Enjoyed making this highlight clip of Louis Lipps. He didn’t get as much publicity as he played with Reggie and Sammie. Louis was a first round draft choice and was the NFL Rookie of the Year and made the Pro Bowl in his first season. Injuries cut his career short, but he was a dominant receiver and maybe the best to ever play at Southern Miss.

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From the desk of the "Old Lefty" himself Jack Duggan

Overall: 17-9 (Not Ranked) C-USA: 4-3



Last Week

Thu.,April 1 – Southern Miss 9, at UTSA 1* (Hunter Stanley allows one run over seven innings)
Fri., April 2, G1 – Southern Miss 13, at UTSA 9*(Hit season-high 5 HRs, the most since 2018)

Fri., April 2, G2 – Southern Miss 11, at UTSA 5* (Dustin Dickerson broke open the game with a 3-run triple)

Sat., April 3 – Southern Miss at UTSA, Rained Out (Game was scoreless in bottom of 1st when rain halted play)



This Week (Radio/Webstream)

Friday, April 9 – vs. UAB*, 6 p.m. (Southern Miss Sports Network/C-USA.TV)
Saturday, April 10 – vs. UAB* (DH), 2 p.m. (Southern Miss Sports Network/C-USA.TV)

Sunday, April 11 – vs. UAB*, 1 p.m. (Southern Miss Sports Network/C-USA.TV)

*Conference USA game



C-USA Hitter of the Week Nominee

Player: _Gabe Montenegro__________ School:_Southern Miss__________________



Opponent AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-A

UTSA 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1-1

UTSA 5 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 1-1
UTSA 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0-0

Totals 13 5 7 1 0 2 6 2 2 2-2 (.538 ba/.600 obp/1.077 slug)


Supporting Information for Hitter of the Week Nominee: Danny Lynch hit safely in all three games during the week, posting a .538 batting average. He also led the team in hits (seven), homers (two) and RBI (six), while tied for most runs (five). He doubled in a run in the series opener, and followed that with his first four-hit game of the year in the opening game of the doubleheader in which he blasted a two-run shot in the sixth to give the Golden Eagles an 8-4 advantage. He kept a rally alive in the 10th with a two-out single, one batter before Will McGillis collected a decisive three-run homer. He then homered again in the second game of the doubleheader to increase a Golden Eagle lead. Lynch now has five home runs on the year.

C-USA Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Player: Hunter Stanley_____________ School:_Southern Miss__________________

Opponent Dec. IP H R ER BB SO Pitches

UTSA W 7.0 3 1 1 2 1 88/55

1-0 7.0 3 1 1 2 1 88/55 (62.5 percent strike rate)



Supporting Information for Pitcher of the Week Nominee: Hunter Stanley won his third straight decision as he limited one of the league’s best offensive clubs to just three hits and a run over seven innings. While he fanned one and just walked two, he registered 14 fly ball outs and the only run allowed came in the sixth. He retired nine batters in a row at one point in the contest and only allowed only one leadoff to reach base. He lowered his ERA to 2.06 this season in seven starts and leads the team in innings (43.2) and strikeouts (54). Opponents this season are hitting .199 against him.


Team Notes

* The Golden Eagles went 3-0 last week, posting their first three-game sweep of a Conference USA opponent since sweeping Middle Tennessee (April 26-28, 2019). The final game of the four-game series was rained out. It was the first league game lost due to weather since the final game of the 2018 UTSA series (March 18) in Hattiesburg.

* Gabe Montenegro hit safely in all three games during the weekend to extend his current team-best hitting streak to 10 games. During the streak, Montenegro is hitting .488 (20x41) with five doubles, a triple, a home run and 9 RBI. He has seen his average rise from .182 to .312 during the streak.
* Redshirt freshman Billy Garrity collected his first Golden Eagle hit in the opening game of a twinbill on Friday, in the eighth inning, to give USM a 9-8 extra-inning advantage. The Roadrunners scored a run in the bottom half of the frame and Southern Miss pulled away finally with a four-run 10th. Transfer Blake Johnson also hit his first Golden Eagle homer in the second game of the doubleheader.

* Ryan Och retired eight of nine batters he faced to improve to 3-0 after keeping UTSA off the board in the 10-inning win.

* Ben Ethridge finished the series by limiting the Roadrunners to two runs on two hits, all of which came in the first, shutting down UTSA the rest of the way as he posted nine strikeouts and walked three over six innings to improve to 2-1.

* Southern Miss registered a season-high 19 hits in the series opener and scored in double digits twice in the set, now scoring in double digits five times in 2021.

* The Golden Eagles are now 9-1 when they score in the opening frame and 11-2 when they score first this season.

On this week’s episode of To The Top Talk: we recap the Spring Game, talk a little Southern Miss baseball and more! #SMTTT

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They will preselected sites for NCAA Baseball Tornament this season. Every school can bid on these, but we all know what will happen here. The SEC will get 85% of those spots, the ACC will get a few,a few will go to West Coast. This is an awful decision.

After it is decided who will play for National Championship, please put the combined score for the game in this thread. The score that is closest will win a basketball signed by all the coaches at Southern Miss Basketball (Men's Staff). It doesn't matter if score is over or under, just the closest. In case of a tie, the winner will be who doesn't go over the combined score. So later on, once it is decided, post your combined scores in this thread.

Combined score for regulation not overtime.

Our Final Four picks didn’t exactly age as well as we would’ve hoped, but BGN still has a 10-4 record straight up with one game left to pick. Gonzaga and Baylor soon meet to decide who takes home the 2021 NCAA title. Will Gonzaga (31-0) end its run undefeated or can Baylor (27-2) find a way to knock off the top dogs??

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Up to 21 as of 4:00 PM today...Schedule favors Tech unless we go there and take 3 of 4....

Mention of M Wallner and Southern Miss for Minnesota Twins

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Non-Roster Prospect to Watch: Matt Wallner. The Twins Competitive Balance pick in 2019 is a Minnesotan who became a college slugger at Southern Mississippi. He’s the kind of bat that could move up quickly, especially after a lost 2020 season. Not likely to get to the big leagues in 2021, but could get close.

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I think we’ve earned the right to come back for another week of picks after stacking up a 9-3 record SU, but the question here is which two teams will earn the right to play for a national championship??

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So here is the link to the stat feed to keep up with for everyone. I will drop in and update the score every few innings.

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LIVE STATS

I stand corrected, there is a live feed.

Did not make the CUSA tournament that is scheduled to be here in Hattiesburg. Not a good look.

After missing out on March Madness last year in 2020 due to COVID-19 upstart, all parties including coaches, players, staff, fans, and media were excited but leery this year of the games happening.

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Well Game 2 today. UTSA Pitching was not very good last night. Let's see if the Eagles can keep the momentum going today....

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I will be in amd out of the thread updating as much as I can. Please pardon me this evening, I am finally getting a chance to visit with my new baby niece and Uncle Heath will not be missing that.

Lineup is almost the same as last game. The only difference is Johnson will be catching in game 3.

The locker room is now back to offseason form. The practice fields and The Rock are now silent. Coaches are out recruiting trying to find that hidden gem to add in the Fall or looking at their 2022 recruiting classes. Will Hall has got to do that and so much more.

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Briason Mays can play all 5 positions but will be a tackle/center at USM

Eagles need a bounceback weekend at UTSA. It is a tough place to play. Hard to get excited about the game when you have played in high school fields 10× better than this place. This will be a tough weekend.

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Southern Miss (14-9, 1-3 CONF) comes off a tough weekend series against Louisiana Tech, losing 3 of 4 to the Bulldogs, and heads to San Antonio to take a dip in the “Bird Bath” vs the Roadrunners of UTSA.

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Niko Mazza (Madison Ridgeland Academy - Madison, MS) throws 16 ks giving up 1 ER in a 7 inning win against #2 team in MS tonight.

Mazza was up to 97 this summer and handles a sharp curveball nicely as his strikeout pitch.

Coach Ostrander will lose some arms from his staff after this year, but has more impressive talent coming to Hattiesburg in 2022.

We were supposed to talk today even though he is spending time with his family. I told him we can talk in the next few days and please don't feel as if he needs to speak with me asap. We will talk in the next few days. Coaches don't get many chances with their families and to me that is a precious time. We will have an article coming out tomorrow about baseball and an article about Spring football. Just wanted to le you guys know. Hope all is well with everyone!!!!..Heath