Tulane Downs Houston in the American Athletic Conference Championship, 4-1 Share Updated: 10:52 PM CDT May 25, 2021 WDSU Digital Team
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 10:52 PM CDT May 25, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Senior Trent Johnson delivered a dazzling performance in the American Athletic Conference Championship to propel the Tulane University baseball team to a 4-1 victory over the University of Houston on Tuesday at BayCare Ballpark. Johnson finished the game by working a season-best 7.1 innings, scattered four hits and struck out six, as he outdueled First Team All-AAC honoree Robert Gasser from Houston to pick up his third win on the year. With the win, Tulane improved to 29-22 on the year and will advance in the winner’s bracket of the AAC Championship.“I’m really happy for the kids and the coaches,” head coach Travis Jewett said. “Everybody refocused and we show
Tulane comes back to defeat UCF in the series opener, 5-4, in 10 innings Share Updated: 11:12 PM CDT May 14, 2021
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 11:12 PM CDT May 14, 2021 By Tulane Athletics The Tulane University baseball team mounted a three-run comeback to defeat UCF, 5-4, in walk-off fashion in 10 innings on Friday afternoon at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium in the first game of the doubleheader.Freshman Bennett Lee tied the game for Tulane with two outs in the ninth with a two-run home run to left field. Lee s fourth homer of the season forced extra innings.Redshirt junior Frankie Niemann started the 10th inning on second due to NCAA rules. He then moved to third on redshirt junior Luis Aviles sacrifice bunt. Niemann scored on a sacrifice fly to left field from freshman Chase Engelhard to cap off the 5-4 comeback win for the Wave.UCF was 20-1 when leading aft
Tulane completes twinbill sweep of UCF with a 9-1 win Tulane sweeps UCF in a doubleheader on Friday. (Source: Parker Waters) By Tulane Sports Information | May 15, 2021 at 7:51 AM CDT - Updated May 15 at 7:51 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Tulane (27-17, 16-5 AAC) closed out its doubleheader with a 9-1 win over UCF (23-27, 13-13 AAC) to complete the twinbill sweep Friday evening inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
With the win, Tulane moved to 12-2 on the year in doubleheader matchups in league play.
“We got two more (wins) so we have good feelings going to bed tonight,” head coach Travis Jewett said. “We’ll have to get up tomorrow and play good baseball because they’re a prideful group and well coached. They’ll be ready to go tomorrow so we will have to come back and do it again.”
Tulaneâs 12 game winning streak comes to an end Tulane falls to 23-14 overall. (Source: Tulane Univeristy) By Tulane Sports Information | May 1, 2021 at 9:01 PM CDT - Updated May 1 at 9:01 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Tulane (23-14, 12-2 AAC) saw its 12-game winning streak come to an end in a 7-4 setback to Houston (16-22, 4-11 AAC) in the third game of the American Athletic Conference series on Saturday evening at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
Senior right-hander Trent Johnson fired six innings of scoreless relief while surrendering just four hits and no walks while striking out three. Bennett Lee collected three hits, while Chase Engelhard added two more and three RBI.