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The 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies baseball team represented Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University) during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Husky Field and were led by tenth-year head coach Jared Moon. They were members of the Southland Conference. The Huskies won the Southland Conference Tournament Championship for the first time in program history, earning an automatic bid for the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, their first appearance.
- Jared Moon (10th season)
- Xavier Hernandez
- Russell Stockton
| 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies baseball | |
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Southland Conference tournament champions | |
Houston Regional, 0–2 | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 28–27 (14–13 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Husky Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana † | 25 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .833 | 42 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .712 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 20 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .714 | 31 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | 18 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .621 | 34 | – | 19 | – | 1 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 18 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .600 | 32 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 17 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .586 | 31 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 29 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .547 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist ‡y | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 28 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 13 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .481 | 26 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian * | 13 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .433 | 17 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .309 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 11 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .379 | 17 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word * | 11 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .367 | 21 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 10 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .345 | 21 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 3 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .100 | 14 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 2015[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The 2014 Huskies had a regular season record of 23–28 and a conference record of 12–18 finishing in tenth place in Southland Conference play, which was their first season in the conference. They did not qualify for the 2014 Southland Conference baseball tournament.
Preseason
Southland Conference Preseason Poll
The Huskies were picked to finish tenth out of thirteen in the Southland Conference with 48 votes in the Coaches' Poll and 50 votes in the Sports Information Directors' Poll released on January 28, 2015.[2]
Coaches
| Coaches' poll | ||
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Sam Houston State | 138 (8) |
| 2 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 128 (4) |
| 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 115 (1) |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 109 |
| 5 | Nicholls | 98 |
| 6 | McNeese State | 90 |
| 7 | Central Arkansas | 89 |
| 8 | Lamar | 77 |
| 9 | Stephen F. Austin | 49 |
| 10 | Houston Baptist | 48 |
| 11 | Abilene Christian | 27 |
| 12 | Incarnate Word | 26 |
| 13 | New Orleans | 20 |
Sports Information Directors
| Sports Information Directors' poll | ||
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Sam Houston State | 137 (8) |
| 2 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 130 (2) |
| 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 119 (1) |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 108 (2) |
| 5 | McNeese State | 91 |
| 6 | Central Arkansas | 90 |
| 7 | Nicholls | 85 |
| 8 | Lamar | 79 |
| 9 | Stephen F. Austin | 52 |
| 10 | Houston Baptist | 50 |
| 11 | Abilene Christian | 28 |
| 12 | Incarnate Word | 26 |
| 13 | New Orleans | 20 |
Preseason All-Southland team
Samm Wiggins, a catcher, was named to the conference preseason second team.[3]
First Team
- Caleb Dugas* (NWST, SR, 1st Base)
- Andrew Guillotte* (MCN, SR, 2nd Base)
- Chase Daughdrill* (NWST, SR, 3rd Base)
- Samuel Capielano* (UNO, SO, Shortstop)
- Brandon Provost (LU, SR, Catcher)
- Colt Atwood* (SHSU, SR, Outfield)
- Tyler Ware* (TAMUCC, SR, Outfield)
- Hayden Simerly* (SHSU, SR, Outfield)
- Billy Sommers* (MCN, JR, Designated Hitter)
- Matt Danton* (TAMUCC, SR, Pitcher)
- Adam Oller* (NWST, SO, Pitcher)
- Grant Borne* (NICH, JR, Pitcher)
*-Returning Southland All-Conference Selection
Second Team
- Nate Ferrell (UCA, SR, 1st Base)
- Chris Townsend (UCA, JR, 2nd Base)
- Reed Seely* (LU, SR, 3rd Base)
- Connor Lloyd (MCN, SR, Shortstop)
- Samm Wiggins (HBU, SR, Catcher)
- Jordan Lee* (TAMUCC, JR, Outfield)
- Hezekiah Randolph (UNO, SO, Outfield)
- Lucas Quary (MCN, SR, Outfield)
- Kyle Markum (LU, SR, Designated Hitter)
- Connor Gilmore* (UCA, JR, Pitcher)
- Sam Odom (SHSU, SO, Pitcher)
- Tate Scioneaux (SELA, JR, Pitcher)
*-Returning Southland All-Conference Selection