Fourteen years ago, the people of Hattiesburg got their first taste of a regional and they’ve been craving that second bite ever since. Today, the NCAA tournament finally made its first trip back to Pete Taylor Park and the Southern…
It was an exciting game in Hattiesburg today for the first game of the NCAA Regionals. Host Southern Miss faced off against Illinois Chicago in the double elimination tournament. Number one seed USM fell in a hole early, but were…
This is the first regional game Southern Miss has hosted in the NCAA Tournament since 2003. The USM faithful responded by showing out in full force. News 25’s Jeff Haeger joins us from Pete Taylor Park with one of those…
A big part of the hype surrounding the Hattiesburg Regional has everything to do with a potential second day matchup between USM and Mississippi State. But first, the Bulldogs have to take down South Alabama in their first game on…
Perhaps the most important weekend in the history of Pete Taylor Park is less than 24 hours away. Southern Miss is hosting a regional for the first time since 2003 with a trip to Super Regionals on the line. The…
One of the biggest individual accolades a high school athlete can receive is Mississippi’s Gatorade Player of the Year. For baseball, this year’s recipient hails from right here on the Gulf Coast. Yesterday, the award went to former Biloxi Indian…
The Biloxi Shuckers are hosting the first Shuckers Kids Clinic Wednesday and Thursday morning at MGM Park. The kids clinic aims to help youth baseball players along the Mississippi Gulf Coast improve their baseball skills while receiving hands on instruction…
On the diamond, opening day is the time for wishful thinking, even if those thoughts are a little bit out of left field. For Southern Miss, the prospect of hosting a regional wasn’t that farfetched, but there was still a…
For better or worse, three of the teams in the Hattiesburg regional are all pretty familiar with one another, but there’s still one other school that has everyone guessing. USM’s first opponent is the University of Illinois-Chicago, whose mascot is…
After being overlooked as a regional host last year, the Southern Miss baseball team didn’t leave anything to chance in 2017. The Golden Eagles ripped off 14 consecutive wins to close out the regular season and followed that up with…
More Southern Miss for our WXXV Play of the Day which goes to junior third baseman Taylor Braley. Walks it off with a two-run heat seeker in the bottom of the ninth against Charlotte and at that point you’re thinking…
Despite falling short of their second straight C-USA Tournament Championship, the Golden Eagles showed a lot of heart to make it back to the title game after being stunned by UTSA on day one. They got things rolling with a…
Had the end of the regular season gone differently for the Mississippi State baseball team perhaps the Bulldogs would be hosting a regional of their own, but instead it’s off to Hattiesburg. Including the SEC Tournament, the Diamond Dawgs lost…
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament concluded at MGM Park in Biloxi Sunday with a rematch between Southern Miss and Rice. Last year, the Golden Eagles beat the Owls in dramatic fashion to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. This…
In terms of former high school baseball players hailing from the Gulf Coast, Michael Gilbert is about as local as it gets. The Harrison Central alum went on to play at Mississippi Gulf Coast before spending the rest of his…
On the first day of the Conference USA Tournament, UTSA exacted its revenge on Southern Miss, who swept the Roadrunners in San Antonio to close out the regular season. As fate would have it, the Golden Eagles had the chance…
The Conference USA Tournament is back for day three and the number of teams remaining is starting to dwindle. By the time Southern Miss takes the diamond at MGM Park, there will only be five schools remaining. News 25’s Jeff…
After riding a 14 game winning streak heading into the C-USA Tournament, Southern Miss was living on more than just a prayer in today’s elimination game, but even still a little shot to the big guns upstairs can’t hurt. Prior…
From here on out, every Conference USA Tournament game is win or go home for Southern Miss. Today, the Golden Eagles needed to eliminate Louisiana Tech to avoid that same fate on their second day in Biloxi. A big sigh…
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament resumed at MGM Park today and Southern Miss needed a win to stay alive. Last night, the Golden Eagles dropped their first game to UTSA, making today’s game vs. Louisiana Tech a win or go…
All games played are at MGM Park in Biloxi. 9 a.m.: Florida Atlantic vs. FIU 12:30 p.m.: Louisiana Tech vs. Southern Miss 4 p.m.: Rice vs. Old Dominion. 7:30 p.m.: UTSA vs. Charlotte
Let’s check in with the other side of the bracket, starting with FIU and the only team from C-USA to beat USM in a series this season, Old Dominion. Old Dominion holds off the Panthers in the top of the…
Win or lose, there’s always been a special connection between Southern Miss baseball and its fan base even away from the right field roost of Pete Taylor Park. Today, the USM faithful made MGM Park their home away from home,…
Last week the Southern Miss baseball team put an exclamation point on the best regular season in school history with a three game sweep at UTSA. The Golden Eagles outscored the Roadrunners 39-13, but you wouldn’t have known that based…