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Tulane Soccer Schedule 2026

Week 1 – Loss at Duke, September 5 (17-3)

Week 2 – South Alabama, September 12

Week 3 – at Kansas State, September 19

Week 4 – Southern Miss, September 26

Week 5 – OPEN DATE, October 3

Week 6 – at Military, October 10

Week 7 – Memphis, October 16

Week 8 – UTSA, October 24

Week 9 – at Charlotte, October 30

Week 10 – Tulsa, November 7

Week 11 – at Rice, November 14

Week 12 – North Texas, November 21

Week 13 – at South Florida, November 27

Every week, On SI Tulane traverses the void between the great guys and the unhealthy guys to see what we are able to be taught forward of the weekend’s opponent. This time, we lean in the direction of the darkish facet of the pressure to talk with South Alabama play-by-play man JT Crabtree.

How has fall camp gone for USA up to now? Had been there any surprises or any disappointments that you simply thought perhaps ought to have been that did not occur?

I believe what was encouraging was the truth that we have had wholesale adjustments on protection with our defensive coordinator, Todd Orlando. And I do know we’ll speak about him extra right here in a bit, I am certain. However from an adjustment standpoint, it did not seem to be it was something greater than seamless.

The protection appeared comfy within the new scheme. We had new guys stepping up in numerous totally different roles on protection and on offense. And the youthful guys look good up to now too.

And so I believe all in all, camp went about in addition to you’ll be able to hope. The staff for probably the most half stayed wholesome. You come back a beginning quarterback, which on the G5 stage is seemingly not possible these days.

Any surprises throughout the fall camp? I do know that it went based on rule, which is sweet often, however something that simply jumped out to you?

I believe primarily was how, we knew youthful guys had been gonna combine in there, however simply what number of youthful guys are literally contributing, not simply due to necessity, however due to talent stage. A man from Baton Rouge for us, Xavius Anderson at linebacker has actually jumped off the web page.

And he was a man that coming into fall camp was simply, he was certainly one of your highschool signees. We weren’t actually anticipating him to do a ton. And the man has actually stuffed a necessity for us.

This can be a partial transcript of our dialog. For the total interview, please go to our YouTube channel.

He jumped proper in and we had a gap at linebacker and he took benefit of it. He began this previous weekend, his first profession sport. He appears the half bodily and consciousness clever.

I believe Anderson’s most likely the most important shock for us. After which on offense too, at receiver, we got here into the season with Anthony Keen and Brendan Jenkins and Michael Woods coming back from final 12 months’s staff. And so that you had some expertise, however past these guys, there have been numerous query marks.

So what do you assume Wave followers ought to be searching for as a power on the offensive facet of the ball for the Jags?

I believe main factor is our operating sport. And final 12 months, our offense was predicated reasonably on the run sport, as a result of we had a man like Kentrell Bullock, who had been right here for therefore lengthy and had performed behind so many different nice operating backs.

And we nonetheless return a man like PJ Martin from New Orleans, was nice at De La Salle Excessive College. You’ve gotten a man behind him in Keenan Phillips. And Bishop Davenport, our quarterback, mixes in there as properly. He can tuck it and run himself too. So I believe he can run very properly. He had a 50-yard dashing landing at a bowl sport two years in the past, had one other certainly one of virtually 60 yards in opposition to Troy final 12 months too. And so that you add within the three operating backs plus Bishop, a quarterback to run. We now have 4 choices that we’re comfy at any level toting the soccer on the market.

Okay, let’s flip to the opposite facet. The defensive facet, you could have a brand new DC. You have already talked about that, however let’s discuss a bit bit about a few of the strengths that the protection could have coming into this season.

Properly, we’re hoping that what we noticed in sport one will proceed and that is creating turnovers. Orlando’s defenses are actually constructed on forcing takeaways. His three-year common at South Florida when he was defensive coordinator there, they averaged 25 turnovers compelled per season.

And compared, South Alabama final 12 months solely had 15.

And so in sport one, you already had two turnovers compelled with two interceptions. They usually had been by guys who did not have huge roles final 12 months or had been new. Dee Darby was a job participant final 12 months and Jalen Mosin‘ is a switch from Utah. And people guys instantly made an influence. And so I am hoping that that may proceed as a result of that was one thing we weren’t nice finally 12 months.