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Four Conference USA teams will participate in the NCAA Baseball Championship. Rice is the #2 seed overall and will host a regional at their home field. They will play SWAC champion #4 seed Prairie View A&M. Both Houston and Tulane received #2 seeds and will play on the road. Houston will play #3 seed Wichita State in first round action, while Tulane will play #3 South Alabama in the Oxford regional. Southern Miss received the #3 seed in the Tuscaloosa regional and will play #2 Troy State. Below are the schedules for each regional.
Houston Regional:
#1 Rice v. #4 Prairie View A&M
#2 Arizona State v. #3 Baylor
Oklahoma Regional:
#1 Oklahoma v. #4 TCU
#2 Houston v. #3 Wichita State
Oxford Regional:
#1 Ole Miss v. #4 Bethune Cookman
#2 Tulane v. #3 South Alabama
Tuscaloosa Regional:
#1 Alabama v. #4 Jacksonville St.
#2 Troy St. v. #3 Southern Miss
Saturday’s Conference USA Baseball Tournament results:
Sunday’s Conference USA Baseball Championship:
Below are the results of Friday’s games from the Conference USA Baseball Tournament:
Saturday’s Conference USA Baseball Tournament schedule:
Sunday’s Conference USA Baseball Tournament schedule:
Day two of the Conference USA tournament saw all of the top seeds win while two teams had their seasons end. Below are today’s results.
Tulane 12, Marshall 1
The Green Wave banged out 20 hits in route to a 12-1 beating of the Thundering Herd. Tulane was lead at the plate by Matt Riser who recorded four hits for the Wave in the win.
Memphis 13, UAB 2
Memphis used 13 hits to score 13 runs in a 13-2 victory over the Blazers. Scott McGregor pitched seven strong to pick up the win.
Houston 7, ECU 1
Houston used two big innings to score seven in the win over the pirates. Brad Lincoln picked up the win while also going two for four at the plate.
Rice 5, Southern Miss 1
Rice used timely hitting to beat the Eagles 5-1. Bobby Bell pitched seven strong innings in the win, only surrendering four hits to the Eagles.
Tomm. Match-ups:
Tulane v. ECU
Memphis v. Southern Miss
The 2006 Conference USA baseball tournament kicked-off its first round action today. A day which saw two higher seeds get beat. Below is a small review of today’s action.
(3) Tulane 2, (6) ECU 4
The day started with ECU upsetting Tulane 4-2. The game was knotted up at two in the fifth until Pirates catcher Jake Smith hit a two run homerun. Pirates starter Brody Taylor picked up the win pitching seven strong innings.
(2) Houston 9, (7) Marshall 1
In the second game Houston banged out 13 hits to win easily over the Thundering Herd 9-1. Cougars leftfielder Jake Stewart had three hits while both Brad Lincoln and Isa Garcia added two hits. Ricky Hargrove picked up the win for the 14 ranked Cougars.
(1) Rice 9, (8) UAB 3
The top seed Owl’s tallied 10 hits in a 9-3 win over the UAB Blazers. Adam Zornes went 3 for 4 for the Owl’s while Eddie Degerman picked up the win.
(4) Memphis 2, (5) Southern Miss 6
The Eagles took a 6-2 win over the Memphis Tigers in the late game. Southern Miss used 14 hits and superb pitching from Barry Bowden to pick up the victory. Toddric Johnson and Trey Sutten lead the Eagles in hitting with three apiece.
Tomorrows Match-ups:
Tulane v. Marshall
Memphis v. UAB
Houston v. ECU
Rice v. Southern Miss
The 2006 Conference USA tournament gets underway Wednesday in Houston, Texas at 9 in the morning. Rice will be the #1 seed followed by Houston at #2 and Tulane with the #3 seed. Southern Miss and Memphis were tied at 13-11 in conference but Memphis earned the #4 seed because they won their series against Southern Miss earlier in the season. Southern drops to the #5 seed. ECU falls to the #6 seed, while Marshall sits at #7 and UAB claims the #8 spot. UCF finished last in the conference meaning that they will not be able to make the trip to the Houston to compete. Below are the first round games scheduled for tomorrow (in order of play).
Tournament Schedule for 5/24:
#3 Tulane v. #6 East Carolina
#2 Houston v. #7 Marshall
#8 UAB v. #1 Rice
#5 Southern Miss v. #4 Memphis
The 2006 season can be put in the books as Rice claimed their first CUSA Championship. The games from this past weekend helped set the seeds for the upcoming conference tournament. Below are the results from this past weekend.
ECU v. Memphis
Game 1: 6-9
Game 2: 6-14
Game 3: 10-11
Tulane v. UAB
Game 1: 8-6
Game 2: 17-8
Game 3: 11-20
UCF v. Southern Miss
Game 1: 3-4
Game 2: 0-9
Game 3: 3-18
Rice v. Marshall
Game 1: 26-6
Game 2: 14-10
Game 3: 12-0
This weekend marks the end of the regular season, and for some the chance to end on a high-mark entering the conference tournament. Three teams (Southern Miss, ECU, Memphis) sit tied for fourth place in conference at 10-11. Unfortunately, two of these teams meet this weekend with East Carolina traveling to play Memphis. Southern Miss holds their own destiny as they welcome a struggling UCF team into Hattiesburg. Tulane travels to UAB and needs only one win to secure third place in conference. Below are this weekends match-ups:
East Carolina (32-20, 10-11) @ Memphis (27-25, 10-11)
Rice (42-10, 19-2) @ Marshall (22-27, 6-15)
Tulane (37-16, 13-8) @ UAB (18-34, 5-16)
UCF (23-30, 5-16) @ Southern Miss (34-19, 10-11)
As I stated in the preview post last week it’s not a smart idea to count out Memphis or ECU, that one of the them could sweep their series, and with a little help get back in contention for a higher finish. Well…I didn’t know that both teams would step up and get it done, plus it helped that Southern Miss stumbled in three straight games against Tulane in which all three games were decided by one run. In other action Rice took their series against the Houston Cougars two games to one. With the series victory Rice takes their first Conference USA Regular Season Championship.
But as the title says, the season is not over yet. We still have one more weekend to go in deciding everyone’s finishing order. Below are the game-by-game results from this past weekend.
Southern Miss v. Tulane
Game 1: 1-2
Game 2: 9-10
Game 3: 4-5
Memphis v. UCF
Game 1: 20-4
Game 2: 10-4
Game 3: 11-3
UAB v. ECU
Game 1: 7-11
Game 2: 1-13
Game 3: 2-12
Rice v. Houston
Game 1: 0-3
Game 2: 7-4
Game 3: 14-3
This weekend will see the top four teams in Conference USA square off, in what could determine the final finishing order in Conference USA. To make the situation even better, all four teams come into their series against each other red hot and ranked in most national polls. The top two teams, Rice and Houston, square off for the #1 spot. Houston will need to play their best, as a sweep could tie them for the Conference USA Championship.
Then there is a two team race for third place between Tulane and Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles will travel to battle rival Tulane this weekend, which could determine third position in Conference. But don’t count out Memphis or ECU. There are still scenario’s were they can finish above either Southern Miss or Tulane. Below are the match-ups for this weekend.
Southern Miss (34-16, 10-8) @ Tulane (34-16, 10-8)
Memphis (24-24, 7-11) @ UCF (23-27, 5-13)
UAB (18-31, 5-13) @ ECU (28-20, 7-11)
Houston (34-17, 17-4) @ Rice (39-9, 17-1)
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