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…
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…
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…
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…
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament is bringing fans in from all over the states to the Coast. Right now at MGM Park in Biloxi, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs are facing off against the Charlotte 49ers, two of the eight teams…
The Conference USA Baseball tournament began today at MGM Park. There’s always been a special connection between Southern Miss and its fan base. Today, the USM faithful made MGM Park their home away from home and that’s where we find…
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament begins tomorrow morning at MGM Park in Biloxi. Eight teams, including Southern Miss, will play in a double elimination tournament. The games begin Wednesday and a champion will be crowned on Sunday in Biloxi. The…
Some high praise today from those Golden Eagles and there was plenty to go around for the others. The nation’s leader in hits, Dylan Burdeaux, has been tabbed as Conference USA Player of the Year. Matt Wallner as Freshman of…
Southern Miss will embark on its tournament run as the number one seed in the field. Defending its crown will be priority number one, starting with game number one. The Golden Eagles head into the tournament riding the nation’s longest…
Dating back to 2011 and forecasting through 2019, the Conference USA Baseball tournament will have been played in the state of Mississippi eight out of those nine years. The next three have dibs on Biloxi. For the first time in…
Each year the Boo Ferriss Trophy goes to the best college baseball player in the state of Mississippi. This year, one of the guys up for the award leads the entire country in hits and yet the hardware went to…
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament begins Wednesday morning at MGM Park in Biloxi. If you’re looking for a hometown favorite in this week’s Conference USA baseball championship look no further than the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. USM has won its…
In terms of having the upper hand at next week’s Conference USA Tournament, Southern Miss has it. Not only are the Golden Eagles the top seed in the eight team field, they’re the only school in the league to play…
Behind the likes of Burdeaux, Braley, and Wallner, the Golden Eagles already wrapped up the Conference USA regular season title on Sunday and they did it outright for the first time since 2003. After sweeping UAB over the weekend, USM…
As a cautionary tale, regional projections don’t guarantee anything. The Southern Miss baseball team knows that better than anyone and yet it’s still hard to ignore the possibility of the NCAA Tournament coming to Hattiesburg. This week, USM jumped into…
This season, the Southern Miss baseball team has won 21 games at home. After this weekend, six of those wins have now come via the walk-off as the legend of Pete Taylor Park Magic continues to grow. Dating back to…