• Box Score
  

With the sweep, the Cats improved to 13-8 with the win, while the Green Wave fell to 5-6. It marked the first time Tulane has been swept in a three-game series since falling to Indiana on Feb. 28-March 2, 1997.

Trailing 2-1, Arizona scored six runs in the third on six singles and two walks. Junior left fielder Ryan O'Donnell drove in two with a single, and Ben Diggins, Erik Torres, Chris Cunningham and Mike Meyer followed with run-scoring singles of their own.

Diggins, a sophomore designated hitter, reached base in all four plate appearances, driving in a pair of runs. For the series, he went 6-for-7 at the plate and collected seven RBI. He reached base in all but one of his 10 plate appearances.

Senior left-hander Rob Shabansky (1-0), coming off of Tommy John surgery, earned his first victory in two years, working three innings and striking out a pair of batters. Senior southpaw Tony Milo picked up his second save, allowing three runs on five hits over six innings. Senior right-hander Dan O'Gara (0-2) allowed seven runs on eight hits to take the loss for the Green Wave.

For Tulane, junior first baseman Steve Shirley hit a three-run homer, his first of the season.

Arizona returns to action next Friday, March 3, when the Cats travel to Tempe to open a non-conference series with Arizona State.

                        
#15 Tulane              110     030     000     -       5       9       2
Arizona                 016     010     00x     -       8       11      2
O'Gara, Melius (3) and Herz and McKee (8); Shabansky, Milo (4) and
Cunningham. W-Shabansky (1-0). L-O'Gara (0-2). Hrs-TU: Shirley (1).