Non-P6 hoops-it's that time of year.

 Procrastination on doing a blog ends with Davidson(A10) knocking off my Terps(B10). Troy(SBC) took Oregon St to OT before falling 81-80, while Marshall (SBC) falls to Radford(Big South). Bryan Antoine converted a four-point play with 1.5 seconds left for Radford in the win over # herd.

Monmouth(CAA) beat WVU(B12)

Interesting action in the MAC/SBC: Coach Groce's Zips beat USM. Akron 72 USM 54

And for my Mewe buddy Arkrazor:  Cal Baptist(WAC) 80 Jackson St(SWAC) 66. Daniels Jr scored 25 for the winners.

This was a good one in the MAC/SBC challenge: Ball St 73 ODU 68 

 C. Jenkins G - ODU 20PTS 6REB

J. Anderson G - BALL 29PTS 9REB

UAB(AAC) beat my Terps.

Nov 21, 2023

Checking back in: UNLV(MWC) gave Florida St(ACC) a scare before losing 83-75. D Thomas Jr of the Rebels is a fun player to watch.

St Josephs(A10)  took Kentucky(SEC) to OT but fell 96-88.

SMU(AAC) beat West Virginia(B12) 70-58 .  Mustangs need to use this season to get ready for ACC hoops next season.

Nov 25, 2023

FAU(AAC) beat TAMU(SEC) yesterday and is off to a 4-1 start coming off last season's Final Four appearance. The loss was to Bryant of the American East conference.

Marshall(SBC) is off to a bumpy 2-4 start including getting pasted by Kentucky(SEC) 118-82 yesterday

Nov 30, 2023

Bowlsby, former Big 12 Commish, will be the interim AD at Northern Iowa replacing David Harris, who left to become the athletic director at Tulane.

Northern Iowa(MVC) is 2-5 this season but they beat Stanford.

Tulane is 5-1. Its only loss was to Bradley(MVC).

How about St Joseph's(A10) beating Nova(Big East). Erik Reynolds II scored 24 points in a road win. 

Dec 5, 2023

Catching up: UNCW(CAA) coach Takayo Siddle steered his team to an 80-73 upset of No. 12 Kentucky(SEC) on Saturday. In 2007 he scored eight points for Gardner Webb in an upset of UK in Rupp Arena.

Appy(SBC) beat Auburn(SEC)

T. Joseph(27PTS 6REB 3STL) for Southern(SWAC) in an upset of Miss St(SEC)

SEC stumbled against non -power 6.

Dec 7, 2023

Big home win for Towson U(CAA).  C. May G 27 PTS, 7 REB in 81-71 win over UMass(A10). Tigers keeps getting better after starting the season losing to Wake Forest, North Texas, and S Dakota St. Towson U is just north of Baltimore City.

UIC(MVC) 55 Jax St(CUSA) 49 Illinois-Chicago is having a decent OOC start. JaxSt could have a bumpy ride in CUSA hoops.

Dec 13, 2023

Sam Houston St(CUSA) edged ULM(SBC) 63-62. Great football debut in 1A, and now their hoops are doing ok. The last time SHS went to the Dance was in 2010 as the Southland champ.

Cal Baptist(WAC)lost 76-55 at Oregon 

Dec 14, 2023

Headed toward conference play. FAU(AAC) has kept in stride after its F4 appearance in the spring. Loss to Illinois. Wins over VTech and TAMU. Now if they beat Zona Dec 23.....

GW(A10) intrigues me at 9-2, the losses were to South Carolina and UIC. They haven't been good in a while so maybe the record is a false positive. James Bishop IV leads the team with 16.9 PPG.

Dec 16, 2023

Zags got more work to do. UConn 76 Gonz 63. In other WCC OOC play San Diego Toreros beat Portland St(Big Sky). SD beat Ariz St (Pac12) a few days ago.

The Other five in 2018 D1 baseball

I'm playing catch up with D1 baseball and welcome input at https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104643398353248786505
When Wichita St joined the AAC, the chatter was about hoops but their baseball team is hanging tough with #ecu led by the pitching of #tylersmith (4-0, 1.07 ERA)
(CUSA) - Southern Miss , Louisiana Tech  are playing well again. Special shout out for #herd pitcher #willray (2-1 , 1.57 ERA)
Coastal Carolina (Sunbelt) Kevin Woodall Jr has 12 HR
San Diego St (MWC) Garrett Hill (6-0, 1.28 ERA)
Miam of Ohio (MAC) Ross haffey is batting .345

April 8

#ccu rocked south bama 14-7. Tough game for Woodall (0-4) but Weisz had a Hr and four RBIs
Gavin Williams pitched seven innings giving up one earned run in the #ecu win over Washington

April 11

Quick hits : #CCU Seth Lancaster hit a home run and knocked in two runs as the Chanticleers beat Wake Forest, 9-2. Gunnar Troutwine hit a home run and three RBIs in #wichitast 10-7 win over #OKST. Here's a twist  Rice (CUSA) and Houston (AAC) may both miss the postseason. The Cougars took care of the Owls last night, 1-0, in the annual crosstown showdown.

april 15

AAC: #uconn took two from wichita st on Friday and moved in to 2nd place behind #ecu. #Feolo is 5-0 for the Huskies.
MAC: #kentst sweopt three from #NIU to move into first.  Mason Mamarella is batting .363 with 23 SB.

April 19, 2018

#nevada baseball is on the rise. The Wolfpack is 14-4 behind the offense of Grant Fennell (.394 avg , 7 SB) and the the six wins from Jake Jackson. UNLV is next at 9-6 behind six wins from Alan Stromg. It's time for third place SDST to get into gear.

april 23, 2018

#usm  #Sandlin is back:striking out 12, not walking anyone and allowing one hit in five shutout innings against #mtsu.

april 26, 2018

#rice rumblings that  the Owls are paving the way for Coach Graham to exit  nicely. #houston has been playing better and may make the playoffs.  #ecu on the bubble for a top 8 seed the playoffs ?

april 29, 2018

It's been two weeks since I checked on the #MAC. Miami O has dropped to third behind #kentst and #cmu. Mamarella has 27 SB. #joeymurray is 7-1 for Kent St.

May 2, 2018

 The Eastern Michigan University baseball team led for the first seven innings before a late rally wound up being the difference in a crushing 6-4 loss at the University of Michigan . #emu is in the middle of the MAC pack while UM sits atop the Big 10. They meet again tonight.

May 3, 2018

#emu got pounded 12-5 by Michigan. Back to #MAC play.

May 5, 2018

#AAC #ECU  Pirates were swept by Houston at home. Both teams should make the field of 64. In the Sunbelt Coastal Carolina has been erratic but should make the playoff while South Bama is fading from view.

May 8, 2018

#AFA baseball has moved into third in the #MWC behind Nevada and SDST. Air Force catcher #robdau is batting .361

May 11, 2018

In a bit of an aside, can casino funds help #herd baseball and its other sports? #wva also hopes to receive a cut of the possible legal sports gambling revenue in West Virginia.

May 12, 2018

Three #AAC teams in the top 25: UConn, East Carolina, & South Florida
Bryant Packard #EastCarolina  is ranked 10th in BA  .405

May 16, 2018

#louisianatech took 2 of 3 from #usm and moved back into the field of 64 hopefuls. Hunter Wells is batting .348  and Mason Mallard has 25 SB for the season.

May 20, 2018

#coastalcarolina  finished the season strong and goes in to the Sunbelt Tournament in good shape to make the field of 64. Watch out for Kevin Woodall JR who has 17 HRs this season. Nick Kanavas is batting  .373 for Kent State as the MACT nears when Miami of Ohio, who took 2 of 3 from them this weekend, appears to be their biggest roadblock.

May 26, 2018

Don't look now but those #Rice Owls are hooting in the CUSAT after a so-so regular season. Rice   plays the 9am CST game today against Florida Atlantic.

May 27, 2018

#cusa paybacks: Last year #usm rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off home run against #Charlotte to force a win-or-go-home CUSAT contest. Yesterday Charlotte's  #TommyBullock’s three-run, walk-off  home run capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth of a 7-4 win over USM.

May 28, 2018

#usm bats roared in the CUSA final . USM 12 FAU 3
Coastal Carolina defeated Troy 11-6  in the Sun Belt tournament title game to claim the league title and scored 42 runs while going unbeaten in its four games.
Eli Kraus tossed a a two-hitter and 12 strikeouts in #kentst  14-0 shutout  of Miami (OH) in the MAC championship game.
#sandiegost pounded unlv 14-5 in the MWC title game
#ecu edged Uconn 4-3 to win the AAC title game.

May 30 2018

American: 4:   Uconn Houston USF  ECU
Conference USA: 2:   FAU USM
MAC   Kent St
MWC  San Diego St
Sun Belt: 2: Coastal Carolina    Troy

June 2

I'm not sure if this will reverse trends but selling beer outdoors has made #fresnost happy. Beer sales at  Bulldog Stadium  took in some $90,000 from six home football games in 2017 and added another $20,000 from sales at baseball and softball games.

June 5

All O5 teams were eliminated. Probably the biggest suprise is #stetson (Atlantic Sun) going to Omaha.

July 11, 2018

#cusa baseball coaching news
Wayne Graham out Matt Bragga,  leaves Tennessee Tech after 16 season to take over at  #Rice
Jim McGuire out Jim Toman, head coach at Liberty from 2008-16 in #MTSU

O5 baseball 2017 quick peeks

Conference play starts in abut ten days except for the MWC which is led by #newmexico at 3-0 and scored 59 runs in its three game sweep of Air Force
Sunbelt- Reigning national champ #coastalcarolina opens its debut Sunbelt season at #TXst. #kevinwoodall and pitcher #alexcunningham are off to nice starts for the Chanticleers.
AAC: #usf and #ucf are off to strong starts. #ecu woke up
CUSA- Louisiana tech knocked off #MissSt which is a good sign.
MAC- #ohio is doing okay C. #Ibarra looks decent.
Definitely could use baseball bloggers on these O5 conferences: AAC CUSA MAC MWC SUNBELT
NCAA Other 5 Conferences

March 12

AAC- USF  14-1 before conference play while Tulane is a disappointing 3-11.
CUSA: Lousiana Tech (13-1) remians hot
MAC: #kentst has been improving
MWC: How about those Lobos (13-5) and 5-0 in conference play.
SunBelt: #coastalcarolina is 11-7 and may have tough road to repeating as national champs

March 22

#ULL 11-7 (2-1 Sun Belt)  is in the top 25. Pinero, Edwards, and Abbott are batting above .300. Gruner and Lee are each 4-1.
#rice (CUSA) is having a terrible season

March 26

#cajuns are crumbling- lost five of their last eight games including yesterday's loss to #troy.  #AustinCrook struck out 14 ULL batters, tossed 158 pitches, and allowed four runs (two earned) on four hits and five walks over 8.2 innings,  

Crook is 4-0, 2.15 in four starts.

March 27

ODU (19-4, 5-0) has won nine straight. #Bainbridge (5-1) lowered his ERA to 1.62 in the #odu win over #utsa yesterday. Three way tie at 5-1 in the CUSA Standings . #fau , #odu , #usm

April 2

Southern Miss 7-1 has won five straight including two over #wku
Florida Atlantic 6-2 need to beat Rice today today to in the series

Old Dominion         6-2  need to beat Charlotte today to win the series
In the Sunbelt #ULL gets most of the ink but #txst  is up by half of a game. keep your eyes on Bobcats outfielder #DerekScheible

April 8

What kind of squad will #wichitast bring to the AAC in 2017?  some Mid season stars at blog
OF #MattWallner, Southern Miss 333avg 9HR 24rbi 2sb
RP#Nate Harris, Louisiana Tech 3-0 0.76ERA  seven saves

April 12

#houston demoted then suspended ace lefthander #SethRomero, a possible round 1 pick in the MLB draft,  and then swept #ecu in #AAC play . No specific reasons were given for Romero's suspension.

April 13

Time to focus on the MAC. #cmu is 6-0 in conference play. #danieljipping is one of the reasons 5HR, 29RBI, .294avg

April 16

CUSA focus. #USM and #FAU are 11-3 and tied for first , one game up on #odu. TJ Nichting of #charlotte is one the top offensive players with 4HR, 31RBI, 9SB, & a  .390avg.. Nate Harris of La Tech  is 4-0 with 8 saves and a .60 ERA

April 20

#charlotte (CUSA)  upset Wake Forest . How about #tjnichting
#southalabama (SunBelt) ,  with a strong start from #seantrimble ,  upset Miss St.  UT Arlington (sunbelt) beat Texas A&M

April 22

#coastalcarolina has recovered from a slow March and sits atop the Sunbelt East
#newmexico and #sandiegost in a two team race for the #mwc title.
 on the rise: #Fau #tulane

April 25

#cmu remains atop the #mac west and will face #kentst , the leader the in the East, this weekend.
#joeymurray has beeen stellar for Kent St. Five wins , 66ks , 2.40 ERA.

April 27

Does this catcher have an MLB future  Travis Watkins #EastCarolina .324avg, 5 HR, 32 RBI
O5 upsets the SEC. #tulane beat LSU and #troy beat Auburn

April 30

#tjnichting of #charlotte leads the #cusa in batting avg  (.406)  slugging avg  (.689) and runs scored .(49) and Hits (71). #finfer of the #herd leads in HR (13) and Total bases (106)

May 4

MAC Leaders Kent St (East) Central Michigan (West)
BRETTELL, Michael, CMU.....    6 Wins
ROEHN, Jake, OHIO..........   10 saves

BURCH, Luke, Kent St  .384 AVG

ALLISON, Tanner, WMU.......   55 RBIs

ROBINSON, Daniel, CMU......   19 stolen bases

May 5

Flash on the SunBelt: #connorleonard ,  #appst  1B, has improved his batting average from .156 to .224 . He had 14 hits and two multi-hit games in his first 32 appearances this season but turned it around with  16 hits and five multi-hit games in his last 11 games.

May 7

#usf and #houston   are tied for first in the AAC. Houston:  #jakescheiner 13 hr, 42 rbis .363 AVG and #treyCUMBIE ,   2.61 era   6-1. #ryanVALDES #USF  2.70era   9-0

may9

#sunbelt: Hardy Dylan is batting .349 for #southbama  which tops the East.  #uta tops the West.. Trae Peterson is 6-3 for UTA.

may 13

#usm (21-5) can  clinch the #cusa regular season with a win over #uab  today. #odu (17-9) crushed #fiu 21-1 last night to stay in the race another day . Four CUSA games left.
#AAC is tight
UCF 13-7  #fau (1)  then three against #usf
Houston 13-7 #tulane (1)then three against Cincy
USF         13-8  three against #ucf
UConn 12-9 three against #ecu

may 17

Three way tie with #usf,  #houston, #ucf at 13-8
#usm captures #cusa regular season title
#coastalcarolina is within a half game of #southalabama in the Sunbelt East

may 20 2017

Yes, #USM is a scorching team and the 1seed in CUSAT, but props to #odu for clinching the 2 seed. #TurnerBishop hit a tying three-run homer in the ninth inning and #JaredYoung hit the go-ahead RBI single in the Monarchs comeback win over #fau.
#MWC: #sandiegost has turned its season around and will likely clinch the regular season title.
MWC leaders
Adam Groesbeck Air Force .411avg
Brett Seeburger San Diego State 9 wins

May 23, 2017

Cheers to the MWC, who gives the highest seed host status for the conference tournament.

May 25

Wild one in AACT: #memphis edged Cincy 15-14. They combined for 29 runs on 32 hits and neither team committed an error in the game.
#coastalcarolina  is the # seed- quite a climb from the middle of the pack in their first #sunbelt season.

may 29, 2017

At Large  bids will be announced today,but these teams are in.

AAC - Houston
CUSA- Rice
MAC-Ohio
MWC  San Diego St
SunBelt- South Alabama
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Special props to UMBC (America East), my alma mater for qualifying.

May 30

At O5 large bids
AAC- UCF and USF
CUSA- Southern Miss
#coastalcarolina goes from national champ to no invitation, SunBelt sting.

June 3

How about #southalabama  beating #mississippist . props to  #TravisSwaggerty of #usa  on the three-run homer
June 4
Tough day for three. O5 teams:  #ohio (MAC) pounded by the Hoosiers.. #UCF (CUSA) lost to Florida St  #usf (AAC) lost to florida  However three other O5 teams won.. #houston (AAC) crushed 17-3,  #rice (CUSA)  beat texas southern 13-6, #sandiegost (MWC)  edged #Ucla 3-2.
june 6
All o5 teams eliminated.

june 30

props to #houston of the #aac and #southernmiss #cusa for making the top 25 in most post season baseball polls.

july 21 

Just thought I'd mention some  #mwc players shining in the #MLB
#Aaron Judge, New York Yankees Fresno State
#StephenStrasburg, Washington Nationals San Diego State
and #JoshHarrison, Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati of the #AAC

May 26, 2020

 The first College World Series  was played in 1947 at Hyames Field on the campus of Western Michigan University(now in the MAC) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Mississippi River was the dividing line between  the eight teams competing in the Eastern and Western Playoff. The Eastern Playoff featured Clemson, Illinois, #NYU and Yale, while the Western Playoff included California, Denver, Oklahoma and Texas.
Denver U baseball is played at the club level and NYU is moving  up from club level  to D3

George Bush Sr was on the Yale team that lost to Cal in 1947 CWS championship final.

O5 week 5 conference matchups

Conference play starts to pick up  in week 5 and here are my hunches for a games of the week.
AAC: USF is steadily improving and Cincy continues to confuse everyone. Cincy won't contain Q. Flowers, USF multi-purpose QB,  USF 22 Cincy 21
CUSA: Stocksill will lead MTSU to a 36 to 26 road win at North Texas, who beat Rice last week,   but that doesn't mean much this season.
MAC: Miami (OH) gave Cincy a scare last week and will need a lot of passing yard if they 're going to upset a solid Ohio squad. Ohio 24 Miami (OH) 16
MWC: Josh Allen is off to a slow start for Wyoming  who will lose a close one at Colorado St  20-19. Maybe  Coach Bobo (CSU) find some answers on O this week?
SUNBELT: App St 27  GA St 22. Jalin Moore, who ran for 257 yards in the App St win over Akron last week will be a workhorse against GSU who nearly upset Wisconsin two weeks ago.
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Oct 1 MAC note: BYU 55 Toledo 53 in regulation. #kareemhunt 's 146 yds and 1TD rushing wasn't enough for as Toledo lost a last second BYU FG.
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Oct 2
AAC: USF 45 Cincy 20  Flowers and Mack had two rushing TDs each for #USF
CUSA: MTSU 30 NT 13 Stocksill did enough and the #MTSU D was solid.
MAC:  #OHIO 17 MIAMI(OH) 7. Bobcats did enough to get the W.
MWC:  Big time wrong on this one .Props to Cowboys RB #BrianHill (166 yards 1 TD) in #Wyoming 's  38-17 win over Colorado St
SunBelt: #Appst 17 GA ST 3 It toook quite awhile for either team to score.
Special mention for #southalabama in a big  win over #sandiegost  (MWC) 42-24. #ColeGarvin, a transfer from #Marshall,   came off the bench and threw for three  TDs and 245 yards

Skimming O5 top baseball teams

MAC- Kent St and EMU  are tied with the best MAC conference record, but Kent flashes a better overall record. Eric Lauer is 4-2 with a 1.19 ERA, and Dylan Rosa has 7HR, 34 RBI
MWC:New Mexico hosts Fresno in a weekend series  for first place, and should prevail behind Carson Schneider (5-1) and Chris Devito (.416 avg).
CUSA: Rice Owls are hootin but USM remains atop the conference standings. Cord Cockrell is is 5-0 with a 2.74 ERA. Tim Lynch 6HR 35 RBI .392 AVg
SunBelt: S.Bama Jags are 13-0 in conference play. Kevin Hill is 6-1 with 1.84 ERA. Brew LeBounty is batting .364 with 24 RBI & 9 SB
AAC: UCF nudges Cincy this week with a better overall record. Austin Griffin has 8HR 32RBI .Robby Howell is 6-1 with a 1.08 RBI

May 31 , 2016

Nearly two months later and  the regular season is over. back to an overall O5 blog entry.
 MAC and MWC placed their conference tournament winners respectively, Western Michigan &New Mexico, in the NCAA 64.
AAC placed tournament winner UConn , as well Tulane and ECU.
CUSA placed tournament winner Southern Mississippi, as well as Rice, Louisiana Tech , and FAU.
Sunbelt placed tournament winner UL-Lafayette as well as South Alabama.
ECU/New Mexico, UConn/South Alabama & FAU/Tulane pair off members of the O5 conferences in rd1 matchups.

June 5

Western Michigan is the only O5 team that 's been eliminated so far.The rest of the O5 teams must win today.

June 6

ECU advanced to the next round. Rice needs to beat SE Louisiana.  If ULL loses to Arizona, they play again with the winner advancing. The rest of the O5 teams were eliminated yesterday.

June 7

Rice scored six-straight runs in a win over LSU to force an NCAA Regional deciding game today against the LSU .. ULL is out.

June 8

LSU eliminated Rice.  ECU , from the AAC, is the sole O5 survivor. ECU faces Texas Tech in this round.

June 11

ECU Pirates kept rolling last night in an 8-6 win over TT. Travis Watkins, the Pirates starting catcher, who hit three home runs during the regular season, swatted two last night to give him  four for the NCAAT so far. Freshman reliever Matt Bridges  earned a multi-inning save.

June 13

Texas Tech gets a two run hit from Eric Gutierrez in the 13th to force a game 3 against ECU today

June 14

TT dismissed ECU 11-0 and sent the Pirates home. ECU starter Jacob Wolfe lasted only 1/3 of an innning.

Sunbelt Conference as of March 25

South Alabama  7-0 : Drew LeBounty 1HR 17 rbi .360avg has lead the Jags' charge so far
Texas State  6-1: Ortega and Studdard lead the best hitting team .311 avg in the conference
Georgia Southern  5-2 : Hughes, Eichhorn, & Cohen anchor the staff with the best ERA  2.85
UL Lafayette  4-3: Joe Robbins is batting .350 with 6 HR
Georgia State  2-2: Jarrett, Woullard, and Roach lead a potent offense
Troy  3-4: Grant Bennett 3-0 1.27 ERA anchors a decent staff.
Little Rock  3-4 0: Scott,Ryan is batting .512 with 7 HR and 30 RBI
UT Arlington  2-4 : Jacob Moreland has 1.07 ERA
Arkansas State  2-5
UL Monroe  1-3 0.
Appalachian State  0-7

May 3

S.Bama has four game lead over second place over ULL. Batting leaders:

Ryan Scott (ArK-LR) .448 AVG, 50 RBI
Tanner Hill (TX ST)    13HR 
Cole Billingley (USA)  25SB

May 13

S. Bama (19-5) hosts second place ULL (16-8)  in a three game series starting tomorrow
Stat leaders:
Ryan Scott (ArK-LR) .452 AVG, 55 RBI
Tanner Hill (TX ST)    14HR 
Cole Billingley (USA)  29SB

Three pitchers, Bennett(Troy), Hill(USA), and Simmons(UTA) tied with 8 wins 

May 14

Jaguars 3 ULL 2 in the series opener thanks to Swaggerty's walk off single in the 9th.

May 16

FB buddy alerted me to ULL winning the next two. Yesterday ULL jumped out to a four-run lead in the top of the first inning on just one hit. Ull now trails USA by 2 games in  the battle for first.

May  21

This weekend is critical as only the top eight teams  will participate in the 2016 Sunbelt double elimination tournament @Tx St  (Marcos) . The winner gets an automatic bid to the CWS
South Alabama 21-8 0.724
Louisiana-Lafayette 20-9 0.690
Arkansas-Little Rock 17-12 0.586
Troy 16-13 0.552
Texas State 15-14 0.517
UT Arlington 15-14 0.517
Georgia Southern 15-14 0.517
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8) Arkansas State 12-17 0.414
9) Louisiana-Monroe 10-19 0.345

May 26

UT Arlington advanced into the winners' bracket to  with Wednesday afternoon's 4-2 victory over No. 2 seed South Alabama. #ULL  beat Ark St to go into the winners bracket.

Losers' bracket

No. 2 South Alabama

No. 3 Little Rock

GAME 6

No. 4 Troy

No. 8 Arkansas State

Winners bracket 

GAME 7

No. 6 Georgia Southern

No. 7 UT Arlington

GAME 8

No. 1 UL Lafayette

No. 5 Texas State

May 29

Hot Rajin Cajuns face upstart Ga Southern in the SunBelt Final. Yesterday ULL scored 17 runs in a win over Ark St. Georgia Southern freshman Brian Eichorn (5-2) and two relievers shutout the USA Jags .