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| Austin-native and Tulane
University student Emily Dyer with a custom
tank top of shared allegiances to her hometown
and future alma mater. |
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| As temperatures and humidity
soared inside the packed Tulane pre-game
tent Caroline Stokes and her brother Greg
found some relief with a misting fan and
lots of bottled water. |
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| An overflow crowd in the
Tulane tent watches a pre-game broadcast
of Monday's Baylor-Oregon State game. |
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| This Tulane fan decided
the best way to beat the heat Monday was
to get as close to the ice cream as possible. |
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| Kinsey Schell and Sarah
Elise Pick look over the dozens of booster
signatures for the Green Wave team. |
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| Shortstop Tommy Manzella
advanced to third base in the first inning,
but was stranded there before reaching home
plate. |
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| Assistant coach Chad Sutter
(in black) calls a meeting at the pitcher's
mound as the Longhorns load the bases in
the bottom of the 1st inning. |
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| Tulane catcher Greg Dini
gives no quarter to a Longhorn runner at
the plate as he prevents a Texas run in the
bottom of a very long first inning. |
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| Third baseman Brad Emaus
can only watch in dismay as a line-shot Texas
double walks the base line to drive in two
runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. |
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| The scoreboard chronicles
a grueling seven innings for the Green Wave
as pitcher Brian Bogusevic concentrates on
retiring the side. |
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| 26,941 avid college baseball
fans packed into Rosenblatt stadium for the
Tulane-Texas game, the second-largest crowd
in CWS history. |
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| Tulane fans can only grimace
and bear it as Longhorn right fielder Will
Peoples gets airborne in the seventh inning
to rob Tulane hitter Micah Owings of an extra-base
hit. |
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