UNO Game Notes - Tulane, SLU
NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans will return to southeast Louisiana for a pair of games between consecutive weekend trips to California, hitting the road for 6:30 p.m. at Tulane on Tuesday and 6 p.m. on Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday.
Tuesday's game will feature radio coverage on 690 WIST-AM with live stats and video available on TulaneGreenWave.com. Links for live audio and stats for Wednesday's game can be found on LionSports.net.
UNO (1-22) comes back to the Pelican State seeking to find a spark for its offense.
Last weekend, the Privateers were shutout in 2 of 3 games against Saint Mary's College while being limited to just nine hits in 85 at-bats for a .106 batting average. Of the players with at least six at-bats, Nolan Church and Beau Boudreaux had matching 2-of-11 efforts with a run apiece.
Church – the only scholarship player amongst the regular position players on this year's UNO roster – leads the team in batting average (.270), home runs (four), RBIs (18) and slugging percentage (.472). In the weekend series against Tulane (18-6) earlier this month, Church was 5-of-12 with five RBIs
Southpaw Robert Ormsbee (0-4, 11.72 ERA) will get the start on Tuesday against the Green Wave with freshman Corey Laudermill (0-1, 7.94 ERA) heading to the mound on Wednesday against SLU (15-9).
Tulane comes into the week ranked No. 27 by Collegiate Baseball after dropping 2 of 3 at Southern Miss last weekend in their C-USA opening series. The Green Wave headed to Hattiesburg, Miss. on a seven-game winning streak that included a trio of wins against UNO.
Head coach Rick Jones will start right-handed Drew Zizinia (1-0, 2.61 ERA) against the Privateers. Jeremy Schaffer is the lone Tulane batter hitting over .300 amongst regulars, pounding out a .409 batting average with 17 doubles and 21 runs.
SLU dropped its final two games of a Southland Conference road series against Central Arkansas and head to Southern on Tuesday night. The Lions defeated UNO 11-5 on Mar. 22 and had not announced a starter as of Monday afternoon ahead of this week's match-up against the Privateers.
Justin Boudreaux, who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs against UNO in the previous encounter, is the team-leader with a .414 batting average. Jeff Harkensee paces the team in home runs (seven) and RBIs (33), including three last time against the Privateers.
Following this week's mid-week games, UNO will play four-games at San Diego. The two teams will play a single game on Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday before closing the series on Sunday with a single game.
