TGIF Trojans. This Sunday, they’ll be plenty of spring colors around town with Easter on full display, but……

There’s no better color than display than TONIGHT at Riddle Pace Field for FIREWORKS NIGHT! It’ll be a blast! (you can now roll your eyes at this dad joke)

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🎆 Have A Blast
⚾️ Good To Be Home
🏀 Fresh Faces
⚔️ And much, much more!

⚾️ NEED WE SAY MORE?

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Good To Be Home. It had been over two weeks since the 18th-ranked Troy baseball team played a home game.

It was evident quickly that the Trojans were happy to be home.

A two-RBI double by Brooks Bryan helped Troy jump out to a 4-0 cushion after three innings, and the Trojans cruised from their to a 9-3 victory over visiting ULM in the opener of a three-game home set.

Bryan, who was named to the Buster Posey Award Midseason Watch List earlier on Thursday, celebrated with a three-hit night, including that two-RBI double. His 49 RBIs this season lead the Sun Belt.

Senior righty Garrett Gainous had another strong outing to improve to 6-1 on the year. He tossed five innings, allowing just four hits and one earned run for the Trojans.

⚾️ The Full Recap

🔼 Tourney Time. The quest for a crown begins today for the Troy men’s tennis squad as they open up play at the Sun Belt Tournament with a 9 am showdown with Louisiana in the quarterfinals.

On Thursday, a quartert of Trojans were honored with the Sun Belt yearly awards, highlighted by Hiiro Sakakmoto, who was named the Freshman of the Year in the league.

Additionally, Yeray Andres Pastor was named to the Singles Second Team All-Conference, and the duo of Noah Martens and Nicolas Simkin were named to the Doubles Second Team All-Conference. 

A victory over the Ragin’ Cajuns would send the Trojans into Saturday’s semifinal at 10 am.

🎾 Sun Belt Tournament Central

🔼 Fresh Faces. Coming off a historic season on the court for the Troy men’s and women’s basketball squads, both programs welcomed some fresh faces this week.

On the men’s side, Coach Cross and staff announced the signing of Javen Colbert, a high school standout from Decatur, Texas. Colbert played at Decatur High School from 2022-24 and scored over 2,600 career points, including 1,102 his senior year. Rated as one of the best scorers in not just the state but also the country, Colbert averaged 32.2 points his senior year, which ranked 28^th in the nation.

He also added 5.3 assists and 5.7 rebounds per game while shooting 51.0 percent from the field and 42.0 percent from distance. He had seven 40-plus point games and a 51-point performance during his senior season. 

On the women’s side, Coach Rigby welcomed FAU transfer and Alabama native Aniya Hubbard to the Trojan family.

The Birmingham native sat out the 2024-25 season after flourishing at FAU for two seasons with 15.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals in 25.5 minutes. She earned 2022-23 C-USA Freshman of the Year while collecting all-conference second team, all-defensive team, all-freshman team and Freshman of the Week five times.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is junior Brooks Bryan, who’s two-RBI double in the third inning of Thursday’s series opener against ULM gave the Trojans all the cushion they would need in the 9-3 victory in their return home to Riddle-Pace Field. Bryan finished the night going 3-for-5 and pushed his season RBI total to 49.

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⚔️ JOIN THE TOUR!

Seven dates. Seven stops. Pick a date and join the fun!

Troy Athletics, the Troy Alumni Association and Troy Admissions announced Troy's seven stops for the annual Trojan Tour presented by Guardian Credit Union on Monday afternoon. This year's event features visits to Troy, Ozark, Dothan, Enterprise, Montgomery, Birmingham and Luverne.
 
Various Troy coaches and administrators, including Director of Athletics Brent Jones, football head coach Gerad Parker, men's basketball head coach Scott Cross, women's basketball head coach Chanda Rigby and baseball head coach Skylar Meade will be featured across Trojan Tour. 

Admission to all Trojan Tour socials is free; however, the baseball game in Montgomery will require a game ticket to be purchased, and some locations will require separate food purchases.

🤔 TROY TRIVIA

As we mentioned, last night’s series opening victory over ULM pushed Garrett Gainous to 6-1 on the 2025 season.

In his four years at Troy, how many career victories does Gainous have on the mound?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to find the answer!

*All times Central

Friday, April 18th
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Louisiana @ 9am (Sun Belt Quarterfinals - Rome, Ga.)
⚾️ Baseball vs. ULM @ 6 pm l ESPN+ l Live Stats
🥎 Softball at Texas State @ 6pm l Live Stats
👟 Track & Field at Georgia Tech Invitational

Saturday, April 19th
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. TBD @ 10am (Sun Belt Semifinals - Rome, Ga.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Texas State @ 10am
🥎 Softball at Texas State @ 12pm l Live Stats
⚾️ Baseball vs. ULM @ 3:33pm l ESPN+ l Live Stats
👟 Track & Field at Georgia Tech Invitational

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 22.

⚔️ See you tonight at RPF!