June 2006 NewsStand
Aug 17, 2006 | General
June 29, 2006
Hamilton Shining at No. 3 spot
The Digital Collegian (Penn State student paper)
Spikes manager Mark DeJohn made an interesting choice when choosing the opening day lineup. He moved arguably his best run producing threat and penciled him into the 3-hole, which is a slot known more for guys that get on base than a player that hits moonshots...
Pair of Spikes enjoy first as teammates
Centre (Penn.) Daily Times
Once teammates at Tulane University, Nathan Southard and Mark Hamilton are once again teammates for State College. However, for a few moments on Tuesday night, Southard and Hamilton were more than just teammates as the duo teamed together to jump start the Spikes to a come-from-behind 4-3 eight-inning win over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Tuesday...
June 25, 2006
Katrina left mark on Legends shortstop
Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader
The media have moved on. Short-attention span theater. Celebrity baby pictures need publishing. Hurricane Katrina was bad. What happened to New Orleans was sad. But there's a new story every day. Easier just to move on. Unless you're from New Orleans...
June 22, 2006
Green Wave snags two commitments
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane has landed early football commitments from tworecruits in the Houston area. Outside linebackers Derek Wilson of East Bernard High and Cheta Ozougwu of Taylor High have chosen the Green Wave...
PCL: Young 'Winder pitches well, swings like DH
Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen
Last year at this time, Micah Owings and his No. 1 Tulane baseball teammates had their hearts broken in a season-ending loss in the College World Series. Since then, Owings has shot up the Diamondbacks farm system, going from a third-round pick to last night's starter for the Sidewinders...
Tulane, LSU, USM officials give crisis talks
Baton Rouge Advocate
If anyone is qualified to speak about how a college athletic program can respond to crisis, it would be administrators that were on the front lines for hurricanes Katrina and Rita...
Mother Nature creates detour in golfer's career
Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain
Late last summer, Ashley Tait was on top of the world, coming off one of the most successful golf careers in Colorado high school history. She was on her way to Tulane University on a full-ride golf scholarship, looking to add depth and talent to a Green Wave team that was ranked 12th in the nation in the preseason...
June 21, 2006
Prospect Pulse: Brian Bormaster
InsideThePark.com
Brian Bormaster recently sat down with InsideTheDome and talked about his season to date and gave us more insight into his tremendous catching abilities. Find out more about this catching prospect now...
June 20, 2006
Pair of Spikes know how to adjust
Centre (Penn.) Daily Times
Tulane baseball coach Rick Jones guarantees State College Spikes first baseman Mark Hamilton and outfielder Nathan Southard are prepared to handle the rigors of professional baseball...
Tackling Katrina: Tulane linebacker first had to overcome loss of home
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald
Hurricane Katrina has left behind a long legacy of victims in South Mississippi. Tulane middle linebacker Jordan Ellis was one of many Coast residents greatly affected by the powerful storm...
June 17, 2006
Tulane signee Sparks flies in BC
Orange (Texas) Leader
Very few athletes are able to compete at an all-district level in four different sports and do it for four seasons. But Bridge City's Cody Sparks has "been there and done that...
June 8, 2006
2nd day of MLB draft good for Louisiana players
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane standout Billy Mohl was the only Green Wave player taken in the second day of the draft. The right-hander from Sugar Land, Texas, was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 25th round...
June 7, 2006
Wait worth it for Hamilton
New Orleans Times Picayune
After finishing high school as a highly recruited player from Episcopal High in Houston, Mark Hamilton had his fingers crossed he would be a high pick in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. His name never hit the board. On Tuesday, Hamilton took a different approach to the baseball draft...
Cardinals draft college players that could become Spikes
Centre Daily (Penn.) Times
They come from schools that have no desire or reason to play baseball games in central Pennsylvania. Miami. Tulane. Rice. Florida State. No, this isn't half of the College World Series field. These are schools from which the St. Louis Cardinals selected players from during the early stages of the Major League Baseball Draft on Tuesday...
June 6, 2006
Green Wave made the most of difficult season
New Orleans Times Picayune
If you asked most New Orleanians how they made out in the storm, their responses will vary. But if you ask Tulane senior pitcher Billy Mohl about the damage Hurricane Katrina caused the Green Wave baseball team, the reply might surprise you. The Green Wave, eliminated from the NCAA Oxford Regional on Sunday evening by Ole Miss 12-4, has Katrina to thank for turning what could have been an average team into something special...
Season ends for Riser, Wave
Picayune (Miss.) Item
Picayune's Matt Riser saw his playing days with Tulane come to an end Sunday, when Ole Miss eliminated the Green Wave from the Ovford Regional 12-4 in NCAA Tournament play...
Tulane Football Preview
FoxSports.com
No team had to face what Tulane had to deal with last season when it came to the destruction of Hurricane Katrina leading to the nomadic season with 11 road games. And it's not like things are going to magically turn around instantly now that the team has a home again...
June 5, 2006
Green Wave subsides to Ole Miss
New Orleans Times Picayune
All season, Tulane found a way to overcome the odds. It didn't let a youthful team or an unexpected slow start stop it. But Sunday night, that successful streak of marching through adversity came to an end as top-seeded Ole Miss defeated the second-seeded Green Wave 12-4 at the NCAA Oxford Regional at Swayze Field...
Ole Miss KO's Tulane After Long Day
Baton Rouge Advocate
(AP)Mississippi won the Oxford Regional for the second straight year, but comparatively speaking, this time the Rebels celebrated with a yawn. No dogpiles. No delirium. Just subdued hugs and handshakes...
Green Wave avenges opening loss to knock out South Alabama
Mobile (Ala.) Press Register
A nine-run inning and inconsistent pitching ended South Alabama's baseball season on Sunday as the Jaguars dropped an 18-11 decision to Tulane in the NCAA Oxford Regional. The second-seeded Green Wave pounded six South Alabama pitchers for 20 hits to eliminate the Jaguars, the same USA team that placed them in the loser's bracket on Friday with a 7-1 defeat...
June 4, 2006
Green Wave gets right down to business
New Orleans Times Picayune
By the time Tulane left Swayze Field on Friday following its loss to South Alabama, Green Wave coach Rick Jones had his team thinking one thing -- survival. On Saturday Tulane, with its season on the line, remained in the NCAA Oxford Regional with a 12-7 victory over Bethune-Cookman...
Tulane wins 12-7 over Bethune-Cookman
Baton Rouge Advocate
Because Billy Mohl is still perfect, Tulane avoided imperfection at the Oxford Regional. Supported by four RBIs by Nathan Southard, Mohl extended his unbeaten senior season by leading the Green Wave to a 12-7 victory over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday in an elimination game...
Tulane pounds listless Bethune
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald
Tulane right-hander Billy Mohl worked eight steady innings and the Green Wave built an early lead before coasting to a 12-7 victory over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday afternoon in an elimination game at the NCAA Oxford baseball regional...
Riser guides Tulane
Picayune (Miss.) Item
Picayune's Matt Riser is playing well in his return to his home state. Riser, Tulane's senior leftfielder, has posted perhaps the best numbers overall for the Green Wave in its two NCAA Baseball Tournament games here at the Oxfor Regional, driving in a pair of runs with two hits in Saturday's 12-7 win over Bethune-Cookman after driving in Tulane's only run in a 7-1 loss to South Alabama in Friday's opening game...
Wave stays alive
Mobile (Ala.) Press Register
Billy Mohl knew Saturday could have been the last time he put on a Tulane uniform. So the Green Wave right-hander did his part to extend Tulane's season, at least for another day. Mohl scattered seven hits and four runs over eight innings to lead Tulane to a 12-7 win over Bethune-Cookman in an elimination game Saturday at the NCAA Oxford Regional on the Ole Miss campus...
June 3, 2006
Green Wave tumbles to loss
New Orleans Times Picayune
At this stage of the baseball season, knowledge of an opponent is only going to get a team so far. Right now, it's about execution. On Friday afternoon at Swayze Field, South Alabama was much better at getting the job done than Tulane...
June 2, 2006
Hitting Their Stride
New Orleans Times Picayune
Returning to Ole Miss' Swayze Field ought to give Tulane a really good feeling. Two years ago, when the Green Wave played in the NCAA Oxford Regional, it limped in as the No. 3 seed and had lost four of its last five games. It seemed like the end of the season was near...
Tulane familiar with Oxford, Miss.
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's baseball team should feel comfortable when it begins play in the Oxford Regional with a game against South Alabama at 3 p.m. today...
Teams get used to hed, O-U Stadium with pre-regional practice Thursday
Oxford (Miss.) Eagle
The 2006 Oxford Regional begins this afternoon with second-seeded Tulane (41-19 overall) taking on third-seeded South Alabama (38-19) at 3 at Oxford University Stadium. Top-seeded Ole Miss (40-20) will then play Bethune-Cookman (30-25) at 7. Today's winners will play Saturday at 5 p.m., and today's losers will play Saturday at 1...
June 1, 2006
Tulane players battle through adversity of Hurricane Katrina
Oxford (Miss.) Eagle
It was just two days before the fall semester was to begin at Tulane University that Hurricane Katrina pushed onto the Mississippi Gulf Coast August 29 and ruptured levees in New Orleans, leaving the entire region in shambles. With much of its campus flooded, Tulane University closed its campus for the fall semester, as its students were dispersed to different universities across the country...
Tulane relying on pitching, defense
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane has had its ups and downs on its way to the Oxford Regional, but the Green Wave has usually been able to rely on good pitching and defense. It's counting on those two staples and a maturing offense to carry it through the four-team, double-elimination tournament that gets under way Friday...
No Oxford blues for Tulane recently
Monroe News Star
Tulane hoped to host an NCAA regional this year. The next best thing may be a trip to Oxford, Miss., where Tulane won its first NCAA regional on the road two seasons ago. Tulane (41-19) will play South Alabama (38-19), the Sun Belt Conference's third-place team in the regular season, on Friday. Ole Miss (40-20), which won the Southeastern Conference tournament title, will meet Bethune-Cookman (30-25) in the nightcap...
Katrina couldn't keep this Tulane team down
Biloxi Sun Herald
Tulane's baseball team spent the fall semester in Lubbock, Texas, after the landfall of deadly Hurricane Katrina and played its 2006 home games at Zephyr Field in Metairie, about a 10-minute drive from the Tulane campus. The Green Wave never flinched...
