Hattiesburg Regional Preview
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…
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Predicting the Hattiesburg Regional: USM fans calling their shots
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…
Southern Miss Regional Preview
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…
Southern Miss Watch Party: NCAA regionals announced Monday
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…
WXXV Play of the Day: Taylor Braley walks it off for Southern Miss
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…
Conference USA Tournament in review
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…
C-USA Tournament Championship Game: Southern Miss vs. Rice
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…
C-USA Baseball Tournament: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No.8 UTSA
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…
Southern Miss Mom Squad: Devotion group supporting sons from the stands
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…
Conference USA Tournament: Southern Miss vs. La Tech
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…
Conference USA Tournament: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 5 La Tech
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…
Southern Miss faithful invade MGM Park
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,…
C-USA Tournament: No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 UTSA
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…
Southern Miss faithful invade MGM Park for C-USA Tournament
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…
2017 Conference USA Baseball Awards
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…
USM blocking out the noise: Golden Eagles humble amidst 14 game winning streak
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…
NCAA Baseball: Southern Miss vs. Southeastern Louisiana
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…
Southern Miss Baseball: C-USA Champions
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…
Southern Miss baseball gaining traction as potential NCAA regional host site
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…
NCAA Baseball: No. 22 USM sweeps FAU with extra innings walk-off
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…
Southern Miss Baseball Preview: Florida Atlantic Series battle between first and second
In the game of golf, the old adage says you can’t win a tournament on the first day, but you can certainly lose it. That same logic can be applied to the longevity of a college baseball season, and more…
NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award: USM’s Nick Sandlin named to midseason watch list
Up in Hattiesburg today, some high praise for Southern Miss closer Nick Sandlin. He was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year midseason watch list. Of the 40 players to make the cut, Sandlin has…
NCAA Baseball: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State
The regular season series between the Ole Miss and Mississippi State baseball teams was very one-sided. The Bulldogs swept a three game series versus the Rebels in Oxford, but then there’s the Governor’s Cup which is tied at five games…
Spotlight on USM alumni: McDowell and Mims inducted into Hall of Fame
He isn’t billed as a lead actor, but much credit is due to former USM faculty member and film school director Dr. Dixon McDowell, who will be honored alongside fellow filmmaker Steve Mims, at USM’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony…