University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
39-23
Southern Miss
44-15
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 11 | 15 | 1 |
Louisiana Rally Falls Short Against Southern Miss in SBC Championship, 11-7
5/24/2026 6:21:00 PM | Baseball
Ragin' Cajuns to await NCAA Regional announcement on Monday
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Southern Miss (44-15) scored in the first five innings in win its second game of the day after opening Sunday with a 6-2 win over Troy in an elimination game. Louisiana, playing its seventh tournament game in a six-day span, fell to 39-23.
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Louisiana, which reached its third SBC title game since 2022, will await its destination when the NCAA Regional pairings are announced on Monday.
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The Golden Eagles got home runs from Seth Smith and Matthew Russo in the first inning off Louisiana starter Andrew Herrmann (7-5) for a 3-0 lead before adding three runs in the second and two in the third for an 8-1 lead.
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Louisiana got on the board in the third inning when Donovan LaSalle belted his 11th home run of the season. The Ragin' Cajuns threatened in both the fourth and fifth innings, but left the bases loaded in both frames with the Golden Eagles adding a pair of runs in the fourth and one in the fifth for an 11-1 lead.
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The Ragin' Cajuns added a run in the seventh on Blaze Rodriguez's RBI single before mounting a rally in the eighth behind a pair of home runs.
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Lee Amedee belted a two-run homer to right field off USM reliever Josh Och before Mark Collins later added a three-run blast to left.
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Drew Markle added a pair of doubles for Louisiana while Amedee and LaSalle had two hits apiece. JR Tollett pitched the final 4.2 innings for Louisiana – his longest outing since March 15, scattering four hits and striking out four.
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Thomas Crabtree (2-2), one of eight pitchers used by Southern Miss, was credited with the win. Smith and Ty Long had three hits each to lead the Golden Eagles' 15-hit attack with Joey Urban, Russo and Davis Gillespie recording two hits each.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Crabtree, Thomas (2-2)
L: Herrmann, Andrew (7-5)
Batting:
2B: Markle, Drew 2
HR: Collins, Mark 1 ; Amedee, Lee 1 ; LaSalle, Donovan 1
RBI: Collins, Mark 3 ; Amedee, Lee 2 ; LaSalle, Donovan 1 ; Rodriguez, Blaze 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Collins, Mark 1 ; Amedee, Lee 1 ; Markle, Drew 1 ; Brown, Colt 1 ; LaSalle, Donovan 2 ; Rodriguez, Blaze 1
HBP: Amedee, Lee 1 ; LaSalle, Donovan 1 ; Lewis, Noah 1
Batting:
2B: Long, Ty 1 ; Russo, Matthew 1 ; Gillespie, Davis 2
HR: Russo, Matthew 1 ; Smith, Seth 1
RBI: Urban, Joey 2 ; Long, Ty 1 ; Higdon, Ben 2 ; Russo, Matthew 2 ; Gillespie, Davis 2 ; Smith, Seth 2
SH: Smith, Seth 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Urban, Joey 2 ; Long, Ty 2 ; Russo, Matthew 2 ; Barrett, Drey 2 ; Smith, Seth 1 ; Stockman, Tucker 1 ; Morrison, Kyle 1
SB: Urban, Joey 1 ; Higdon, Ben 1
CS: Long, Ty 1 ; Higdon, Ben 1
HBP: Russo, Matthew 1
