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Baseball Advances To AAC Championship Game Following 6-3 Victory Over UTSA
May 24, 2025 | Baseball
CLEARWATER, FLA – The No. 5 seed Tulane baseball team (33-24) came back to defeat No. 1 seed UTSA (43-13) by a 6-3 score on Saturday, May 24, in the third round of the conference tournament to earn the right to play for the program's third straight AAC Tournament Title at the BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla. Tulane has now won a conference record nine straight AAC Baseball Championship games since 2003.
Carter Benbrook (3-1) earned the victory in relief with 4.1 scoreless innings with a strikeout and just two hits allowed. Tayler Montiel picked up the save with a scoreless ninth inning. Trey Cehajic started for the Green Wave. He allowed three unearned runs in 3.1 innings with two strikeouts.
Gavin Schulz led the team with a pair of hits. He also had both an RBI and a run scored. Tanner Chun knocked in a pair of runs. Jason Wachs scored a pair of runs on a hit and a walk. Connor Rasmussen scored two runs and had an RBI with a sacrifice fly. Matthias Haas had a hit and an RBI. Hugh Pinkney walked and scored a run. Theo Bryant IV walked and scored a run. James Agabedis III walked. Kaikea Harrison had a run and a run scored.
Gunnar Brown (3-2) allowed four runs in 4.1 innings to suffer the loss for the Roadrunners.
Tulane scored first with a run in the opening inning on a Haas' single.
The Green Wave added a run to the advantage in the third, 2-0, on a sacrifice fly from Rasmussen.
The Roadrunners took the lead in the bottom of the frame with three runs on a Tulane two-run throwing error followed by a two-out base hit from James Taussig.
Tulane tied the game at three all in top of the fifth on a Schulz sacrifice fly.
The Green Wave took the team's second lead of the game, 5-3, in the sixth on Chun's single through the left side to score a pair of runs.
Tulane added an insurance run in the seventh on a double play ground out that allowed Schulz to score the team's sixth run of the game.
Next, Tulane plays the team's fourth game of the tournament with an appearance in championship game of the AAC Baseball Championship against the winner of No. 6 seed / No. 3 seed USF on Sunday, May 25, at 11 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET. The program is vying for opportunity to win the league title and qualify for the NCAA Regionals for the third straight season.
Notables
Tulane is now 6-8 all-time against UTSA…Out of the 13 losses the UTSA suffered this year during the regular season three came from Tulane… The Green Wave have won the program's last nine games in AAC Baseball Championship play since 2023 season including a pair of conference titles Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a hit in the opening inning…The 25 games is both a career high and a high for any Tulane player this season… Wachs also now has hit in 22 straight games which is both a career high and the high for any Tulane player this season…His 22-game hitting streak is tied with Kody Hoese (2019) for the longest by a Tulane player since at least 1999…Tayler Montiel has pitched in all three games in the 2025 AAC Baseball Championship while earning a win and save in throwing 5.1 innings with six strikeouts…Tulane improved the team's record to 20-8 when scoring first…The team is also 26-5 when allowing five runs or less to an opponent…The victory for Carter Benbrook was his first since earning the win against ECU (4/27)…The Green Wave have only used a total of five pitchers in the team's three games of the 2025 AAC Baseball Championship this season.  Â
TICKETS
Tickets for the upcoming football and volleyball campaigns 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.
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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Carter Benbrook (3-1) earned the victory in relief with 4.1 scoreless innings with a strikeout and just two hits allowed. Tayler Montiel picked up the save with a scoreless ninth inning. Trey Cehajic started for the Green Wave. He allowed three unearned runs in 3.1 innings with two strikeouts.
Gavin Schulz led the team with a pair of hits. He also had both an RBI and a run scored. Tanner Chun knocked in a pair of runs. Jason Wachs scored a pair of runs on a hit and a walk. Connor Rasmussen scored two runs and had an RBI with a sacrifice fly. Matthias Haas had a hit and an RBI. Hugh Pinkney walked and scored a run. Theo Bryant IV walked and scored a run. James Agabedis III walked. Kaikea Harrison had a run and a run scored.
Gunnar Brown (3-2) allowed four runs in 4.1 innings to suffer the loss for the Roadrunners.
Tulane scored first with a run in the opening inning on a Haas' single.
The Green Wave added a run to the advantage in the third, 2-0, on a sacrifice fly from Rasmussen.
The Roadrunners took the lead in the bottom of the frame with three runs on a Tulane two-run throwing error followed by a two-out base hit from James Taussig.
Tulane tied the game at three all in top of the fifth on a Schulz sacrifice fly.
The Green Wave took the team's second lead of the game, 5-3, in the sixth on Chun's single through the left side to score a pair of runs.
Tulane added an insurance run in the seventh on a double play ground out that allowed Schulz to score the team's sixth run of the game.
Next, Tulane plays the team's fourth game of the tournament with an appearance in championship game of the AAC Baseball Championship against the winner of No. 6 seed / No. 3 seed USF on Sunday, May 25, at 11 a.m. CT/12 p.m. ET. The program is vying for opportunity to win the league title and qualify for the NCAA Regionals for the third straight season.
Notables
Tulane is now 6-8 all-time against UTSA…Out of the 13 losses the UTSA suffered this year during the regular season three came from Tulane… The Green Wave have won the program's last nine games in AAC Baseball Championship play since 2023 season including a pair of conference titles Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a hit in the opening inning…The 25 games is both a career high and a high for any Tulane player this season… Wachs also now has hit in 22 straight games which is both a career high and the high for any Tulane player this season…His 22-game hitting streak is tied with Kody Hoese (2019) for the longest by a Tulane player since at least 1999…Tayler Montiel has pitched in all three games in the 2025 AAC Baseball Championship while earning a win and save in throwing 5.1 innings with six strikeouts…Tulane improved the team's record to 20-8 when scoring first…The team is also 26-5 when allowing five runs or less to an opponent…The victory for Carter Benbrook was his first since earning the win against ECU (4/27)…The Green Wave have only used a total of five pitchers in the team's three games of the 2025 AAC Baseball Championship this season.  Â
TICKETS
Tickets for the upcoming football and volleyball campaigns 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.
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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                                                ---TulaneGreenWave.com---
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Abbadessa, Jude (3-1)
L: Gunnar Brown (3-2)
S: Liolios, Trent (2)
Batting:
2B: Gavin Schulz 1 ; Harrison, Kaikea 1
RBI: Gavin Schulz 1 ; Connor Rasmussen 1 ; Haas, Matthias 1 ; Chun, Tanner 2
SF: Gavin Schulz 1 ; Connor Rasmussen 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wachs, Jason 2 ; Gavin Schulz 1 ; Pinkney, Hugh 1 ; Mazinter, Max 1 ; Harrison, Kaikea 1
HBP: Chun, Tanner 1
Batting:
RBI: James Taussig 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Caden Miller 1 ; Mason Lytle 1 ; Jordan Ballin 1
SB: Jordan Ballin 1
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