Friday, April 4
New Orleans
6:30 p.m.
Tulane University
vs
Rice
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TULANE GAME NOTES
New Orleans, LA - The Tulane baseball team (18-12, 2-4 AAC) gets back into American Athletic Conference (AAC) play by welcoming Rice (7-24, 1-5 AAC) to Greer Field at Turchin Stadium for a three-game series starting on Friday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. The game times for Saturday, April 5, is 6:30 p.m. while the Sunday finale, April 6, has a 1 p.m. first pitch.
Media
All three games will be streamed on ESPN+. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action for all three games on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 88.3 WRBH/Varsity Network. Airtime for radio for all three games is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Promotions
Friday is Tulane Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night with discounted tickets for Tulane faculty and staff being offered along with Friday Night Bingo. Saturday is City Connect Night as a City Connect jerseys will be given away to the first 250 fans. Sunday is Wii Sports Day as well as a Riptide Kids Club Day where all Kids Club members receive free game admission, will be able to run the bases following the game and there will be a giveaway of collectible Tulane Baseball cards plus a postgame autograph session with Thomas Brittle, Michael Devenney, Grant Wilson, Connor Rasmussen and Dominic Pieto
Pitching Matchups
Tulane is slated to start lefty Luc Fladda in the opener on Friday evening against the Owls. Fladda has been the team's Friday starter in each of the first seven weekends of the season. He is 1-3 on the campaign with 42 strikeouts in 37.1 innings worked and only five walks. The 6-1 lefthander went 5-3 last year in his first season as a member of the Green Wave, sporting an earned run average of 4.77 with 61 strikeouts and 21 walks in 83 innings.
On Saturday, in the second game of the series, Tulane starts 6-8 righty Trey Cehajic. Cehajic is 3-1 on the year with a 4.28 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched. He worked as the team's Sunday starter in each of the first two weekends but has been the regular Saturday hurler weekly since then. His best start of the season came against North Dakota State as he worked a career-high six innings against the Bison in limiting them to two runs. Cehajic hails from Shreveport, Louisiana and is in his second year with the program. As a junior he worked exclusively out of the bullpen in his 19 appearances. He placed second on the team with four saves while totaling 15 strikeouts in 27.1 innings thrown and a 0-2 record.
The Sunday starter for Tulane is to be determined at this point depending on the results and bullpen usage in the two earlier games of the series.
The Owls will counter with Davion Hickson on Friday. Hickson is 0-4 on the year but has been impressive with 44 strikeouts in 31 innings worked while limiting opponents to a .233 batting average against. The expected starter on both Saturday and Sunday for Rice has yet to be announced.
Scouting Rice
Rice (7-24, 1-5 AAC) have lost six of the last eight games following the 9-1 road victory over Sam Houston on Tuesday and a 20-5 loss to UTRGV on Wednesday. The program has been led by Blaine Brown this season. Brown is hitting .318 with 35 hits, nine doubles, four home runs and 20 RBIs. Landon West sports a batting average of .302 with six doubles. Marco Fuentes has been the top reliever with his 3.71 ERA in 10 games and 17 innings pitched with 19 strikeouts. Davion Hickson has been the strongest starting pitcher despite an 0-4 mark as he has fanned 44 in 31 innings worked. Former Tulane head coach David Pierce took over the program on March 17. He led Tulane for the 2015 and the 2016 seasons. His 41 wins leading the Green Wave in 2016 were the most for the program since 2006. He sports a record of 3-7 in the 10 games since he was named the leader of the club. Pierce is 497-280 in his time in the dugout for Sam Houston, Tulane, Texas and now Rice.
Series History
Rice leads the all-time series with Tulane 31-10 since the two schools first started playing against each other in 1990. Tulane won two of three games of the series last season in Houston from March 22-24.
Last Time Out
The Tulane baseball team (18-12) ended the team's five-game losing streak with an 8-4 home victory over visiting state rival Northwestern State (18-11) on Wednesday evening, April 2, on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
The Green Wave led wire-to-wire in this one with a run in the second, four more in the third, two in the sixth plus a tally in the eighth.
Tulane pounded out nine hits and received 11 walks to put constant traffic on the bases all night.
The Green Wave pitching staff struck out 12 and held the Demons' lineup scoreless for eight of the nine frames.
Michael Lombardi (1-0) started for the Green Wave and struck out four in two unblemished innings. Carter Benbrook fanned a pair in his inning of work. Wes Burton struck out four in 1.1 innings. Gavin Smith had 0.2 scoreless. Grayson Smith surrendered three runs in 0.2 innings with a strikeout. Garrett Payne did the heavy lift out of the bullpen with 2.1 innings with a run allowed. Jacob Moore had a flawless ninth to close out the victory.
James Agabedis III led the offensive attack with three hits and four RBIs. He also walked and had a run scored. Hugh Pinkney also drove in three with his double. Matthias Haas had a pair of hits and scored a run. Gavin Schulz had a pair of hits and runs scored. Kaikea Harrison walked twice and had a hit. Connor Rasmussen scored two runs. Nate Johnson walked three times and scored a run. Jason Wachs knocked in a run.
Notables from the Southern Miss and Northwestern State Midweek Games
The 8-4 win over Northwestern State (4/2) stopped the five-game losing streak for the program. The five-game losing skid had been the team's longest since the start of the 2023 campaign (6). The game against NSU was the first match-up against the in-state rival for the program since 2013. The Green Wave improved the all-time record to 307-164 all-time against current schools in the Southland Conference. Michael Lombardi's start on the mound was his first since last season when he went the first 4.1 innings against Southern Miss (3/26/24). He has now recorded 33 strikeouts this season in only 16 innings worked with a conference leading seven saves. This was the first game that the two-way player hasn't batted or played in the field this year. Wes Burton fanned four against Northwestern State and is also, like Lombardi, averaging nearly two strikeout per inning with 18 strikeouts in 9.2 innings worked on the campaign. James Agabedis III's three RBIs were a career high. The win improved Tulane to 16-8 in non-conference play this year and 4-1 against in-state competition. The victory also made Tulane 3-0 on Wednesdays this year. Tulane's 12 strikeouts as a staff marked the 17th time that pitching staff has reached double figures in strikeouts (two more than all of last season). The 13-6 loss to No. 16 Southern Miss (4/1) on Tuesday marked Tulane's first contest against a ranked opponent this season. Hugh Pinkney's three hits were a Tulane career-high and his second multi-hit performance.
Next
Following the Rice series, Tulane welcomes in Southeastern Louisiana (23-6) for a midweek contest on Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. for the fifth game of the current homestand. The program then takes on UAB (17-12, 2-4 AAC) for a three-game set from April 11-13 before wrapping up the long stretch at home by hosting UNO on April 15.
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TICKETS
Tickets for the baseball season and the upcoming football campaign can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
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Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes, and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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TULANE GAME NOTES
New Orleans, LA - The Tulane baseball team (18-12, 2-4 AAC) gets back into American Athletic Conference (AAC) play by welcoming Rice (7-24, 1-5 AAC) to Greer Field at Turchin Stadium for a three-game series starting on Friday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. The game times for Saturday, April 5, is 6:30 p.m. while the Sunday finale, April 6, has a 1 p.m. first pitch.
Media
All three games will be streamed on ESPN+. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action for all three games on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 88.3 WRBH/Varsity Network. Airtime for radio for all three games is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Promotions
Friday is Tulane Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night with discounted tickets for Tulane faculty and staff being offered along with Friday Night Bingo. Saturday is City Connect Night as a City Connect jerseys will be given away to the first 250 fans. Sunday is Wii Sports Day as well as a Riptide Kids Club Day where all Kids Club members receive free game admission, will be able to run the bases following the game and there will be a giveaway of collectible Tulane Baseball cards plus a postgame autograph session with Thomas Brittle, Michael Devenney, Grant Wilson, Connor Rasmussen and Dominic Pieto
Pitching Matchups
Tulane is slated to start lefty Luc Fladda in the opener on Friday evening against the Owls. Fladda has been the team's Friday starter in each of the first seven weekends of the season. He is 1-3 on the campaign with 42 strikeouts in 37.1 innings worked and only five walks. The 6-1 lefthander went 5-3 last year in his first season as a member of the Green Wave, sporting an earned run average of 4.77 with 61 strikeouts and 21 walks in 83 innings.
On Saturday, in the second game of the series, Tulane starts 6-8 righty Trey Cehajic. Cehajic is 3-1 on the year with a 4.28 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched. He worked as the team's Sunday starter in each of the first two weekends but has been the regular Saturday hurler weekly since then. His best start of the season came against North Dakota State as he worked a career-high six innings against the Bison in limiting them to two runs. Cehajic hails from Shreveport, Louisiana and is in his second year with the program. As a junior he worked exclusively out of the bullpen in his 19 appearances. He placed second on the team with four saves while totaling 15 strikeouts in 27.1 innings thrown and a 0-2 record.
The Sunday starter for Tulane is to be determined at this point depending on the results and bullpen usage in the two earlier games of the series.
The Owls will counter with Davion Hickson on Friday. Hickson is 0-4 on the year but has been impressive with 44 strikeouts in 31 innings worked while limiting opponents to a .233 batting average against. The expected starter on both Saturday and Sunday for Rice has yet to be announced.
Scouting Rice
Rice (7-24, 1-5 AAC) have lost six of the last eight games following the 9-1 road victory over Sam Houston on Tuesday and a 20-5 loss to UTRGV on Wednesday. The program has been led by Blaine Brown this season. Brown is hitting .318 with 35 hits, nine doubles, four home runs and 20 RBIs. Landon West sports a batting average of .302 with six doubles. Marco Fuentes has been the top reliever with his 3.71 ERA in 10 games and 17 innings pitched with 19 strikeouts. Davion Hickson has been the strongest starting pitcher despite an 0-4 mark as he has fanned 44 in 31 innings worked. Former Tulane head coach David Pierce took over the program on March 17. He led Tulane for the 2015 and the 2016 seasons. His 41 wins leading the Green Wave in 2016 were the most for the program since 2006. He sports a record of 3-7 in the 10 games since he was named the leader of the club. Pierce is 497-280 in his time in the dugout for Sam Houston, Tulane, Texas and now Rice.
Series History
Rice leads the all-time series with Tulane 31-10 since the two schools first started playing against each other in 1990. Tulane won two of three games of the series last season in Houston from March 22-24.
Last Time Out
The Tulane baseball team (18-12) ended the team's five-game losing streak with an 8-4 home victory over visiting state rival Northwestern State (18-11) on Wednesday evening, April 2, on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
The Green Wave led wire-to-wire in this one with a run in the second, four more in the third, two in the sixth plus a tally in the eighth.
Tulane pounded out nine hits and received 11 walks to put constant traffic on the bases all night.
The Green Wave pitching staff struck out 12 and held the Demons' lineup scoreless for eight of the nine frames.
Michael Lombardi (1-0) started for the Green Wave and struck out four in two unblemished innings. Carter Benbrook fanned a pair in his inning of work. Wes Burton struck out four in 1.1 innings. Gavin Smith had 0.2 scoreless. Grayson Smith surrendered three runs in 0.2 innings with a strikeout. Garrett Payne did the heavy lift out of the bullpen with 2.1 innings with a run allowed. Jacob Moore had a flawless ninth to close out the victory.
James Agabedis III led the offensive attack with three hits and four RBIs. He also walked and had a run scored. Hugh Pinkney also drove in three with his double. Matthias Haas had a pair of hits and scored a run. Gavin Schulz had a pair of hits and runs scored. Kaikea Harrison walked twice and had a hit. Connor Rasmussen scored two runs. Nate Johnson walked three times and scored a run. Jason Wachs knocked in a run.
Notables from the Southern Miss and Northwestern State Midweek Games
The 8-4 win over Northwestern State (4/2) stopped the five-game losing streak for the program. The five-game losing skid had been the team's longest since the start of the 2023 campaign (6). The game against NSU was the first match-up against the in-state rival for the program since 2013. The Green Wave improved the all-time record to 307-164 all-time against current schools in the Southland Conference. Michael Lombardi's start on the mound was his first since last season when he went the first 4.1 innings against Southern Miss (3/26/24). He has now recorded 33 strikeouts this season in only 16 innings worked with a conference leading seven saves. This was the first game that the two-way player hasn't batted or played in the field this year. Wes Burton fanned four against Northwestern State and is also, like Lombardi, averaging nearly two strikeout per inning with 18 strikeouts in 9.2 innings worked on the campaign. James Agabedis III's three RBIs were a career high. The win improved Tulane to 16-8 in non-conference play this year and 4-1 against in-state competition. The victory also made Tulane 3-0 on Wednesdays this year. Tulane's 12 strikeouts as a staff marked the 17th time that pitching staff has reached double figures in strikeouts (two more than all of last season). The 13-6 loss to No. 16 Southern Miss (4/1) on Tuesday marked Tulane's first contest against a ranked opponent this season. Hugh Pinkney's three hits were a Tulane career-high and his second multi-hit performance.
Next
Following the Rice series, Tulane welcomes in Southeastern Louisiana (23-6) for a midweek contest on Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. for the fifth game of the current homestand. The program then takes on UAB (17-12, 2-4 AAC) for a three-game set from April 11-13 before wrapping up the long stretch at home by hosting UNO on April 15.
See the full 2025 baseball schedule
DOWNLOAD THE APP
Download the official mobile app of Tulane Athletics. Now, you can stay in touch with the Green Wave anytime and anywhere on your Android or iOS mobile device.
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA
For behind-the-scenes coverage, follow Tulane baseball (@GreenWaveBSB) on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
TICKETS
Tickets for the baseball season and the upcoming football campaign can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
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WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes, and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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