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Reason the win today was important...

At this time USM sits at #14 in the RPI. Taking care of business against teams below 150 is what the Eagles have been doing. Losing to teams in the top 100 RPI doesn't hurt you as bad. If they would have lost today it would have dropped the Eagles to 18-20.

At 14, the Eagles are still I'm good shape to host and that seeded host is still within reach. This was a tough weekend where it seemed every call went against USM. The umpiring was terrible especially towards the Eagles.

Have to shake that off and get back home. 6 of next 9 CUSA contest are at home. With the 2 toughest UTSA and ODU at home, the schedule sets up good.

It wasn't pretty but the win today was almost a must have and they won. Start a new week and play good baseball.

Thoughts on loss in game 1 at UAB

Baseball is a crazy game. Any team can be beat on any night if things go their way. Things went the way of UAB last night.

The ump had an erratic zone behind the plate. No one knew where the zone actually was. Both teams hit the ball hard, USM just hit them where the defense was and UAB didn't.

Walks cost USM, of the 5 walks, 4 scored. There is the difference.

Errors were killer again. Those must me cut put.

If you are going to lose this part of the schedule is the time. No team USM plays is outside top 100 in RPI.

Riggins has to show up today. Get ahead of batters amd keep the ball down.

New day to start over. SMTTT

How Southern Miss baseball found its spark and became one of the hottest teams in the country from the HA


Part of the story
Southern Miss baseball reserves Mondays for rest and recovery.

It’s the one day every week, from February through May, when the Golden Eagles aren’t playing, practicing or traveling. March 14 was the exception. On that particular afternoon, Southern Miss was gathered around pitching coach Christian Ostrander at Pete Taylor Park. It was less than 24 hours removed from a stiff reality check – a three-game sweep at the hands of Dallas Baptist – and high time for a gut-check.

“I think it was just Coach Oz,” shortstop Dustin Dickerson, who leads the team with a .349 batting average, recalled. “He was going over the practice plan, then he kinda got a little fired up.”
Southern Miss was 10-6 at the time – unranked, but undeterred. Ostrander’s impassioned monologue was just the spark to conjure up a little magic. It’s the moment the players point toward as the catalyst the Golden Eagles needed to reach some lofty, unprecedented heights.
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