Baseball Loses 6-5 Road Contest to Nicholls

Tuesday, March 3

Thibodaux, LA

6 p.m.

Tulane University

8-4

Nicholls

5-8

Tulane

Nicholls

Mar 3, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

THIBODAUX <> The Tulane baseball team (8-5) lost 6-5 to Nicholls (6-8) on Tuesday, March 3, at Ray E. Didier Field. It was the first loss for Tulane in Thibodaux since 2016.

Tulane threatened in the ninth with a pair of runners reaching base to start the ninth, but the next three were retired in order including a pair of strikeouts.

Sam Larson (1-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering the tying and the go-ahead run in his inning of work. He also struck out two. Jake Toporek started and allowed a pair of unearned runs in 2.1 innings with three strikeouts. J.D. Rodriguez surrendered two runs on three hits in 1.2 innings as the first man in from the bullpen. Blaise Wilcenski threw 2.1 innings in relief. Tom Vincent had a scoreless inning to close out the game for Tulane.

Kaikea Harrison led the hitting attack with two hits, two runs and three RBIs. Jason Wachs totaled a hit and two RBIs. Johnny Elliott tallied a hit and a run scored. Bryson Ayala had a hit and a run scored.

The win was earned by Cole Simoneaux (1-1). The save went to Joseph Bordelon.

Tulane scored first with a pair of runs in the opening inning on a Wachs' single up the middle.

The Colonels tied the game in the third inning with a pair of runs off a double steal of second and home followed by an RBI base hit from Nico Rijo-Berger.

Nicholls took the lead in the bottom of the fourth on the home run from Hudson Mattox.

The Green Wave quickly grabbed the lead back in the fifth inning. After back-to-back hits from Elliott and Ayala, Harrison hit a three-run home run, 5-3.

Nicholls answered in the bottom of the frame on a solo home run from Caston Thompson, 5-4.

The Colonels again took the lead, 6-5, in the bottom of the seventh on the two-run home run from Thompson.

Next, Tulane keeps the road trip going and takes on No. 21/No. 17 TCU from March 6-8 in Fort Worth, Texas. Game times are 6 p.m., 4 p.m. and 1 p.m.

Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 39 games from the end of last season and the first 13 games this year with a hit today against Nicholls…The 39 games is a career high…Tye Wood has now reached base safely in all 13 games this season…Bryson Ayala's hit was the first of his college career…The home run for Kaikea Harrison was his second of the season, third of his Tulane career and fourth of his college career dating back to USC.

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