Tulane Baseball's Digital Program (3/11/22)

TULANE

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JARED HART

GAME 14-16 3/11/22 - 3/13/22

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INSIDE: GAME PREVIEW ROSTERS

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TULANE BASEBALL WELCOMES EVANSVILLE FOR WEEKEND SERIES T U L A N E B A S E B A L L W I L L K I C K O F F I T ’ S T H I R D H O M E S E R I E S W I T H T H E P U R P L E A C E S O N F R I D AY

NEW ORLEANS – The #18 Tulane University baseball team (10-3) plays

SCOUTING THE PURPLE ACES

host to the University of Evansville (3-10) for a three-game series this Evansville is off to a slow start and currently sits at the bottom of the weekend inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

Missouri Valley Conference.

THE MATCHUP

Junior infielder Mark Shallenberger leads the team in batting average,

Game one of the series starts at 6:30 p.m. First pitch on Saturday is at

currently hitting at a .354 clip. Fifth-year senior infielder Tanner Craig

2:00 p.m. and Sunday’s finale begins at 1:00 p.m.

has a team-leading six home runs and 13 RBIs on the season.

The series will be aired live on ESPN+ and radio coverage will be on

Evansville is coming off a 7-4 away loss to Belmont.

WRBH 88.3 FM. LAST TIME OUT The series will be the first all-time matchup between Tulane and

Tulane dropped a midweek clash to Southern Miss 7-2 on Wednesday

Evansville.

night in Hattiesburg.

ROLLING WAVE

Southern Miss’s starter silenced the Wave bats, striking out eight and

After its series win over #23 Mississippi State last weekend, the Wave giving up only one earned run over eight innings of work. was ranked in six national polls. D1 Baseball has Tulane at number 18 in its most recent poll.

Tulane is currently first in the American Athletic Conference and has a series win over Louisiana Tech to go with its triumph over #23 Mississippi State.

Outfielder Ethan Groff is enjoying a great start to the season and has been named AAC player of the week in back-to-back weeks. Groff is hitting .477 this year with three home runs and 14 RBIs. He leads Tulane in all three categories.

Groff and Jared Hart both recorded a pair of hits.

2 0 2 2 No. 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 44

Name Pos. B/T Blake Herrmann OF R/R Ty Rumsey OF L/R Brent Widder INF R/R Kevin McCormick INF L/R Cade Thornton OF L/L Max Malley C/INF R/R Simon Scherry INF R/R Jace Kressin LHP L/L Chase Hug UTL/LHPL/L Ethan Bell RHP R/R Brendon Herrin INF R/R Danny Borgstrom INF L/R Kieren Hall RHP R/R Evan Berkey INF R/R Tanner Craig INF R/R Brendan Hord C R/R Adam Euler OF L/L Caleb Reinhardt RHP R/R Eric Roberts INF/RHP L/R Evan Waggoner C L/R Chase Taylor C R/R Garrett Presko RHP R/R Shane Harris RHP R/R Shane Gray RHP R/R Nate Hardman RHP R/R Mark Shallenberger INF/LHP L/L Ryan Schneider RHP R/R Tyler Denu LHP R/L Nick Smith RHP R/R Niko Klebosits LHP L/L Ben Stuart INF R/R Drew Dominik RHP R/R Michael Parks LHP R/L Nate Kujawski RHP R/R Donovan Schultz LHP R/L Jakob Meyer RHP R/R

Ht. 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-10 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-2

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Wes Carroll (14th Season) Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Keirce Kimbel (Third Season) Hitting Coach: Robbie Dombrowski (First Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Kevin Grant (First Season)

E V A N S V I L L E Wt. 170 170 200 185 185 175 195 190 190 165 180 175 195 185 210 205 205 230 205 220 220 195 205 215 225 210 200 210 245 175 205 195 225 195 215 220

Yr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. R-Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. R-So. Gr. 5th R-So. So. 5th Sr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. R-So. Sr. R-So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. 5th Sr. R-Jr. So. Jr.

R O S T E R

Hometown/Previous School(s) Newburgh, Ind. / Castle HS Evansville, Ind. / North HS Sheboygan, Wis. / Sheboygan North HS Orland Park, Ill. / St. Lawrence HS Bowling Green, Ky. / Greenwood HS Frankfort, Ill. / Marist HS Santa Claus, Ind. / Heritage Hills HS Menomonie, Wis. / Menomonie HS Indianapolis, Ind. / Olney Central College Huntingburg, Ind. / Southridge HS Orland Park, Ill. / Victor J. Andrew Morris, IL / Morris HS Perth, Australia / Three Rivers College LaQuinta, Calif. / CSU - Bakersfield Scottsburg, IN / Austin HS Lexington, Ky. / Kentucky Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS Paducah, Ky. / Rend Lake Hamilton, Ohio / Hamilton HS Bedford, Ind. / Bedford North Lawrence HS Huntingburg, Ind. / Southridge HS Weatherby Lake, Mo. / Pembroke Hill HS Poseyville, Ind. / Louisville West Jefferson, Ohio / West Jefferson HS Normal, Ill. / Lincoln Land CC St. Louis, Mo. / St. Louis Priory Fond Du Lac, Wisc. / Fond Du Lac HS Mount Horeb, Wis. / Mount Horeb HS Boonville, Ind. / Boonville HS St. Charles, Ill. / Blackhawk CC Mason, Ohio / William Mason HS Oak Forest, Ill. / Blackhawk CC St. Louis, Mo. / St. Mary’s HS Denver, Colo. / Sierra College Kimberly, Wis. / Kimberly HS Columbus, Indiana / Columbus North HS

2 0 2 2 No. Name 1 Ethan Groff 2 Gavin Schulz

Ht. Wt. Pos. 6-0 200 OF 5-9 173 INF

T U L A N E

R O S T E R

B/T R/R R/R

Yr. RS So. Fr.

Hometown/Previous School(s) Orlando, Fla./Trinity Prep HS Meraux, La./Holy Cross HS

R/R 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

Fr. 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.

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

3 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

Adam Ebling 6-1 190 INF 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

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)

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 6:30 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M.

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*

6 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 2 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 1 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 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.

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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 RANKINS

RECORD P C T.

TULANE

10-3

.769

UCF

10-3

.769

HOUSTON

9-4

.692

SOUTH FLORIDA

8-5

.615

MEMPHIS

6-4

.600

CINCINNATI

6-5

.545

EAST CAROLINA

7-6

.538

WICHITA STATE

6-7

.462