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Hattiesburg regional a hit with fans, AD Gilbert

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Jason Munz/Hattiesburg American

After 14 years without postseason play at Pete Taylor Park, baseball fans were eager to take in the NCAA Tournament’s Hattiesburg regional.

Despite multiple days’ worth of inclement weather, the regional that included host Southern Miss, Mississippi State, South Alabama and Chicago-Illinois, drew an average of 4,221 fans for each of the seven games. That figure, as well as the total draw of 29,550, ranked fourth out of the NCAA’s 16 regional tournaments this year.

The only three regionals to outdraw Hattiesburg were Baton Rouge (62,881), Fayetteville (67,704) and Lubbock (33,124).