Tulane beats Bucknell 4-1
May 31, 2008
Tulane pitchers Matt Petiton and Preston Claiborne combined for a three-hitter as the Green Wave advanced to the championship game of the NCAA Regional with a 4-1 win over Bucknell on Saturday.
http://www.topix.com/ncaa/tulane-football/…
Six-Run Seventh Lifts Baseball Past Florida In NCAA Regional
May 31, 2008
Wave erase 4-1 deficit with the big inning to defeat the Gators, 7-4; Powell, Prince post three hits eachClick here to find out more!
May 30, 2008
Final Stats | Quotes | Notes | Photo Gallery
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Junior left fielder Scott Powell and sophomore shortstop Josh Prince combined to go 6-for-8, and rookie right-hander Nick Pepitone pitched 2.2 scoreless innings of relief as the third-seeded Tulane University baseball team defeated No. 2 seed Florida, 7-4, in game one of the 2008 NCAA Tallahassee Regional Friday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium.
Tulane trailed 4-1 after six innings, but the Green Wave offense took advantage of six hits, two wild pitches, a walk and a sacrifice fly to plate six in the seventh to account for the final score. With the win, Tulane (38-20-1) advances to the winner’s bracket where it will play the winner of tonight’s Florida State/Bucknell contest on Saturday at 6 p.m. (CDT). Florida (34-23), meanwhile, drops into the loser’s bracket and will take on the loser of this evening’s Seminole/Bison matchup on Saturday at noon.
Florida erased a 1-0 deficit with a four-run sixth which included an RBI-double by Brandon McArthur and two-run homer off the bat of Jon Townsend. Unfazed, Tulane stormed right back in the top of the seventh with five consecutive singles to take control of the ballgame.
“We played as close to a complete game today as we could play,” Tulane head coach Rick Jones said. “We had good starting pitching and we pitched really well out of the bullpen. With the exception of one play, we really played well defensively. We had a lot of quality at-bats, especially in RBI situations there in the sixth were we capitalized. I thought our short game today was really special and had a lot to do with our win.”
After dropping three straight games to end the regular season and going 1-2 in the Conference USA Tournament, Jones and his staff looked for something or someone to give the Green Wave baseball a spark. Tulane found that spark - plus some - in a familiar, if surprising, place. Powell started his first game of the season in left and first overall since April 9, and responded by going 3-for-4 with a run scored. Prince, meanwhile, went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored from the ninth spot in the batting order.
“Scotty has given us a lot of good situational performances, but what we were able to do starting Monday was reevaluate some guys in intrasquad and simulated-game situations,” Jones said. “Scotty really showed up in that. We talked about it as a staff yesterday and I wanted to sleep on it a little bit. I just felt like we needed a spark, and if Scotty could give us that spark, he would make a big difference. He certainly did. He had a single, got those two bunts down and beat them out, and made two really good plays in the outfield.
“Josh was the same thing. He had a really good day offensively. He handles left-handers well. Defensively, he made a big difference - having the plays that he made along with Seth (Henry) in the middle. You just don’t know. That’s why you play the games - find out. You say this guy can’t or that guy can’t but things change. Today, we just played a very complete ballgame.”
Down 4-1 after six, Tulane got things going in the top of the seventh when junior Aja Barto ripped a pinch-hit single to shallow center to lead off the stanza. Prince followed with a single to right to chase Florida starter Stephen Locke from the ballgame. The Gators called on Billy Bullock to thwart the rally, but Tulane had other ideas.
Powell kept the pressure on with a bunt single up the first base line to load the bases, and the Wave cut the lead to two on a wild pitch. From there, junior centerfielder Anthony Scelfo singled home Prince to make it a one-run affair, and junior second baseman Seth Henry came through with an RBI-single of his own to plate Powell from third and tie the game at 4-all.
Bullock’s second will throw of the inning gave Tulane the lead, but the Green Wave kept the rally going as freshman third baseman Rob Segedin walked, junior catcher Jared Dyer lifted a sacrifice fly to left and junior right fielder Drew Allain laced a two-out, RBI-single to center to drive home what proved to be the game’s final run.
Taking the mound with the lead in the bottom of the seventh, Pepitone (4-1) faced the minimum in the inning with a walk, a strikeout and a double-play grounder, and pitched his way around a one-out double in the eighth. Florida put the leadoff runner on in the ninth when reserve catcher Hampton Tignor walked but Segedin made the move from the hot corner to the mound to get a line-out to shortstop and a 6-4-3 double play to earn his fifth save of the season.
“When I went out to the mound, (Tulane starting pitcher) Shooter (Hunt) gave me some words of encouragement,” Pepitone said. “He just told me to keep them where they were and our team would be able to continue to get on their pitchers and we’d be fine. I just had to keep it close and that was my only job.”
Tulane out-hit Florida, 15-8, including two-hit performances by Henry, Dyer and Allain. Hunt did not factor in the decision after allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks while striking out five in 5.1 innings of work.
After battling to a scoreless tie over the first four innings of play, Tulane drew first blood in the fifth when Prince hit a leadoff double to right central, Powell followed with a bunt single and Scelfo was hit by a pitch to load the bases with nobody out. Locke got Henry to bounce into a 5-4 fielder’s choice, double play to erase the runners at second and third, but it was good enough to bring Prince home to give Tulane a 1-0 advantage.
Florida had a chance to answer in the home half of the frame as Gator right fielder Riley Cooper opened the stanza with a single to left and stole second base with nobody out. From there, however, Hunt sandwiched strikeouts around a fly ball to center to get out of the inning unscathed.
In the sixth, Florida’s Cole Figueroa and McArthur opened the inning with a single and a double, respectively, to tie the game, and McArthur scored during the ensuing at-bat when Josh Adams dropped down a sacrifice bunt back to the mound that Hunt threw wide of the bag for a three-base error. Following a fly-ball out to right off Bryson Barber’s bat, Townsend hammered a two-run homer off the scoreboard in left to give the Gators a 4-1 lead and set up Tulane’s six-runs seventh.
“They came out and they answered big - put up a four spot,” Scelfo said. “They put us in a whole quickly and they did it with Shooter on the mound. They had a big inning and a big rally, but we came in averaging seven runs a ballgame. We were down three and we had three at-bats left. We just relaxed and went out and played the game.
“We had a lot of hits at that point, we had guys on base, but we just weren’t getting them in. In that inning, we just happened to put the bat on the ball a little bit starting with Aja and we just kept it going. It got contagious - single after single, line drive after line drive. The next thing you know, we put up a six spot.”
Barber and Cooper were the only two Gator players to post multiple-hit ballgames, both going 2-for-4. Bullick (4-5) was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in one-third of an inning of relief. Locke pitched admirably, allowing three runs on 10 hits while striking out three in a 6.0-inning start, but Tulane’s big seventh proved to be the difference in the ballgam
Bucknell 7, FSU 0 No. 4 Bucknell vs No 3 Tulane
May 31, 2008
FSU beat by Number 4 Bucknell. Bucknell vs Tulane Saturday evening.
Tulane knocks off Florida
May 30, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Tulane sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run seventh inning, erasing a three-run deficit en route to a 7-4 victory over Florida in the opening round of the Tallahassee Regional on …
http://www.topix.com/ncaa/tulane-football/…
Green Wave make come back with 6 run 7th inning
May 30, 2008
Huge win by the Green Wave.
Pepitone records the win going 2.2 innings only giving up one hit while striking out 2.
Segedin gets save number 5.
Powell and Prince go 6 for 8 with three hits a piece. Henry, Dyer and Allain get two hits each.
After 4 1/2 Greenies lead 1-0
May 30, 2008
After 4 innings Shooter Hunt has given up 2 hits, 0 earned runs and 1 base on balls.
Scott Powell is 2 for 3.
Wave, Gators scoreless after three
May 30, 2008
Wave, Gators scoreless after three - Tulane Beat - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
Posted by Nakia Hogan, Times-Picayune May 30, 2008 12:54PM
Categories: BaseballTALLAHASSEE, FLA. - Tulane has gotten three solid innings of work from started Shooter Hunt, but the Green Wave continues to wait for some production from its offense.
Through the first three innings of its first-round game against second-seeded Florida in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, third-seeded Tulane has gotten three hits off Florida starter Stephen Locke. The game remains scoreless, however, because Tulane has failed to advance the three base runners it’s had as a result of three hits.
Meanwhile, Hunt has looked good, pitching three innings of one-hit ball. He has struck out two.
Tulane’s best chance of scoring came in the first inning when Seth Henry doubled to right field with two outs. The inning ended one batter later when Rob Segedin struck out swinging.
Jones shakes up Tulane’s lineup
May 30, 2008
Jones shakes up Tulane’s lineup - Tulane Beat - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Tulane coach Rick Jones has decided to start Scott Powell in left field for today’s first-round game against Florida in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. Powell will also bat leadoff.Powell, a junior from Newman High, gets the nod over Aja Barto, who had started in each of the 47 games he’s played this season.
This will mark only the 13th start for Powell, who’s batting only .212, this season. His last start came April 9 against UNO.
Barto was plagued late in the season by a hamstring injury, but has returned to full strength, starting the last nine games. In last week’s Conference USA tournament, though, he was just 1-for-11 from the plate, with no RBI.
Here’s the Green Wave’s lineup:
1. Scott Powell LF
2. Anthony Scelfo CF
3. Seth Henry 2B
4. Rob Segedin 3B
5. Jared Dyer C
6. Sam Honeck 1B
7. Drew Allain RF
8. Andrew Rodgers DH
9. Josh Prince SS
Women’s Golf Signs Two Transfers for 2008-09 Season
May 30, 2008
Janine Fellows and Linn Gustafsson join Green Wave from UTSA, Texas State, respectivelyMay 28, 2008
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University head women’s golf coach John Thomas Horton announced the signing of two college transfers ¬- Janine Fellows and Linn Gustafsson - to his first recruiting class for the 2008-09 season.
Fellows and Gustafsson, who will be immediately eligible to compete, become the fifth and sixth signees for the Green Wave’s first women’s golf signing class since it was announced that the sport will return for the 2008-09 season. Horton also inked four players in the early signing period in November - Ashley McKinney of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Samantha Troyanovich of Grosse Point Shores, Mich.; Stephanie Wagstaff of Asheville, N.C. and Daniela Holmqvist of Lindingo, Sweden.
Fellows is a native of Houston, Texas, and transfers to Tulane from Texas-San Antonio, where she competed only during the fall semester of her freshman year. She will be a sophomore and have three years of eligibility remaining at Tulane. As a freshman at UTSA, she scored top-10 finishes in two of the four tournaments in which she competed, including a sixth-place finish at the 2007 UAB Beach Blast. She also finished second on the Collegiate Players Tour at Blackhorse Golf Club in Cypress, Texas.
At Clear Brook High School, Fellows was named to the Class 5A All-State first-team, was the District 24-5A champion and made the All-Greater Houston first team as a senior. She was the runner-up at the Texas Class 5A High School Championships, and set the men’s course record at Timber Creek Golf Course in Houston when she shot a round of 63. She was also named her team’s most valuable player for her sophomore, junior and senior years, won six out of seven tournaments her senior year and was a member of the National Honor Society.
Linn Gustafsson, a transfer to Tulane from Texas State, was the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, and will be a solid addition to the Green Wave’s first women’s golf team since 2005.
“Janine enjoys golf more than anyone I have ever met, and her love for the game is infectious,” said Horton. “Janine is tall and athletic which is a good combination in women’s college golf. She has a great work ethic and continues to improve every day. Not only is Janine a very good player, she is a very good student as well. She is a model of consistency and her experience will be a big asset to this team.”
A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Gustafsson transfers to Tulane from Texas State, where she also will be a sophomore with three years of eligibility remaining. At Texas State, Gustafsson won the Southland Conference Championship by five strokes, was named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and was an All-Southland Conference First Team selection. She also finished 27th individually at the NCAA Central Regional, and won the Chip-N-Club Championship hosted by Nebraska, where she shot rounds of 73, 70 and 69.
Gustafsson, who attended Jensen Gymnasium high school, has been a member of Sweden’s national team since 2002, playing in tournaments such as the 2003 European Young Masters, the Nordic Championships since 2002, the European Team Championships three times - 2004, 2005 and 2006. She also competed in the Spanish Championship, French Championship and the European Ladies’ Championship.
“Linn boasts an impressive resume including success on the international circuit as well as at the collegiate level,” Horton said. “She won two college tournaments as a freshman including the Southland Conference Championship which is a tremendous accomplishment. She has a lot of passion and determination to be one of the best players in the country. I am excited she has decided to complete her college career at Tulane, and I look forward to watching her compete the next three years.”
2007 Tulane Women’s Golf Signees*
Name Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown High School/Previous School
Janine Fellows 5-10 Soph. TR Houston, Texas Clear Brook HS (Texas-San Antonio)
Linn Gustafsson 5-6 Soph. TR Stockholm, Sweden Jensen Gymnasium (Texas State)
Daniela Holmqvist 5-3 Fr. HS Lindingo, Sweden Hersby Gymnasium
Ashley McKenney 5-6 Fr. HS Scottsdale, Ariz. Desert Mountain HS
Samantha Troyanovich 5-9 Fr. HS Gross Point Shores, Mich. University Ligget School/IJGA Academy
Stephanie Wagstaff 5-5 Fr. HS Asheville, N.C. A.C. Reynolds HS*based on their classification for the 2008-09 academic year
Women’s Track and Field to Compete at NCAA Mideast Regional
May 30, 2008
Green Wave athletes participate in four eventsMay 29, 2008
Weekly Notes in PDF Format Get Acrobat Reader
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane University women’s track and field team will compete at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships Friday and Saturday, May 30-31, at John McDonnell Outdoor Track in Fayetteville, Ark., on the campus of the University of Arkansas.
Competing for the Green Wave will be senior Shanon Beelendorf in the 400-meter hurdles, sophomore Valencia Wilson in the 400-meter dash and sophomore Nicolette Taku in the triple jump. Also, the 4×400-meter relay team will attempt a run at the NCAA Championships, and consists of Beelendorf, junior Vanessa Kienast, sophomore Jasmine Momoh and Wilson, with freshman Aieshia Brooks serving as an alternate.
This season marks the sixth consecutive year the Green Wave has qualified at least one runner for the NCAA Regional, which began in 2003, and coincides with every season that head coach Heather Van Norman has been with the program.
“I just think that we have a lot of great talent that’s on our team that obviously really shined,” Van Norman said of having athletes in regional competition for the sixth consecutive year. “I think the fact that we’ve had these qualifiers for the NCAA Regional is great. It’s a great thing, I think, for our university and our Tulane community. This kind of piggy-backs with our baseball team, which is always exciting in the springtime.”
Click here for live results of the Mideast Regional.
Wilson qualified for the regional during the preliminary heats of the Conference USA Championships on May 16 and the 4×400 relay team qualified during competition at the conference championships on May 17 as well. Beelendorf qualified with a personal-best time of 1:00.12, which is the third best time in school history, on April 19 at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational.
Taku qualified for the regional in the triple jump for the second year in a row, with a personal-best mark of 12.40m (40-08.25), on April 12 at the Ole Miss Invitational. Kienast has run with the 4×400 relay team all year, and Momoh and Brooks have interchanged in the role of the fourth member.
The top five finishers of each event and the top three finishers of the relay events automatically advance to the NCAA Championships on June 11-14. The top 12 finishers are eligible for at-large selection that will be determined after all of the automatic qualifiers are entered, and will fill out the heats of each event.
A recap and final results of the meet, as well as all Green Wave track and field news, interviews and results are available on the web at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.