SUN BELT BASEBALL Week 4 Release: March 10-16, 2014 Contact: Keith Nunez ([email protected]) Office:504-556-0884 | Cell: 504-256-8937
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SUN BELT BASEBALL Week 4 Release: March 10-16, 2014 Contact: Keith Nunez ([email protected]) Office: 504-556-0884 | Cell: 504-256-8937 2014 Sun Belt Conference Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL TEAM W L T PCT STK RS RA TP W L T PCT L10 STK RS RA TP UL Lafayette 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 13 2 0 0.867 - W3 95 47 15 Texas State 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 10 5 0 0.667 - W1 77 64 15 WKU 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 10 5 0 0.667 - W3 67 53 15 UALR 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 8 5 0 0.615 - L3 62 55 13 Troy 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 9 7 0 0.563 - W2 80 60 16 South Alabama 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 8 7 0 0.533 - W3 51 56 15 Georgia State 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 7 8 0 0.467 - W1 84 101 15 UL Monroe 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 7 9 0 0.438 - L3 65 92 16 Arkansas State 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 6 8 0 0.429 - L2 81 63 14 UT Arlington 0 0 0 0.000 - - - 0 4 10 0 0.286 - L1 70 75 14 & - Regular Season Champions | * - Earned Tournament Berth | @ - Tournament Champions PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECENT RESULTS TUESDAY, MARCH 4 JACE CONRAD, UL Lafayette Arkansas State at Missouri State CANCELED Junior • 2B • Lafayette, Louisiana Georgia State at Kennesaw State L, 0-3 South Alabama at Jackson State L, 4-5 WEEKLY STATS Samford at Troy L, 9-11 GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC .AVG 3 10 2 4 10 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 .400 No. 25 Texas A&M vs. UT Arlington L, 4-5 Junior Jace Conrad had a career weekend helping guide the WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 Lipscomb at WKU L, 2-10 Ragin’ Cajuns to a sweep of Texas Southern going 4-for-10 Southeastern Louisiana at UL Lafayette POSTPONED at the plate with 10 RBI, a grand slam and scored two runs. Michigan State at UL Monroe W, 5-1 Conrad opened the series with a pair of RBI and drove in the South Alabama at No. 12 Mississippi State L, 0-3 game-winning run in the ninth. In the second game, Conrad Valparaiso at Texas State L, 2-3 (10) posted a career-best five RBI on two hits including the grand slam. Conrad followed that up with three RBI in the series FRIDAY, MARCH 7 (5) Utah at UT Arlington L, 3-5 finale. He also drew two walks, was hit by a pitch and swiped Xavier at Georgia State L, 1-16 three bases. UL Monroe at Samford L, 3-9 Texas Southern at No. 15 UL Lafayette W, 5-4 New Orleans at Troy L, 3-5 (13) Southern Illinois at South Alabama W, 4-3 (10) UALR at No. 17 Ole Miss L, 1-2 (10) Texas State at Washington State L, 6-8 SATURDAY, MARCH 8 (5) Missouri State at UT Arlington W, 6-5 Illinois at WKU W, 4-3 PITCHER OF THE WEEK Xavier at Georgia State L, 10-11 New Orleans at Troy W, 3-1 JAKE THOMPSON, WKU Texas Southern at No. 15 UL Lafayette W, 13-0 Senior • RHP • Shawnee, Kansas Southern Illinois at South Alabama W, 4-1 UL Monroe at Samford L, 6-9 WEEKLY STATS GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB ERA Illinois at WKU W, 5-3 1 7.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Texas State at Washington State L, 3-4 Texas State at Washington State W, 5-3 Thompson threw seven scoreless innings and struck out a UALR at No. 17 Ole Miss L, 5-11 Creighton at Arkansas State L, 3-7 career high seven batters in WKU’s 1-0 victory over Illinois on Sunday. The senior right-hander registered his second SUNDAY, MARCH 9 consecutive quality start and surrendered two hits against (5) Abilene Christian at UT Arlington L, 1-2 an Illini team coming off of two victories at No. 23 Florida. Xavier at Georgia State W, 7-6 (10) Thompson allowed two hits in the second inning and was nearly Illinois at WKU W, 1-0 perfect from that point on, allowing just two base runners UL Monroe at Samford L, 5-6 (10) Southern Illinois at South Alabama W, 5-4 (10) between the third and seventh innings. He grew stronger as the Creighton at Arkansas State L, 4-5 game went on, recording six of his seven strikeouts between Texas Southern at No. 15 UL Lafayette W, 7-2 the fourth and seventh innings. Only two bases runners New Orleans at Troy W, 3-2 entered scoring position while Thompson was on the mound. UALR at No. 17 Ole Miss L, 1-11 Thompson’s ERA of 0.81 ranks second among qualifying conference pitchers while his two runs allowed are a league low in 2014. www.SunBeltSports.org | Facebook.com/SunBeltConference | Twitter.com/The_Sun_Belt SUN BELT BASEBALL 37th Annual Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship Stanky Field • Mobile, Alabama May 21-25, 2014 The 2014 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship heads to Eddie Stanky Field this year as eight teams will battle it out for the right to claim the tournament title. South Alabama is serving as the host of this year’s championship and has hosted the championship 12 times since 1978, most recently in 2007. The championship will be conducted over five days in a double-elimination format to reach the championship game. TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2014 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP LOCATION Wednesday, May 21 1978 New Orleans USF Mobile, Ala. Game 1: 9:00 a.m. No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed 1979 New Orleans South Alabama Tampa, Fla. Game 2: 12:30 p.m. No. 2 seed vs. No. 7 seed 1980 South Alabama USF Mobile, Ala. Game 3: 4:00 p.m. No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed 1981 South Alabama USF Birmingham, Ala. Game 4: 7:30 p.m. No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed 1982 USF South Alabama Tampa, Fla. 1983 South Alabama Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. Thursday, May 22 Game 5: 9:00 a.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 1984 South Alabama Charlotte Mobile, Ala. Game 6: 12:30 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 1985 Old Dominion WKU Norfolk, Va. Game 7: 4:00 p.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 1986 USF Jacksonville Tampa, Fla. Game 8: 7:30 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 1987 South Alabama WKU Norfolk, Va. 1988 VCU Jacksonville Bowling Green, Ky. Friday, May 23 1989 Jacksonville South Alabama Jacksonville, Fla. Game 9: 3:00 p.m. Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7 1990 USF Old Dominion Mobile, Ala. Game 10: 6:30 p.m. Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8 1991 UAB Old Dominion Jacksonville, Fla. 1992 South Alabama Lamar Mobile, Ala. Saturday, May 24 1993 Lamar Jacksonville Beaumont, Texas Game 11: 9:00 a.m. Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 1994 Arkansas State Lamar Mobile, Ala. Game 12: 12:30 p.m. Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10 1995 Lamar Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. *Game 13: 4:00 p.m. Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11 (if necessary) 1996 South Alabama Arkansas State Mobile, Ala. #Game 14: 7:30 p.m.^ Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12 (if necessary) 1997 South Alabama UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. 1998 UL Lafayette New Orleans Mobile, Ala. Sunday, May 25 (Championship Game) 1999 FIU WKU Metairie, La. Championship: 1:00 p.m. Winner take all 2000 South Alabama FIU Mobile, Ala. 2001 South Alabama Middle Tennessee Lafayette, La. * Game 13 is necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11. # Game 14 is necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12. 2002 New Mexico State South Alabama Mobile, Ala. ^ If Game 13 is not necessary and Game 14 is necessary, Game 14 shall begin 75 minutes after the 2003 Middle Tennessee WKU Lafayette, La. conclusion of Game 12.All times are Central and Subject to Change without Notice 2004 WKU Middle Tennessee Mobile, Ala. 2005 South Alabama Middle Tennessee Miami, Fla. 2006 Troy Middle Tennessee Bowling Green, Ky. 2007 New Orleans UL Lafayette Mobile, Ala. TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES 2008 WKU New Orleans Lafayette, La. The seeds for the Championship shall be determined based on each team’s 2009 Middle Tennessee UL Monroe Troy, Ala. regular-season conference finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the 2010 FIU Troy Murfreesboro, Tenn. seed will be determined as follows: 2011 UALR FIU Monroe, La. 2012 UL Monroe Arkansas State Bowling Green, Ky. Two Teams 2013 Florida Atlantic UL Lafayette Lafayette, La. 1. Highest win-loss percentage of head-to-head competition during the regular season. 2. Each teams’ win-loss percentage vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular-season standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one teams gains an advantage. 3. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group’s own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.