Southern Miss prepares for Ole Miss in Hattiesburg Super Regional

Southern Miss baseball is getting game-day ready for Super Regionals happening at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg.

Game one starts at 3 p.m. Saturday and you can expect a packed house, which is exactly what the Eagles want.

Sports Director Jeff Haeger is in Hattiesburg now catching up with USM players and the excitement surrounding the Super Regional games.

They know the Rebels are going to come out swinging, but also that the fan base of Southern Miss will be out in full force cheering them on. Pitcher Tanner Hall said, “We want to go right at ’em and make it a war. I would think the best team wins, that’s just how it normally goes. We’re going to fight and I know they are too, and they aren’t going to make it easy on us. That’s baseball and we’re excited for it.”

Pitcher Hurston Waldrep said, “It does a lot. We saw it last weekend playing LSU, playing Army, Kennesaw in the regional. We saw the advantage we felt like it gave us. We were comfortable with them. It gave us confidence to go out there. They trusted in us. They were with us the whole time. Every inning we played, every pitch we threw, they were there for us. We just felt like we could compete harder and play better in front of them.”

Game time for the first Super Regional matchup between the Rebels and the Eagles is 3 p.m. Saturday.