Southern Miss dominated Old Dominion in their first game in the C-USA tournament, putting 17 runs on the scoreboard against the Monarchs, defeating ODU 17-5 by run rule.
Southern Miss started the game with an offensive explosion, racking up four runs on five hits in just the first inning. ODU pitcher Victor Diaz gave up the runs early on the scoreboard, but his team helped relinquish the lead in the subsequent inning scoring 5 runs of their own.
Cord Cockrell started the game for Southern Miss after coming off of a three inning outing against Florida International the weekend before the tournament.