G R E E N
W A V E
W E E K L Y
TULANE
CHASE ENGELHARD
GAME 39-41
4/22-4/24
VS. EAST CAROLINA
PRESENTED BY
INSIDE: GAME PREVIEW ROSTERS
T H E
M A T C H U P
TULANE BASEBALL FACES OFF WITH ECU IN PIVOTAL AAC SHOWDOWN T H E T O P T W O T E A M S I N T H E A A C B AT T L E I T O U T F O R T H E T O P S P O T
NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University baseball team (24-13-1) is Senior outfielder Bryson Worrell was named the AAC Player-of-thehosting East Carolina University (23-15) for three crucial games this Week after leading the Pirates to a 4-0 week while collecting seven weekend inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
hits, including two home runs. Junior Lane Hoover has 54 hits, giving him the third highest batting
THE MATCHUP
average in the AAC at .375.
First pitch on Friday and Saturday is at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday’s finale Sophomore Alec Makarewicz leads the club in home runs (7) and RBIs starts at 12:00 p.m.
(32).
The matchup can be viewed on ESPN+ and can be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM.
LAST TIME OUT
The all-time series is tied at 33-33.
The Wave dropped a midweek clash with No. 6 Southern Miss. on
Tulane is tied for second in the AAC standings, just one game behind Tuesday, 11-5. ECU in first.
Ethan Groff continued his season-long tear, going 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk.
HIGHLIGHTING THE WAVE
Tulane struck out 17 times, the most punchouts by the Wave all season.
The Wave is hitting .278 as a club and the pitching staff has a 4.68 ERA.
The Green Wave used ten different arms, and none went longer than
Tulane is 6-3 in the AAC, with series wins against Memphis and USF.
two innings.
In its nine conference games, the Green Wave is hitting .303. Redshirt sophomore Ethan Groff is hitting .424, the highest average in the AAC by .048 points and tied for the fifth highest mark in NCAA D1 baseball. Sophomore Dylan Carmouche (4-1) has a 4.21 ERA over 51.1 innings of work. The southpaw has struck out 54 batters, the fifth most by any pitcher in the AAC. SCOUTING THE PIRATES ECU hits .276 as a squad and carries a 4.05 ERA into the weekend. The Pirates have won five straight, including a sweep at UCF last weekend.
2 0 2 2 No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 44 45 46 66 71 99
Name Pos. Ht. CJ Boyd 1B/OF 6-1 Ryder Giles INF/RHP 6-0 Lane Hoover OF 5-8 Skylar Brooks INF/RHP 6-2 Cam Clonch OF/1B/LHP 6-4 C.J. Mayhue LHP 5-11 Joey Berini INF 5-11 Ryan McCrystal C 6-2 Jacob Starling INF/OF 5-10 Jordan Little RHP 6-3 Ryley Johnson OF 5-9 Charlie Hodges RHP 6-2 Zach Agnos INF/RHP 6-0 Joey Rezek OF/C 6-0 Carter Cunningham OF/1B 6-4 Carson Whisenhunt LHP 6-3 Merritt Beeker LHP 6-2 Jake Hunter RHP 6-4 Ben Newton C 6-1 Luke Nowak OF 6-0 Landon Howard 3B/1B 6-5 Erik Ritchie LHP 6-1 Jake Kuchmaner LHP 5-11 Jacob Jenkins-Cowart 1B/OF 6-6 Bradley Wilson RHP 6-4 Jaden Winter RHP 6-5 Carter Spivey RHP 6-1 Justin Wilcoxen C 6-0 Bryson Worrell OF 6-2 Garrett Saylor RHP 6-3 Nick Logusch RHP 6-1 Josh Grosz RHP 6-4 Ayden Edwards C 6-0 Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman RHP 6-2 Danny Beal RHP 6-2 Trey Yesavage RHP 6-4 Josh Moylan 1B 6-4 Ben Terwilliger RHP 6-4 Alec Makarewicz INF/OF 6-2
Wt. 189 182 168 208 195 181 176 206 175 196 177 200 203 210 210 209 187 230 205 187 224 201 204 216 198 226 193 210 226 199 209 199 215 236 210 225 216 247 217
Coaching Staff HEAD COACH: 23 – Cliff Godwin (8th Season) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: 22 – Jeff Palumbo (8th Season) PITCHING COACH:15 – Austin Knight (3rd Season) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT:47 – Colby Bortles (2nd Season)
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C A R O L I N A
Yr. R/R So. R/R *Jr. L/L *Jr. R/R *So. L/L So. R/L *So. S/R So. L/R Fr. R/R So. L/R Fr. L/L So. R/R *So. R/R *So. L/R So. L/R *So. L/L *So. R/L Fr. R/R Fr. L/R *Sr. L/L Fr. R/R Fr. L/L Fr. L/L *Sr. L/R Fr. R/R *RFr. R/R Fr. R/R *Jr. L/R *So. S/R *Sr. R/R *Jr. R/R *Sr. R/R So. R/R Fr. R/R Fr. R/R So. R/R Fr. L/R So. L/R *Jr. S/R *So.
R O S T E R
Hometown/Previous School(s) Lewisville (Reagan) Vass (Union Pines) Lincolnton (Lincolnton) Wilkesboro (Wilkes Central) Mooresville (Mooresville Senior) Shelby (Crest) Rougemont (Orange) Fuquay-Varina (Fuquay-Varina) Orlando, Fla. (Winter Park) Mint Hill (Hickory Grove Christian) Manassas, Va. (Colgan) Delavan, Ill. (Parkland) Haymarket, Va. (Battlefield) Colfax (Northwest Guilford) Haymarket, Va. (Florida Southwestern State) Mocksville (Davie County) Lexington (North Davidson) Rockwell (East Rowan) Loveland, Colo. (Northeastern) Menomonee Falls, Wisc. Charlotte (Covenant Day) Telford, Pa. (Souderton Area) Waxhaw (Marvin Ridge) Greensboro (Southeast Guilford) Lillington (West Harnett) Apex (Pro5 Baseball Academy) Aldie, Va. (Paul IV) Raleigh (Millbrook) Sims (Hunt) Lewisville (Reagan) Saint Louis, Mo. (Jefferson College) Virginia Beach, Va. (Cox) Graham (Pro5 Baseball Academy) Leesburg, Va. (Riverside) Winston-Salem (Reagan) Boyertown, Pa. (Boyertown Area) Stoney Beach, Md. Elmira, N.Y. (Barry) Longwood, Fla. (Lake Brantley)
2 0 2 2 Ht. 6-0 5-9 6-1
Wt. 200 173 190
Pos. OF INF INF
T U L A N E
No. 1 2 3
Name Ethan Groff Gavin Schulz Adam Ebling
B/T R/R R/R R/R
Yr. RS So. Fr. Fr.
4 5 6 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 51
Brennan Lambert 5-10 200 C/DH Chase Engelhard 6-0 185 INF Bennett Lee 6-0 208 C Logan Stevens 6-2 210 OF Jared Hart 6-3 195 OF Jacob LaPrairie 5-9 170 OF Teo Banks 6-2 190 OF/RHP Seth Beckstead 6-0 195 C Simon Baumgardt 6-2 195 INF/OF Trevor Minder 6-3 200 INF Jonah Wachter 6-2 180 RHP Brady Hebert 6-0 192 INF Luis Aviles 5-11 200 C/INF Cristian Sanchez 6-3 200 RHP Frankie Niemann 6-0 210C/INF/DH Jackson Linn 6-3 210 OF Turner Thompson 6-0 208 RHP Landry Alligood 6-0 180 RHP Brayden Morrow 6-3 225 INF Ben Tate 6-2 200 OF/LHP Clifton Slagel 6-1 180 RHP Brian Valigosky 6-1 200 LHP Brady Marget 6-5 195 INF Chandler Welch 6-0 170 RHP Michael Massey 6-5 230 RHP Carter Robinson 6-8 230 RHP Grant Siegel 6-1 195 RHP Lane Thomas 6-2 187 RHP Dylan Carmouche 6-6 225 LHP Tracy Mitchem 6-0 205 OF Kyle Beaty 6-0 190 RHP Cam Van Hoorebeke 6-5 220 LHP Adam Grintz 6-2 200 RHP Tyler Hoffman 6-0 182 RHP Blake Mahmood 6-2 200 RHP Zach DeVito 6-0 185 RHP Keaton Knueppel 6-2 225 LHP
R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/L L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R S/L L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L
RS Jr. So. So. RS Jr. RS Jr. So. Fr. RS Jr. RS So. Grad. Fr. RS Jr. RS Sr. RS So. Grad. Fr. So. Fr. RS Jr. Fr. Grad. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Grad. Fr. RS Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Grad. RS So. RS Jr. So. So. Grad.
50 20 19 47
Travis Jewett - Head Coach (6th Season at Tulane; Washington State, 1993) Jay Uhlman - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (3rd Season at Tulane; Nevada, 1997) Daniel Latham - Assistant Coach (4th Season at Tulane; Tulane, 2007) Adam Core - Assistant Coach (2nd Season at Tulane; Harris-Stowe, 2017) Curtis Akey - General Manager, Baseball Operations & Player Development (8th Season at Tulane; LSU, 2007) Cory Houston - Strength and Conditioning (6th Season at Tulane; West Alabama, 2008) Victoria Elia - Athletic Trainer (2nd Season at Tulane; Lasell College, 2014) Lorne Robertson - Sport Administrator (7th Season at Tulane; Eastern Michigan, 2004) Samantha Larsen - Director of Baseball Communications (1st season; LSU 2020)
R O S T E R
Hometown/Previous School(s) Orlando, Fla./Trinity Prep HS Meraux, La./Holy Cross HS St. Louis, Mo./Westminster Christian Academy Baton Rouge, La./Delgado CC Atlanta, Ga./Riverwood HS Tampa, Fla./Tampa Jesuit HS New Orleans, La./John Curtis Christian HS Marietta, Ga./East Georgia College Lafayette, La./St. Thomas More HS Odessa, Texas/Odessa Permian HS Queen Creek, Ariz./Central Arizona College Evergreen, Colo./Lakewood HS Springfield, Ill./Parkland College Concord, N.H./Concord HS Baton Rouge, La./LSU Eunice Palmetto Bay, Fla./Dothan College Centreville, Va./Central Arizona College Sanford, Fla./Lake Mary HS Cambridge, Mass./Cambridge Rindge & Latin Tampa, Fla./Tampa Jesuit HS Anacoco, La./Anacoco HS Carencro, La./Pensacola State College Sunset, La./Tuerlings Catholic HS Fairbury, Ill./Heartland College New Orleans, La./Jesuit HS Whitefish Bay, Wisc./Whitefish Bay HS Slidell, La./Holy Cross HS Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett HS Phoenix, Ariz./UL-Lafayette Plantation, Fla./Univ. School of Nova Southeastern Walker, La./Jones CC Denham Springs, La./Mississippi State Windermere, Fla./West Orange HS Dacula, Ga./Mill Creek HS West Chester, Penn./Lehigh University Glenmoore, Penn./Downingtown West Campus Mobile, Ala./Mississippi Gulf Coast CC Eden Prairie, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s Lithia, Fla./Newsome HS Verona, Wisc./Gonzaga University
2 0 2 2 FEBRUARY 18 FRI 19 SAT 20 SUN 23 Wed 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun
UMASS LOWELL UMASS LOWELL UMASS LOWELL at Nicholls at Louisiana Tech at Louisiana Tech at Louisiana Tech
MARCH 1 2 4 5 6 9 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 22 25 26 27 29
at Southeastern Louisiana TEXAS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI STATE MISSISSIPPI STATE MISSISSIPPI STATE at Southern Miss EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE EVANSVILLE at LSU NICHOLLS VILLANOVA VILLANOVA VILLANOVA SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA DAYTON DAYTON DAYTON at New Orleans
Tues WED FRI SAT SUN Wed FRI SAT SUN Tues WED FRI SAT SUN TUES FRI SAT SUN Tues
W, 10-2 W, 11-0 W, 6-5 W, 7-5 L, 1-6 W, 4-1 W, 13-5
W, 23-1 W, 10-2 L, 19-2 W, 11-10 W, 6-5 L, 7-2 L, 3-5 L, 1-5 L, 5-15 L, 5-7 W, 5-3 W, 3-1 W, 12-2 T, 3-3 W, 7-6 W, 12-1 L, 3-7 W, 3-2 L, 6-14
S C H E D U L E
APRIL 1 2 3 6 8 9 10 12 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 26 29 30
Thurs Fri Sat Wed FRI SAT SUN Tues Fri Sat Sun TUES FRI SAT SUN Tues Fri Sat
at Memphis* at Memphis* at Memphis* at Southern USF* USF* USF* at New Orleans at Houston* at Houston* at Houston* SOUTHERN MISS ECU* ECU* ECU* at South Alabama at UCF* at UCF*
W, 16-3 W, 5-2 W, 5-3 W, 19-5 W, 8-5 W, 6-0 L, 8-13 W, 4-2 L, 3-6 W, 11-10 L, 9-10 L, 5-11 6:30 P.M. 2 P.M. 4 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 5 p.m. 5 p.m.
MAY 1 3 6 7 8 10 13 14 15 19 20 21
Sun TUES FRI SAT SUN TUES Fri Fri Fri FRI FRI FRI
at UCF* NEW ORLEANS CINCINNATI* CINCINNATI* CINCINNATI* SOUTH ALABAMA at Wichita State* at Wichita State* at Wichita State* MEMPHIS* MEMPHIS* MEMPHIS*
Noon 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 1 PM.
24-29
American Athletic Conference Championship (Clearwater, Fla.)
JUNE 2-5 9-12 16-27
NCAA Regionals NCAA Super Regionals College World Series
*- Denotes American Athletic Conference game Home games in BOLD, and played at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium All times central time zone and subject to change.
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S TA N D I N G S
AAC BASEBALL RANKINGS
RECORD P C T.
EAST CAROLINA
7-2
.778
TULANE
6-3
.667
CINCINNATI
6-3
.667
HOUSTON
5-4
.556
UCF
5-4
.556
MEMPHIS
3-6
.545
USF
2-7
.222
WICHITA STATE
2-7
.222