The Basics
Games #21, 22, 23
Oral Roberts (12-8, 1-2) vs. Omaha (5-13, 0-3)
Dates: Mar. 21^st | Mar. 22^nd | Mar. 23^rd | 6:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m.
Location: Chapman Park (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Watch: Summit League Network | LiveStats: Sidearm Live Stats
 
Tulsa, Okla. – The Oral Roberts baseball team returns home and resumes conference play as they host Omaha for their first meeting of the season.
 
The Golden Eagles are coming off of two mid-week games at No. 3 Arkansas which resulted in a pair of losses but scores of 4-1 and 16-0 (F/7).  Freshmen right handers Brendan Asher and Luke Puffinbarger both made their first career starts combining for 7.0 innings pitched and four runs allowed. 
 
The Mavericks had the mid-week off after being swept by Summit League opponent St. Thomas at Tal Anderson Field in Omaha last weekend.   The Mavericks were outscored 38-21 in the series by the Tommies getting run ruled 21-11 in the opener on March 14^th.
 
 Last season Omaha won the Summit League regular season title and will host the Summit League Tournament in May as a result of that.  The two schools split the regular season series three to three, the Mavericks winning the series in Omaha, and ORU winning the series at home. 
 
Right Hander Easton Teel will make his first start of the season Friday.  Last time out in relief he tossed 5.2 innings giving up three runs, only one earned, no walks, and struck out five batters.  The Golden Eagles are 10-4 at Chapman Park this season with wins over No. 19 Dallas Baptist, Arkansas Pine-Bluff, North Dakota State, Missouri State, and Southern Indiana. 
 
Pitching Matchup: 
RHP Easton Teel (0-0, 2.70) v. RHP Cameron Teinert  (0-2, 7.78) 
LHP Nathan Love (2-3, 3.12) v. RHP Brayden Curtis (0-2, 5.84)  
RHP Jack Hill (2-0, 5.06) v. TBD 
 
Inside the Series:
Oral Roberts leads the all-time series with Omaha 40-14 but lost their most recent battle on May 4th, 2024, by a final of 4-2 in 14 innings at then J.L. Johnson Stadium.  The Golden Eagles are 7-3 in their last 10 against the Mavericks, however, and are 20-6 at home against Omaha. 
 
Quick Hits: 

• Oral Roberts has lost four of five for the first time this season
• Wailele Kane-Yates leads the Summit League in batting average during conference play hitting .636 with five homers
• Easton Teel makes his first start of the season on Friday night

 
Scouting the Opponent:
The Omaha Mavericks come to Tulsa with a 5-13, 0-3 record in 2025, coming off a home sweep of St. Thomas. However, Omaha does have some quality wins under its belt, including a 5-4 win at No. 3 LSU on Feb. 22 and a 3-1 win over Kansas State on March 12. 
 
This Maverick squad does not hit many homers but they are paced in that category by Jackson Trouth with two on the year with a team-leading 15 RBIs.  His .328 batting average ranks second on the team.  Leading the team in average is Henry Zipay at .354 who also leads the team in hits with 23.  Tyler Bishop also ranks top-5 in the Summit League in conference batting average at .500.  As a unit, Omaha has hit 11 homers, tied for 230th in the nation, and has driven in 84 runs.
 
On the bump, Ben Weber leads the way with a 0-3 record and a 4.94 ERA in 23.2 innings.  Five of six appearances have been starts, most recently being a 6.0 inning outing vs St. Thomas allowing just two runs.  Cameron Teinert ranks second in ERA at 7.78.  Omaha has a team ERA of 7.75, ranked 227th in the country allowing 143 runs, 130 earned. 
 
The Mavericks, like the Bison, are battle-tested. Omaha has played the 26th-hardest schedule in the country, with opponents such as Tulane, No. 3 LSU, Kansas, and Kansas State. They will also see the Creighton Bluejays three times and the Nebraska Cornhuskers once out of the Big East and Big Ten. 

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