Baseball Begins American Baseball Championship Against UCF

TULANE GREEN WAVE (31-24, 12-11 AMERICAN) vs. UCF KNIGHTS (34-20, 11-13 AMERICAN)
When:	Tuesday
Where:	Spectrum Field (7,300) \| Clearwater, Fla.
Watch:	Live Stream
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini)
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 83-88 (3rd year)
UCF Coach:	Greg Lovelady (Miami, '01) • 109-63 (3rd year)
Notes:	Tulane (PDF) \| UCF
Social:	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook

CLEARWATER, Fla. – The third-seeded Tulane Green Wave baseball team opens the 2019 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship on Tuesday night against the No. 6 seed UCF Knights at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida.

Todd Graffagnini will have the call of the Green Wave's run in the event on WRBH 88.3 FM in New Orleans, as the American Digital Network will stream every game through Saturday live on Facebook. The final on Sunday will be aired on ESPNews.

Tulane's side of the bracket features second-seeded Cincinnati, UCF and the seventh seed Memphis, as the top half of the bracket includes No. 1 seed and league champion ECU, No. 4 UConn, No. 5 Houston and No. 8 Wichita State.

All eight teams will play on Tuesday, with UConn-Houston kicking things off at 8 a.m. CT followed by ECU-Wichita State. Cincinnati-Memphis gets underway at 2 p.m. CT, with first pitch between the Green Wave and Knights taking place approximately 47 minutes after. The tournament is double elimination, as the two teams left standing will play a single game final Sunday at 11 a.m. CT.

Tulane finished the regular season with a 31-24 overall record, going 12-11 in the American Athletic Conference. The Green Wave were 22-14 at home, while going 7-9 away from Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Tulane was 2-1 in the only neutral site tournament of the season in North Carolina.

The team closed the year with an 8-6 victory over the UConn Huskies last Saturday, taking the finale after dropping the first two games of the series on Thursday and Friday.

Tulane will be led into the conference tournament by 2019 American Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Year and first team all-conference selection Kody Hoese. Hoese finished the regular season batting .388 at the plate with 87 hits, 60 RBI and 69 runs scored, with his 23 home runs setting a new league record.

Hoese was one of four Green Wave players to earn all-conference honors, with redshirt senior pitcher Kaleb Roper, sophomore catcher Frankie Niemann and freshman outfielder Hudson Haskin all earning second team all-conference selections.

Tulane has qualified for the championship in each of the five seasons of the event, with a 4-8 record in the tournament.

The Green Wave and Knights squared off May 3-5 at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, with Tulane taking the opener 6-2, before dropping the second game 4-2 and third game 5-2. The last time the two teams met in the conference tournament, UCF defeated Tulane 8-3 back in 2017.

Tulane Green Wave (31-24, 12-11) vs. UCF Knights (34-20, 11-13)
May 21 – (Spectrum Field)

TV
None

Live Stream
American Digital Network

Radio
WRBH 88.3 FM
PBP – Todd Graffagnini

Around the Horn
Tulane opens the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship on Tuesday night against UCF at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Florida.

This is Tulane's fifth appearance in the league's yearly event.

The Green Wave are 4-8 in the American Baseball Championship.

Tulane is looking to win its first tournament title since winning its fifth Conference USA championship in 2005.

Last season Tulane won its opening game of the tournament against Houston, before falling to ECU and the Cougars in the next two games.

Up Next
Tulane will play the winner of Cincinnati-Memphis on Thursday, or the loser of Cincinnati-Memphis on Wednesday.

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