Baseball Returns to Louisiana to Battle Tulane
2/26/2015 5:17:00 AM | Baseball
OMAHA, Neb. - After splitting two games with Northwestern State last weekend, the Creighton Baseball team returns to Louisiana to face Tulane this weekend.
Creighton at Tulane
Feb. 27 @ 6:30 pm
Feb. 28 @ 4:00 pm
March 1 @ 12:00 pm
Live Stats
The direct link for all games are provided on the Creighton website:
http://www.gocreighton.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1000
Live Video
Creighton's three-game series with the Green Wave will be carried on Tulane's website. Fans can watch online for a fee.
http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/collegesportslive/
About Tulane
- Located in New Orleans, La.
- Tulane has an enrollment of 13,462.
- Known as the Green Wave.
- Tulane finished 2014 with a 23-29 record and an 10-18 mark in Conference USA.
- The Green Wave returns seven position starters from its 2014 season.
- Tulane was picked to finish sixth in the American Athletic preseason coaches poll.
Tulane Head Coach: David Pierce
- Pierce took over as the fourth head coach of the Green Wave in June of 2014.
- Before taking over at Tulane, Pierce led Sam Houston State from 2012-14.
- Pierce honed his coaching skills as an assistant at Rice for nine seasons before taking his first head coaching job at Sam Houston State.
Scouting the Green Wave (2015: 8-1)
New coach David Pierce has Tulane off to a roaring start this season, including a six-game winning streak. The Green Wave are just one inning from a 9-0 start as Tulane held a 1-0 lead on Pepperdine in the series finale.
The Green Wave won games in California with hot hitting, scoring 18 runs in the first two games with Pepperdine. The following weekend in their home opening series with San Francisco Tulane took a 1-0 win in the opener and a 3-2, 11-inning, win in the second game.
The strength of the Tulane's strong start has been its pitching. The Green Wave have a 1.86 team ERA, with 64 strikeouts in 82.1 innings.
At the plate, Tulane is hitting .288 as a team. Three starters (Stephen Alemais - .429, Hunter Hope - .412 and Lex Kaplan - .375) are hitting over .350.
