Sports

Tennis looks to rebound

The second-year team looks to build on rookie season. Article by ALEX SMOLOKOFF | CONTRIBUTING WRITER
By Tulane Hullabaloo | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Issues, Sports

With the start of the season now only three weeks away, head coach Mark Booras and the men’s tennis team looks to improve on a 2009 season in which the team lost 4-1 in the first round of the Conference USA tournament to rival Memphis.

The team has a dearth of young talent, including freshman Idan Mark, […]



Kicking battle carries into the season

By Ryan Jones | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Issues, Sports

The Tulane Hullabaloo caught up with football head coach Bob Toledo as his team readies for the first game of the season, a Thursday night contest against Southeastern Louisiana.

RJ: Southeastern Louisiana University has a very athletic but inexperienced quarterback. How important will it be to send constant pressure his way?
BT: Well, from what I’m gathering, he has […]



Volleyball faces Stanford

Volleyball braces for fourth-ranked team
By Ryan Jones | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Issues, Sports

The new-look Tulane volleyball team will make its 2010 debut 6 p.m. today at the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic in Albuquerque, N.M., against No. 4 Stanford. With a roster featuring nine new players, including six freshmen, the Green Wave takes on the preseason Pac-10 favorite Cardinal team, which sports three returning All-American seniors and the […]



Running backs share the load

Head coach Bob Toledo utilizes a committee ground approach
By Nick Peruffo | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Issues, Sports

With the graduation of 2009 Conference USA Honorable Mention selection Andre Anderson, the Tulane football team finds itself in the unfamiliar position of lacking a clear-cut starting tailback. Before Anderson took the position in 2008, current Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte had anchored the Tulane backfield since arriving on campus in 2004, when he […]



Saints look to continue success

Super Bowl win puts target on the defending champs
By Matt Culken | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Issues, Sports

It is considered nearly impossible to win back-to-back championships in today’s parity-ridden NFL. In the 2010 season, the New Orleans Saints are looking to test that theory.
Since 2000, only one team has managed to pull off this tricky feat. The 2003-2004 New England Patriots took advantage of a weak division and numerous lucky breaks in the […]



Wave opens against SLU

Football opens its season at home searching for early momentum
By Sam Thomas | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Issues, Sports

The Tulane football team kicks off its 2010 season with a rare Thursday night game against the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Superdome.
Coming off its best record since 2004 and returning 20 starters — including 11 on defense — the Lions is expected to be one of the deepest and most […]



Game-By-Game Football Preview

By John Scimeca | Aug 27th, 2010 | Category: August 27th Print edition, Featured Articles, Issues, Sports

Sept. 2 vs. Southeastern Louisiana
The season opener is much kinder than last year’s opening games against Tulsa and Brigham Young, so expect the Green Wave to open the game aggressively against their only FCS (formerly Division I-AA) opponent of the year. Anything short of a multiple-touchdown victory would be a lackluster, if not disappointing, start for Tulane.
Our […]



Hornets welcome new players, staff

General Manager Demps brings in Ariza, Belinelli
By Nick Peruffo | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Issues, Sports

For the New Orleans Hornets, the 2010 offseason was probably more dramatic than anyone in the organization would have hoped for or anticipated. After a last year’s disappointing 37-45 record, former All-NBA First Team point guard Chris Paul reportedly informed team officials that he wanted to be traded. While Paul never confirmed these reports publicly, […]



Intramural sports gear up for fall semester

ARTICLE BY RACHEL BELLAVIA | FRESHMAN CONTRIBUTOR
By Tulane Hullabaloo | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Issues, Sports

 Intramural sports begins as the school year commences, offering a combination of new fall offerings and old favorites. Tulane will offer six sports this semester, including a new freshman basketball league, a fall outdoor soccer league and a sand volleyball league.
“In the past, we only offered three fall sports and three spring sports as far as […]



Senior Nierman leads by example

By Ryan Jones | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Issues, Sports

Tulane Football Head Coach Bob Toledo distinctly remembers his first impressions of senior center Andrew Nierman, but it wasn’t a freshman All-American or a team captain he saw standing in front of him when Nierman arrived at Tulane four years ago.
“I remember he was a short guy, and I knew that he was a strong guy,” […]



Women’s Tennis Ready to Begin Fall Season

Article by RACHEL BELLAVIA | FRESHMAN CONTRIBUTOR
By Tulane Hullabaloo | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Issues, Sports

The Tulane women’s tennis team has been busy this summer, preparing to begin the fall session on a brand new set of tennis courts. All six courts were resurfaced in Tulane blue during the offseason.
“We needed the new courts,” women’s tennis Head Coach Terri Sisk said. “The old ones were starting to disintegrate, so the administration […]



V-Ball aims for postseason

By John Scimeca | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Issues, Sports

At first glance, it might appear that the Green Wave has some serious reloading to do this season since they only return two seniors and one junior. With the loss of several talented Serbian players due to transfer and All-American Rachel Lindelow to graduation, Tulane fans have reason to expect the team will experience some […]



Ramsey Returns Home to the Crescent City

By Ryan Jones | Aug 20th, 2010 | Category: August 20th Print Edition, Featured Articles, Issues, Sports

Eight years into his NFL journey, quarterback Patrick Ramsey has come full circle. Following a stellar career behind center at Tulane, during which he set 20 passing records in the 1999 season alone and was named team captain in his final two seasons, Ramsey entered the NFL as the Washington Redskins’ first-round draft pick. After […]



HULLABALOO SPORTS AWARDS

Ryan Jones [RJ], Sam Thomas [ST], Matthew Culkin [MC], Nick Peruffo [MP]
By Tulane Hullabaloo | Apr 23rd, 2010 | Category: April 23rd Print Edition, Issues, Sports

Male Athlete of the Year: Jeremy Williams

Wide receiver Jeremy Williams capped off his collegiate career with a stellar senior campaign in which he hauled in 84 catches for 1,113 yards and seven touchdowns. Williams also ranked fourth in Conference USA and 12th in the nation with 92.8 receiving yards per game. He was Tulane’s top offensive […]



Tulane takes two from UNLV, shuts out SLU

Green Wave recovers from first-game loss to Rebels and win series.
By Matt Culken | Apr 23rd, 2010 | Category: April 23rd Print Edition, Issues, Sports

After losing by a single run to open the series, Tulane baseball (24-14, 5-4) finished last weekend’s series against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (21-15, 5-4) strong, winning both games by more than five runs.
In the Friday night series opener, UNLV outdueled Tulane in a narrow 4-3 victory. The storyline of Friday’s match-up was the ending […]