The Basics
Games 5-7
Oral Roberts (2-2, 0-0) vs. Abilene Christian (3-2, 0-0)
Dates: Feb. 20 | 3:00 PM, Feb. 21 | 1:00 PM, Feb. 22 | 1:00 PM
Location: Crutcher Scott Field at Bullock Brothers Ballpark (Abilene, Texas)
Watch: ESPN+ / WAC International | Live Stats: ACU Athletics
 
TULSA, Oklahoma – The Oral Roberts baseball team continues its nonconference slate on the road, traveling for a three-game series at Abilene Christian beginning Friday, February 20.
 
Fans can watch the action live on ESPN+ on Friday and WAC International on Sunday or follow updates on X at @ORUBASE.
 
Last Time Out:
The Golden Eagles are coming off an 11-0 shutout loss to Missouri State on Tuesday, following a 2-1 series win over Southern Illinois.
 
Offensively, the Golden Eagles were led by Will Edmunson, who went 2-for-4 with a double in the third inning. Keaton Campbell added to the extra-base effort with a double in the fourth.
 
Luke Williams (0-1) started and took the loss on the mound for Oral Roberts. Jack Hill was a bright spot out of the bullpen, tossing two shutout innings without allowing a hit or issuing a walk.
 
Inside the Series:
Game one of the series marks the fifth meeting between the two teams, with the all-time series tied 2-2. The two last met in 2023, when the Wildcats earned a 10-8 win in Abilene.
 
Scouting the Opponent:
Abilene Christian enters the weekend at 3-2 on the season. The Wildcats opened their 2026 campaign with a four-game series win over St. Thomas, with their lone loss coming in game three, 11-10 in 10 innings. ACU most recently fell 12-3 at Dallas Baptist on Tuesday evening.
 
ACU finished 34-23 last season, going 15-9 in the WAC. Their season ended with an 11-9 loss in the WAC Tournament championship game.
 
Three Wildcats– Diego Cardenas, Grant Watkins and Braden Regala– received Preseason All-WAC honors.
 
Maddox Miesse, a senior catcher, currently leads the WAC and ranks 21st nationally with a .625 batting average. He also ranks second in the conference and 17th nationally in on-base percentage (.733), as well as second in the league in slugging percentage (1.125).
 
As a team, ACU leads the conference and ranks 21st nationally with eight home runs. The Wildcats are first in the WAC and 20th nationally with two triples and rank third in the league in batting average (.273).
 
On the mound, ACU's 5.44 team ERA ranks sixth in the WAC, while its 1.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio ranks fifth.
 
Head coach Rick McCarty has compiled a 204-158 career record, all in eight seasons at Abilene Christian.
 
Player of the Week:
Senior outfielder Cooper Combs was named the first Kwik Star Summit League Peak Hitter of the Week on Tuesday, February 17.
 
Combs went 6-for-10 and hit safely in all three games of the season-opening series against Southern Illinois. The Fayetteville, Arkansas, native went 2-for-4 in the opener before finishing 1-for-3 with the game-tying run in game two.
 
In the series-clinching win, Combs went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and two walks. He delivered a go-ahead RBI double in the fifth inning, then added an insurance run with an RBI single in the sixth.
 
1st Place = 1st Teamers:
ORU returns three Summit League First Team selections from 2025. Catcher Wailele Kane-Yates, right fielder Will Edmunson, and right-handed starter Easton Teel were each selected to the First Team for the first time in their careers.
 
League Award Winners:
RHP Easton Teel earned the 2025 Summit League Newcomer of the Year Award for his performance on the mound. His 2.95 ERA led the conference and ranked No. 36 nationally.
 
The freshman also led the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.60), wins (7), WHIP (1.09), and walks allowed per nine innings (1.64).
 
Tulsa Tanks:
ORU relied on the long ball last season, leading the league with 70 home runs. Wailele Kane-Yates led the team and ranked second in the Summit League with 12 home runs, closely followed by Martell Davis with 10. Cooper Combs and Will Edmunson added nine each, while Owen Coil and Ethan Fielder finished with seven apiece.
 
Crown the King:
Head Coach Ryan Folmar surpassed legendary coach Larry Cochell for first on the ORU Baseball program's all-time wins list with the Golden Eagles' walk-off victory against Northern Colorado on Sunday, May 11. The win marked No. 429 for Folmar as head coach at ORU. He also led the program to a College World Series appearance in 2023, one of two appearances in program history.
 
In addition, Folmar was named the 2025 Summit League Coach of the Year.


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