Three losses last weekend at Ole Miss and another two against Cal State Fullerton had second-year Tulane coach Travis Jewett calling his team's game Sunday a must-win.
"I don't think that was too much of a statement," he said. "I think the kids felt it too."
Tulane batted around for the first time this season in a sixth-run fourth inning and sophomore Brother Martin product Keagan Gillies allowed one run over seven innings for Tulane to beat Fullerton 9-3 at Turchin Stadium.
Fullerton played without seven players suspended for missing curfew late Saturday.