Southern Miss' sweep of Old Dominion keeps Golden Eagles soaring atop C-USA
Southern Miss continues to dominate in Conference USA action, while Ole Miss grabbed a pair of conference wins and flip-flopped with Arkansas in the SEC West this weekend.
Southern Miss, 16-4 in Conference USA and 32-11 overall, swept Old Dominion 2-0, 9-4, 9-2 to stay in the lead of the conference standings. The Golden Eagles also defeated South Alabama 5-3 in its mid-week game.
This week, USM takes on Tulane at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg before traveling to Birmingham to take on UAB (11-10, 19-22) in a weekend conference series.
The Golden Eagles play host to the conference championship baseball tournament at MGM Park in Biloxi on May 23-27.
Here's how the teams fared in the college polls after this weekend's action.
Ole Miss moved up to No. 4 in D1Baseball.com, while Southern Miss stayed steady at No. 11. In the Baseball America poll, Ole Miss moved up to No. 3 from No. 5 while Southern Miss moved up to No. 13 from No. 15. In the USA Today/Coaches Poll, The Rebels moved up to No. 6, while Southern Miss moved up to No. 13.
In SEC action, Ole Miss, propelled by a three-run homer by Thomas Dillard, defeated LSU 9-8 on Saturday and the series win. The Rebels dropped a Friday game 5-2 after pounding the Bayou Bengals 14-3 on Thursday night.
The Rebels (12-9, 32-13) play a home game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Wednesday before traveling to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks (11-10, 26-18).
Mississippi State was home to Texas A&M over the weekend, dropping Friday's game 6-3 before coming back with an 11-6 victory on Saturday. But the Bulldogs lost the series with a 7-4 loss on Sunday.
MSU (9-12, 24-21) is a home to Alabama (5-16, 23-23) for the Bulldogs' SEC series this weekend.
SEC standings
East Division | Conf | All |
Florida | 16-5 | 36-10 |
Georgia | 12-9 | 30-14 |
South Carolina | 11-10 | 26-18 |
Vanderbilt | 11-10 | 25-18 |
Kentucky | 10-11 | <EM>29-15 |
Missouri | 9-12 | 29-15 |
Tennessee | 8-13 | 25-21 |
West Division | Conf. | All |
Arkansas | 13-8 | <EM>32-13 |
Ole Miss | 12-9 | 34-11 |
Texas A&M | 11-10 | 32-12 |
Auburn | 10-11 | 31-14 |
LSU | 10-11 | 26-19 |
Mississippi State | 9-12 | 24-21 |
Alabama | 5-16 | 23-23 |
C-USA standings
Conf. | All | |
Southern Miss | 16-4 | 32-11 |
Louisiana Tech | 15-6 | 31-15 |
Florida Atlantic | 14-6-1 | 30-12-1 |
UTSA | 11-9 | 24-18 |
Charlotte | 11-10 | 24-19 |
UAB | 11-10 | 19-22 |
FIU | 10-11 | 21-22 |
WKU | 10-11 | 20-23 |
Rice | 7-12-2 | 17-25-2 |
Middle Tennessee | 7-13-1 | 22-22-1 |
Marshall | 6-15 | 18-23 |
Old Dominion | 5-16 | 12-29 |
This story was originally published April 30, 2018 at 10:04 AM with the headline "Southern Miss' sweep of Old Dominion keeps Golden Eagles soaring atop C-USA."