2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball team

2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball
Conference	Southland Conference
2015 record	21–31 (9–18 SLC)
Head coach	Jim Gilligan (39th year)
Assistant coach	Jim Rickelfsen (17th year)
Assistant coach	Scott Hatten (15th year)
Home stadium	Vincent–Beck Stadium (Capacity: 3,500)
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
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 ‡	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; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition

The 2015 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represents Lamar University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Vincent–Beck Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference. The team is coached by Jim Gilligan in his 39th season at Lamar.

In 2014, the Cardinals finished the season 8th in the Southland with a record of 31–25, 16–14 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in the first round. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The Cardinals were predicted to finish 8th in the Southland in the preseason Coaches and Sports Information Director polls.

On February 5, three Cardinals were named to Southland Conference All-Conference teams. Brandon Provost, playing catcher for the Cardinals, was named as a 1st Team All-Conference member, and Reed Seeley, as third baseman, and Kyle Markhum, as designated hitter, were named as 2nd Team All-Conference members.

Head coach Jim Gilligan achieved his 1,300th career win in the February 13 season opener pitting the Cardinals against the New Mexico State Aggies. He joined five other active college coaches with 1,300 or more career wins.

The Cardinals opened March play with a non-conference loss to Texas–Pan American in Edinburg, TX. The month closed with the Cardinals losing another non-conference game against the Rice Owls. The Cardinals began conference play in March with series against Northwestern State, Central Arkansas, and New Orleans building a conference record of 3–6. The Cardinals also played two other conference foes during the month, Nicholls State and Abilene Christian, but those games were scheduled as non–conference games. The team had a 7–11 overall record during the month of March with a 13–15 for the season to date.

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