HATTIESBURG -- Southern Miss baseball will open the 2022 NCAA Tournament against Army in front of a hometown crowd on Friday (1 p.m., ESPN+).
If the Golden Eagles can score a victory against the fourth-seeded Black Knights to start off the Hattiesburg Regional, a bout with LSU could await Saturday should the Tigers handle Kennesaw State.
Sophomore right-hander Tanner Hall will start for USM, fresh off earning first-team All-American honors on Thursday. He'll be opposed by Army left-hander Connelly Early, according to Army coach Jim Foster.
Southern Miss coach Scott Berry touted an outing Hall made in relief during an NCAA Regional last season against Ole Miss as the spark that helped him become USM's Friday night starter this season.