 2 9 3
Cal State Fullerton 310 3 411
1 Cal State Fullerton 9
4 Pepperdine 3
1 Cal State Fullerton 3
2 Arizona State 214
3 Clemson 4
2 Arizona State 7
1 Cal State Fullerton 10
Fullerton Regional – Goodwin Field
4 Pepperdine 1
4 Pepperdine 10
3 Clemson 8
4 Pepperdine 7
2 Arizona State 4

Champaign Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Illinois 10
4 Ohio 3
1 Illinois 3
2 Notre Dame 0
3 Wright State 7
2 Notre Dame 13
1 Illinois 8
Champaign Regional – Illinois Field
3 Wright State 4
4 Ohio 3
3 Wright State 8
3 Wright State 4
2 Notre Dame 0
6 Illinois 0 2
Vanderbilt 13 4
1 Vanderbilt 9
4 Lipscomb 1
1 Vanderbilt 6
3 Indiana 4
3 Indiana 7
2 Radford 1
1 Vanderbilt 21
Nashville Regional – Hawkins Field
2 Radford 0
4 Lipscomb 2
2 Radford 5
2 Radford 5
3 Indiana 3

College World Series

The College World Series was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head coachPrevious CWS AppearancesBest CWS FinishCWS record
Not including this year
ArkansasSEC40–23 (17–12)Dave Van Horn7
(last: 2012)
2nd
(1979)
11–14
Cal State FullertonBig West39–23 (19–5)Rick Vanderhook16
(last: 2009)
1st
(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)
34–27
FloridaSEC49–16 (19–11)Kevin O'Sullivan8
(last: 2012)
2nd
(2005, 2011)
11–17
LSUSEC53–10 (21–8)Paul Mainieri16
(last: 2013)
1st
(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)
35–22
Miami (FL)ACC49–15 (22–8)Jim Morris23
(last: 2008)
1st
(1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)
47–38
TCUBig 1249–13 (18–5)Jim Schlossnagle2
(last: 2014)
3rd
(2010)
4–4
VanderbiltSEC47–19 (20–10)Tim Corbin2
(last: 2014)
1st
(2014)
7–4
VirginiaACC39–22 (15–15)Brian O'Connor3
(last: 2014)
2nd
(2014)
7–6

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

First round Second round Semifinals Championship series
               
Virginia 5
Arkansas 3
Virginia 1
4 Florida 0
5 Miami (FL) 3
4 Florida 15
Virginia 5 5
4 Florida 10 4
Arkansas 3
5 Miami (FL) 4
5 Miami (FL) 2
4 Florida 10
Virginia 1 3 4
Vanderbilt 5 0 2
2 LSU 3
7 TCU 10
7 TCU 0
Vanderbilt 1
Cal State Fullerton 3
Vanderbilt 4
Vanderbilt 7
7 TCU 1
2 LSU 5
Cal State Fullerton 3
2 LSU 4
7 TCU 8

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserWinning PitcherLosing PitcherSaving PitcherNotes
June 13Game 1Virginia5–3ArkansasJosh Sborz (5–2)Trey Killian (3–5)
Game 2Florida15–3Miami (FL)Logan Shore (10–6)Andrew Suarez (9–2)
June 14Game 3TCU10–3LSUPreston Morrison (12–3)Jared Poché (9–2)
June 14/15[a]Game 4Vanderbilt4–3Cal State FullertonKyle Wright (6–1)Tyler Peitzmeier (5–4)
June 15Game 5Miami (FL)4–3ArkansasBryan Garcia (6–2)Zach Jackson (5–1)Arkansas eliminated
Game 6Virginia1–0FloridaBrandon Waddell (4–5)A. J. Puk (9–4)Josh Sborz (15)
June 16Game 7LSU5–3Cal State FullertonAlex Lange (12–0)Connor Seabold (5–4)Cal State Fullerton eliminated
Game 8Vanderbilt1–0TCUPhilip Pfeifer (6–4)Alex Young (9–3)Kyle Wright (4)
June 17Game 9Florida10–2Miami (FL)Alex Faedo (6–2)Enrique Sosa (7–5)Miami (FL) eliminated
June 18Game 10TCU8–4LSUTrey Teakell (3–1)Austin Bain (2–3)LSU eliminated
June 19Game 11Florida10–5VirginiaLogan Shore (11–6)Nathan Kirby (5–3)
Game 12Vanderbilt7–1TCUWalker Buehler (5–2)Tyler Alexander (6–3)TCU eliminated
June 20Game 13Virginia5–4FloridaJosh Sborz (6–2)Taylor Lewis (6–2)Florida eliminated
June 22Final Game 1Vanderbilt5–1VirginiaCarson Fulmer (14–2)Connor Jones (7–3)
June 23Final Game 2Virginia3–0VanderbiltJosh Sborz (7–2)Philip Pfeifer (6–5)
June 24Final Game 3Virginia4–2VanderbiltBrandon Waddell (5–5)John Kilichowski (5–3)Nathan Kirby (1)Virginia wins College World Series
^[a] Game began Sunday night at 7 p.m. CT. A rain delay occurred at 9:22 p.m. The game was suspended at 10:41 p.m. and resumed Monday at 2 p.m.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.[8]

PositionPlayerSchool
PJosh Sborz (MOP)Virginia
Brandon WaddellVirginia
CKade ScivicqueLSU
1BZander WielVanderbilt
2BErnie ClementVirginia
3BKenny TownsVirginia
SSDaniel PineroVirginia
OFBryan ReynoldsVanderbilt
Harrison BaderFlorida
Jacob HeywardMiami (FL)
DHConnor WanhanenTCU

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Place School Record
1st Virginia 10–2
2nd Vanderbilt 9–2
3rd #4 Florida 8–2
#7 TCU 8–4
5th #2 LSU 6–2
#5 Miami (FL) 6–3
7th Arkansas 5–3
Cal State Fullerton 5–3
9th Florida State 3–2
#6 Illinois 3–2
Louisiana–Lafayette 3–2
#3 Louisville 4–2
Maryland 3–3
#8 Missouri State 4–2
Texas A&M 5–3
VCU 3–3
17th California 2–2
College of Charleston 2–2
Columbia 3–2
Dallas Baptist 3–2
Florida Atlantic 2–2
Iowa 2–2
Michigan 2–2
NC State 2–2
Pepperdine 2–2
Radford 2–2
Rice 2–2
St. John's 2–2
#1 UCLA 3–2
UNC Wilmington 2–2
USC 2–2
Wright State 2–2
33rd Arizona State 1–2
Auburn 1–2
Bradley 1–2
Cal State Bakersfield 1–2
Coastal Carolina 1–2
Florida International 1–2
Houston 1–2
Indiana 1–2
Notre Dame 1–2
Oklahoma State 1–2
Oregon 1–2
Oregon State 1–2
San Diego State 1–2
South Florida 1–2
Stony Brook 1–2
Tulane 1–2
49th Canisius 0–2
Clemson 0–2
East Carolina 0–2
Florida A&M 0–2
Houston Baptist 0–2
Lehigh 0–2
Lipscomb 0–2
Mercer 0–2
Morehead State 0–2
Ohio 0–2
Ole Miss 0–2
Oral Roberts 0–2
Sacred Heart 0–2
Texas 0–2
Texas Southern 0–2
UC Santa Barbara 0–2

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Nc Record Nc Win % RF SR WS NS CS NC
Atlantic Coast 7 26–15 .634 26–15 .634 5 4 2 1 1 1
Southeastern 7 34–16 .680 34–16 .680 5 5 4 2 1
Big 12 3 9–8 .529 9–8 .529 1 1 1 1
Big West 2 5–5 .500 5–5 .500 1 1 1
Big Ten 5 11–11 .500 11–11 .500 4 2
Missouri Valley 3 8–6 .571 8–6 .571 2 1
Sun Belt 1 3–2 .600 3–2 .600 1 1
A 10 1 3–3 .500 3–3 .500 1 1
Pac-12 6 10–12 .455 10–12 .455 3
Conference USA 3 5–6 .455 5–6 .455 2
Colonial 2 4–4 .500 4–4 .500 2
Big South 2 3–4 .429 3–4 .429 1
American 4 3–8 .273 3–8 .273
Other 18 12–36 .250 12–36 .250 4

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion. Nc is non-conference, that is, without games played against teams within the same conference; there may be no difference from overall.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It was streamed at westwoodonesports.com and on TuneIn. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, LHN, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided "Bases Loaded" coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Brendan Fitzgerald and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Ben McDonald providing analysis. "Bases Loaded" aired Friday-Sunday from 1 p.m.–midnight EDT and Monday from 6 p.m.–midnight EDT on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired "Bases Loaded" in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.[9]

Broadcast assignments

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