CONFERENCE USA 3100 Olympus Blvd., Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75019 (214) 774-1300 Contact: Russell Anderson ([email protected]) March 5, 2020 2020 BASEBALL STANDINGS (Through March 4) C-USA All Games W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N L-10 Streak Old Dominion 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-2 .818 9-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 W 1 Louisiana Tech 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 4-0 5-3 1-0 7-3 W 5 UTSA 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 10-3 .769 6-1 1-1 3-1 7-3 L 1 Southern Miss 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 9-3 .750 6-1 1-2 2-0 7-3 L 1 FIU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 7-3 .700 6-3 1-0 0-0 7-3 L 3 WKU 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 6-3 2-1 0-0 6-4 L 1 Florida Atlantic 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-4 .667 8-0 0-2 0-2 6-4 W 1 Charlotte 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 8-5 .615 8-2 0-3 0-0 7-3 L 1 UAB 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 6-6 .500 5-5 1-1 0-0 5-5 W 1 Middle Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 4-8 .333 5-1 0-6 0-0 4-6 W 1 Rice 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 2-10 .167 2-6 0-4 0-0 2-8 L 2 Marshall 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0 1-9-1 .136 0-2-1 0-6 1-1 1-8-1 L 1 RECENT RESULTS UPCOMING GAMES HITTER OF THE WEEK STEELE NETTERVILLE, LA TECH Wed., March 4 Fri., March 6 Junior, OF, Shreveport, Louisiana Florida Atlantic 11, (6) Miami 2 Akron at Marshall ................................................. 1:00p Netterville batted .556 (10-for-18) last week, getting Virginia Tech 10, Marshall 5 (22) East Carolina at Charlotte ............................ 2:00p on base at a .591 clip and posting a 1.333 slugging Houston 6, Rice 4 Rutgers at Old Dominion ..................................... 2:00p percentage. He hit safely in all five games, with four Louisiana Tech at Sam Houston State (postponed) Louisiana Tech at Wichita State .......................... 3:00p multi-hit outings, drew a pair of walks and was hit by (12) Mississippi St. vs. Southern Miss (P) (postponed) Purdue at WKU .................................................... 3:00p a pitch. Netterville doubled twice, hit four home runs Jacksonville State at UAB (postponed) Middle Tennessee at Coastal Carolina ............... 4:00p and drove in 14 runs, while scoring eight times. On Toledo at UAB (RF) ............................................. 4:00p Sunday, the Shreveport, Louisiana, native closed Tue., March 3 Northeastern at Florida Atlantic ........................... 5:30p out a four-game sweep of Maine by homering twice Old Dominion 17, VMI 2 Pennsylvania at FIU ............................................ 6:00p and driving in a career-high seven runs. Netterville Coastal Carolina 15, Charlotte 6 Little Rock at Southern Miss ................................ 6:00p was also named a National Player of the Week by Middle Tennessee 7, Lipscomb 6 Rice at (2) Texas Tech ........................................ 6:30p Collegiate Baseball on Monday. Belmont 9, WKU 7 UTSA at UT-Arlington .......................................... 6:30p UAB 5, Troy 2 (1) Florida 7, Florida Atlantic 3 Sat., March 7 PITCHER OF THE WEEK Louisiana Tech 9, Sam Houston State 3 (10 inn.) Akron at Marshall (DH) ........................................ 9:00a WALKER POWELL, SOUTHERN MISS Louisiana-Lafayette 11, Rice 2 Louisiana Tech at Wichita State .......................... 1:00p Senior, RHP, Fayetteville, Arkansas Middle Tennessee at Coastal Carolina ............... 1:00p Powell threw a complete-game shutout at McNeese Mon., March 2 Rutgers at Old Dominion ..................................... 1:00p State on Saturday, striking out six batters and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7, UTSA 6 Toledo at UAB (RF) ............................................. 1:00p walking none. He finished the game throwing an Purdue at WKU .................................................... 1:00p efficient 110 pitches, with 74 going for strikes. It Sun., March 1 (22) East Carolina at Charlotte ............................ 2:00p was Powell’s fifth complete game of his career and Charlotte 10, St. John’s 8 Rice at (2) Texas Tech ........................................ 2:00p his second shutout. In three starts this season, the Louisiana Tech 26, Maine 3 Little Rock at Southern Miss ................................ 2:00p Fayetteville, Arkansas, native has thrown at least Rice 5, Missouri State 1 UTSA at UT-Arlington .......................................... 2:00p seven innings with three quality starts for Southern UTSA 8, Grambling 2 Northeastern at Florida Atlantic ........................... 3:00p Miss, posting a 2-0 record with a 0.82 ERA. This is WKU 17, USC Upstate 9 Pennsylvania at FIU ............................................ 5:00p Powell’s fourth career C-USA Pitcher of the Week (22) Pepperdine 12, FIU 2 honor. Canisius 11, Marshall 9 (13 inn.) RF- Regions Field, Birmingham, Ala. Marshall 2, Canisius 2 (tie – darkness) (29) Tulane 11, Middle Tennessee 7 Yale 19, Old Dominion 7 All Times Central Lake Area Classic (Lake Charles, La.) McNeese State 18, Southern Miss 8 Miami (Ohio) 8, UAB 6 THE POLLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Trei Cruz, Rice (Junior, SS) Here are the links to the college baseball preseason polls: PITCHER OF THE YEAR BASEBALL AMERICA Logan Allen, FIU (Junior, Left-hander) https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/ ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM COLLEGIATE BASEBALL SP Logan Allen Jr. FIU http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-3-2-20/ SP Hunter Gregory Jr. Old Dominion SP Walker Powell Jr. Southern Miss D1BASEBALL.COM RP Colby Bruce Sr. Charlotte https://d1baseball.com/featured/d1baseball-top-25-ucla-makes-move-three-new-teams- C Nick Thornquist Sr. UTSA enter/ IF Trei Cruz Jr. Rice IF Matt Guidry Sr. Southern Miss NCBWA.COM IF Andru Summerall R-Jr. Florida Atlantic http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2020/poll200302.html IF Francisco Urbaez Sr. Florida Atlantic IF Taylor Young Jr. Louisiana Tech USA TODAY COACHES POLL OF Zack Davis R-Sr. UAB https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaa-baseball/polls/coaches-poll/ OF Bobby Morgensen Sr. Florida Atlantic OF Gabe Montenegro Jr. Southern Miss DH/UT Richard Constantine Sr. WKU 2020 PRESEASON HONORS BASEBALL AMERICA CONFERENCE SUMMARY Second Team Here is C-USA’s record versus other leagues in non-conference competition in 2020: UT Logan Allen, FIU Conference Record Conference Record NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION America East 11-0 Missouri Valley 10-2 Third Team American 0-4 Mountain West 0-0 SS Trei Cruz, Rice ACC 3-8 Northeast 0-2-1 Atlantic Sun 2-0 Ohio Valley 5-2 D1BASEBALL.COM Atlantic 10 8-2 Patriot 2-1 Third Team Big East 3-0 Pac-12 0-0 UT Logan Allen, FIU Big South 2-1 SEC 0-8 Big Ten 0-0 Southern 2-4 PERFECT GAME Big 12 0-5 Southland 8-4 Second Team Big West 0-3 SWAC 4-0 UT Logan Allen, FIU Colonial 6-2 Summit 0-0 Horizon 2-1 Sun Belt 4-5 STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST Ivy 2-1 West Coast 0-3 RHP Colby Bruce, Charlotte Metro Atlantic 3-0 WAC 0-0 RHP Hunter Stanley, Southern Miss Mid-American 6-2 Independents 0-0 Mid-Eastern 1-0 Non-Division I 0-0 GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD WATCH LIST TOTAL 81-60-1 (.574) UT Logan Allen, FIU NON-CONFERENCE RECORDS BOBBY BRAGAN SLUGGER AWARD WATCH LIST Here’s the record of each C-USA school in non-conference action this season: IF Taylor Young, Louisiana Tech IF Trei Cruz, Rice Team W-L Team W-L Charlotte 8-5 Old Dominion 9-2 FIU 7-3 Rice 2-10 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS Florida Atlantic 8-4 Southern Miss 8-3 Conference USA has announced its 2020 preseason baseball awards, as chosen by the Louisiana Tech 10-3 UAB 6-6 league’s head coaches: Marshall 1-9-1 UTSA 10-3 Middle Tennessee 4-8 WKU 8-4 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH TOTAL 81-60-1 1. Southern Miss (6) 2. Florida Atlantic (4) HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE 3. Louisiana Tech Here's a look at each team's home field record in 2020: 4. Old Dominion 5. Rice (1) Team W-L Team W-L 6. FIU (1) Charlotte 8-2 Old Dominion 9-2 7. WKU FIU 6-3 Rice 2-6 8. UAB Florida Atlantic 8-0 Southern Miss 6-1 9. UTSA Louisiana Tech 4-0 UAB 5-6 10. Marshall 11. Charlotte Marshall 0-2-1 UTSA 9-2 12. Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee 4-1 WKU 6-3 (first place votes in parentheses) TOTAL 67-25-1 NON-CONFERENCE TOTAL 67-25-1 CLOSE CALLS PEAK PERFORMERS Here’s a look at the records of each Conference USA school in one-run games during Throughout the 2020 season, we’ll track some of the top individual performances the 2020 season: around Conference USA: Team W-L Team W-L MULTIPLE HOME RUNS IN A GAME Charlotte 2-0 Old Dominion 0-0 2 Steele Netterville, Louisiana Tech (26) vs. Maine (3) Mar. 1 FIU 0-1 Rice 0-1 2 Taylor Young, Louisiana Tech (26) vs. Maine (3) Mar. 1 Florida Atlantic 1-0 Southern Miss 3-1 Louisiana Tech 1-0 UAB 0-0 2 Matthew Guidry, Southern Miss (13) vs. Valparaiso (11) Feb. 29 Marshall 1-1 UTSA 0-1 2 Layton Berry, UTSA (17) vs. Grambling (4) Feb. 29 Middle Tennessee 1-2 WKU 1-0 2 Dominic Pilolli, Charlotte (4) vs.