BILOXI –Pitching continued to get the job done for Southern Miss with another solid performance delivered in the C-USA tournament, this time by starter Stevie Powers in the team’s 5-3 win over the University of Texas at San Antonio. Powers’ arm helped lead Southern Miss to its 11th 40-win season.
Powers had missed the last two weekends of the regular season due to a forearm injury, but that did not seem to faze the pitcher who took the mound for the first time in 20 days. Along with the lingering injury, Powers was also forced to deal with a one hour and four-minute lighting delay after pitching in the first inning of the game.