The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Hit Road For Weekend Showdown At Tulane
3/4/2010 | Baseball
#18 Ole Miss (7-1) a Tulane (5-3)
New Orleans, La. • Greer Field at Turchin Stadium
March 5-7 • 6:30 p.m./2 p.m./1 p.m.
Radio: Locally on Q93.7 FM, Full Ole Miss Radio Network On Friday and Sunday Only
Internet Audio: RebelVision
Announcers: Jeremy Kennedy and Gary Darby
Internet Stats: OleMissSports.com
THIS WEEK FOR OLE MISS:
The Rebels continue closed out a season-opening eight-game home stand on Tuesday against the Memphis Tigers with a 7-2 win at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. Then, Ole Miss now hits the road for the first time in the 2010 season to travel to New Orleans for a three-game set against the Tulane Green Wave beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday night.
NEXT WEEK FOR THE REBELS:
Ole Miss will return home next week to play five games in the friendly confines of Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field. The Rebels will take on Austin Peay in a pair of mid-week contests on Tuesday and Wednesday with both games against the Governors starting at 6:30 p.m. Ole Miss will then host No. 8 Louisville in a weekend series as former Rebel assistant Dan McDonnell returns to Oxford.
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS:
FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M.
TU - Conrad Flynn, Jr., RHP
OM - Drew Pomeranz, Jr., LHP
NOTING POMERANZ: Pomeranz makes his third start of the season when he takes the mound on Friday against the Green Wave. The southpaw is coming off one of the most dominating performances of his career as he struck out 15 batters and allowed no walks against Oakland last weekend. He also gave up only one run on four hits in the contest. Pomeranz retired 10 of the last 11 batters faced - striking out eight of them. Currently, he holds a 1.64 ERA and has struck out 22 batters while walking only two this season.
SATURDAY, 2:00 P.M.
TU - Matt Petition, Sr., LHP
OM - Aaron Barrett, Sr., RHP
NOTING BARRETT: Barrett makes his third start of the year after two solid outings in the first two weekends of play. Barrett combined for a shutout of Louisiana-Monroe in the opening weekend and followed that up with a dominant performance last weekend against Oakland. On the year, Barrett has allowed only one run on four hits with 14 strikeouts and thre walks through two starts. He leads the team with a 0.75 ERA and has pitched a team-leading 12.0 innings on the season.
SUNDAY, 1:00 P.M.
TU - Robby Broach, Soph., RHP
OM - Trent Rothlin, Jr., RHP
NOTING ROTHLIN: Junior Trent Rothlin makes his third start of the season in the series finale against Tulane. Rothlin has picked up wins in both of his previous outings. Rothlin's 11.0 innings of work is second most on the team behind Barrett and tied with Pomeranz heading into the weekend. The junior college transfer has allowed only one run on five hits in his time on the mound, serving as an effective Sunday starter this season and helped the Rebels pick up a series win against ULM and a sweep against Oakland.
REBELS IN THE RANKINGS:
For the sixth straight season Ole Miss opened the year ranked in the preseason polls. Currently, the Rebels are ranked as high as 18th (Collegiate Baseball) and appear in the rankings of all of five major college baseball polls.
OLE MISS VS. NON-CONFERENCE FOES UNDER BIANCO:
Ole Miss has posted an impressive non-conference record over the course of the past nine seasons under head coach Mike Bianco. Since Bianco's arrival in Oxford in 2001, the Rebels have posted a 196-66-1 (.747 win percentage) mark in non-conference foes. Just a year ago, the Rebels were 24-11 in non-conference games, posting a .686 win percentage.
