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2015 BASEBALL STANDINGS (Through games of Feb. 22) C-USA All Games W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L-10 Streak UAB 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-0 1.000 6-0 0-0 0-0 6-0 W 6 Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-1 .857 6-1 0-0 0-0 6-1 W 2 Middle Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 0-0 4-1 W 2 UTSA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-2 .714 5-1 0-1 0-0 5-2 W 3 Rice 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 5-3 .625 3-2 2-1 0-0 5-3 W 1 FIU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-4 .500 2-1 0-1 2-2 4-4 W 2 Southern Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-3-1 .500 3-1 0-0 0-2-1 3-3-1 T 1 WKU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-3 .400 0-0 2-0 0-3 2-3 L 2 Louisiana Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 3-5 .375 2-1 1-4 0-0 3-5 L 1 Charlotte 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-2 .333 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 L 1 Marshall 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-5 .286 0-0 2-3 0-2 2-4 L 4 Old Dominion 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-3 .000 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3 L 3

RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK JOHN CLAY REEVES, RICE Sun., February 22 Mon., February 23 Senior, C, Monroe, La. (13) Rice 6, Arizona 4 (10 inn.) Western Illinois at Middle Tennessee...... 3:00p Reeves went 10-for-18 (.556) at the plate to help the Florida Atlantic 2, Ohio State 1 Owls go 3-1 last week, including a key road series win UTSA 10, Bryant 4 Tue., February 24 for Conference USA at Pac-12 foe Arizona. He had at UAB 7, Savannah State 6 Middle Tennessee at Tennessee Tech ...... 3:00p least one hit in all four games and finished the week Caravelle Resorts Tournament (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Alabama A&M at UAB ...... 4:00p with six RBI and two runs scored. Reeves drew a walk (23) FIU 4, N.C. Central 1 Incarnate Word at UTSA ...... 4:00p for a .579 on-base average, and he had a home run (23) FIU 7, N.C. Central 5 (13 inn.) WKU at Belmont ...... 4:00p and a double for a .778 slugging percentage. On Feb. Middle Tennessee 16, Western Illinois 14 (30) Florida Atlantic vs. (2) Florida (Jupiter, Fla.) . 5:30p 17 against crosstown foe Houston Baptist, he blasted a Middle Tennessee 5, Western Illinois 4 Southern Miss at Louisiana-Monroe ...... 6:00p two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to Evansville 11, WKU 10 (10 inn.) break a 2-2 deadlock and lift Rice to an eventual 5-2 Evansville 9, WKU 8 Wed., February 25 win. In the series finale at Arizona, Reeves tied his Alabama A&M 8, Marshall 1 Old Dominion at East Carolina ...... 2:00p career-high with five hits and finished the day with three Mississippi State 7, Marshall 4 WKU at (4) Vanderbilt ...... 4:00p RBI.

Akron 5, Charlotte 4 Stephen F. Austin at (11) Rice ...... 4:30p Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana Tech ...... 6:00p PITCHER OF THE WEEK Sat., February 21 UAB at Alabama State ...... 6:00p TYLER CLANCY, LOUISIANA TECH Florida Atlantic 7, Ohio State 0 Charlotte at College of Charleston (cancelled) Junior, LHP, Gilbert, Ariz. UAB 20, Savannah State 0 (7 inn.) Clancy helped Louisiana Tech clinch its first victory at WKU 5, Evansville 3 Fri., February 27 home on Friday in the first game of a doubleheader Caravelle Resorts Tournament (Conway, S.C.) Marshall vs. Towson (Winston-Salem, N.C.) ...... 12:00p against UAPB after tossing seven complete innings of (28) Georgia Tech 16, (23) FIU 9 Rutgers at Old Dominion ...... 2:00p one-hit baseball in his second outing of the season for NC State 3, (23) FIU 1 Marist at Charlotte ...... 3:00p the Bulldogs. Clancy held the Golden Lions scoreless Saint Louis 2, Southern Miss 1 WKU at Southern Illinois ...... 3:00p through seven innings, while walking just one batter and Southern Miss 1, Nicholls St. 1 (tie game; called after 7 Ohio State at UAB ...... 4:00p striking out five. Louisiana Tech hitters backed Clancy innings due to field conditions) Monmouth at (30) Florida Atlantic ...... 5:30p up with nine runs of offense as the Bulldogs defeated Akron 2, Charlotte 1 Manhattan at FIU ...... 6:00p UAPB, 9-3, in the first game on Friday and the lefty Charlotte 1, Akron 0 Oral Roberts at Louisiana Tech ...... 6:00p picked up his first collegiate win on the mound.

Arizona 7, (13) Rice 6 Stanford at (11) Rice ...... 6:00p

UTSA 5, Bryant 3 Troy at Southern Miss ...... 6:00p

UAPB 5, Louisiana Tech 4 UTSA at McNeese State ...... 6:00p Middle Tennessee at New Orleans ...... 6:30p Fri., February 20 (13) Rice 8, Arizona 5 UAB 2, Savannah State 1 All Times Central Louisiana Tech 9, UAPB 3 Louisiana Tech 3, UAPB 1 Ohio State 8, Florida Atlantic 2 UTSA 8, Bryant 6 North Florida 3, Southern Miss 2 Alabama A&M 8, Marshall 3 (14) Mississippi State 6, Marshall 2

C-USA NOTEBOOK OLD DOMINION The Monarchs had all four games cancelled last week due to inclement weather. Junior CHARLOTTE 2B Nick Lustrino, senior 1B Taylor Ostrich and freshman LF Matt Cogen each had two The 49ers went 1-2 in their season-opening series vs. Akron, dropping a pair of one-run hits in the team’s last outing on Feb. 15, with Ostrich driving in a pair of runs. Senior OF games to the Zips. Overall, the Charlotte pitching staff allowed just four earned runs in Josh Eldridge was 6-for-11 (.545) on opening weekend, notching a pair of hits vs. three games. Sophomore LHP J.D. Prochaska threw six scoreless innings, striking out Coastal Carolina and going 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and a home run vs. No. 14 five and allowing just three hits in the Niners 1-0 win on game two Saturday. In game one, Maryland. sophomore LHP Sean Geoghegan received a no-decision after tossing six innings of six- hit, shutout baseball with a career-high five strikeouts. Sophomore IF T.J. Nichting had a pair of hits and an RBI in the season-opening 2-1 loss and finished with a pair of doubles RICE on the weekend. Senior IF Brad Elwood reached base safely five times in the series, The Owls were 3-1 last week, including a series victory at 2012 National Champion notching three hits and walking s twice. Arizona. Senior C John Clay Reeves went 10-for-18 (.556) at the plate last week, posting at least one hit in all four games and finished the week with six RBI and two runs scored. Senior OF Kirby Taylor batted .467 (7-for-15) last week, notching a hit in each FIU game with two RBI and four runs scored. He is batting a league-high .552 (16-for-29) on The Panthers were 2-3 on the road last week, dropping two of the games to ACC the season with a team-high four doubles, six RBI and seven runs scored. Freshman OF opponents. Freshman OF Eddie Silva finished the week hitting a team-best .400 in five Ryan Chandler notched five hits in the Arizona series, scoring at least one run in each games, recording a team-best eight hits with two double, three RBI and his first career game (four total) and driving in a pair of runs. With 16 hits in Sunday’s series finale, the home run. He had a career day vs. No. 28 Georgia Tech, going 4-for-5, including a Owls have recorded double digit hits in all 16 games this season. Rice is batting a C- double with two runs scored. Later that day, Silva blasted his first-career homer, scoring USA-best .345 on the season. FIU’s lone run versus N.C. State. Silva currently ranks No. 4 in the conference in runs scored (8). On the year, Silva is batting .333 (9-of-27) with three RBI and eight runs scored. Freshman OF Jack Schaaf drove a two-run home run off over the right field wall SOUTHERN MISS in the bottom of the 13th inning to complete a doubleheader sweep of N.C. Central on The Golden Eagles were 0-2-1 in three neutral site games in Pensacola, Fla. Last Sunday with a 7-5 win in game two. Senior OF Brian Portelli had five hits in the weekend, dropping both games by a single run. Southern Miss had a game end in a tie doubleheader sweep, notching a pair of doubles and driving in four runs. The Panthers for the first time in almost 31 years on Saturday when their Nicholls State contest was won game one, as freshman RHP Andres Nunez picked up his first collegiate win. He called with the score knotted at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh due to rain. The game threw 6.2 innings of shutout baseball, allowing four hits, while striking out a career-high was delayed about an hour before it was called due to the weather. The last tie game four batters. came on April 21, 1984, when the Golden Eagles and Mississippi College battled to an 11- 11 tie and the game was called in the sixth-inning. Southern Miss got great starting pitching last week as the four starters combined for a 1.48 ERA with 23 strikeouts and just FLORIDA ATLANTIC six walks, despite not recording a victory during the week. Junior RHP Cody Carroll and The Owls opened last week with a 5-3 win over No. 8 Miami (Fla.), FAU’s first ranked win senior RHP James McMahon each collected career bests for strikeouts each with eight, of 2015. Florida Atlantic also took two-of-three over Ohio State to improve to 6-1 on the respectively. Junior LHP Luke Lowery has appeared in five of the first seven games for season. Senior 3B Ricky Santiago hit .412 on the week, reached base safely in every Southern Miss in relief and has posted a 1-1 record with a 0-0 ERA, having not given up a game and had a streak in which he reached scoring position in eight of nine times on hit and fanned five with no walks. base. He tallied five RBI on three hits against Ohio State on Saturday and finished the week with six RBI. Senior RHP Drew Jackson pitched seven shutout innings against the Buckeyes Saturday, giving up just five hits with four strikeouts. He retired 15 of the first 17 UAB batters he faced and needed an average of just 14 pitches per inning to pick up his first The Blazers posted their second straight weekend series sweep and are now 6-0 on the victory of the year. On the week, the Owls scored 16 runs while striking out only 14 times season. Last season, UAB opened the season by winning its first eight games. Senior over the four games. The pitching staff combined for a 2.25 ERA with 22 strikeouts. OF Jeff Schalk had a monster day at the plate in a 20-0 win over Savannah State on Saturday in game two. In all, Schalk totaled five hits, five runs, one double, two home runs, six RBI and two walks over the weekend vs. the Tigers. He crushed a two-run home LOUISIANA TECH run to right field in his first at-bat Saturday, before going on to record a two-run double and The Bulldogs opened their home season by taking two-of-three from Arkansas-Pine Bluff. another two-run home run later in the game. Senior 3B Nathan Vincent hit his first career LA Tech won their home opener, 9-3, scoring the nine runs over the first four innings. home run, a three-run shot, during Sunday’s 7-6 victory. Vincent is batting .458 (11-for- Sophomore IF Chandler Hall was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the first game, while 24) with seven RBI and five runs scored. Junior RHP James Naile, after sitting out all of freshman C Brent Diaz led the Bulldogs with a 2-for-3 effort at the plate, including a home 2014 due to an unfortunate injury, continued his strong return to the mound and rotation in run, two runs batted in and a pair of runs scored. Junior LHP Tyler Clancy picked up his his start this weekend vs. the Tigers. In just 5.2 IP, Naile struck out eight Savannah State first win as a Bulldog after shutting out UAPB and allowing just one hit in seven innings. hitters, allowed just four hits and didn’t walk a batter. He has not allowed an earned run in Senior OF Bre’shon Kimbrell played a role in each of the Bulldogs runs in game two’s 3- 13.2 innings pitched, striking out 14 without walking a batter. Senior RHP Alex Luna has 1 victory, as he scored twice and drove in a run. He leads LA Tech in doubles (3), RBI (5) a 0.57 ERA in his first two starts, with 14 K’s and one walk. and runs scored (7) through eight games. Senior RHP Phil Maton has a 2.25 ERA over his first two starts, striking out 13 and walking just three in 12 innings pitched. UTSA The Roadrunners swept 2014 NCAA participant Bryant over the weekend, improving to 5- MARSHALL 2 on the season. Junior IF Tyler Straub hit safely in all three games of the series, driving The Thundering Herd had a tough weekend in Starkville, Miss., dropping a pair of games in three runs in the opener and then matching his career-high with two stolen bases with to No. 14 Mississippi State and a pair to Alabama A&M. Marshall scored first in both its three hits in the finale. Sophomore 3B C.J. Pickering batted .500 (5-for-10) in the series games against Mississippi State, who has five of its seven wins in come-from-behind with a double, a home run, four RBI and five runs scored. After earning the save on victories this season. Junior DJ Gee scored both of the Herd’s first runs against the Saturday, senior LHP Cody Brannon started for UTSA on Sunday and tossed 6.1 innings Bulldogs, reaching home in the first game courtesy of a fielding error, stolen base, and for the win. He fanned three batters and did not allow a walk in 6.1 innings pitched. RBI double. Gee repeated the duty Saturday, launching his first Herd home run over the Junior RHP Patrick Herbelin has two wins and a save in three appearances this year, left field wall in the top of the second. The outfielder scored three of the Herd’s 10 runs on striking out 11 batters in 9.2 innings pitched. the weekend. Junior Robert Fajardo provided the Herd with momentum in its second game against MSU—turning in a 3-for-4 performance with two RBI, and sacrificing himself on the base paths to get another Herd run across. Fajardo went 4-for-6 on the weekend. WKU In the second game with MSU, the Herd actually equaled the number of Bulldog hits (11) The Hilltoppers were forced to relocate their scheduled home series with Evansville to and were outhitting them until the final MSU at-bat. Emerson, Ga. due to nearly a foot of snow in the Bowling Green area. WKU went 1-2 against the Purple Aces, dropping both games on Sunday by a single run. Senior 1B Ryan Church was 7-for-9 with seven RBI, five runs scored, a home run, a triple, two MIDDLE TENNESSEE doubles and three singles in the doubleheader. He tallied a career high four hits and four The Blue Raiders had their weather-delayed home opener on Sunday, sweeping e double RBI in game one and followed it up with three hits and three RBI in game two. WKU has header from Western Illinois, including a wild 16-14 win in game one. Senior C Michael already hit seven home runs in five games away from Nick Denes Field this season after Adkins (.500 batting average, .953 slugging percentage) has hit safely in all five games smacking 12 away from home in all of 2014. Both junior IF Danny Hudzina and freshman this season with a team-leading 14 RBI, which is half of his single-season record. Senior OF Kaleb Duckworth’s first career hits have been home runs. Both of senior DH Philip IF Austin Bryant extended his hit streak to 10 games on Sunday (dating back to last Diedrick’s home runs have been opposite field, two-run bombs. The Hilltoppers are now season) and leads the team with four doubles. Senior LHP Johnathan Frebis is now tied in the midst of a 10-game trip away from Nick Denes Field for the first time since 1983 in fourth place on MT's all-time career games started list with 46 starts. He is 11 starts shy of the all-time record. Freshman RHP Blake Stansberry picked up his first collegiate win in Sunday's 5-4 nightcap victory with three innings of one-hit relief. The Blue Raiders are off to their best start under head coach Jim McGuire and best start overall since 2010 (started 7-1). THE POLLS USA Today Sports (Preseason) A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND 1. Vanderbilt (51-21) Midweek contests against a pair of top five teams from Baseball America (Feb. 23) 2. Virginia (53-16) the SEC highlight this week’s action. On Tuesday, No. 1. TCU (6-1) 3. TCU (48-18) 30 Florida Atlantic faces No. 2 Florida in Jupiter, Fla. 2. Virginia (7-0) 4. LSU (46-16) The Owls will be seeking a second straight win over a 3. LSU (6-1) 5. Florida (40-23) ranked opponent after defeating No. 8 Miami last 4. Vanderbilt (4-2) 6. Texas (46-21) Tuesday. On Wednesday, WKU will visit No. 4 and Vanderbilt, a team that it defeated last year as the 5. Florida (6-1) 7. Louisville (50-17) Oklahoma State (48-18) Commodores went on to win the National 6. Houston (6-1) Championship. Looking ahead to weekend action, No. 7. Texas Tech (8-1) 9. UCLA (25-30) 13 Rice welcomes perennial power Stanford to town for 8. UCLA (6-1) 10. South Carolina (44-18) a four-game series. 9. Oklahoma State (4-3) 11. Houston (48-18) 10. Miami, Fla. (5-3) 12. Florida State (43-17) WEEKEND TIDBITS 11. South Carolina (6-1) 13. Texas Tech (45-21) *UAB posted its second straight series sweep and are 12. Texas (7-2) 14. Miami, Fla. (44-19) now 6-0 to open the season for the second straight 13. Mississippi State (8-0) 15. North Carolina (35-27) year. The Blazers have a league-best team ERA of 14. Rice (5-3) 16. Oregon (44-20) 1.73 with 44 strikeouts in the six outings. 15. Central Florida (7-0) 17. Rice (42-20) 16. Maryland (5-1) 18. Mississippi (48-21) *Florida Atlantic became the third C-USA school to 17. Louisville (3-3) 19. Cal State Fullerton (34-24) break into the national rankings in the first three 18. Arizona State (4-3) 20. Maryland (40-23) wseeks of the season, appearing at No. 30 in this 21. Arizona State (33-24) week’s NCBWA poll. 19. North Carolina (4-2) 20. Oregon (7-1) 22. Stanford (35-26) *Eight of the league’s losses last weekend came by a 21. Kennesaw State (5-2) 23. Texas A&M (36-26) single run. That drops the conference’s record in one- 22. UC Santa Barbara (6-1) 24. Cal Poly (47-12) run games this year to 10-12. 23. Dallas Baptist (6-1) 25. Mississippi State (39-24) 24. Mississippi (4-2) *in the first 10 days of the season C-USA teams posted 25. Florida State (4-3) NCBWA (Feb. 23) at least one team from each of the top four leagues 1. Virginia (7-0) from 2014 (ACC, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC), notching multiple victories against three of the four. Collegiate Baseball (Feb. 23) 2. TCU (6-1)

1. TCU (6-1) 3. Florida (6-1) 2. Virginia (7-0) 4. LSU (6-1) FACING THE BEST 3. LSU (6-1) 5. Vanderbilt (4-2) Conference USA is scheduled to play at least one 4. Vanderbilt (4-2) 6. Houston (6-1) game against 16 teams that are ranked in the 7. UCLA (6-1) preseason top 25 of at least one major poll during the 5. Florida (6-1) 2015 season. Included are games against No. 1 and 6. Houston (6-1) 8. Texas (7-2) defending National Champion Vanderbilt, Virginia, 7. Texas Tech (8-1) 9. Texas Tech (8-1) TCU, Florida, Texas, Louisville, Houston, Miami (Fla.), 8. UCLA (6-1) 10. South Carolina (6-1) Mississippi, Mississippi State, Maryland, Stanford, 9. Arizona State (4-3) 11. Rice (5-3) Texas A&M, Liberty, UCF and Kennesaw State. 10. Oklahoma State (4-3) 12. Oregon (7-1) 11. Texas (7-2) 13. Miami, Fla. (5-3) 2015 PRESEASON 12. Rice (5-3) 14. North Carolina (4-2) 13. Oregon (7-1) 15. Mississippi State (8-0) ALL-AMERICANS 14. Mississippi State (8-0) 16. Oklahoma State (4-3) Here’s a look at the Conference USA players that have received preseason All-American recognition: 15. South Carolina (6-1) 17. Louisville (3-3) 16. UC Santa Barbara (6-1) 18. Maryland (5-1) 17. Central Florida (7-0) 19. Texas A&M (7-0) BASEBALL AMERICA 18. Georgia (5-1) 20. Arizona State (4-3) Third Team 19. Texas A&M (7-0) 21. Central Florida (7-0) OF Edwin Rios, FIU 20. Maryland (5-1) 22. Florida State (4-3) 21. North Carolina (4-2) 23. Mississippi (4-2) LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/ 22. Florida State (4-3) 24. Kennesaw State (5-2) COLLEGIATE BASEBALL 23. Miami, Fla. (5-3) 25. Alabama (4-2) Second Team 26. UC Santa Barbara (6-1) 24. Louisville (3-3) SP Blake Fox, Rice 27. Illinois (6-0-1) 25. Baylor (5-2) 26. Illinois (6-0-1) 28. Baylor (5-2) NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL 27. Georgia Tech (5-2) 29. Dallas Baptist (6-1) 28. Kennesaw State (5-2) 30. Florida Atlantic (6-1) WRITERS ASSOCIATION 29. USC (8-0) ARV: First Team 30. Nevada (7-0) UAB (6-0) SP Blake Fox, Rice RP Matt Ditman, Rice

STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST RP Matt Ditman, Rice

GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD WATCH LIST SP Blake Fox, Rice PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS CONFERENCE SUMMARY Conference USA has announced its 2015 preseason baseball awards, as chosen by the Here's a summary of Conference USA’s record versus other conferences in non- league’s 12 head coaches. Rice senior catcher John Clay Reeves has been chosen as conference competition in 2015: the preseason Player of the Year, while Rice junior left-hander Blake Fox was named the preseason Pitcher of the Year. Rice was chosen as the unanimous favorite to win Conference Record Conference Record the league’s championship. The Owls have won either the regular season or America East 0-0 Missouri Valley 1-2 tournament championship in each of its nine years as a member of C-USA. American 3-0 Mountain West 0-0 ACC 1-2 Northeast 3-0 Reeves made an immediate impact on Conference USA in his first season at Rice, Atlantic Sun 2-3 Ohio Valley 3-0 garnering the league’s Newcomer of the Year award and earning first team All-C-USA Atlantic 10 0-1 Patriot 0-0 honors. An outstanding defensive backstop that head coach Wayne Graham entrusts to Big East 0-0 Pac-12 2-1 call the pitches in games, he started 56 of Rice's 62 outings. Reeves tied for seventh in Big South 1-1 SEC 2-3 the conference in both home runs (6) and RBI (41), finished tenth in the league in Big Ten 2-3 Southern 0-0 batting average (.317) and slugging percentage (.439), and tied for tenth in hits (70) and Big 12 2-3 Southland 2-5-1 total bases (97). He batted .322 with runners on base and .372 with men in scoring Big West 0-0 SWAC 2-3 position. Reeves was twice named the C-USA Hitter of the Week (March 17 and April Colonial 0-0 Summit 2-0 20) and has tallied two or more hits in a game 17 times. Horizon 0-0 Sun Belt 2-1 Ivy 0-0 West Coast 0-0 Fox emerged as the staff ace for Rice, leading C-USA in wins (12), ranking second in Metro Atlantic 0-1 WAC 0-0 ERA (1.46) and sixth in innings pitched (104.2), while earning All-American honors by Mid-American 4-2 Independents 0-0 multiple organizations. He won 12 of his 15 starts last season, including four games Mid-Eastern 7-1 Non-Division I 0-0 which ended in shutouts. In addition to non-conference wins over national powers TOTAL 41-32-1 (.561) Stanford and TCU, he posted an 8-0 mark in C-USA regular season games and another victory in the C-USA Championship. Fox pitched into the seventh inning of a game 14 NON-CONFERENCE RECORDS times, with a season long of 8.1. frames. He held opposing hitters to a composite .236 Here’s the record of each C-USA school in non-conference action this season: batting average and twice struck out eight in a single game. Fox, who was one of three finalists for the College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year in 2014, is Team W-L Team W-L 18-0 in his collegiate career. Charlotte 1-2 Old Dominion 0-3

FIU 4-4 Rice 5-3 Reeves and Fox were joined by junior RHP Matt Ditman on the preseason All- Florida Atlantic 6-1 Southern Miss 3-3-1 Conference USA team, giving Rice a league-high three selections. FIU and Old Louisiana Tech 3-5 UAB 6-0 Dominion, picked to second and third, respectively, each placed two players on the Marshall 2-5 UTSA 5-2 preseason All-Conference squad. Middle Tennessee 4-1 WKU 2-3

TOTAL 41-32-1 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

1. Rice (12) 2. FIU HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE 3. Old Dominion Here's a look at each team's record at their home fields in 2015: 4. Southern Miss 5. UTSA Team W-L Team W-L 6. Florida Atlantic Charlotte 1-2 Old Dominion 0-0 7. UAB FIU 2-1 Rice 3-2 8. Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic 6-1 Southern Miss 3-1 9. WKU Louisiana Tech 2-1 UAB 6-0 10. Marshall Marshall 0-0 UTSA 5-1 11. Charlotte Middle Tennessee 2-0 WKU 0-0 12. Louisiana Tech TOTAL 30-9 (first place votes in parentheses) NON-CONFERENCE TOTAL 30-9

PLAYER OF THE YEAR CLOSE CALLS John Clay Reeves, Rice (Senior, Catcher) Here’s a look at the records of each Conference USA school in one-run games during

the 2015 season: PITCHER OF THE YEAR

Blake Fox, Rice (Junior, Left-hander) Team W-L Team W-L Charlotte 1-2 Old Dominion 0-0 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM FIU 0-0 Rice 1-2 P Blake Fox Jr. Rice Florida Atlantic 2-0 Southern Miss 1-3 P Alex Luna Sr. UAB Louisiana Tech 0-2 UAB 3-0 P Chris Mourelle So. FIU Marshall 1-1 UTSA 0-0 RP Matt Ditman Jr. Rice Middle Tennessee 1-0 WKU 0-2 C John Clay Reeves Sr. Rice TOTAL 10-12 IF Josh Anderson Sr. FIU NON-CONFERENCE TOTAL 10-12 IF Ryan Church Sr. WKU IF P.J. Higgins Jr. Old Dominion IF Taylor Love Jr. Louisiana Tech IF Stephen Kerr So. Florida Atlantic OF Jared Allen Sr. Middle Tennessee OF Brendon Sanger Jr. Florida Atlantic OF Nick Walker So. Old Dominion DH/UT Matt Durst Sr. Southern Miss

2015 C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP PEAK PERFORMERS The 2015 Conference USA Championship will return to Hattiesburg, Miss., for the fifth Throughout the 2015 season, we’ll track some of the top individual performances time in the league’s history. Southern Miss also hosted the 2014, 2009, 2005 and around Conference USA: 1996 C-USA Championships at Pete Taylor Park. The Championship will feature the top eight teams in regular-season league play, and the format features two double- MULTIPLE HOME RUNS IN A GAME elimination brackets, with a single-elimination championship game. The first two 2 Jeff Schalk, UAB (20) vs. Savannah State (0) 2-21 semifinal games on Sat., May 23 will be televised by ASN, with the championship game on Sun., May 24 airing on CBS Sports Network. COMPLETE GAMES

Game Schedule:

Wed., May 20 10 OR MORE STRIKEOUTS Game 1 9:00a 11 Christian Talley, Southern Miss (7) vs. Murray State (4) 2-13 Game 2 12:30p 10 Kyle Miller, Florida Atlantic (16) vs. Connecticut (5) 2-13 Game 3 4:00p Game 4 7:30p BIG PRODUCTION Thurs., May 21 Here’s a look at the games in which a C-USA team has scored 15 or more runs this Game 5 9:00a season: Game 6 12:30p Game 7 4:00p 24 Marshall 24 at Florida A&M 2 (Feb. 14) Game 8 7:30p 20 UAB 20, Savannah State 0 (Feb. 21) 16 Middle Tennessee 16, Western Illinois 14 (Feb. 22) Fri., May 22 16 Florida Atlantic 16, Connecticut 5 (Feb. 13) Game 9 3:00p Game 10 6:30p C-USA VS. RANKED FOES Sat., May 23 In the 2014 season, nine schools defeated a ranked non-league opponent. On March Game 11 9:00a 25, C-USA posted two wins over top 10 teams for the first time since April 5, 2011 as Game 12 12:30p Tulane beat No. 3 LSU and Southern Miss knocked off No. 9 Ole Miss. Old Game 13 4:00p (if necessary) Dominion’s 8-1 victory over Virginia on Apr. 29 marked the ninth time in league history Game 14 7:30p (if necessary) that a C-USA school has defeated a No.1-ranked team.

Sun., May 24 In its history, C-USA Baseball teams have totaled 153 wins vs. top 10 opponents, Championship Game 12:00p including 61 over top 5 foes.

All times Central Here’s a look at the 2015 wins over ranked non-conference opponents:

2015 RANKED WINS Feb. 13 ...... FIU 4, (29) Tennessee 3 Feb. 14 ...... Rice 10, (6) Texas 9 Feb. 14 ...... Rice 5, (6) Texas 2 Feb. 15 ...... FIU 3, (29) Tennessee 0 Feb. 18 ...... Florida Atlantic 5, (8) Miami (Fla.) 3

SPRING MLB ROSTERS FEATURE 14 C-USA PLAYERS A total of 14 players from Conference USA schools appear on the 40-man spring

rosters of Major League Baseball teams. Seven of C-USA’s baseball schools are represented, with players appearing on 14 different big league teams. Here’s a look at all of the C-USA players on spring training MLB rosters. PSEUDO-RPI REPORT As a league, Conference USA ranked No. 8 among the nation’s conferences in 2014. Player Pos. MLB Team C-USA School Here’s a look at where each C-USA school ranked in the final 2014 Pseudo-RPI’s R.J. Alvarez RHP Oakland A’s Florida Atlantic ratings (published by Boyd Nation (www.boydsworld.com): Jeff Beliveau LHP Tampa Bay Rays Florida Atlantic Dan Straily RHP Houston Astros Marshall 13. Rice Michael McKenry C Colorado Rockies Middle Tennessee 40. Old Dominion Daniel Hudson RHP Arizona Diamondbacks Old Dominion 63. Southern Miss Justin Verlander RHP Detroit Tigers Old Dominion 76. East Carolina Tony Cingrani LHP Cincinnati Reds Rice 77. UAB Brock Holt IF Boston Red Sox Rice 88. FIU Lucas Luetge LHP Seattle Mariners Rice 89. Middle Tennessee Bryan Price RHP Cleveland Indians Rice 101. Florida Atlantic Anthony Rendon 3B Washington Nationals Rice 103. UTSA Joe Savery LHP Chicago White Sox Rice 146. Tulane Brian Dozier SS Minnesota Twins Southern Miss 173. Charlotte Bobby Korecky RHP Toronto Blue Jays UTSA 231. Marshall 245. Louisiana Tech

C-USA ON TV NOTING C-USA UMPIRES Conference USA baseball games are scheduled to be televised nationally by Fox At least one C-USA umpire has been assigned to the College World Series each year Sports Media Group, CBS Sports Network and American Sports Network. Below is a since 1999. Last year, the conference was represented in Omaha by Mike Conlin, list of 2015 games that have been confirmed: Mark Uyl and Doug Williams.

CBS SPORTS NETWORK C-USA umpires in the 2014 NCAA Championship included: Linus Baker, Ryan Sun, May 24 ...... C-USA Championship Game ...... 12:00p CT Broussard, Anthony Carilli, Mike Conlin, Chris Coskey, Perry Costello, Jeff Doy, Mike Duffy, Jim Garman, Danny Mascorro, Ryan Morehead, Mike Morris, Eddie Newsom, FOX SPORTS 1 Josh Schepis, Darrin Sealey, Kevin Sweeney, Mark Uyl, Scott Wilkerson, Doug Fri., May 1 ...... WKU at Middle Tennessee ...... 7:00p CT Williams and Mark Winters, accounting for 21% of all assignments.

FOX SPORTS 2 Fri., Mar. 27...... Southern Miss at Rice ...... 6:00p CT CONSECUTIVE NCAA APPEARANCES Rice made its 20th consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship last season, the fourth- FOX SPORTS NETWORKS longest active streak in Division I. Here is a look at the longest active streaks: Sat., May 16 ...... FIU at Rice ...... 12:00p CT 42 Miami (Fla.) ASN 37 Florida State Sun., Mar. 22 ...... Marshall at UAB ...... 12 p.m. CT 23 Cal State Fullerton Sat., Mar. 28 ...... Louisiana Tech at Charlotte ...... 12 p.m. CT 20 RICE Sat., Mar. 28 ...... Old Dominion at Middle Tennessee ... 3:30 p.m. CT 15 South Carolina Sat., Apr. 4 ...... Marshall at Florida Atlantic ...... 12 p.m. CT Sat., Apr. 4 ...... UTSA at FIU ...... 3:30 p.m. CT Sun., Apr. 12 ...... Southern Miss at WKU ...... 12 p.m. CT HITTERS & PITCHERS OF THE WEEK Sat., Apr. 18 ...... UTSA at Rice ...... 2 p.m. CT Sun., Apr. 26 ...... Rice at WKU ...... 12 p.m. CT Conference USA will name a Hitter of the Week and a Pitcher of the Week each Sat., May 2 ...... FIU at Old Dominion ...... 2 p.m. CT Monday during the season. The award is selected by the conference office. Here Sat., May 9 ...... Rice at Florida Atlantic...... 12 p.m. CT are this year’s winners: Sat., May 16 ...... Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee .. 12 p.m. CT HITTER OF THE WEEK SEC NETWORK Feb. 16 Michael Adkins C Middle Tennessee Tue., Apr. 14 ...... UAB at Alabama ...... 6:00p CT Feb. 23 John Clay Reeves C Rice

LONGHORN NETWORK PITCHER OF THE WEEK Tue., Feb. 17 ...... Texas 14, UTSA 2 Feb. 16 Kyle Miller RHP Florida Atlantic Feb. 23 Tyler Clancy LHP Louisiana Tech

TITLE HOLDERS Rice won at least a share of its eighth regular season Conference USA title in the past NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK nine years in 2014. The Owls also captured their fifth C-USA Tournament crown since A total of 75 athletes have earned National Player of the Week honors during the 2006. Here’s a look at C-USA’s regular season and tournament champions: league’s first 19 seasons. Here’s a look at this season’s winners: Year Regular Season Tournament 2014 Rice Rice COLLEGIATE BASEBALL/LOUISVILLE SLUGGER 2013 Rice/Southern Miss Rice 2012 Rice UAB NCBWA 2011 Rice/Southern Miss Rice 2010 Rice Southern Miss 2009 East Carolina Rice CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL SCHOOLS 2008 Rice Houston 2007 Rice Rice Since its first season in 1996, Conference USA has established itself as a national 2006 Rice Rice power. Here are some of the league’s accomplishments in its first 19 seasons: 2005 Tulane TCU/Tulane* 2004 East Carolina TCU  At least one College World Series team in seven of the past 15 seasons. 2003 Southern Miss Southern Miss 2002 Houston East Carolina  60 NCAA Appearances 2001 Tulane Tulane 2000 Houston Houston  Three National Players of the Year 1999 Houston Tulane 1998 Tulane Tulane  Three National Freshmen of the Year 1997 Tulane Houston 1996 USF Tulane  139 All-Americans

*declared co-champions after championship game was cancelled due to weather  Schools have combined to win 40 or more games 61 times in the past 11 years

 Has had a team ranked No. 1 in the nation in four of the past 10 regular seasons

 Hosted 14 NCAA Regionals and six Super Regionals  The 12 current members of C-USA have also accomplished the following:

 2003 National Champions - Rice

 95 all-time NCAA Appearances (63 since 1995) ABOUT CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL C-USA RADIO OUTLETS Charlotte ...... WFNZ-AM (610)  Conference USA will field 12 teams in 2015, as the league celebrates its 20- FIU ...... FIUSports.com year anniversary: Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Florida Atlantic ...... FAUSports.com Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTSA and Louisiana Tech ...... KXKZ-FM (107.5) WKU. Marshall ...... WMUL-AM (88.1) ...... WRVC-AM (930)  Conference USA has been ranked as the No. 5 baseball conference in the Middle Tennessee ...... WMTS-FM (88.3) RPI in all but two seasons since 2006. It was the No. 8 ranked conference in Old Dominion ...... Star-AM (1310) 2014. Rice ...... RiceOwls.com  C-USA has placed at least four teams in the NCAA Championship nine times Southern Miss ...... WKZW-FM (94.3) in the past 13 years, producing five teams on two occasions. UAB ...... WSPZ-AM (690)  Rice made its 20th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance in 2013, the UTSA ...... GoUTSA.com WKU ...... WWKU-AM (1450) fourth-longest active streak in the nation.

 Rice spent the entire 2014 season nationally ranked and was joined in the C-USA WEB SITES regular season rankings by FIU, Florida Atlantic and UAB. Charlotte ...... www.charlotte49ers.com  Seven C-USA teams ranked in the top 90 of the final RPI rankings and nine FIU ...... www.fiupanthers.com teams were among the top 103. Florida Atlantic ...... www.fausports.com  Nine Conference USA teams won at least one game against a nationally Louisiana Tech ...... www.latechsports.com ranked opponent during the 2014 season. Marshall ...... www.herdzone.com Middle Tennessee ...... www.goblueraiders.com  C-USA teams posted a total of 18 wins over nationally ranked, non- Old Dominion ...... www.odusports.com conference opponents during the regular season, including seven against top Rice ...... www.riceowls.com 10 foes. Southern Miss ...... www.southernmiss.com  Old Dominion defeated then-No. 1 Virginia, 8-1, on April 29, marking the UAB ...... www.uabsports.com league’s first win over a No. 1 team since 2009. It was the ninth time in UTSA ...... www.goutsa.com league history that a C-USA school has defeated the nation’s top-ranked WKU ...... www.wkusports.com team.  C-USA played 27 of the teams ranked among the top 50 in the final NCAA C-USA BASEBALL CONTACTS RPI rankings, posting wins vs. 19. C-USA teams defeated: No. 1 Virginia Phone E-Mail (Old Dominion), No. 3 Texas (Rice), No. 4 Mississippi (Southern Miss), No. 6 C-USA: Russell Anderson (214) 774-1351 [email protected] TCU (Rice), No. 7 Florida (Florida Atlantic), No. 11 LSU (Tulane), No. 17 Charlotte: Sean Fox (704) 687-1021 [email protected] Miami [Fla.] (Florida Atlantic), No. 23 Alabama (Southern Miss, UAB), No. 30 FIU: Pete Pelegrin (305) 348-3164 [email protected] Florida Atlantic: Brandon Goodwin (561) 297-3163 [email protected] Stanford (Rice), No. 31 Texas A&M (Louisiana Tech), No. 36 Sam Houston LA Tech: Anna Claire Thomas (318) 257-3145 [email protected] State (Rice, UTSA), No. 39 Liberty (Old Dominion), No. 41 Columbia Marshall: Caitie Smith (304) 696-4660 [email protected] (UTSA), No. 43 North Carolina (East Carolina) and No. 50 UCF (Florida Middle Tennessee: Tony Stinnett (615) 898-5270 [email protected] Atlantic). Additionally, incoming C-USA member WKU defeated National Derrick Blyberg (615) 898-5270 [email protected] Champion and No. 2 Vanderbilt, along with No. 5 Louisiana-Lafayette. Rice: John Sullivan (713) 348-4034 [email protected]  Six different Conference USA players were honored as 2014 All-Americans, Southern Miss: Jack Duggan (601) 266-4507 [email protected] UAB: Brandon Lee (205) 934-0722 [email protected] including East Carolina senior RHP Ryan Williams, FIU junior RHP Mike UTSA: Zena Rex (956) 739-4878 [email protected] Franco, Middle Tennessee senior 1B Trent Miller, Rice senior 3B Shane WKU: Jeremy Brown (270) 745-5388 [email protected] Hoelscher, Rice sophomore LHP Blake Fox and UAB senior RHP Chase Mallard. C-USA ON THE WEB  Three C-USA players earned 2014 Freshman All-American honors, including For all of the latest information on Conference USA baseball and the league’s other 19 FIU RHP Chris Mourelle, Florida Atlantic 2B Stephen Kerr and Old sports, please visit www.ConferenceUSA.com. Dominion OF Nick Walker.  Conference USA had four players that earned National Player of the Week C-USA ON FACEBOOK honors in 2014: East Carolina RHP Jeff Hoffman, Rice OF Michael By becoming a fan of Conference USA on Facebook, followers of C-USA teams will Aquino, Rice 1B Skyler Ewing and UAB RHP Chase Mallard. have the opportunity to receive score updates, event recaps and notices, video  Four Conference USA schools (Southern Miss, Rice, East Carolina, Tulane) features, photos, special announcements, news on promotions and special ticket offers ranked among the top 36 nationally in average home attendance. Three of and much more. The Facebook page is available at facebook.com/ConferenceUSA. the four averaged at least 2,400 fans per game.  Nine 2014 players and four 2014 teams ranked among the top 10 national C-USA ON TWITTER leaders in the final 2014 NCAA statistics. Twitter provides fans a means to receive a steady flow of information on all facets of  Conference USA had 34 players chosen in the June Major League Baseball Conference USA athletics through instant messaging. Follow us: @Conference_USA Draft, including the No. 9 overall selection (East Carolina’s Jeff Hoffman). Eleven of the 2014 C-USA schools had at least one player selected. C-USA AUDIO UPDATES  The league had 24 games televised nationally or regionally in 2014. Conference USA produces a a daily audio update entitled “Today in Conference USA” that focuses on baseball as well as all C-USA sports. The league also hosts selected podcasts with head baseball coaches and other baseball-related personnel during the season. Bill Hazen serves as the host and producer of these programs. Both of these shows are available for download on C-USA’s podcast channel: http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/podcasts/c-usa-podcasts.html

CHARLOTTE 49ERS FIU PANTHERS FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS (1-2, 0-0 C-USA) (3-4, 0-0 C-USA) (6-1, 0-0 C-USA)

Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 20 AKRON (cancelled) 13 (29) TENNESSEE W 4-3 1-0 13 CONNECTICUT W 16-5 1-0 21 AKRON L 1-2 0-1 14 (29) TENNESSEE L 2-9 1-1 14 CONNECTICUT W 2-1 (11 inn.) 2-0 21 AKRON W 1-0 1-1 15 (29) TENNESSEE W 3-0 2-1 15 CONNECTICUT W 5-4 3-0 22 AKRON L 4-5 1-2 18 at Stetson L 2-12 2-2 18 (9) MIAMI W 5-3 4-0 25 at College of Charleston (cancelled) 20-22 at Baseball at the Beach Tournament (Conway, S.C.) 20 OHIO STATE L 2-6 4-1 27 MARIST 4:00p 21 vs. (28) Georgia Tech L 9-16 2-3 21 OHIO STATE W 7-0 5-1 28 MARIST 1:00p 21 vs. NC State L 1-3 2-4 22 OHIO STATE W 2-1 6-1 MARCH 22 vs. N.C. Central W 4-0 3-4 24 vs. (2) Florida (Jupiter, Fla.) 6:30p 1 MARIST 1:00p 22 vs. N.C. Central 27 MONMOUTH 6:30p 3 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 4:00p 27 MANHATTAN 7:00p 28 MONMOUTH 4:00p 6 RICE 4:00p 28 MANHATTAN (DH) 2:00p MARCH 7 RICE 2:00p MARCH 1 MONMOUTH 12:00p 8 RICE 12:00p 1 MANHATTAN 1:00p 3 NORTH FLORIDA 6:30p 10 HIGH POINT 5:00p 6 CONNECTICUT 7:00p 4 NORTH FLORIDA 3:30p 13 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 5:00p 7 CONNECTICUT 6:00p 6 RUTGERS 6:30p 14 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2:00p 8 CONNECTICUT 1:00p 7 RUTGERS 4:00p 15 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 1:00p 10 vs. Seton Hall (PC) 12:00p 8 RUTGERS 12:00p 17 MD.-EASTERN SHORE 5:00p 10 vs. St. Joseph’s (PC) 4:00p 10 ILLINOIS STATE 3:30p 18 PRESBYTERIAN 5:00p 13 at Southern Miss 7:00p 11 NC STATE 6:30p 20 at FIU 7:00p 14 at Southern Miss 3:00p 13 at Charlotte 6:00p 21 at FIU 6:00p 15 at Southern Miss 1:00p 14 at Charlotte 4:00p 22 at FIU 12:30p 18 at USF 6:30p 15 at Charlotte 12:00p 25 at Wake Forest 6:00p 20 CHARLOTTE 7:00p 18 at Bethune Cookman 6:00p 27 LOUISIANA TECH 6:00p 21 CHARLOTTE 6:00p 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6:30p 28 LOUISIANA TECH 1:00p 22 CHARLOTTE 12:30p 21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 4:00p 29 LOUISIANA TECH 1:00p 24 at Bethune-Cookman 6:00p 22 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 12:00p 31 NC STATE (BB&T Park, Charlotte) 6:05p 27 at Marshall (CH) 6:00p 27 at UTSA 7:00p APRIL 28 at Marshall (CH) 4:00p 28 at UTSA 3:00p 3 at Old Dominion 6:00p 29 at Marshall (CH) 1:00p 29 at UTSA 1:00p 4 at Old Dominion 3:00p 31 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 6:00p 31 at UCF 6:30p 5 at Old Dominion 1:00p APRIL APRIL 7 at Virginia Tech 5:30p 3 UTSA 7:00p 3 MARSHALL 6:30p 10 at Marshall (BWV) 6:00p 4 UTSA 4:30p 4 MARSHALL 1:00p 11 at Marshall (BWV) 4:00p 5 UTSA 1:00p 5 MARSHALL 12:00p 12 at Marshall (BWV) 1:00p 7 SOUTH FLORIDA 6:00p 8 at Miami 6:00p 14 WINTHROP 6:00p 10 at Florida Atlantic 6:30p 10 FIU 6:30p 15 at NC State 6:00p 11 at Florida Atlantic 4:00p 11 FIU 4:00p 17 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6:00p 12 at Florida Atlantic 12:00p 12 FIU 12:00p 18 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2:00p 17 WKU 4:00p 14 at Florida Gulf Coast 6:00p 19 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1:00p 18 WKU 6:00p 17 at Southern Miss 7:00p 21 WAKE FOREST 6:00p 19 WKU 1:00p 18 at Southern Miss 3:00p 24 at UAB 7:30p 22 PALM BEACH ATLANTIC 6:00p 19 at Southern Miss 2:00p 25 at UAB 5:00p 24 LOUISIANA TECH 7:00p 22 at Miami 6:00p 26 at UAB 2:00p 25 LOUISIANA TECH 6:00p 24 OLD DOMINION 6:30p 28 GARDNER-WEBB 6:00p 26 LOUISIANA TECH 1:00p 25 OLD DOMINION 4:00p MAY MAY 26 OLD DOMINION 12:00p 1 DALLAS BAPTIST 6:00p 1 at Old Dominion 6:00p 28 FLORIDA GULF COAST 6:30p 2 DALLAS BAPTIST 2:00p 2 at Old Dominion 3:00p MAY 3 DALLAS BAPTIST 1:00p 3 at Old Dominion 1:00p 1 at UAB (YM) 7:30p 8 at Southern Miss 7:00p 5 JACKSONVILLE 6:30p 2 at UAB (YM) 3:00p 9 at Southern Miss 2:00p 6 JACKSONVILLE 1:00p 3 at UAB (YM) 2:00p 10 at Southern Miss 12:00p 8 UAB 7:00p 5 BETHUNE-COOKMAN 6:30p 12 at Winthrop 4:30p 9 UAB 6:00p 6 UCF 6:30p 14 UTSA 6:00p 10 UAB 1:00p 8 RICE 6:30p 15 UTSA 6:00p 14 at Rice 7:30p 9 RICE 1:00p 16 UTSA 1:00p 15 at Rice 7:30p 10 RICE 12:00p 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 16 at Rice 1:00p 14 at WKU 6:00p 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 15 at WKU 6:00p HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times 16 at WKU 2:00p Eastern. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Eastern. BWV – Beckley, W. Va. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times CH – Charleston, W. Va. Eastern. CH- Charleston, W. Va. YM – Young Memorial Field

LA TECH BULLDOGS MARSHALL HERD MIDDLE TENN BLUE RAIDERS (3-5, 0-0 C-USA) (2-5, 0-0 C-USA) (3-1, 0-0 C-USA)

Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 13 at Southeastern Louisiana L 4-5 0-1 13 at Florida A&M L 3-4 0-1 13 at Jacksonville W 7-2 1-0 14 at Southeastern Louisiana L 1-6 0-2 14 at Florida A&M W 24-2 1-1 14 at Jacksonville W 8-5 2-0 15 at Southeastern Louisiana L 1-7 0-3 15 at Florida A&M W 10-9 2-1 15 at Jacksonville L 2-11 2-1 17 at McNeese State L 2-4 0-4 20 vs. Alabama A&M (Starkville, Miss.) L 3-8 2-2 17 LIPSCOMB (postponed) 18 at McNeese State W 12-2 1-4 20 at (14) Mississippi State L 2-6 2-3 20 VALPARAISO (cancelled) 20 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF W 9-3 2-4 21 at (14) Mississippi State L 4-7 2-4 21 OHIO (cancelled) 20 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF W 6-2 3-4 22 vs. Alabama A&M (Starkville, Miss.) L 1-8 2-5 22 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 16-14 3-1 21 ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF L 4-5 3-5 27 vs. Towson (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 12:00p 22 WESTERN ILLINOIS 1:00p 25 LOUISIANA-MONROE 6:00p 28 vs. Towson (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 12:00p 23 WESTERN ILLINOIS TBD 27 ORAL ROBERTS 6:00p 28 at Wake Forest 4:00p 24 at Tennessee Tech 3:00p 28 ORAL ROBERTS 2:00p MARCH 27 at New Orleans 6:30p MARCH 1 at Wake Forest 4:00p 28 at New Orleans 2:00p 1 ORAL ROBERTS 1:00p 6 RHODE ISLAND 3:00p MARCH 4 at Arkansas 3:05p 7 RHODE ISLAND 1:00p 1 at New Orleans 1:00p 6 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 6:00p 8 RHODE ISLAND 12:00p 6 IOWA 3:00p 7 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 2:00p 10 AKRON 3:00p 7 IOWA 2:00p 8 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 1:00p 13 UTSA (BWV) 3:00p 8 IOWA 1:00p 10 at Northwestern State 6:30p 14 UTSA (BWV) 1:00p 10 at Memphis 6:30p 13 at Rice 6:30p 15 UTSA (BWV) 1:00p 11 vs. Memphis (Jackson, Tenn.) 6:30p 14 at Rice 2:00p 17 at Eastern Kentucky 3:00p 13 UAB 6:00p 15 at Rice 1:00p 18 MOREHEAD STATE 3:00p 14 UAB 4:00p 18 at Arkansas-Little Rock 6:00p 20 at UAB 7:30p 15 UAB 1:00p 20 SOUTHERN MISS 6:00p 21 at UAB 3:00p 17 at Belmont 4:00p 21 SOUTHERN MISS 3:00p 22 at UAB 1:00p 20 at Florida Atlantic 5:30p 22 SOUTHERN MISS 1:00p 25 at Ohio 6:00p 21 at Florida Atlantic 3:00p 24 GRAMBLING STATE 6:00p 27 FIU (CH) 6:00p 22 at Florida Atlantic 11:00a 27 at Charlotte 5:00p 28 FIU (CH) 4:00p 24 VANDERBILT 6:00p 28 at Charlotte 12:00p 29 FIU (CH) 1:00p 27 OLD DOMINION 6:00p 29 at Charlotte 12:00p APRIL 28 OLD DOMINION 3:30p 31 at Grambling State 6:00p 1 at Miami (Ohio) 6:00p 29 OLD DOMINION 1:00p APRIL 3 at Florida Atlantic 6:30p 31 AUSTIN PEAY 6:00p 1 at Louisiana Monroe 6:00p 4 at Florida Atlantic 4:00p APRIL 3 WKU 6:00p 5 at Florida Atlantic 12:00p 3 at Rice 6:30p 4 WKU 3:00p 7 MIAMI (OHIO) 3:00p 4 at Rice 2:00p 5 WKU 1:00p 8 OHIO 3:00p 5 at Rice 1:00p 8 ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK 6:00p 10 CHARLOTTE 6:00p 7 TENNESSEE TECH 6:00p 10 at Middle Tennessee 6:00p 11 CHARLOTTE 4:00p 10 LOUISIANA TECH 6:00p 11 at Middle Tennessee 4:00p 12 CHARLOTTE 1:00p 11 LOUISIANA TECH 4:00p 12 at Middle Tennessee 1:00p 14 at Akron 3:00p 12 LOUISIANA TECH 1:00p 17 UAB 6:00p 17 at Old Dominion 6:00p 14 TENNESSEE 6:00p 18 UAB 3:00p 18 at Old Dominion 3:00p 15 at Austin Peay 6:00p 19 UAB 1:00p 19 at Old Dominion 1:00p 17 at Charlotte 5:00p 21 at Stephen F. Austin 6:30p 21 at West Virginia 6:00p 18 at Charlotte 1:00p 24 at FIU 6:00p 24 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CH) 1:00p 19 at Charlotte 12:00p 25 at FIU 5:00p 25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CH) 7:00p 21 at Vanderbilt 6:30p 26 at FIU 12:00p 26 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (CH) 10:00a 24 at Marshall (CH) 12:00p 28 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 6:00p 28 WEST VIRGINIA (CH) 6:00p 25 at Marshall (CH) 6:00p MAY MAY 26 at Marshall (CH) 9:00a 1 UTSA 6:00p 1 at Southern Miss 7:00p 28 at Lipscomb 6:00p 2 UTSA 3:00p 2 at Southern Miss 3:00p MAY 3 UTSA 1:00p 3 at Southern Miss 12:00p 1 WKU 7:00p 8 at Old Dominion 5:00p 8 WKU (CH) 1:00p 2 WKU 4:00p 9 at Old Dominion 5:00p 9 WKU (CH) 1:00p 3 WKU 1:00p 10 at Old Dominion 10:00a 10 WKU (CH) 10:00a 8 at UTSA 6:00p 12 NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:00p 12 EASTERN KENTUCKY 3:00p 9 at UTSA 2:00p 14 MARSHALL 6:00p 14 at Louisiana Tech 7:00p 10 at UTSA 12:00p 15 MARSHALL 6:00p 15 at Louisiana Tech 4:00p 12 BELMONT 6:00p 16 MARSHALL 1:00p 16 at Louisiana Tech 2:00p 14 SOUTHERN MISS 6:00p 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 15 SOUTHERN MISS 6:00p 16 SOUTHERN MISS 12:00p HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) Central Eastern. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times BWV- Beckley, W.Va. CH – Charleston, W. Va. Central. BWV- Beckley, W.Va. CH – Charleston, W. Va.

OLD DOMINION MONARCHS RICE OWLS USM GOLDEN EAGLES (0-3, 0-0 C-USA) (5-3, 0-0 C-USA) (3-3-1, 0-0 C-USA)

Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 13-15 at Caravelle Resort Tournament (Conway, S.C.) 13 (6) TEXAS L 1-3 0-1 13 MURRAY STATE W 7-4 1-0 13 at Coastal Carolina L 0-4 0-1 14 (6) TEXAS W 10-9 1-1 14 MURRAY STATE W 10-3 2-0 14 vs. Maryland L 2-5 0-2 14 (6) TEXAS W 5-2 2-1 15 MURRAY STATE W 6-5 3-0 15 vs. Canisius L 7-8 0-3 15 (6) TEXAS L 3-4 (10 inn.) 2-2 18 NEW ORLEANS L 6-7 3-1 18 EAST CAROLINA (postponed) 17 HOUSTON BAPTIST W 5-2 3-2 20 vs. North Florida (PS) L 2-3 3-2 20 SETON HALL (cancelled) 20 at Arizona W 8-5 4-2 21 vs. Saint Louis (PS) L 1-2 3-3 21 SETON HALL (cancelled) 21 at Arizona L 6-7 4-3 21 vs. Nicholls State (PS) T 1-1 3-3-1 22 SETON HALL (cancelled) 22 at Arizona W 6-4 (10 inn.) 5-3 24 at Louisiana-Monroe 6:00p 24 LIBERTY (postponed) 25 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 4:30p 27 at Troy 6:00p 25 at East Carolina 3:00p 27 STANFORD 6:00p 28 at Troy 1:00p 27 RUTGERS 3:00p 28 STANFORD 12:00p MARCH 28 RUTGERS (DH) 1:00p 28 STANFORD 4:00p 1 at Troy 1:00p MARCH MARCH 3 at South Alabama 6:30p 1 RUTGERS 1:00p 1 STANFORD 1:00p 4 MISSISSIPPI 6:00p 3 NORFOLK STATE 3:00p 3 at TCU 6:30p 6 OAKLAND 6:00p 6 PENNSYLVANIA 3:00p 6 at Charlotte 3:00p 7 OAKLAND 1:00p 7 PENNSYLVANIA 2:00p 7 at Charlotte 1:00p 8 OAKLAND 1:00p 8 PENNSYLVANIA 1:00p 8 at Charlotte 12:00p 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6:00p 11 at Virginia 4:00p 10 LAMAR 6:30p 11 TULANE 6:00p 13 at WKU 7:00p 11 TEXAS STATE 6:30p 13 FIU 6:00p 14 at WKU 4:00p 13 LOUISIANA TECH 6:30p 14 FIU 2:00p 15 at WKU 1:00p 14 LOUISIANA TECH 2:00p 15 FIU 12:00p 17 VMI 6:00p 15 LOUISIANA TECH 1:00p 17 at New Orleans 6:30p 18 VMI 6:00p 17 at Houston 6:30p 20 at Louisiana Tech 6:00p 20 RICE 6:00p 20 at Old Dominion 5:00p 21 at Louisiana Tech 3:00p 21 RICE 3:00p 21 at Old Dominion 2:00p 22 at Louisiana Tech 1:00p 22 RICE 1:00p 22 at Old Dominion 12:00p 24 vs. Mississippi State (P) 6:30p 25 at VMI 3:00p 24 SAM HOUSTON STATE 6:30p 27 at Rice 6:00p 27 at Middle Tennessee 7:00p 25 at Sam Houston State 6:30p 28 at Rice 2:00p 28 at Middle Tennessee 4:30p 27 SOUTHERN MISS 6:00p 29 at Rice 1:00p 29 at Middle Tennessee 2:00p 28 SOUTHERN MISS 2:00p APRIL 31 at Liberty 4:00p 29 SOUTHERN MISS 1:00p 2 UAB 6:00p APRIL 31 at Lamar 6:00p 3 UAB 6:00p 1 WILLIAM & MARY 6:00p APRIL 4 UAB 2:00p 3 CHARLOTTE 6:00p 3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6:30p 7 vs. Mississippi (P) 6:30p 4 CHARLOTTE 3:00p 4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2:00p 10 at WKU 6:00p 5 CHARLOTTE 1:00p 5 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1:00p 11 at WKU 3:00p 6 LIBERTY 6:00p 7 at Texas A&M 6:35p 12 at WKU 12:00p 8 VCU 6:00p 10 at UAB (YM) 6:30p 14 at Tulane 6:30p 10 at UTSA 7:00p 11 at UAB (YM) 2:00p 15 ALCORN STATE 6:00p 11 at UTSA 3:00p 12 at UAB (YM) 12:30p 17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6:00p 12 at UTSA 12:30p 14 HOUSTON 6:30p 18 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2:00p 14 at William & Mary 7:00p 17 UTSA 6:30p 19 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 11:00a 15 EAST CAROLINA 4:00p 18 UTSA 2:00p 21 LOUISIANA-MONROE 6:00p 17 MARSHALL 6:00p 19 UTSA 1:00p 24 at UTSA 6:00p 18 MARSHALL 3:00p 24 at WKU 6:00p 25 at UTSA 2:00p 19 MARSHALL 1:00p 25 at WKU 3:00p 26 at UTSA 12:00p 20 vs. William & Mary (H) 6:00p 26 at WKU 12:00p 28 vs. Alabama (H) 6:30p 22 RICHMOND 6:00p MAY 29 SOUTH ALABAMA 6:00p 24 at Florida Atlantic 6:30p 6 TEXAS A&M-C. CHRISTI 5:00p MAY 25 at Florida Atlantic 4:00p 8 at Florida Atlantic 5:30p 1 MARSHALL 6:00p 26 at Florida Atlantic 12:00p 9 at Florida Atlantic 12:00p 2 MARSHALL 2:00p 28 VIRGINIA (HP) 7:00p 10 at Florida Atlantic 11:00a 3 MARSHALL 11:00a MAY 12 vs. Houston (C) 6:30p 8 CHARLOTTE 6:00p 1 FIU 6:00p 14 FIU 6:30p 9 CHARLOTTE 2:00p 2 FIU 3:00p 15 FIU 6:30p 10 CHARLOTTE 11:00a 3 FIU 1:00p 16 FIU 12:00p 14 at Middle Tennessee 6:00p 8 LOUISIANA TECH 6:00p 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 15 at Middle Tennessee 6:00p 9 LOUISIANA TECH 6:00p 16 at Middle Tennessee 12:00p 10 LOUISIANA TECH 11:00a HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 12 at VCU (H) 7:00p Central. 14 at UAB 7:30p HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times 15 at UAB 7:30p YM – Young Memorial Field Central. 16 at UAB 2:00p C – Constellation Field, Sugar Land, Texas 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) PS- Pensacola, Fla. P- Pearl, Miss. HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times H – Hoover, Ala. Eastern.

HP – Harbor Park H – Hampton, Va.

UAB BLAZERS UTSA ROADRUNNERS WKU HILLTOPPERS (6-0, 0-0 C-USA) (5-2, 0-0 C-USA) (2-3, 0-0 C-USA)

Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record Date Opponent Time/Result Record FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 13 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 4-1 1-0 13 LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE W 8-5 1-0 13-15 at Caravelle Resort Tournament (Conway, S.C.) 14 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 7-2 2-0 14 LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE L 2-8 1-1 13 vs. Maryland L 3-7 0-1 14 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 2-1 3-0 15 LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE W 11-5 2-1 14 vs. Coastal Carolina W 9-4 1-1 17 JACKSONVILLE STATE (postponed) 17 at (9) Texas L 2-14 2-2 15 vs. Canisius (cancelled) 18 at Jacksonville State (postponed) 20 BRYANT W 8-6 3-2 21 vs. Evansville (Emerson, Ga.) W 5-3 2-1 20 SAVANNAH STATE W 2-1 4-0 21 BRYANT W 5-3 4-2 21 vs. Evansville (Emerson, Ga.) L 10-11 (10) 2-2 21 SAVANNAH STATE (YM) W 20-0 5-0 22 BRYANT W 10-4 5-2 22 vs. Evansville (Emerson, Ga.) L 8-9 2-3 22 SAVANNAH STATE (YM) W 7-6 6-0 24 INCARNATE WORD 4:00p 24 at Belmont 4:00p 24 ALABAMA A&M 4:00p 27 at McNeese State 6:00p 25 at (4) Vanderbilt 4:00p 25 at Alabama State 6:00p 28 at McNeese State 3:00p 27 at Southern Illinois 3:00p 27 OHIO STATE 4:00p MARCH 28 at Southern Illinois 2:00p 28 OHIO STATE 12:00p 1 at McNeese State 1:00p MARCH MARCH 3 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6:30p 1 at Southern Illinois 1:00p 1 OHIO STATE 12:30p 6 UC IRVINE 6:00p 3 BELMONT 3:00p 3 at Samford 6:00p 7 UC IRVINE 2:00p 4 AUSTIN PEAY 3:00p 6 at Kennesaw State 3:00p 8 UC IRVINE 12:00p 6 OHIO STATE 3:00p 7 at Kennesaw State 1:00p 10 HOUSTON BAPTIST 6:00p 7 OHIO STATE 2:00p 8 at Kennesaw State 12:00p 13 at Marshall (BWV) 2:00p 8 OHIO STATE 1:00p 10 TROY 6:30p 14 at Marshall (BWV) 12:00p 10 at Mississippi State TBA 13 at Middle Tennessee 6:00p 15 at Marshall (BWV) 12:00p 11 at Mississippi State TBA 14 at Middle Tennessee 4:00p 17 at Texas State 6:00p 13 OLD DOMINION 6:00p 15 at Middle Tennessee 1:00p 20 WKU 6:00p 14 OLD DOMINION 3:00p 17 AUBURN 6:30p 21 WKU 2:00p 15 OLD DOMINION 12:00p 20 MARSHALL 4:00p 22 WKU 12:00p 17 LIPSCOMB 6:00p 21 MARSHALL 1:00p 24 TEXAS A&M (W) 6:30p 20 at UTSA 6:00p 22 MARSHALL 12:00p 25 INCARNATE WORD 6:00p 21 at UTSA 2:00p 24 at Mississippi 11:00a 27 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6:00p 22 at UTSA 12:00p 24 at Mississippi TBA 28 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2:00p 24 KENTUCKY 6:00p 27 at WKU 6:00p 29 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 12:00p 27 UAB 6:00p 28 at WKU 3:00p 31 TEXAS STATE 6:00p 28 UAB 3:00p 29 at WKU 1:00p APRIL 29 UAB 1:00p 31 ALABAMA 6:30p 3 at FIU 6:00p APRIL APRIL 4 at FIU 3:30p 3 at Louisiana Tech 6:00p 2 at Southern Miss 6:00p 5 at FIU 12:00p 4 at Louisiana Tech 3:00p 3 at Southern Miss 6:00p 7 at Houston Baptist 2:00p 5 at Louisiana Tech 1:00p 4 at Southern Miss 2:00p 10 OLD DOMINION 6:00p 10 SOUTHERN MISS 6:00p 7 at Troy 6:00p 11 OLD DOMINION 2:00p 11 SOUTHERN MISS 3:00p 10 RICE (YM) 6:30p 12 OLD DOMINION 11:30a 12 SOUTHERN MISS 12:00p 11 RICE (YM) 2:00p 14 at Texas State 6:00p 14 at Kentucky 5:30p 12 RICE YM) 12:30p 17 at Rice 6:00p 17 at FIU 3:00p 14 vs. Alabama (H) 6:05p 18 at Rice 2:00p 18 at FIU 5:00p 17 at Louisiana Tech 6:00p 19 at Rice 1:00p 19 at FIU 12:00p 18 at Louisiana Tech 3:00p 21 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 6:00p 21 at Louisville 5:00p 19 at Louisiana Tech 1:00p 24 SOUTHERN MISS 6:00p 24 RICE 6:00p 24 CHARLOTTE (YM) 6:30p 25 SOUTHERN MISS 2:00p 25 RICE 3:00p 25 CHARLOTTE (YM) 2:00p 26 SOUTHERN MISS 12:00p 26 RICE 12:00p 26 CHARLOTTE (YM) 1:00p 28 BAYLOR 6:00p 29 at Austin Peay 6:00p 28 SAMFORD 6:30p MAY MAY MAY 1 at Louisiana Tech 6:00p 1 at Middle Tennessee 7:00p 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (YM) 6:30p 2 at Louisiana Tech 3:00p 2 at Middle Tennessee 4:00p 2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (YM) 2:00p 3 at Louisiana Tech 1:00p 3 at Middle Tennessee 2:00p 3 FLORIDA ATLANTIC (YM) 12:00p 8 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6:00p 5 at Lipscomb 6:00p 5 ALABAMA STATE 6:30p 9 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2:00p 8 at Marshall (CH) 12:00p 8 at FIU 6:00p 10 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 12:00p 9 at Marshall (CH) 12:00p 9 at FIU 5:00p 12 at Baylor 6:30p 10 at Marshall (CH) 9:00a 10 at FIU 12:00p 14 at Charlotte 5:00p 14 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6:00p 14 OLD DOMINION (YM) 6:30p 15 at Charlotte 5:00p 15 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 6:00p 15 OLD DOMINION (YM) 6:30p 16 at Charlotte 12:00p 16 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2:00p 16 OLD DOMINION (YM) 1:00p 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 20-24 at C-USA Championship (Hattiesburg, Miss.) HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times HOME GAMES IN CAPS. Conference games in bold. All times Central. Central. Central. CH – Charleston, W. Va. CH – Charleston, W. Va. YM – Young Memorial Field H – Hoover, Ala.