TULANE VS. VILLANOVA

G R E E N

W A V E

W E E K L Y

TULANE

LUIS AVILES

GAME 19-21 3/18/22 - 3/20/22

V S . V I L L A N O VA

INSIDE: GAME PREVIEW ROSTERS

T H E

M A T C H U P

TULANE BASEBALL TO HOST VILLANOVA FOR THREE-GAME SET 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 F O U R T H H O M E S E R I E S W I T H T H E W I L D C AT S O N F R I D AY

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University baseball team (11-7) is hosting Villanova

Tulane is currently third in NCAA D1 baseball with 47 doubles and hits .258

University (3-11) for a three-game series inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

as a group.

this weekend.

The Wave pitching staff has a 4.73 ERA and has struck out 146 batters over 156 innings.

The Green Wave will look to push its weekend series record to 4-1 as it has already accumulated series victories over UMass Lowell, Louisiana Tech, and

LAST TIME OUT

Mississippi State.

Tulane played two midweek games against LSU and Nicholls State and split the contests.

THE MATCHUP First pitches are schedule for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, and

The Wave travelled to Baton Rouge on Tuesday and fell 7-5 in a game where

1:00 p.m. on Sunday.

the good guys were one big hit from coming out on top.

The matchup can be viewed on ESPN+ and can be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM.

Nicholls State came to GFATS on Wednesday and were dispatched by the Wave in a close 5-3 matchup that was highlighted by Jared Hart’s bases-clearing

Tulane is 3-0 all-time against Villanova. The only series between the clubs

double.

came back in February of 2002.

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS EARLY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Graduate student Chris Rotondo leads Villanova in batting average, hitting

The Green Wave has played around a third of their games so far and one early

at a .396 clip. He also leads the club in hits (21), runs (16), home runs (3), and

standout has been redshirt sophomore Ethan Groff. The outfielder leads the

stolen bases (7).

Wave in almost every offensive category including hits (26), runs (21), doubles (9), home runs (3), and RBIs (16). Groff’s nine doubles put him at No. 11 in the

Senior Cole Patten has started four weekend games and has posted a 1.03 ERA

country.

over 26.1 innings. He does not have a start where he struck out less than six batters and has punched out 29 this season.

Freshman Grant Siegel has been a bright spot out of the bullpen. The righty has a 0.56 ERA over 16.0 innings while punching out 17 and allowing

Villanova has played 11 of its first 13 games on the road and has dropped 10

opponents to hit only .193.

of the contests.

2 0 2 2 No. 11 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 31 32 33 35 36 38 48 49

Name AJ Hansen Pat O’Neill Joey Castellanos Will Reiner Cole Vanderslice Jack Povey Chris Rotondo Marcus LaBuda John Whooley Luke Fisher Connor Hale Matt Pinone Cameron Mathes Patrick Montfort Shane Solari Devin Rivera Theron Schilling Cameron Hassert Cade Udell Josue Valdez Tyler Arella Chic DeGaetano Brandon Siegenthaler August Biggio Jack O’Reilly Jonathan Cole Danny Wilkinson Cole Patten

Yr. Jr. Gr. Gr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Gr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Gr. So. Fr. So. Sr. So. So. Fr. Gr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Gr. Jr. Sr.

B/T Pos. R/R INF S/R 2B/SS R-R INF L/R C R/R P R/R P R/R CF R/R P R/R C R/R UT/P L/L OF/P R/L 1B R/R RP L/L P R/R OF R/R SP R/R OF L/R SS B/R P R/R C R/L SP R/R P R/R P L/R OF-INF R/R INF R/R P L/L RP R/R P

V I L L A N O V A Ht. 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-8 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-5 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-2 5-10 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-4

Head Coach: Kevin Mulvey (Villanova ‘13), Sixth Season Assistant Coach: Eddie Brown (Wagner ’12), Fifth Season (Recruiting Coordinator/Hitting Coach/Infielders) Assistant Coach: Jabin Weaver (East Stroudsburg ‘15), Fourth Season (Pitching Coach) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Scott Nestor (Central Michigan ’11), First Season Director of Operations: Jimmy Franchetti

Wt. 183 191 191 199 172 202 193 225 212 205 178 205 209 198 207 204 198 157 229 210 214 214 200 187 224 233 206 194

R O S T E R

Hometown/Previous School(s) Collegeville, Pa. Eagleville, Pa. Nutley, N.J. /UMass-Lowell Madison, Conn.

Ocean City, N.J. Red Bank, N.J. Redding, Conn.

Sugarloaf, Pa. Wycoff, N.J. Scarsdale, N.Y. Ashburn, Va. Royersford, Pa. Broomall, Pa. Morristown, N.J. Brigantine, N.J. Valley Cottage, N.Y. West Chester, Pa. Longmont, Colo.

Longwood, Fla. /Duke Bronx, N.Y. East Northport, N.Y. Sugarloaf, Pa. Montvale, N.J. Richmond, Vt. Villanova, Pa. /Notre Dame Cherry Hill, N.J. Scotch Plains, N.J. Manasquan, N.J.

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

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

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)

R O S T E R

B/T R/R R/R R/R

Yr. RS So. Fr. Fr.

Hometown/Previous School(s) Orlando, Fla./Trinity Prep HS Meraux, La./Holy Cross HS St. Louis, Mo./Westminster Christian Academy

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.

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 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.

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 RANKINS

RECORD PCT.

MEMPHIS

10-4

.714

UCF

12-5

.706

HOUSTON

11-6

.647

SOUTH FLORIDA

11-6

.647

TULANE

11-7

.611

EAST CAROLINA

9-8

.529

WICHITA STATE

8-8

.500

CINCINNATI

6-9

.400