Southern Miss baseball is headed to its seventh consecutive regional under coach Scott Berry, who announced earlier this month that he plans to retire at the end of the season.
The Golden Eagles fell just short of hosting for a second straight NCAA Tournament, so they're heading to Auburn, where they'll take on Samford (36-23) in their opening game. Auburn (34-21-1) and Penn (32-14) make up the other half of the regional.
So, can USM (41-17) crack the super-regional round for the third time in program history?
Here are our predictions:
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Langston Newsome, sports reporter
Southern Miss should feel slighted that this weekend’s regional isn’t in Hattiesburg.