Tomorrow night's home baseball game against Troy has been canceled due to inclement weather. The game may be rescheduled at a later date, but there is a good chance the game will not be made up. The extra day off gives injured players like Joey Archer and Travis Graves more time to heal nagging injuries. The cancellation may also speed up anticipated weekend pitching rotation changes. Weekday starter Jeff Stanley may take the Sunday spot on the mound allowing freshman Geoffrey Thomas to move to a weekday spot or the bullpen. The Golden Eagles return to action on Friday for a three game set against visiting Missouri State.
The softball team dropped four of five games over the weekend at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Golden Eagles lone win was over Eastern Illinois. Now 12-6, Southern Miss will open Conference USA play on the road this weekend when they face Houston for a three game series.
The women's basketball team ended their horrible season with a 102-64 loss in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament in Tulsa. The Lady Eagles finished the season with a 9-21 record. Is Joye Lee-McNelis on the hot seat?
If their was one positive to the season, it was senior Pauline Love. She had an incredible season and was rewarded by being named First Team All-Conference USA.
Larry Eustachy's club finished the regular season with a little momentum with wins over Tulane and East Carolina. The Golden Eagles will face Tulane for the third time this season tomorrow in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament in Tulsa. Tulane has dropped both meetings against Southern Miss this season. The winner will face UAB in a nationally televised game (CBS College Sports) on Thursday at 2:30pm.
Gary Flowers and Sai'Quon Stone both earned post season honors from Conference USA. Flowers was named Second Team All-Conference USA and Stone was named to the Conference USA All-Defensive Team.