Southern Miss will be the designated visiting team. Penn State, Rutgers and Illinois in the current configuration of the league.įollowing the Illinois series, the Golden Eagles close out the month of February with a trip to Pearl, Tuesday, to face in-state foe Mississippi State. The program has also lost its only meeting with Iowa (1929) and Northwestern (2003), while never having met Michigan. Southern Miss is also 4-3 over Minnesota, 4-0 over Indiana, 3-1 over Purdue and 1-0 against both Michigan State and Nebraska. The most meetings between a school in the league and Southern Miss is with Ohio State, in which the Golden Eagles are 7-6. The Golden Eagles, which have never played Illinois in baseball, are 20-12 all-time against the Big Ten and last met a squad from that league to open the 2019 campaign, sweeping Purdue (Feb. The 2015 club enjoyed a 50-10-1 record and reached the NCAA Super Regional. He was D1Baseball's Big Ten Coach of the Decade (2010s) and has led his program to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including his last trip in 2019. They opened the season last weekend in Winston-Salem, N.C., where they defeated Youngstown State twice (9-6,10-5) and lost a pair of games to host and nationally ranked Wake Forest (8-1, 10-1).ĭan Hartleb is in his 18th season as the squad's head coach.

The Fighting Illini head to town with a 2-2 record to start the 2023 campaign. The staff has also fanned 52 and walked just nine to open the year.Īs for defense, the Golden Eagles have made just two errors to start the season. The Southern Miss offense has 16 of its 34 hits this season for extra bases and have averaged 6.0 runs per contest, including 12 Tuesday night versus New Orleans.Īs for pitching, the staff has collected two one-hit shutouts to open the campaign and the team's ERA is 0.50 through the first four games, having surrendered just two earned runs. The Golden Eagles are enjoying their fifth 4-0 start under Scott Berry and have accomplished that by excelling in all three phases of the game. All three games will be webcast through ESPN+ and the entire series can be heard on the Southern Miss Sports Network. Game times are set for 6 p.m., Friday, 2 p.m., Saturday and 12 noon, Sunday. – The Southern Miss baseball team continues its season-opening home series when they take on Illinois for a three-game series at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field. (1-0, 0.00 ERA)ĮSPN+ | Listen Only | Live Stats | Radio Affiliates

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