Wave, Owls Square Off in Boca this Weekend

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TULANE GAME NOTES

BOCA RATON, FL – The Tulane baseball team is back on the road this weekend when it takes on Florida Atlantic for games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The first pitch on Friday will be at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 CT, while Saturday's will begin at 4/3 p.m. and Sunday's series finale is set for 12 p.m./11 a.m.

The Green Wave (20-17, 5-7 AAC) is coming off a 14-7 loss at home to South Alabama on Wednesday.

Florida Atlantic (19-15, 6-6) dropped a 1-0 decision at FIU on Tuesday.

All three games this weekend will be streamed on ESPN+.

Voice of the Green Wave Corey Gloor will also have the call on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield. The games will air on 88.3 FM WRBH, along with the Tulane Athletics and Varsity Network apps. Airtime for all the games is 15 minutes before first pitch.

Friday's pitching matchup will pit FAU RHP C.J. Williams (4-2, 3.33 ERA) against Tulane LHP Luc Fladda (1-2. 4.36 ERA). Saturday's starters will be FAU RHP Tyler Murphy (3-0, 3.96 ERA) and Tulane RHP Chandler Welch (4-1, 4.72 ERA). On Sunday, the Owls will send LHP Trey Beard (2-3, 5.80 ERA) to the hill against a Green Wave pitcher that has yet to be determined.

Florida Atlantic's John Schroeder leads the team in batting average (.283), OPS (.903), hits (36), home runs (7), RBI (34), total bases (65) and slugging percentage (.512). Christian Adams paces the team in runs scored (33), doubles (8) and walks (28). Spencer Rich is 12-for-12 in the stolen base department and Andrew McKenna is tops in on-base percentage (.456).

Tulane first baseman Brady Marget leads the team in batting average (.329), hits (48) and total bases (73). Catcher Colin Tuft has the highest OPS on the team (.967), to go with 39 runs scored and eight stolen bases. Third baseman Gavin Schulz has a team-high 10 doubles and 30 RBI alongside left fielder Jackson Linn's three triples and .571 slugging percentage. The team's leading home run hitter is center fielder Teo Banks (eight), while second baseman Connor Rasmussen paces the squad in walks (26) and on-base percentage (.445).

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Players Mentioned

Teo Banks

Luc Fladda

Jackson Linn

Brady Marget

Connor Rasmussen

Gavin Schulz

Colin Tuft

Chandler Welch

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