
Baseball Finishes Off Harvard Series Sweep With 11-1 Sunday Victory
Feb 22, 2026 | Baseball
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane's baseball team (5-2) finished off the three-game sweep of Harvard on Sunday, Feb. 22, with an 11-1 seven inning run-shortened victory on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
Tulane totaled 11 runs on seven hits, but also registered 12 walks and were hit by four pitches.
Jack Frankel (1-0) was the story of the game as he was in control throughout in throwing a complete game while surrendering one run and scattering seven hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
Kaikea Harrison led the offensive charge with a career-high four RBIs. Tye Wood totaled a pair of hits along with two RBIs and a run scored. Jason Wachs had a hit and an RBI. Nolan Nawrocki recorded a run scored plus a walk and a hit by pitch. Hugh Pinkney had a hit, a walk and run scored. Tanner Chun walked three times, scored three runs and stole a pair of bases. Trent Liolios scored two runs and had a hit. Matthias Haas totaled two walks, a run, a hit and an RBI. A.J. Groeneveld walked twice and had a run scored.
Vedant Sharma was tagged with the loss for Harvard after surrendering four runs in 2.2 innings before exiting the game.
Tulane took the early 1-0 lead in the opening inning on a Wachs' RBI single to short left to score Wood.
The Green Wave added a tally to the lead in the second inning as Harrison was hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded to score Chun.
Harvard cut the deficit in half in the third inning, 2-1, on a Gio Colasante RBI single.
The Green Wave exploded for five runs in the third inning. Chun started the rally with a two-out walk, stole second, went to third on a catcher's throwing error and scored on a wild pitch. Harrison then drove in a pair of runs with his single up the middle. He was followed by a double from Wood to drive in two more to put the team up 7-1.
Tulane added four runs in the fourth inning on a wild pitch to score Nawrocki, an RBI single from Liolios, an RBI single from Haas and an RBI ground out from Groeneveld to put the final score at 11-1.
Next, Tulane plays road midweek games against UNO, Feb. 24, and South Alabama, Feb. 25, before welcoming Eastern Kentucky for a three-game set from Feb. 27 – March 1
Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 33 games from the end of last season and the first seven games this year with a hit today against Harvard…The 33 games is a career high…Kaikea Harrison has recorded at least a hit in every game this season…The win improved Tulane to 3-1 all-time against Harvard…Jack Frankel's complete game was the first for the program since Luc Fladda went the distance in a run-shortened 20-5 victory over ECU last season (4/25/25).
TICKETS
Tickets for the baseball season and 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.
GREEN WAVE CLUB
Giving to the Green Wave Club provides Tulane Athletics with the resources student‑athletes need to excel in competition and in the classroom. Your support directly improves the lives of current and future Green Wave student‑athletes and enhances Tulane's competitiveness in intercollegiate athletics. Make a gift today by calling (504) 865‑5356, emailing greenwaveclub@tulane.edu, or visiting GreenWaveClub.com.
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Tulane totaled 11 runs on seven hits, but also registered 12 walks and were hit by four pitches.
Jack Frankel (1-0) was the story of the game as he was in control throughout in throwing a complete game while surrendering one run and scattering seven hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
Kaikea Harrison led the offensive charge with a career-high four RBIs. Tye Wood totaled a pair of hits along with two RBIs and a run scored. Jason Wachs had a hit and an RBI. Nolan Nawrocki recorded a run scored plus a walk and a hit by pitch. Hugh Pinkney had a hit, a walk and run scored. Tanner Chun walked three times, scored three runs and stole a pair of bases. Trent Liolios scored two runs and had a hit. Matthias Haas totaled two walks, a run, a hit and an RBI. A.J. Groeneveld walked twice and had a run scored.
Vedant Sharma was tagged with the loss for Harvard after surrendering four runs in 2.2 innings before exiting the game.
Tulane took the early 1-0 lead in the opening inning on a Wachs' RBI single to short left to score Wood.
The Green Wave added a tally to the lead in the second inning as Harrison was hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded to score Chun.
Harvard cut the deficit in half in the third inning, 2-1, on a Gio Colasante RBI single.
The Green Wave exploded for five runs in the third inning. Chun started the rally with a two-out walk, stole second, went to third on a catcher's throwing error and scored on a wild pitch. Harrison then drove in a pair of runs with his single up the middle. He was followed by a double from Wood to drive in two more to put the team up 7-1.
Tulane added four runs in the fourth inning on a wild pitch to score Nawrocki, an RBI single from Liolios, an RBI single from Haas and an RBI ground out from Groeneveld to put the final score at 11-1.
Next, Tulane plays road midweek games against UNO, Feb. 24, and South Alabama, Feb. 25, before welcoming Eastern Kentucky for a three-game set from Feb. 27 – March 1
Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 33 games from the end of last season and the first seven games this year with a hit today against Harvard…The 33 games is a career high…Kaikea Harrison has recorded at least a hit in every game this season…The win improved Tulane to 3-1 all-time against Harvard…Jack Frankel's complete game was the first for the program since Luc Fladda went the distance in a run-shortened 20-5 victory over ECU last season (4/25/25).
TICKETS
Tickets for the baseball season and 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.
GREEN WAVE CLUB
Giving to the Green Wave Club provides Tulane Athletics with the resources student‑athletes need to excel in competition and in the classroom. Your support directly improves the lives of current and future Green Wave student‑athletes and enhances Tulane's competitiveness in intercollegiate athletics. Make a gift today by calling (504) 865‑5356, emailing greenwaveclub@tulane.edu, or visiting GreenWaveClub.com.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Frankel, Jack (1-0)
L: Sharma, Vedant (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Wilson, Liam 1
RBI: Colasante, Gio 1
SH: Rickheim, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Witkow, Matthew 1
HBP: Lane, Max 1

Batting:
2B: Pinkney, Hugh 1 ; Wood, Tye 2
RBI: Wachs, Jason 1 ; Liolios, Trent 1 ; Harrison, Kaikea 4 ; Wood, Tye 2 ; Haas, Matthias 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chun, Tanner 3 ; Pinkney, Hugh 1 ; Liolios, Trent 2 ; Harrison, Kaikea 1 ; Wood, Tye 1 ; Groeneveld, A.J. 1 ; Nawrocki, Nolan 1 ; Haas, Matthias 1
SB: Chun, Tanner 2 ; Wood, Tye 1 ; Haas, Matthias 1
HBP: Rowell, Brett 1 ; Harrison, Kaikea 1 ; Wood, Tye 1 ; Nawrocki, Nolan 1
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