Tuesday, April 21
Hattiesburg, MS
6 p.m.
Tulane University
at
Southern Mississippi
Baseball Completes Road Trip Against No. 16 Southern Miss On Tuesday
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TULANE GAME NOTES
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane baseball team (21-20, 7-8 American) finishes up the current four-game road trip traveling to Mississippi to take on the No. 16 ranked Southern Miss Golden Eagles (28-12) at Pete Taylor Park on Tuesday, April 21. First pitch is at 6 p.m.
Media
The game against Southern Miss will be broadcasted on ESPN +. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on WRBH 88.3 FM/ Varsity Network on Tuesday. Airtime for the radio/stream for the game is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Pitching Matchup
Tulane is slated to start junior righty Jack Brafa in a bullpen game for the squad. Brafa is making his fifth start and 17 appearance of the season. He is 3-0 with 3.12 ERA along with 28 strikeouts in 26.0 innings thrown. Brafa is limiting opponents to a .237 batting average against.
Southern Miss is starting sophomore right-handed pitcher Cole Richardson. Richardson is 0-0 with 2.84 ERA this season. He is making his eighth appearance and first start of the season. Richardson has twirled 6.1 innings with seven strikeouts and a .208 batting average against.
Scouting Southern Miss
The Golden Eagles come into the game ranked in each of four major polls including No. 16 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and No. 16 in Baseball America.
Southern Miss swept the team's weekend conference set against Texas State by scores of 8-2, 6-3, and 5-4 to end a three-game losing streak.
Joey Urban has lead the offensive attack with his .338 batting average, 45 runs, 51 hits, six doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 32 RBIs, and 30 walks.
Kyle Morrison is hitting .336 with 33 runs, 48 hits, seven doubles, 12 home runs, 36 RBIs, and 95 total bases.
Davis Gillespie has 10 home runs and 33 RBIs along with 34 runs, and 37 hits.
Caden Clark is 5-0 with a 1.69 ERA, five saves, and 37 strikeouts in 26.2 innings.
Camden Sunstrom has won three games with 55 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched.
Christian Ostrander coaches the program. Ostrander is in his 3rd year with the Eagles. He has a record of 118-48 with the program.
Series History
Tulane leads the all-time series with Southern Miss 100-68-1 since the first meeting in 1949. The last meeting saw USM come up with a 13-6 victory in Hattiesburg (4/1/25) after scoring eight runs in the opening frame. Southern Miss has won the last seven contests against the Green Wave and are 21-11 against Tulane since the start of the 2010 season.
Against the Sun Belt Conference
The road game at Southern Miss will be the second of three for the program against a Sun Belt Conference (SBC) opponent this season as the team will also face off with Southern Miss in at home next week.
The Green Wave defeated fellow SBC school South Alabama by a 15-2 score
The first meeting against a current SBC opponent came in 1946 with Tulane falling 7-1 to Louisiana.
Overall, the Green Wave are 204-160 against current Sun Belt Conference opponents.
Long Streak Over, New One Underway
Jason Wachs saw his 60 game on-base streak ended on Friday, April 10, against ECU after going 0-1 and only reaching base on a catcher's interference in the fourth inning. He did drive in a pair of runs though with a ground out and a sacrifice fly. The 60-game streak dated back to the end of last season. Wachs then promptly started a new streak has reached base in each of the last six games and has been successful in 66 of his last 67 contests.
Who's Hot in the Last Five Games
James Agabedis is hitting .500 with seven hits, four runs scored, a double, a home run, three RBIs, 10 total bases, a .789 slugging percentage, four walks, and a .632 on-base percentage.
Trent Liolios sports a .381 batting average with four runs, eight hits, two doubles, six RBIs, 10 total bases, a .478 slugging percentage, and two stolen bases.
Jason Wachs is hitting .316 with seven runs scored, six hits, two doubles, two home runs, 14 total bases, .737 slugging percentage, three walks, and a 458 on-base percentage.
Matthias Haas has six RBIs, four runs scored, and six hits.
Tye Wood has scored six runs on five hits with six walks, an on-base percentage of .440, and four stolen bases.
J.D. Rodriguez is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA with seven strikeouts in 9.1 innings thrown.
Blaise Wilcenski has appeared in two games and thrown 6.1 innings with just one unearned run allowed.
Tom Vincent has pitched in two games with five strikeouts in 4.1 innings thrown.
Trends
Dating back to the end of last season, six of the last 15 hits that James Agabedis has are home runs.
Tulane's pitching staff has yet to allow a triple this season in 41 games. The last time the Green Wave surrendered a triple was the second game of the series against Florida Atlantic last season when the lead-off batter, Marshall Lipsey, hit a three-bagger to start the game (5/2/25). It has been 53 games (the final 12 last year and the first 41 this year) since the last triple was allowed. Those 53 games have accounted for 503 innings since Tulane last surrendered a triple. Tulane has the longest current streak in the nation as the top teams ahead of the program in the category in Auburn (61 games) and Georgia Tech (53 games) both allowed a triple two weekends ago. The next longest streak in the American Conference is ECU at 15 games.
Jason Wachs has reached base safely in 40 of the team's 41 games this season.
Nate Johnson is hitting .274 with three home runs and 27 RBIs in the games he starts this year.
Kaikea Harrison leads the team with 12 multiple run scored games.
Tulane sports a 17-9 record this year in games that Hugh Pinkney starts behind the plate.
The program is also 9-5 in games that James Agabedis starts as the third baseman.
Matthias Haas has started at four different positions this season with five games at first, eight games at third, eight games in right field, and 14 games as the designated hitter.
Nate Johnson has started at three different spots on the infield with seven starts at first, 20 at second, and three at third. He also has batted in eight different spots in the starting lineup order (2nd - 9th).
Tye Wood (LF), Kaikea Harrison (SS), and Tanner Chun (CF) are the only three players on the team to start all the team's games at the same position all season long.
Nate Johnson leads the club with 12 two-out RBIs.
Trent Liolios is batting .800 (4-for-5) with the bases loaded.
The Green Wave are 5-1 in games that Jack Frankel starts on the mound.
Nolan Nawrocki leads the team with a pair of successful pinch hits. He is one of only six players that has registered at least one successful pinch hit this season along with James Agabedis, Matthias Haas, Jack Johnson, Hugh Pinkney, and Brett Rowell. On the flip side, the team's pitching staff has limited opponents to 4-for-26 (.154) in pinch-hitting opportunities.
After leading the American Conference last season with 131 doubles as team, Tulane is again among the leaders this season and are currently the league leader in two-baggers with 92 in the first 41 games.
The Green Wave are second in the conference in sacrifice bunts (29) and are second in walks (222). The program is fourth in stolen bases (65) and sacrifice flies (21) plus fifth in runs (269).
Tulane is fourth in hit by pitches (59) and sixth in ERA (5.02). The team is second in double plays (33) and seventh in fielding percentage (.972)
The program's pitching is averaging an impressive 8.9 strikeouts per game to place fourth in the American Conference. Tulane ranked second in the league in strikeouts a year ago with an average of 9.75 per contest.
The program is fourth in the American in shutouts (1) and seventh in strikeout- to-walk ratio (1.84).
The Tulane pitching staff has recorded 13 games with double figure strikeout totals this season.
Of the 23 new players on the roster this season, 20 have already made their Tulane debuts following the first 41 games of the season. The only newbies that have not appeared in a game this season are OF Cole Berge, OF/3B Matthew Major, and RHP Owen Geiss.
Individual Conference Leaders
Tanner Chun leads the American Conference in walks (34). He is second in hit by pitches (14).
Jason Wachs leads in doubles (16) and is fourth in on-base percentage (.479). He is sixth in walks (32).
Kaikea Harrison and Chun are tied for second in doubles (12).
Jack Frankel leads in complete games with one.
Sam Larson leads in appearances (22) and is tied for seventh in saves (3) along with Tom Vincent.
Jude Abbadessa is third in appearances (20).
J.D. Rodriguez is fourth in wins (5) and eighth in ERA (3.53).
James Agabedis is second in sacrifice bunts (7).
Trent Liolios is fourth in sacrifice bunts (6)
Tye Wood is fourth in stolen bases (18), sixth in sacrifice flies (4), and ninth in walks (30).
Trey Cehajic is tied for the lead in games started (10)
Conference-Only Standouts
In conference-only play, Jason Wachs is hitting .364 with 18 runs, 20 hits, seven doubles, a triple, four home runs, 12 RBIs, 41 total bases, a slugging percentage of .745 and an on-base percentage of .486.
Trent Liolios is hitting .340 with 12 runs, 17 hits, six doubles, 14 RBIs, 11 walks, and a slugging percentage of .520.
Matthias Haas is hitting .340 with 10 runs, 16 hits, five doubles and 11 RBIs
Tye Wood sports a .286 batting average with 15 runs, 16 hits, four doubles, 13 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases.
J.D. Rodriguez is 2-0 with 3.60 ERA in his 20.0 innings.
Jake Toporek is 1-1 with 20 strikeouts in 18.2 innings worked.
Blaise Wilcenski is 2-1 with 1.93 ERA in five games out of the bullpen and 14.0 innings.
Jack Brafa has thrown in six games with eight strikeouts and a save in 8.0 innings pitched.
Notables from FAU Series - 4/17-19
Tulane lost the first two games of the conference series but led from the start in taking the third game from the Owls.
The multi-hit game in the first game of the series (4/17) was the seventh of the season for Matthias Haas. The multi-RBI performance was his sixth of the year.
Max Mazinter made his Tulane debut in the eighth inning and recorded a pair of outs in the second game of the series (4/18).
The Green Wave are now 6-14 when the opponent scores first and 3-14 when the opponent scores in the first inning. The loss also dropped Tulane to 0-6 when the opponent scores 10+ runs.
Tulane fell to a 3-10 record when the pitching staff walks five or more batters after the team walked nine and five against the Owls in the first and second games of the series (4/17-18).
The run scored in the first inning for Tulane in the third game (4/19) on the solo home run from Jason Wachs improved the program to 15-7 when scoring in the opening frame. Wachs has now
homered in back-to-back games for the second time in his career (5/20/25 vs. Florida Atlantic and 5/22/25 vs. UTSA in last season's conference tournament).
Tulane is 7-14 in road and neutral games this season.
The program improved 14-8 when drawing 5+ walks in a game this year after draw five walks against the Owls in the series finale (4/19).
Tulane improved to 4-1 when hitting two or more home runs in a game this season with a 12-4 victory in the series finale (4/19)
The team is also 9-0 when scoring 10+ runs in a game after the 12-4 victory on Sunday (4/19).
Tulane's 12 hits in the final game (4/19) was the 10th time that offense has reached double figures in hits on the season.
Trent Liolios had back-to-back three-game games in the final two games of the series against the Owls (4/18-19)
Tulane leads the all-time series by a 7-5 count over FAU with all 12 games taking place over the last three seasons.
Green Wave Chosen For Fourth and Has Two Named Preseason All-Conference
In a vote of the league's coaches, Tulane was picked for fourth and had two players selected as American Preseason All-Conference. The Green Wave were chosen for fourth overall with 57 points. The team also saw outfielder Jason Wachs and designated hitter Matthias Haas chosen as Preseason American All-Conference.
The 2026 Schedule
The Green Wave hosts 27 games at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, along with one neutral-site game in Mississippi and 28 road contests in 2026. Tulane will compete across seven states, including matchups in California, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, and North Carolina. Notable opponents include seven teams that participated in the 2025 NCAA Tournament: Southern Miss (2 games), UTSA (3), Creighton (3), East Carolina (3), TCU (3), Mississippi State (1), UCLA (1), and LSU (1).
The 2026 Schedule - Part Two
Tulane is playing games against five teams this season that are ranked in the USA Today's Preseason Coaches' Poll in No. 1 LSU, No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 Mississippi State, No. 10 TCU, and No. 20 Southern Miss.
Uncommon Road Start
Tulane's start on the road this season is the first for the program since 2023 and only the 11th time since 1979 the program has not started the season with games in New Orleans (1979, 1980, 1982, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2023, and 2026)
A Brotherly Connection
Tulane has a pair of brothers on the 2026 roster in sophomore infielder Nate Johnson and graduate student infielder Jake Johnson. The two are Tulane's first set of brothers on a team since 2017 when twins Paul Gozzo, a catcher, and Sal Gozzo, an infielder, were playing for the Green Wave. The 2016 team also had brothers on the squad in Ross Massey, a left-handed pitcher, and Alex Massey, a right-handed pitcher.
Who is Back?
The Green Wave return 14 players from the 2025 squad that a made a run to the 2025 American Championship Game for the third straight season this season in James Agabedis (infielder), Kaikea Harrison (infielder), Matthias Haas (infielder/outfielder), Tanner Chun (outfielder), Julius Ejike-Charles (left-handed pitcher/outfielder), Jason Wachs (outfielder), Hugh Pinkney (catcher), J.D. Rodriguez (right-handed pitcher), Nate Johnson (infielder), Will Clements (right-handed pitcher), Michael Devenney (right-handed pitcher), Jacob Moore (right-handed pitcher), Blaise Wilcenski (right handed pitcher), and Trey Cehajic (right-handed pitcher)
Inside the Numbers of the Returners
The team's 14 returning players accounted for 52.7 percent of the runs (204/387), 53 percent of the hits (287/541), 55 percent of the doubles (72/131), 58 percent of the triples (7/12), 45 percent of the home runs (23/51), 49 percent of the RBIs (178/360), 52 percent of the total bases (442/849) and 55 percent of the walks (159/287). On the mound, the club returns 48.4 percent of the wins (16/33), 53 percent of the game started (31/58), 43 percent of the innings (212/532) and 34 percent of the strikeouts (308/547).
Newcomers
Tulane added 23 new players to the roster this year. The list includes seven graduate students (Tye Wood, Brett Rowell, Trent Liolios, Jack Johnson, Jake Toporek, Tom Vincent and Aidan Rath), a senior (Nolan Nawrocki), seven juniors (Jude Abbadessa, Sam Larson, Caden Tarango, Jack Brafa, Beau Sampson, Owen Geiss, and Max Maxinter), four sophomores (AJ Groeneveld, Jack Frankel, Johnny Elliott, and LuisPablo Navarro) and four true freshmen (Bryson Ayala, Cole Berge, Evan Burg and Matthew Major).
The 2025 Season Quick Hitters
Tulane went 33-25 last season and had five American All-Conference selections on the year in Michael Lombardi (P – 1st), Connor Rasmussen (2B – 1st), Gavin Schulz (DH – 2nd), Jason Wachs (All-Freshman) and Tanner Chun (All-Freshman). The five selections are tied with the 2024 team for the most for the program since 2016 (seven).
The team also had three chosen for the league's All-Tournament Team in Schulz, Tayler Montiel and Theo Bryant IV plus a pair on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-State Team in Lombardi and Rasmussen.
Additionally, the program had three players selected in the 2025 MLB Draft in Lombardi (Kansas City Royals – 2nd round), Montiel (Arizona Diamondbacks – 12th round), and Rasmussen (Kansas City Royals – 15th round).
2025 Fun Stat Facts
Jason Wachs was ninth in the conference in batting average (.335) and on-base percentage (.457). Wachs and Tanner Chun were tied for 10th in the league in triples (2). Matthias Haas ranked second in the conference in doubles (21) and 26th in batting average (.303). Kaikea Harrison was tied for the conference lead in sacrifice bunts (8) and 38th in batting average (.283). Trey Cehajic and Blaise Wilcenski were tied for 10th in the league in wins (5).
Up Next
Next, Tulane returns home to host conference rival UTSA (27-13, 10-5 American) from April 24-26 on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 7 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 12 p.m.
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TULANE GAME NOTES
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane baseball team (21-20, 7-8 American) finishes up the current four-game road trip traveling to Mississippi to take on the No. 16 ranked Southern Miss Golden Eagles (28-12) at Pete Taylor Park on Tuesday, April 21. First pitch is at 6 p.m.
Media
The game against Southern Miss will be broadcasted on ESPN +. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on WRBH 88.3 FM/ Varsity Network on Tuesday. Airtime for the radio/stream for the game is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Pitching Matchup
Tulane is slated to start junior righty Jack Brafa in a bullpen game for the squad. Brafa is making his fifth start and 17 appearance of the season. He is 3-0 with 3.12 ERA along with 28 strikeouts in 26.0 innings thrown. Brafa is limiting opponents to a .237 batting average against.
Southern Miss is starting sophomore right-handed pitcher Cole Richardson. Richardson is 0-0 with 2.84 ERA this season. He is making his eighth appearance and first start of the season. Richardson has twirled 6.1 innings with seven strikeouts and a .208 batting average against.
Scouting Southern Miss
The Golden Eagles come into the game ranked in each of four major polls including No. 16 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and No. 16 in Baseball America.
Southern Miss swept the team's weekend conference set against Texas State by scores of 8-2, 6-3, and 5-4 to end a three-game losing streak.
Joey Urban has lead the offensive attack with his .338 batting average, 45 runs, 51 hits, six doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 32 RBIs, and 30 walks.
Kyle Morrison is hitting .336 with 33 runs, 48 hits, seven doubles, 12 home runs, 36 RBIs, and 95 total bases.
Davis Gillespie has 10 home runs and 33 RBIs along with 34 runs, and 37 hits.
Caden Clark is 5-0 with a 1.69 ERA, five saves, and 37 strikeouts in 26.2 innings.
Camden Sunstrom has won three games with 55 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched.
Christian Ostrander coaches the program. Ostrander is in his 3rd year with the Eagles. He has a record of 118-48 with the program.
Series History
Tulane leads the all-time series with Southern Miss 100-68-1 since the first meeting in 1949. The last meeting saw USM come up with a 13-6 victory in Hattiesburg (4/1/25) after scoring eight runs in the opening frame. Southern Miss has won the last seven contests against the Green Wave and are 21-11 against Tulane since the start of the 2010 season.
Against the Sun Belt Conference
The road game at Southern Miss will be the second of three for the program against a Sun Belt Conference (SBC) opponent this season as the team will also face off with Southern Miss in at home next week.
The Green Wave defeated fellow SBC school South Alabama by a 15-2 score
The first meeting against a current SBC opponent came in 1946 with Tulane falling 7-1 to Louisiana.
Overall, the Green Wave are 204-160 against current Sun Belt Conference opponents.
Long Streak Over, New One Underway
Jason Wachs saw his 60 game on-base streak ended on Friday, April 10, against ECU after going 0-1 and only reaching base on a catcher's interference in the fourth inning. He did drive in a pair of runs though with a ground out and a sacrifice fly. The 60-game streak dated back to the end of last season. Wachs then promptly started a new streak has reached base in each of the last six games and has been successful in 66 of his last 67 contests.
Who's Hot in the Last Five Games
James Agabedis is hitting .500 with seven hits, four runs scored, a double, a home run, three RBIs, 10 total bases, a .789 slugging percentage, four walks, and a .632 on-base percentage.
Trent Liolios sports a .381 batting average with four runs, eight hits, two doubles, six RBIs, 10 total bases, a .478 slugging percentage, and two stolen bases.
Jason Wachs is hitting .316 with seven runs scored, six hits, two doubles, two home runs, 14 total bases, .737 slugging percentage, three walks, and a 458 on-base percentage.
Matthias Haas has six RBIs, four runs scored, and six hits.
Tye Wood has scored six runs on five hits with six walks, an on-base percentage of .440, and four stolen bases.
J.D. Rodriguez is 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA with seven strikeouts in 9.1 innings thrown.
Blaise Wilcenski has appeared in two games and thrown 6.1 innings with just one unearned run allowed.
Tom Vincent has pitched in two games with five strikeouts in 4.1 innings thrown.
Trends
Dating back to the end of last season, six of the last 15 hits that James Agabedis has are home runs.
Tulane's pitching staff has yet to allow a triple this season in 41 games. The last time the Green Wave surrendered a triple was the second game of the series against Florida Atlantic last season when the lead-off batter, Marshall Lipsey, hit a three-bagger to start the game (5/2/25). It has been 53 games (the final 12 last year and the first 41 this year) since the last triple was allowed. Those 53 games have accounted for 503 innings since Tulane last surrendered a triple. Tulane has the longest current streak in the nation as the top teams ahead of the program in the category in Auburn (61 games) and Georgia Tech (53 games) both allowed a triple two weekends ago. The next longest streak in the American Conference is ECU at 15 games.
Jason Wachs has reached base safely in 40 of the team's 41 games this season.
Nate Johnson is hitting .274 with three home runs and 27 RBIs in the games he starts this year.
Kaikea Harrison leads the team with 12 multiple run scored games.
Tulane sports a 17-9 record this year in games that Hugh Pinkney starts behind the plate.
The program is also 9-5 in games that James Agabedis starts as the third baseman.
Matthias Haas has started at four different positions this season with five games at first, eight games at third, eight games in right field, and 14 games as the designated hitter.
Nate Johnson has started at three different spots on the infield with seven starts at first, 20 at second, and three at third. He also has batted in eight different spots in the starting lineup order (2nd - 9th).
Tye Wood (LF), Kaikea Harrison (SS), and Tanner Chun (CF) are the only three players on the team to start all the team's games at the same position all season long.
Nate Johnson leads the club with 12 two-out RBIs.
Trent Liolios is batting .800 (4-for-5) with the bases loaded.
The Green Wave are 5-1 in games that Jack Frankel starts on the mound.
Nolan Nawrocki leads the team with a pair of successful pinch hits. He is one of only six players that has registered at least one successful pinch hit this season along with James Agabedis, Matthias Haas, Jack Johnson, Hugh Pinkney, and Brett Rowell. On the flip side, the team's pitching staff has limited opponents to 4-for-26 (.154) in pinch-hitting opportunities.
After leading the American Conference last season with 131 doubles as team, Tulane is again among the leaders this season and are currently the league leader in two-baggers with 92 in the first 41 games.
The Green Wave are second in the conference in sacrifice bunts (29) and are second in walks (222). The program is fourth in stolen bases (65) and sacrifice flies (21) plus fifth in runs (269).
Tulane is fourth in hit by pitches (59) and sixth in ERA (5.02). The team is second in double plays (33) and seventh in fielding percentage (.972)
The program's pitching is averaging an impressive 8.9 strikeouts per game to place fourth in the American Conference. Tulane ranked second in the league in strikeouts a year ago with an average of 9.75 per contest.
The program is fourth in the American in shutouts (1) and seventh in strikeout- to-walk ratio (1.84).
The Tulane pitching staff has recorded 13 games with double figure strikeout totals this season.
Of the 23 new players on the roster this season, 20 have already made their Tulane debuts following the first 41 games of the season. The only newbies that have not appeared in a game this season are OF Cole Berge, OF/3B Matthew Major, and RHP Owen Geiss.
Individual Conference Leaders
Tanner Chun leads the American Conference in walks (34). He is second in hit by pitches (14).
Jason Wachs leads in doubles (16) and is fourth in on-base percentage (.479). He is sixth in walks (32).
Kaikea Harrison and Chun are tied for second in doubles (12).
Jack Frankel leads in complete games with one.
Sam Larson leads in appearances (22) and is tied for seventh in saves (3) along with Tom Vincent.
Jude Abbadessa is third in appearances (20).
J.D. Rodriguez is fourth in wins (5) and eighth in ERA (3.53).
James Agabedis is second in sacrifice bunts (7).
Trent Liolios is fourth in sacrifice bunts (6)
Tye Wood is fourth in stolen bases (18), sixth in sacrifice flies (4), and ninth in walks (30).
Trey Cehajic is tied for the lead in games started (10)
Conference-Only Standouts
In conference-only play, Jason Wachs is hitting .364 with 18 runs, 20 hits, seven doubles, a triple, four home runs, 12 RBIs, 41 total bases, a slugging percentage of .745 and an on-base percentage of .486.
Trent Liolios is hitting .340 with 12 runs, 17 hits, six doubles, 14 RBIs, 11 walks, and a slugging percentage of .520.
Matthias Haas is hitting .340 with 10 runs, 16 hits, five doubles and 11 RBIs
Tye Wood sports a .286 batting average with 15 runs, 16 hits, four doubles, 13 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases.
J.D. Rodriguez is 2-0 with 3.60 ERA in his 20.0 innings.
Jake Toporek is 1-1 with 20 strikeouts in 18.2 innings worked.
Blaise Wilcenski is 2-1 with 1.93 ERA in five games out of the bullpen and 14.0 innings.
Jack Brafa has thrown in six games with eight strikeouts and a save in 8.0 innings pitched.
Notables from FAU Series - 4/17-19
Tulane lost the first two games of the conference series but led from the start in taking the third game from the Owls.
The multi-hit game in the first game of the series (4/17) was the seventh of the season for Matthias Haas. The multi-RBI performance was his sixth of the year.
Max Mazinter made his Tulane debut in the eighth inning and recorded a pair of outs in the second game of the series (4/18).
The Green Wave are now 6-14 when the opponent scores first and 3-14 when the opponent scores in the first inning. The loss also dropped Tulane to 0-6 when the opponent scores 10+ runs.
Tulane fell to a 3-10 record when the pitching staff walks five or more batters after the team walked nine and five against the Owls in the first and second games of the series (4/17-18).
The run scored in the first inning for Tulane in the third game (4/19) on the solo home run from Jason Wachs improved the program to 15-7 when scoring in the opening frame. Wachs has now
homered in back-to-back games for the second time in his career (5/20/25 vs. Florida Atlantic and 5/22/25 vs. UTSA in last season's conference tournament).
Tulane is 7-14 in road and neutral games this season.
The program improved 14-8 when drawing 5+ walks in a game this year after draw five walks against the Owls in the series finale (4/19).
Tulane improved to 4-1 when hitting two or more home runs in a game this season with a 12-4 victory in the series finale (4/19)
The team is also 9-0 when scoring 10+ runs in a game after the 12-4 victory on Sunday (4/19).
Tulane's 12 hits in the final game (4/19) was the 10th time that offense has reached double figures in hits on the season.
Trent Liolios had back-to-back three-game games in the final two games of the series against the Owls (4/18-19)
Tulane leads the all-time series by a 7-5 count over FAU with all 12 games taking place over the last three seasons.
Green Wave Chosen For Fourth and Has Two Named Preseason All-Conference
In a vote of the league's coaches, Tulane was picked for fourth and had two players selected as American Preseason All-Conference. The Green Wave were chosen for fourth overall with 57 points. The team also saw outfielder Jason Wachs and designated hitter Matthias Haas chosen as Preseason American All-Conference.
The 2026 Schedule
The Green Wave hosts 27 games at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, along with one neutral-site game in Mississippi and 28 road contests in 2026. Tulane will compete across seven states, including matchups in California, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, and North Carolina. Notable opponents include seven teams that participated in the 2025 NCAA Tournament: Southern Miss (2 games), UTSA (3), Creighton (3), East Carolina (3), TCU (3), Mississippi State (1), UCLA (1), and LSU (1).
The 2026 Schedule - Part Two
Tulane is playing games against five teams this season that are ranked in the USA Today's Preseason Coaches' Poll in No. 1 LSU, No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 Mississippi State, No. 10 TCU, and No. 20 Southern Miss.
Uncommon Road Start
Tulane's start on the road this season is the first for the program since 2023 and only the 11th time since 1979 the program has not started the season with games in New Orleans (1979, 1980, 1982, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2023, and 2026)
A Brotherly Connection
Tulane has a pair of brothers on the 2026 roster in sophomore infielder Nate Johnson and graduate student infielder Jake Johnson. The two are Tulane's first set of brothers on a team since 2017 when twins Paul Gozzo, a catcher, and Sal Gozzo, an infielder, were playing for the Green Wave. The 2016 team also had brothers on the squad in Ross Massey, a left-handed pitcher, and Alex Massey, a right-handed pitcher.
Who is Back?
The Green Wave return 14 players from the 2025 squad that a made a run to the 2025 American Championship Game for the third straight season this season in James Agabedis (infielder), Kaikea Harrison (infielder), Matthias Haas (infielder/outfielder), Tanner Chun (outfielder), Julius Ejike-Charles (left-handed pitcher/outfielder), Jason Wachs (outfielder), Hugh Pinkney (catcher), J.D. Rodriguez (right-handed pitcher), Nate Johnson (infielder), Will Clements (right-handed pitcher), Michael Devenney (right-handed pitcher), Jacob Moore (right-handed pitcher), Blaise Wilcenski (right handed pitcher), and Trey Cehajic (right-handed pitcher)
Inside the Numbers of the Returners
The team's 14 returning players accounted for 52.7 percent of the runs (204/387), 53 percent of the hits (287/541), 55 percent of the doubles (72/131), 58 percent of the triples (7/12), 45 percent of the home runs (23/51), 49 percent of the RBIs (178/360), 52 percent of the total bases (442/849) and 55 percent of the walks (159/287). On the mound, the club returns 48.4 percent of the wins (16/33), 53 percent of the game started (31/58), 43 percent of the innings (212/532) and 34 percent of the strikeouts (308/547).
Newcomers
Tulane added 23 new players to the roster this year. The list includes seven graduate students (Tye Wood, Brett Rowell, Trent Liolios, Jack Johnson, Jake Toporek, Tom Vincent and Aidan Rath), a senior (Nolan Nawrocki), seven juniors (Jude Abbadessa, Sam Larson, Caden Tarango, Jack Brafa, Beau Sampson, Owen Geiss, and Max Maxinter), four sophomores (AJ Groeneveld, Jack Frankel, Johnny Elliott, and LuisPablo Navarro) and four true freshmen (Bryson Ayala, Cole Berge, Evan Burg and Matthew Major).
The 2025 Season Quick Hitters
Tulane went 33-25 last season and had five American All-Conference selections on the year in Michael Lombardi (P – 1st), Connor Rasmussen (2B – 1st), Gavin Schulz (DH – 2nd), Jason Wachs (All-Freshman) and Tanner Chun (All-Freshman). The five selections are tied with the 2024 team for the most for the program since 2016 (seven).
The team also had three chosen for the league's All-Tournament Team in Schulz, Tayler Montiel and Theo Bryant IV plus a pair on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-State Team in Lombardi and Rasmussen.
Additionally, the program had three players selected in the 2025 MLB Draft in Lombardi (Kansas City Royals – 2nd round), Montiel (Arizona Diamondbacks – 12th round), and Rasmussen (Kansas City Royals – 15th round).
2025 Fun Stat Facts
Jason Wachs was ninth in the conference in batting average (.335) and on-base percentage (.457). Wachs and Tanner Chun were tied for 10th in the league in triples (2). Matthias Haas ranked second in the conference in doubles (21) and 26th in batting average (.303). Kaikea Harrison was tied for the conference lead in sacrifice bunts (8) and 38th in batting average (.283). Trey Cehajic and Blaise Wilcenski were tied for 10th in the league in wins (5).
Up Next
Next, Tulane returns home to host conference rival UTSA (27-13, 10-5 American) from April 24-26 on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 7 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 12 p.m.
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