The Tulane Green Wave put together a successful weekend on the diamond, and the individual performances within the team's series victory against the Loyola Marymount Lions has brought plenty of excitement to the program.

Tulane picked up a key 12-3 victory on Friday night before letting Saturday's contest slip away late, ultimately ending in a 6-4 loss. The Sluggerbirds bounced back big time on Sunday with a 6-1 win while recording 19 strikeouts -- that's the most in a single game for the program since 1972. 

The highs certainly outweighed the lows out in Los Angeles for the visiting squad. Here's a look at what we've learned about the Green Wave through the first series of the year.

Nine pitchers took the mound for Tulane over three days of action, and some pretty impressive performances were recorded. 

As a team, the Green Wave totaled 44 strikeouts and posted a 2.77 earned run average. JD Rodriguez ultimately stole the show on Friday night, with no runs given up and nine strikeouts in 4.2 innings of relief. Fellow reliever Jack Brafa performed similarly well in his Sunday appearance, striking out six batters and giving up just one hit through 2.0 innings pitched. 

Of course, strong outings by the team's starting pitchers can't be forgotten. Beau Sampson recorded nine strikeouts on Saturday to go along with three hits and two earned runs. Trey Cehajic and Jack Frankel made noise in their respective outs as well, with each totaling five strikeouts on the weekend.

For the most part, every pitcher who touched the mound showed that they can compete at a high level. The staff appears loaded and capable of doing big things this year.

Harrison put together an impressive 2025 campaign for Tulane in his first year with the program. So far, the USC Trojans transfer has looked even better at the plate. 

The senior is batting .467 following a weekend in which he went 7-of-15 at the plate with one RBI, four runs scored and two doubles. Just as impressive, Harrison only struck out once on the weekend and demonstrated great plate awareness by picking up a walk.

Sure, it's early in the season, and with so few at-bats, some of these numbers will certainly go down as the year goes on. However, it's hard to ignore that Harrison looks improved in just about every way and could be a true driving force for the offense in 2026.

Fielding is one of the most underrated fundamentals that separates a good baseball player from a great baseball player.

It's seen all the time on college teams: a coach is going to choose to put a standout defender on the field, even if his batting average is a bit lower. Having an outfielder who can make those diving catches or an infielder who can corral a speedy grounder is critical.

Tulane performed well defensively against the Lions, with a .989 fielding percentage and just one error on the weekend. It certainly helps that strong pitching forced routine groundouts and fly-outs at a steady pace, but even in tougher defensive situations, the Green Wave was able to adapt and make great plays.