14 • 8 March 2002 • www.theHullabaloo.com • The Tulane Hullabaloo e Wave turns LSU into I • Tulane overcomes 5-0 deficit to win I ait'
Leena Pande second on a errant throw by LSU reliever Lukas Guidroz run in the fourth. Stelmack came around to score on Brooks staff writer to tie the game up at five. Later in the same inning, another Shankle's (freshman. designated hitter) single in the sixth LSU error committed on senior first baseman Aaron Feldman's to complete the four-run attack. Charron pitched two scoreless Tulane (9-5) faced LSU at Alex Box Stadium Tuesday hit to the shortstop allowed Manzella to come home with innings to preserve the 4-1 victory for the Wave and get the night in what Tiger fans considered redemption from a Super the go-ahead run. save. Regional Wave victory last season. The Tigers fell short in Aubrey was lifted after pitching five and one-third innings, With the game-time temperature hovering around 30 the end, as they could not hold a 5-0 lead. The Wave triumphed. allowing five runs on nine hits and five walks. Sophomore degrees, the Wave seemed unable to handle the frigid 6-5, giving Tulane brngging rights for Louisiana once agam. relief ace Joey Charron entered the game and gave the team conditions for Sunday's rubber game. committing a season- The Green Wave received the win proudly after dropping three and two-thirds innings of lights-out baseball. Tiger high five errors in a 10-4 loss. The Bruins hit freshman two out of three last weekend to the perennial college baseball hitters struck out three times and only managed two singles starter Ray Liotta hard, scoring three runs in the first frame powerhouse UCLA Bruins ( 10-10). against Charron, who preserved Aubrey's second win of alone. Liotta (1-2) did not make it out of the fourth inning, The Wave got off to a rocky start against LSU in the early the season with his second save on the year. having surrendered I 0 runs (four earned), three walks and innings ofthe game, as sophomore starting pitcher Michael In the first game of the UCLA series, resched\lled as the two strikeouts. UCLA broke the game wide open in the Aubrey, who usually plays as the Wave 's first baseman, dug first half of a doubleheader last Saturday due to inclement fourth, capitalizing on three Wave miscues in the inning. himself into a deep hole that yielded five runs. The Green weather. the Wave stranded a total of 16 baserunners and UCLA pitching proved too strong for Tulane hitters, holding Wave offense came to his rescue, torching LSU pitching lost, 9-7. Senior southpaw Beau Richardson gave up seven them to four runs for the game. Bruin pitching yielded only for four runs in the fifth inning and adding two more in the runs, four earned, in fiv:e innings of pitching and suffered one hit to Tulane hitters during the last five inn1ngs of the sixth. all with the help of 13 total hits on the evening. his first Joss of the season. Stelmack ripped three hits and game. Sophomore right fielder Gerald Clark got drove in a run against UCLA pitching, but it was not enough The Green Wave (8-5) returns to action the fifth inning started on the right note by as the Wave failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities. this weekend at Turchin Stadium. opening Welcome lacing a single and advancing on freshman The second half of Saturdayis doubleheader featured a up a three-game set against Rutgers shortstop Tommy Manzella 's base hit. 75-minute rain and lightning delay, but as the game got tonight at 6:30 p.m. The first Junior center fielder Jon Kaplan's patient · underway, junior lefty Nick Bourgeois showed off some pitch is at 2 p.m. to the at-bat resulted in a walk that loaded lightning of his own, striking out a career-high I 0 Saturday, and the the ba-;es. After two quick outs, Aubrey batter::. and surrendering just three hits in seven series finale starts jungle, redeemed himself by roping a two-run double innings of work. He improved his record to at I p.m. into right field. scoring Clark and Manzella. 2-0 on the season and made UCLA hitters Sunday. Sophomore left fielder Bryan Stelmack then look feeble throughout the game, setting baby delivered a big hit. a single into left field that down 17 Bruins in a row during one drove in two more runs. stretch. Kaplan and Aubrey both Bruce Willis With the Wave down by one touched up Bruin pitching for RBI sports editor heading into the top of the sixth singles in the third inning, while inning, Clark once again emerged sophomore catcher Scott Rumor has it recently that the ac; the offensive hero. scoring from Madden launched a solo home Tulane football team will play in Tad Gormley Stadium next season. The game is expected to be played in October for many reasons, including playing in a different atmosphere and attracting attention from the public, but there may be problems \Vith the large high school stadium. For those of you who know nothing about Gormley. the stadium is a very large high school stadium. located in City Park. It could pass for a DiVJsion I-AA football stadiwn in size because, according to its website, it is a 25,600 permanent seat facility with .. three locker rooms, press box with seating for 110, press suite with seating for 40, an 80- by 60-foot scoreboard and a state--0f-the-art sound system" (great. a state-of-the-art sound Spring training starts system to play "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns-n-Roses another Sweet revenge 50,000 times). This place is pretty bright and early impressive for a large high school stadium, due to its size and playing surface of artificial grac;s. Parking • Young team starts maturing process is not a problem either. as there is players are \\ orking hard and doing space for I 0.000 cars to park around John Hryhorchuk "hat is a:,ked of them right no\\ ... the stadium. assistant sport. editor If ob-en ed by a loyal fan, the I think the idea of playing in an practices would eem spar e)y open-air stadium is a great idea. It is 6 a.m. on a Thur·day populated. This year· recruiting Many people may think I'm crazy, morning. where are you? Ifyou are but I bet the atmosphere is much like most Tulane students. you are class will not join the team until better than in the Superdome. still happily snuggled up in bed August practices and myriad\\ ell- Consider game day at Gormley. dreaming your O\\n sweet dreams. known graduating cniors have Imagine all of the very intense fans However, if you play football for parted "ays with the team. The lounging outside in lawn chairs or Tulane, you may still be dreaming most notable lo thi off-eason i.- standing up yakking about what but not in nearly as comfortable of qua rte rback Patrick Ram cy. ｒ ｡ ｭ ｾ we did right or what we did wrong a location. The dreams, too. differ. holds mo:.1 ofthe ·ignificant the pre\ ious week. while drinking Rather than wild fantasies. the all-time pa--ing record· in Tulane beer. The aroma of sausages, football players dream of bowl football hi. tory. and hi' recent burgers, jambalaya, crawfish, games and conference championship performance - at 'FL comb mes vegetables, for you veggie freaks, trophies. From Feb. 28 through ha\ e him rumored to be a can be smelled as they are being March 23, these athletes will begin moderately high draft pick at thi cooked on pits. The sounds of the the process of turning the e dreams point. Other kc, losse. for Tulane people can be heard from all around into reality· spring training. include wide receiver Terrell Harri. the stadium. discussing Tulane Braving abnormally cold and four offen ive linemen. The destroying the opponent of that temperatures, the Green Wa' e los- of the linemen -eems to be day, while Sound Wave plays the football team began its spring troubling the team the most currently. fight song in the distance. Better practices last week. nearly ·ix "There wa a lot of leader hip yet, the Tulane Green Wave months to the day before the season there and a lot ofexperience: that'- marching band can be heard playing kicks off. The schedule is grueling. one position that we are really the fight song and ''Welcome to Players endure 6 a.m. practices four fighting hard at right no\\, trying the Jungle." The aura would be days a week along with a 9 a.m. to solidify. We have a lot of young very fun and impressive, as well; Saturday practice. This endurance faces and a big generation gap that ｾ Ｎ ［ ［ ･ ､ Ｎ compared to those tailgating outside alone deserves acclaim, but, when needs to be It's something the Superdome while their kids • !'