Baseball Hosts Fall World Series This Week

Nov 20, 2024 | Baseball

NEW ORLEANS – The teams have been drafted, the uniforms have been determined so all that remains is to play the games as Tulane's baseball team is set to host the annual Fall World Series this week from Thursday – Saturday on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

Team Jackson Roster (Team Linnsanity) – Blue Uniforms – Home Team in Games 1 & 3
Trey Cehajic (starting pitcher)
J.D. Rodriguez (starting pitcher)
Dominic Pieto (starting pitcher)
Giancarlo Arencibia (bullpen pitcher)
Gavin Smith (bullpen pitcher)
Kross Howarth (bullpen pitcher)
Tayler Montiel (bullpen pitcher)
Grayson Smith (bullpen pitcher)
Alex Ainsworth (bullpen pitcher)
John-Paul Sauer (bullpen pitcher)
Wes Burton (bullpen pitcher)
Michael Lombardi (two-way player)
Boots Landry (position player)
Kaikea Harrison (position player)
James Agabedis (position player)
Mikey Valdivia (position player)
Jackson Linn (position player) – Team Captain
Tanner Chun (position player)
Matthias Haas (position player)
Brock Slaton (position player)
Hugh Pinkney (position player)
Jason Wachs (position player)

Austen Izzio – Bench Coach

Team Gavin Roster (Team Whatever It Takes) – Green Uniforms – Home Team in Game 2
Garrett Payne – (starting pitcher)
Luc Fladda (starting pitcher)
Blaise Wilcenski (starting pitcher)
Henry Shuffler (bullpen pitcher)
Logan Hurd – (bullpen pitcher)
Will Clements (bullpen pitcher)
Drew Harrison (bullpen pitcher)
Michael Devenney (bullpen pitcher)
Jacob Moore (bullpen pitcher)
Carter Benbrook (bullpen pitcher)
Julius Ejike-Charles (two-way player)
Connor Rasmussen (position player)
Nate Johnson (position player)
Nick Diehl – (position player)
Gavin Schulz (position player) – Team Captain
Theo Bryant IV (position player)
Tracy Mitchem (position player)
Aaron Babaev (position player)
Grant Wilson (position player)
Andrew McKenna (position player)
William Good (position player)
Jack Bussard (position player)

Brennan Lambert – Bench Coach

Admission is free. As a special note, no outside food or drink is allowed as concessions will be open for all fans in attendance and the clear bag policy is in effect.

Tulane finished up the fall scrimmages against outside competition on Nov. 2 as the program defeated Nicholls by an 18-6 score. The program totaled 18 hits in the contest. The Colonels went 38-22 and 16-8 in the Southland Conference last season. Nicholls won their second straight SLC Tournament Title in 2024 and made the school's fifth-ever NCAA Regional appearance where they were eliminated by Tulane 3-0 in the Corvalis Regional.

2024 Tulane Baseball Fall World Series Schedule
Nov. 21 – Fall World Series – Game 1 – 3:45 p.m. (8 innings)
Nov. 22 – Fall World Series – Game 2 – 3:20 p.m. (8 innings)
Nov. 23 – Fall World Series – Game 3 – 12:30 p.m. (8 innings)

Tulane brings back 22 players this season in Carter Benbrook (P), James Agabedis III (INF), Gavin Schulz (INF/OF), Brock Slaton (OF), Connor Rasmussen (INF), Matthias Haas (INF/OF), Michael Lombardi (P/INF), William Good (C/INF), Jackson Linn (OF), Tayler Montiel (P), Alex Ainsworth (P), Will Clements (P), Gavin Smith (P), Luc Fladda (P), Tracy Mitchem (1B/OF), Henry Shuffler (P), Jacob Moore (P), Logan Hurd (P), Jack Bussard (P), Blaise Wilcenski (P), Wes Burton (P) and Trey Cehajic (P). The program also welcomed in 22 newcomers in Kaikea Harrison (INF), Drew Harrison (P), Dominic Pieto (P), Theo Bryant IV (OF), Boots Landry (1B), Tanner Chun (OF), Mikey Valdivia (INF), Garrett Payne (P), Julius Ejike-Charles (OF/LHP), Andrew McKenna (C), Hugh Pinkney (C), J.D. Rodriguez (P), Nate Johnson (INF), Kross Howarth (P), John-Paul Sauer (P), Nick Diehl (1B), Michael Devenney (P), Giancarlo Arencibia (P), Grant Wilson (OF), Grayson Smith (P) and Aaron Babaev (OF).

Tulane's baseball team went 36-26 during the 2024 season, rolled to the team's second straight AAC Championship and earned a post-season berth to the NCAA Regionals for the second consecutive campaign under the watchful eye of head coach Jay Uhlman. The program defeated Nicholls 3-0 in the regionals for the first NCAA shutout since 2005 over Rice in the Super Regionals. The victory was the first for the program in the NCAA Tournament since 2016 when the team defeated Utah by a 4-1 score. The program saw four of its players drafted in the 2024 MLB Draft in Chandler Welch, Colin Tuft, Brady Marget and Teo Banks. Tulane has now totaled 135 all-time draft choices including 18 since 2019.

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