G R E E N
W A V E
W E E K L Y
TULANE
ETHAN GROFF
GAME 38 4/19/2022
VS. SOUTHERN MISS
INSIDE: GAME PREVIEW ROSTERS
T H E
M A T C H U P
WAVE HOSTS SOUTHERN MISS FOR SECOND MIDWEEK CLASH OF SEASON T U L A N E B A S E B A L L W LCO M E S T H E N O.6 G O L D E N E AG L E S
NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University baseball team (24-12-1) will host Southern Miss. has won nine games in a row and currently sits atop the the No. 6 University of Southern Mississippi (27-8) on Tuesday inside
Conference USA standings with a 13-2 conference record.
Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
The Golden Eagles hit .281 as a team and have a 2.78 ERA as a staff, the second lowest mark in the country behind only Tennessee.
The Green Wave will look to bounce back against a red-hot Southern Sophomores Dustin Wilkerson and Slade Wilks, and junior Reece Ewing, Miss. team after dropping two of three over the weekend against have started all 35 games and all hit above .300 with 40+ hits and 20+ Houston.
RBIs. Sophomore Tyler Stuart (2-0) has started the last two midweek games
THE MATCHUP
for the Golden Eagles but has only pitched five total innings.
First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.
Southern Miss. has thrown 12 pitchers in its last two midweek clashes.
The matchup can be viewed on ESPN+ and can be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM.
LAST TIME OUT
Tulane leads the all-time series 91-62.
Tulane won on Saturday in a 11-10 shootout but dropped Friday and
The two clubs faced each other on March 9th in Hattiesburg where the Sunday’s contests in Houston this past weekend. Golden Eagles won 7-2.
Groff went 8/14 in the series, including two home runs and a triple. Freshman Chandler Welch, Tuesday’s probable starter, pitched four
HIGHLIGHTING THE WAVE Tulane is 7-3 in midweek games. The Wave hit .277 as a group and the pitching staff carries a 4.53 ERA. The hitters have notched 94 doubles as a team, second in the nation. Redshirt sophomore Ethan Groff has a .422 batting average, the ninth highest mark in the country. Groff is also in the top 30 in the nation in on-base percentage (.503) and slugging percentage (.727). Freshman Grant Siegel (6-1) has led the pitching staff, posting a 2.15 ERA over 46.0 innings of work. Siegel has 47 strikeouts while allowing just eight walks. SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
innings of one-hit, no-run ball in Friday’s loss.
2 0 2 2 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. 1 Creek Robertson INF 5-11 177 2 Hurston Waldrep RHP 6-2 205 3 Landon Harper RHP 6-1 176 4 Drew Boyd LHP 6-1 202 6 Will McGillis INF 6-3 208 7 Slade Wilks OF 6-2 213 8 Matt Cedarburg IF/OF 6-0 180 9 Isaiah Rhodes RHP 6-2 167 10 Dustin Dickerson INF/P 6-1 172 11 Aubrey Gillentine RHP 6-3 233 12 Kros Sivley LHP 6-0 180 13 Matthew Adams RHP 5-11 180 14 Gabe Montenegro OF 5-8 181 15 Rodrigo Montenegro C 5-9 192 16 Casey Artigues If/OF 5-8 170 18 Dalton Rogers LHP 5-11 172 19 Tyler Stuart RHP 6-9 250 20 Brady Faust INF 5-11 175 21 Bryce Fowler OF 5-11 176 22 Charlie Fischer INF 6-2 216 23 Niko Mazza RHP 5-11 183 24 Ben Ethridge RHP 6-2 180 25 Blake Johnson C 5-9 190 26 Danny Lynch INF 6-3 221 28 Tanner Hall RHP 6-1 178 29 Chandler Best LHP 6-0 195 30 Hunter Riggins RHP 6-3 200 31 Blake Wehunt RHP 6-6 241 32 Garrett Ramsey RHP 6-3 194 35 Justin Storm LHP 6-7 232 36 Collin Husser RHP 6-5 202 37 Carson Paetow OF 6-3 209 38 Reece Ewing OF 5-10 191 39 Matthew Russo INF 6-3 248 41 Christopher Sargent UTIL 6-1 199 42 Evan Radford INF 6-4 214 48 Riley Dawkins LHP 6-2 185 52 Will Tynes RHP 6-2 195 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Scott Berry (13th Season) Associate Head Coach/Pitching Coach: Christian Ostrander (5th Season) Assistant Coach/Hitting Coach: Travis Creel (3rd Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Ben Brewer (1st Season)
S O U T H E R N Yr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. So. Fr. So. So. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Gr. So. Jr. So. Fr. R-Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. R-Fr.
M I S S
R O S T E R
Hometown/Previous School(s) Madison, Miss. Thomasville, Ga. Meridian, Miss./Pearl River CC Hattiesburg, Miss. San Diego, Calif. Columbia, Miss. Fort Myers, Fla./College of Central Florida McKinney, Texas McKinney North Laurel, Miss West Jones Amory, Miss. Amory HS Sumrall, Miss. Sumrall HS Pearland, Texas Pearland HS Guatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala/Western Oklahoma State Hammond, La. Flowood, Miss. Kankakee, Ill. New Orleans, La Madison, Miss. Edina, Minn. Madison, Miss. Collinsville, Miss Gulfport, Miss. /Jones College Jupiter, Fla. Zachary, La. Mobile, Ala. Hernando, Miss. Carnesville, Ga Brandon, Miss./Hinds CC Madison, Miss. Ponchatoula, La. Vancleave, Miss. Mobile, Ala./Pearl River CC Madisonville, La. Wilmer, Ala./Coastal Alabama CC Hoover, Ala. Hoover HS Starkville, Miss. Starkville HS Bossier City, La. Airline HS
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)
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 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 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