Following the regular season series finale against Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss (30-21, 13-11 C-USA) will head into the Conference USA tournament as the fifth seed and will face UTSA. The first day of the tournament will be single elimination, while the rest of the tournament is double elimination.
Pitching
The key to Southern Miss’ success this season has been its pitching staff. The team’s overall ERA of 2.33 leads the conference with the second best coming from Western Kentucky which is 2.83 ERA. The pitching staff has allowed the second lowest number of walks at 101 while given up the lowest amount of home runs in the conference, giving up just 18 for the season.