Thursday, May 22
Clearwater, FL
Tulane University
vs
UTSA
Photo by: Connor Kvatek
No. 5 seed Baseball Takes On No. 1 seed UTSA On Thursday in Second Round of the AAC Championship
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Tulane Game Notes
CLEARWATER, FLA – The No. 5 seed Tulane baseball team (31-24) looks to stay on the winner's side of the bracket and takes on No. 1 seed UTSA (43-11) on Thursday, May 22, at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET at the BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in the 2025 AAC Baseball Championship.
Media
The game will be streamed on ESPN+. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 88.3 WRBH/Varsity Network. Airtime for radio is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Pitching Matchup
Tulane is slated to start lefty Luc Fladda against UTSA. Fladda was the team's series opening starter in each of the first 14 weekends of the season. He is 4-6 on the campaign with 62 strikeouts in 71.2 innings worked and only 11 walks. He has worked at least seven innings in four starts this year (vs. Pepperdine – 2/28, vs. Xavier – 3/14, vs. UAB – 4/11 and vs. ECU – 4/25). 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.
UTSA is slated to throw Zach Royse. Royse is 8-4 on the campaign with a 5.08 ERA. This will be his 17 appearances and 15th start of the year. He has thrown 78 innings with 72 strikeouts this season.
Scouting UTSA
UTSA has been led by 2025 AAC Player of the Year Mason Lytle. Lytle is hitting .377 with 69 runs, 89 hits, 20 doubles, eight home runs, 63 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. Jordan Ballin is hitting .359 with 43 runs and 42 hits plus 38 walks. Norris McClure has a .356 batting average with 45 runs, 64 hits, four home runs and 37 RBIs. James Taussig sports a .354 batting average with 39 runs, 58 hits, 13 doubles, nine home runs and 59 RBIs. Andrew Stucky hits .338 with 37 runs, 52 hits. 15 doubles, six home runs and 39 RBIs. Drew Detlefsen leads the team with his 13 home runs and 69 RBIs. Robert Orloski has been the top relief pitcher with an 8-0 record and seven saves. He also has struck out 64 in 62 innings with a 2.90 ERA.
Series History
Tulane is 4-8 all-time against UTSA. Tulane took the middle game of the series in San Antonio earlier in the season, 5-3, from April 17-19. This year's games were first time that Tulane baseball has ever made the trip to San Antonio to play against the Roadrunners as the three-game series in 2013, 2014 and 2024 all came in New Orleans. The team lost all three games to the Roadrunners last season at home. Those were the first three games for the two schools since a three-game set was played during the 2014 campaign.
AAC Tournament Notables
Tulane has won the AAC Tournament title in each of the last two years and ride a seven-game winning streak into the second game of the 2025 Baseball Championship. Last season Tulane won an 11-10 thriller over Wichita State on Jackson Linn's walk-off home run. Linn had an outstanding tournament with four home runs and was named the Most Outstanding Player. Other All-Tournament selections in 2024 for Tulane were outfielder Teo Banks, first baseman Brady Marget, pitcher Billy Price, third baseman Gavin Schulz and catcher Colin Tuft. Tulane has won at least one game in nine of 10 all-time appearances in the AAC Tournament. This is the program's 43rd all-time appearance in a post-season conference tournament (10 in AAC, 17 CUSA and 16 Metro). Tulane is 92-61 all-time in conference tournament games including a mark of 17-15 in the AAC
Last Time Out
The No. 5 seed Tulane baseball team (31-24) went the unconventional route in starting closer Michael Lombardi in the opening game against No. 4 seed Florida Atlantic (36-20) and it paid off as the squad, behind a dominate pitching performance, earned the 6-3 victory over the Owls on Tuesday, May 20, at BayCare Ballpark. Tulane has now won seven straight AAC Baseball Championship games since 2023.
Lombardi (4-0) was magical in going seven innings with one run and two hits allowed plus 11 strikeouts. Carter Benbrook entered next and after a scoreless eighth ran into a bit of trouble in the ninth with a pair of runs allowed. Tayler Montiel closed it out in escaping the two on, no out jam in the ninth with minimal damage. He surrendered a hit, two walks but also struck out a pair in throwing a scoreless inning for himself.
Gavin Schulz led the Green Wave offense with a pair of hits and an RBI. Tanner Chun also had a pair of hits plus scored a run. Jason Wachs had a hit, an RBI and a run scored on his home run. Connor Rasmussen picked up a hit and a run scored. Matthias Haas had a hit, a walk and a run scored. Hugh Pinkney walked, had an RBI and a run scored. Theo Bryant IV had a hit, an RBI and a walk.
Notables from the AAC Championship Opener - FAU
The win improves Tulane to 6-3 all-time against Florida Atlantic with all nine games being played the last two years. The Green Wave are also now 3-0 against FAU in AAC Baseball Championship play the last two seasons. Tulane has won the program's last seven games in AAC Baseball Championship play since 2023 season including a pair of conference titles. The program has now won at least a game in 35 of 43 all-time appearances in conference tournament play dating back to 1976 in three different conferences (AAC, CUSA and Metro). Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to a career high 23 games with a home run in the ninth. His 23 straight games reaching base safely ties him with Connor Rasmussen for the longest streak on the team this season. Wachs also now has hit in 20 straight games which is both a career high and the high for any Tulane player this season. In his on-base streak, Wachs is hitting .418 with 22 runs, 33 hits, 11 doubles, a triple, a home run, 13 RBIs, 49 total bases, 16 walks with a .515 on-base percentage and three stolen bases. Michael Lombardi's seven innings thrown were a career high and topped his previous high of five innings against St. Louis (3/18/24). It also tied a season high for any Tulane pitcher this season (Luc Fladda - 4x). Lombardi's 11 strikeouts were also a career high and a season high for any Tulane pitcher. The last Tulane hurler to strikeout more in a game was Braden Olthoff with 12 punchouts against Houston (4/30/21). This game, which saw the Green Wave strike out 14 Owls, was Tulane's 27th game this season with double figure strikeouts (13 more than all of last season)
Five Named All-Conference Selections
The American Athletic Conference announced its 2025 all-league teams and individual awards Monday and, in it, recognized five Tulane student-athletes.
Relief pitcher Michael Lombardi and second baseman Connor Rasmussen were named to the first team. Designated hitter Gavin Schulz was a second team selection. The program saw outfielders Jason Wachs and Tanner Chun earn a spot on the all-freshman team. Wachs was a unanimous selection.
The awards were voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. The five selections are tied with last year for the most for the program since 2016 (seven). This was the second straight year that both Lombardi (second team in 2024) and Schulz (first team in 2024) were chosen for post-season awards for the Green Wave.
Next
Next, Tulane continues play in the AAC Baseball Championship playing either on Friday or Saturday depending on the results of the UTSA game of the double elimination tournament. With a loss, the team plays FAU in an elimination game on Friday, May 23, at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET. With a win over UTSA, the Green Wave advance to take on winner of the FAU vs. UTSA game on Saturday, May 24, at 8 a.m./9 a.m. ET.
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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 Game Notes
CLEARWATER, FLA – The No. 5 seed Tulane baseball team (31-24) looks to stay on the winner's side of the bracket and takes on No. 1 seed UTSA (43-11) on Thursday, May 22, at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET at the BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida in the 2025 AAC Baseball Championship.
Media
The game will be streamed on ESPN+. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 88.3 WRBH/Varsity Network. Airtime for radio is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Pitching Matchup
Tulane is slated to start lefty Luc Fladda against UTSA. Fladda was the team's series opening starter in each of the first 14 weekends of the season. He is 4-6 on the campaign with 62 strikeouts in 71.2 innings worked and only 11 walks. He has worked at least seven innings in four starts this year (vs. Pepperdine – 2/28, vs. Xavier – 3/14, vs. UAB – 4/11 and vs. ECU – 4/25). 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.
UTSA is slated to throw Zach Royse. Royse is 8-4 on the campaign with a 5.08 ERA. This will be his 17 appearances and 15th start of the year. He has thrown 78 innings with 72 strikeouts this season.
Scouting UTSA
UTSA has been led by 2025 AAC Player of the Year Mason Lytle. Lytle is hitting .377 with 69 runs, 89 hits, 20 doubles, eight home runs, 63 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. Jordan Ballin is hitting .359 with 43 runs and 42 hits plus 38 walks. Norris McClure has a .356 batting average with 45 runs, 64 hits, four home runs and 37 RBIs. James Taussig sports a .354 batting average with 39 runs, 58 hits, 13 doubles, nine home runs and 59 RBIs. Andrew Stucky hits .338 with 37 runs, 52 hits. 15 doubles, six home runs and 39 RBIs. Drew Detlefsen leads the team with his 13 home runs and 69 RBIs. Robert Orloski has been the top relief pitcher with an 8-0 record and seven saves. He also has struck out 64 in 62 innings with a 2.90 ERA.
Series History
Tulane is 4-8 all-time against UTSA. Tulane took the middle game of the series in San Antonio earlier in the season, 5-3, from April 17-19. This year's games were first time that Tulane baseball has ever made the trip to San Antonio to play against the Roadrunners as the three-game series in 2013, 2014 and 2024 all came in New Orleans. The team lost all three games to the Roadrunners last season at home. Those were the first three games for the two schools since a three-game set was played during the 2014 campaign.
AAC Tournament Notables
Tulane has won the AAC Tournament title in each of the last two years and ride a seven-game winning streak into the second game of the 2025 Baseball Championship. Last season Tulane won an 11-10 thriller over Wichita State on Jackson Linn's walk-off home run. Linn had an outstanding tournament with four home runs and was named the Most Outstanding Player. Other All-Tournament selections in 2024 for Tulane were outfielder Teo Banks, first baseman Brady Marget, pitcher Billy Price, third baseman Gavin Schulz and catcher Colin Tuft. Tulane has won at least one game in nine of 10 all-time appearances in the AAC Tournament. This is the program's 43rd all-time appearance in a post-season conference tournament (10 in AAC, 17 CUSA and 16 Metro). Tulane is 92-61 all-time in conference tournament games including a mark of 17-15 in the AAC
Last Time Out
The No. 5 seed Tulane baseball team (31-24) went the unconventional route in starting closer Michael Lombardi in the opening game against No. 4 seed Florida Atlantic (36-20) and it paid off as the squad, behind a dominate pitching performance, earned the 6-3 victory over the Owls on Tuesday, May 20, at BayCare Ballpark. Tulane has now won seven straight AAC Baseball Championship games since 2023.
Lombardi (4-0) was magical in going seven innings with one run and two hits allowed plus 11 strikeouts. Carter Benbrook entered next and after a scoreless eighth ran into a bit of trouble in the ninth with a pair of runs allowed. Tayler Montiel closed it out in escaping the two on, no out jam in the ninth with minimal damage. He surrendered a hit, two walks but also struck out a pair in throwing a scoreless inning for himself.
Gavin Schulz led the Green Wave offense with a pair of hits and an RBI. Tanner Chun also had a pair of hits plus scored a run. Jason Wachs had a hit, an RBI and a run scored on his home run. Connor Rasmussen picked up a hit and a run scored. Matthias Haas had a hit, a walk and a run scored. Hugh Pinkney walked, had an RBI and a run scored. Theo Bryant IV had a hit, an RBI and a walk.
Notables from the AAC Championship Opener - FAU
The win improves Tulane to 6-3 all-time against Florida Atlantic with all nine games being played the last two years. The Green Wave are also now 3-0 against FAU in AAC Baseball Championship play the last two seasons. Tulane has won the program's last seven games in AAC Baseball Championship play since 2023 season including a pair of conference titles. The program has now won at least a game in 35 of 43 all-time appearances in conference tournament play dating back to 1976 in three different conferences (AAC, CUSA and Metro). Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to a career high 23 games with a home run in the ninth. His 23 straight games reaching base safely ties him with Connor Rasmussen for the longest streak on the team this season. Wachs also now has hit in 20 straight games which is both a career high and the high for any Tulane player this season. In his on-base streak, Wachs is hitting .418 with 22 runs, 33 hits, 11 doubles, a triple, a home run, 13 RBIs, 49 total bases, 16 walks with a .515 on-base percentage and three stolen bases. Michael Lombardi's seven innings thrown were a career high and topped his previous high of five innings against St. Louis (3/18/24). It also tied a season high for any Tulane pitcher this season (Luc Fladda - 4x). Lombardi's 11 strikeouts were also a career high and a season high for any Tulane pitcher. The last Tulane hurler to strikeout more in a game was Braden Olthoff with 12 punchouts against Houston (4/30/21). This game, which saw the Green Wave strike out 14 Owls, was Tulane's 27th game this season with double figure strikeouts (13 more than all of last season)
Five Named All-Conference Selections
The American Athletic Conference announced its 2025 all-league teams and individual awards Monday and, in it, recognized five Tulane student-athletes.
Relief pitcher Michael Lombardi and second baseman Connor Rasmussen were named to the first team. Designated hitter Gavin Schulz was a second team selection. The program saw outfielders Jason Wachs and Tanner Chun earn a spot on the all-freshman team. Wachs was a unanimous selection.
The awards were voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. The five selections are tied with last year for the most for the program since 2016 (seven). This was the second straight year that both Lombardi (second team in 2024) and Schulz (first team in 2024) were chosen for post-season awards for the Green Wave.
Next
Next, Tulane continues play in the AAC Baseball Championship playing either on Friday or Saturday depending on the results of the UTSA game of the double elimination tournament. With a loss, the team plays FAU in an elimination game on Friday, May 23, at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET. With a win over UTSA, the Green Wave advance to take on winner of the FAU vs. UTSA game on Saturday, May 24, at 8 a.m./9 a.m. ET.
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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