TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Purdue (2-2) at the Round Rock Classic
Friday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 22 / Stream via D1Baseball.com
Dell Diamond / Round Rock, Texas
Friday at 3 p.m. ET: Purdue vs. #20 Southern Miss (3-1)
Saturday at 2 p.m. ET: Purdue vs. Baylor (4-0)
Sunday at Noon ET: Purdue vs. #11 Oregon State (3-1)
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Cole Van Assen (Jr, RHP) vs. USM’s Colby Allen (Sr, RHP)
Saturday: Zach Erdman (Sr, LHP) vs. BU’s Ethan Calder (Sr, LHP)
Sunday: Jarvis Evans (Sr, LHP) vs. OSU’s Eric Segura (Jr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
vs. Southern Miss
• All-Time: USM leads 3-1
• Last Meetings: USM swept a 3-game series (February 2019 in Hattiesburg)
• First Meeting: Purdue 10, USM 9 (March 2012 in Auburn, Ala.)
vs. Baylor
• All-Time: Baylor leads 3-0
• Last Meetings: Baylor swept a 3-game series (February 2008 in Waco)
vs. Oregon State
• Sunday’s Game is the First Meeting
ROUND ROCK, Texas – Purdue Baseball closes out its season-opening 11-day road trip in Texas with one of its stiffest tests of the season, taking the field at another Triple-A ballpark and squaring off against three elite programs at the Round Rock Classic.
The Boilermakers play No. 20 Southern Miss, Baylor and No. 11 Oregon State at Dell Diamond this weekend. The four teams are combined 12-4 this season and were all 30-game winners a year ago, posting a combined 159-77 (.674) mark. Oregon State and Southern Miss hosted NCAA Regionals in 2025 and the Beavers qualified for the College World Series for the eighth time.
Purdue is 40-12 in neutral-site action dating back to the start of the 2022 campaign – with 46 of those games played in Sugar Land, Texas (19) or Holly Springs, N.C. (27). The Boilermakers return to Dell Diamond for the first time since squaring off against Nebraska to open the unique conference-only 2021 campaign. Similar to last weekend when Aaron Manias delivered the game-winning hit in a do-or-die spot Saturday in Sugar Land, Purdue’s first victory of 2021 was via a walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth.
Led by Zach Erdman’s eight shutout innings in Saturday’s victory, the Boilermakers’ weekend rotation played a pivotal role in the series win vs. Portland to open the season. Cole Van Assen also went unscored upon over four innings and has now worked 13 2/3 innings over three appearances without allowing an earned run at Constellation Field. Jarvis Evans surrendered only four hits over five innings Sunday in his Purdue debut.
COMBINED TOTALS FOR VAN ASSEN, ERDMAN & EVANS IN SUGAR LAND
• 17 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 16 K, 0.88 WHIP, .183 B/Avg
Erdman was the only starting pitcher in the nation to work eight innings during the opening weekend. Erdman’s game score of 83 from his gem (8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K) was good for second nationally, behind only Lamar’s Chris Oliver (6 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 14 K, game score 86). Erdman lost out on Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors after USC’s Grant Govel struck out 10 over six no-hit innings (game score 81). As a native Texan, Erdman pitched his first three collegiate seasons at Texas Tech but did not face Baylor while he was a Red Raider.
HEAD COACH CONNECTION
• Purdue’s Greg Goff and Southern Miss head coach Christian Ostrander go way back. Goff was the pitching coach at Delta State, an NCAA DII program in Mississippi, when Ostrander was a student-athlete at DSU. When Goff made the move to DI as an assistant at Southeast Missouri State for the 1997-98 school year, Ostrander replaced him as the DSU pitching coach. Goff later hired Ostrander as the pitching coach at Louisiana Tech in the fall of 2015. Together, Goff and Ostrander led Louisiana Tech to an NCAA Regional berth in 2016, LaTech’s first since 1987. Goff was hired as the head coach at Alabama in the summer of 2016, but Ostrander opted to remain in Ruston for one more season before becoming the pitching coach at Southern Miss in the summer of 2017. Ostrander succeeded the retiring Scott Berry as USM’s head coach in the summer of 2023.
• In the first-ever Purdue-Southern Miss game in March 2012 on the middle day of a four-team tournament hosted by Auburn, current Purdue assistant coach Barrett Serrato connected for a three-run homer in a seven-run seventh inning as the Boilermakers rallied for a 10-9 victory after trailing 9-3. Purdue’s 2012 team went on to win a team-record 45 games and a pair of Big Ten titles along with hosting an NCAA Regional in Gary, Ind.
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PURDUE’S RECENT NON-CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT HISTORY (Since 2014) |
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Year |
Tournament |
Location/Host |
Record |
Game Results |
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2024 |
Keith LeClair Classic |
Greenville, N.C. / |
2-1 |
East Carolina (L, 7-1) |
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2020 |
Cambria College Classic |
Minneapolis / Minnesota |
0-3 |
Duke (L, 5-1) |
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2020 |
Campbell Invitational |
Buies Creek, N.C. / |
3-0 |
Campbell (W, 6-4) |
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2018 |
Stetson Invitational |
DeLand, Fla. / Stetson |
2-1 |
Central Michigan (W, 11-1) |
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2018 |
Irish Alamo Classic |
San Antonio / |
3-1 |
Saint Louis (W, 5-2) |
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2016 |
Millard MGMT Classic |
Lawrence, Kan. / Kansas |
1-2 |
Saint Louis (L, 3-2) |
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2016 |
Atlanta Challenge |
Atlanta, Ga. / Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Georgia St. |
1-2 |
Georgia Tech (L, 5-2) |
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2015 |
Phoenix Muni Classic |
Phoenix / Arizona St. |
1-3 |
Gonzaga (W, 5-3) |
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2015 |
Kleberg Bank Classic |
Corpus Christi, Texas / |
2-2 |
A&M-Corpus Christi (L, 6-2) |
PURDUE AT PROFESSIONAL STADIUMS (Since 2020)
• Constellation Field (Triple-A; Sugar Land, Texas): 16-3
…Opened the season there every year since 2022
• Wrigley Field (MLB; Chicago): 1-0
…Defeated Northwestern in April 2024
• U.S. Bank Stadium (NFL; Minneapolis): 2-4
…Won 2 of 3 vs Minnesota in March 2025; lost all 3 at Minnesota’s Tournament in February 2020
• Dell Diamond (Triple-A; Round Rock, Texas): 1-3
…Opened the 2021 season there vs. Nebraska
• Fluor Field (High-A; Greenville, S.C.): 0-4
…Lost all 4 vs Michigan in March 2021
FREQUENT TRIPS TO TEXAS (Since 2017)
• 2026: Sugar Land, Houston, Round Rock – vs Portland, at Rice, at Round Rock Classic
• 2025: Sugar Land – 4-game series vs Stephen F. Austin (4-0)
• 2024: Sugar Land – 4-game series vs Stony Brook (3-1)
• 2023: Sugar Land – 4-game series vs Holy Cross (3-1)
• 2022: Sugar Land – 4-game series vs South Dakota State (4-0)
• 2021: Round Rock – 4-game series vs Nebraska (1-3)
• 2020: None
• 2019: Austin – 4-game series at Texas (1-3)
• 2018: San Antonio – Irish Alamo Classic (3-1); was also scheduled to play opening weekend at Baylor
• 2017: San Marcos – 4-game series at Texas State (2-2)
ANDERSON’S 16-GAME HIT STREAK TOTALS (Streak Began April 25)
• 2025: 22-for-48, 2B, 12 RBI, HBP, 6 R, 11 SB
• 2026: 3-for-11, BB, 2 SB
• Combined: 25-for-59 (.424), 2B, 12 RBI, BB, HBP, 6 R, 13 SB
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PURDUE’S LONGEST HIT STREAKS (Since 2001) |
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20+ Games |
14 Games |
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TRUE FRESHMEN TO START A SEASON OPENER (Since 2001) |
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Season |
Boilermaker |
Position |
Opponent |
4-Year Starter? |
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2026 |
SS |
vs Portland |
TBD |
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2018 |
RF |
vs Western Michigan |
Yes |
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2016 |
3B |
at Georgia Tech |
No – Drafted after Junior Year |
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2016 |
LF |
at Georgia Tech |
No – Drafted after Junior Year |
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2015 |
SS |
at Western Carolina |
Yes |
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2013 |
C |
vs Connecticut |
Yes |
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2013 |
RF |
vs Connecticut |
Yes |
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2013 |
DH |
vs Connecticut |
No |
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2010 |
1B |
vs Villanova |
No – Drafted after Junior Year |
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2010 |
C |
vs Villanova |
No – Drafted after Junior Year |
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2009 |
DH |
vs Cincinnati |
Yes |
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2004 |
2B |
at Belmont |
Yes |
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2003 |
1B |
vs Pitt |
Yes |
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2001 |
Mitch Koester |
3B |
at Rice |
No |
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4-HIT GAMES BY PURDUE FRESHMEN (Since 2001) |
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Date |
Boilermaker |
Full Line |
Opponent |
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2/15/2026 |
4-for-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 3 R |
vs Portland |
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4/26/2024 |
4-for-5, 3 RBI, 2 R |
at Northwestern |
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2/17/2024 |
4-for-5, 2 2B, 4 R |
vs Stony Brook |
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6/02/2018 |
4-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI, R |
vs North Carolina A&T |
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4/07/2017 |
4-for-4, RBI |
Indiana |
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3/16/2017 |
4-for-5, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 R |
at Santa Clara |
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3/09/2013 |
4-for-6, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R |
at UIC |
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3/26/2010 |
4-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R |
Chicago State |
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5/16/2009 |
4-for-5, 2 2B, 4 R |
Illinois |
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4/22/2009 |
4-for-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R |
Butler |
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4/16/2006 |
4-for-5, 2 HR, BB, 5 RBI, 3 R |
at Indiana |
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3/20/2004 |
5-for-6, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R |
at Jacksonville State |
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4/20/2003 |
4-for-4, 2 2B, 7 RBI, 2 R |
at Iowa |
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*Redshirt Freshman |
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8+ SHUTOUT INNINGS IN AN OUTING (Since 2001) |
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Date |
Pitcher |
Opponent |
Scoreless Innings |
Game Result |
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2/14/2026 |
vs Portland |
8 |
W, 2-1 |
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4/09/2022 |
Indiana |
8 |
W, 17-0 |
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4/25/2021 |
Illinois |
8 |
L, 1-0 |
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4/22/2017 |
Illinois |
8 2/3 |
W, 4-1 |
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3/03/2017 |
at SE Missouri |
9 |
W, 5-0 |
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5/20/2016 |
Cal State Northridge |
8 1/3 |
W, 1-0 (10) |
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5/19/2016 |
Cal State Northridge |
9 |
W, 5-0 |
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4/22/2015 |
Ball State |
8 |
W, 6-0 |
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5/11/2012 |
Michigan |
9 |
W, 4-0 |
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4/06/2012 |
at Northwestern |
9 |
W, 7-0 |
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3/31/2012 |
Penn State |
9 |
W, 2-0 |
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3/24/2012 |
at Ohio State |
8 2/3 |
W, 8-1 |
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4/02/2011 |
at Minnesota |
9 |
W, 7-0 |
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3/04/2011 |
at Lipscomb |
9 |
W, 1-0 |
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4/24/2010 |
Northwestern |
8 |
W, 2-1 |
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3/12/2010 |
Le Moyne |
8 |
W, 3-0 |
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3/15/2009 |
vs Purdue Fort Wayne |
8 2/3 |
L, 1-0 |
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3/14/2009 |
at Evansville |
8 2/3 |
W, 3-1 |
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4/18/2007 |
at Notre Dame |
9 |
L, 1-0 |
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3/24/2007 |
at Western Illinois |
9 |
W, 7-0 |
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2/24/2007 |
at Georgia |
9 |
W, 5-0 |
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5/19/2006 |
Northwestern |
8 |
W, 11-3 |
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4/21/2006 |
Michigan |
8 |
L, 4-3 |
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3/10/2006 |
at Missouri |
8 |
W, 7-0 |
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5/20/2005 |
Scott Byrnes |
at Indiana |
8 1/3 |
W, 5-1 |
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4/23/2004 |
Scott Byrnes |
Michigan State |
8 1/3 |
W, 3-2 |
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3/24/2002 |
Mitch Pruemer |
at Miami (Ohio) |
9 |
W, 8-0 |
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3/17/2002 |
Mitch Pruemer |
at Coastal Carolina |
9 |
W, 4-0 |
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*Relief Outing |
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WALK-OFF WINS UNDER GREG GOFF (Since 2020) |
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Date |
Opponent |
Location |
Score (Innings) |
GW RBI |
GW Run |
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2/14/2026 |
Portland |
Sugar Land, Texas |
2-1 (9) |
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5/16/2025 |
Nebraska |
Alexander Field |
5-4 (9) |
Brandon Anderson (HR) |
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4/14/2025 |
Arizona State |
Alexander Field |
8-6 (9) |
CJ Richmond (HR) |
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3/16/2024 |
Samford |
Alexander Field |
13-12 (10) |
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5/07/2023 |
South Dakota St. |
Alexander Field |
3-2 (9) |
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4/02/2023 |
Northwestern |
Alexander Field |
4-3 (10) |
Lukas Cook (HR) |
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2/24/2023 |
NJIT |
Holly Springs, N.C. |
6-5 (9) |
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4/26/2022 |
Valparaiso |
Alexander Field |
6-5 (10) |
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3/20/2022 |
Illinois State |
Alexander Field |
7-6 (10) |
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3/06/2022 |
Longwood |
Holly Springs, N.C. |
6-5 (11) |
Cam Thompson (HR) |
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3/05/2022 |
Longwood |
Holly Springs, N.C. |
6-5 (13) |
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2/26/2022 |
Princeton (G2) |
Holly Springs, N.C. |
5-4 (9) |
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2/26/2022 |
Princeton (G1) |
Holly Springs, N.C. |
4-3 (9) |
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3/27/2021 |
Rutgers |
Alexander Field |
7-4 (9) |
Mason Gavre (HR) |
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4/18/2021 |
Michigan State |
Champaign, Ill. |
2-1 (11) |
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3/05/2021 |
Nebraska |
Round Rock, Texas |
6-5 (9) |
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EARLIEST MIDWEEK OPENERS
In many years from 1979-1994, Purdue would open its season with a spring break trip during the first week of March, playing daily during the trip
• 2026: Feb. 18 at Rice (L, 5-2)
• 2022: March 2 at Charlotte (W, 6-2)
• 2025: March 4 at Indiana State (W, 14-4)
• 2024: March 5 at Notre Dame (L, 11-2)
• 2011: March 8 at #20 Louisville (W, 6-4)