Baseball Closes Early Home Stretch With Ole Miss

TULANE GREEN WAVE (5-0) vs.OLE MISS REBELS (2-1)
When:	Friday, 6:30 p.m. \| Saturday, 2 p.m. \| Sunday, 1 p.m.
Where:	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium \| New Orleans, La.
Watch:	Live Video
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini) Friday, Saturday; Sports 1280 AM Sunday
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 57-64 (3rd year)
Ole Miss Coach:	Mike Bianco (LSU, '89) • 712-413-1 (19th year)
Notes:	Tulane \| Ole Miss
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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane Green Wave baseball team will put its 5-0 record on the line this weekend when they host the tenth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels for a three-game series beginning Friday at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The series kicks off Friday at 6:30 p.m. in New Orleans, with Saturday's game set for a 2 p.m. first pitch and Sunday's finale set for 1 p.m.

Fans coming to Friday's game will be able to pick up a "Roll Wave" rally towel to cheer on the team throughout the weekend. Before Saturday's game sitting on the concourse just outside of the stadium will be a New Orleans street car, with other New Orleans and Mardi Gras themed items in and around Turchin that day.

Tulane has begun a season 5-0 for the first time in five seasons after pulling off the midweek sweep of the Lamar Cardinals on Tuesday and Wednesday, earning a 9-1 and 22-10 win in the two games. Through five games Tulane is batting .328 with 57 runs scored.

Junior Kody Hoese leads the team with a .520 batting average, 1.040 slugging percentage and 13 hits so far this season, as on Wednesday he tied the school record for home runs in a single game with three.

The pitching staff has jumped out of the gate in a strong way, holding opponents to a .210 batting average so far, striking out 45 and walking just 24. The staff got a strong outing from Josh Bates, while Trent Johnson, Justin Campbell and Robert Price had solid innings in relief over the course of the two games.

The series against the Rebels dates back to the very beginning of the program, with the first meeting between the two sides coming in 1898. Tulane will be looking for its first win over the Rebels since 2014, as Ole Miss swept last year's series in Oxford.

Ole Miss comes into the game 2-1 overall, splitting their opening two games against Wright State last weekend, while earning a 15-3 win over Arkansas State on Wednesday.

Tulane Green Wave (5-0) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (2-1)
Feb. 22 – 6:30 p.m. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)
Feb. 23 – 2 p.m. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)
Feb. 24 – 1 p.m. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)

TV
None

Live Stream
Tulane All-Access

Radio
WRBH 88.3 FM (Friday, Saturday)
Sports1280 AM (Sunday)
PBP – Todd Graffagnini

Pitching Matchups
Friday
Tulane: Kaleb Roper
Ole Miss: Zack Phillips

Saturday
Tulane: Keagan Gillies
Ole Miss: Houston Roth

Sunday
Tulane: Chase Solesky
Ole Miss: Gunnar Hoglund

Around the Horn
Tulane closes out its stretch of eight home games to start the year with a three-game series against the Ole Miss Rebels.

Tulane comes into the series 5-0 for the first time since the 2014 season.

It's the sixth time since the year 2000 that the Green Wave have opened a campaign with at least five consecutive wins.

The 57 runs Tulane has scored through the first five games of the year are the most since the squad plated 53 runs in the first five games of the 2007 season.

The 5-0 start is the best under head coach Travis Jewett.

Coach Jewett on Ole Miss…
"We've got another shirt coming in here this weekend and they're good. I thought we played them tough at times in some spots last year. The games didn't go our way but we're looking for an opportunity to host them here. I like where we're going offensively. We'll get Roper, Keagan, Chase and all those guys back out there and I feel good about our chances."

Up Next
Tulane hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to take on the Nicholls Colonels Tuesday in Thibodaux.

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Baseball Closes Early Home Stretch With Ole Miss

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Players Mentioned

Josh Bates

Justin Campbell

Keagan Gillies

Kody Hoese

Trent Johnson

Robert Price

Kaleb Roper

Chase Solesky

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