Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech looks to carry its momentum from a three-game conference sweep into its midweek match-up against No. 25 Southern Miss tonight at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.
First pitch is set for 6 p.m. and the game can be seen on C-USA.tv.
It begins a challenging 5-game stretch for Tech which will travel to face Dallas Baptist Friday thru Sunday and then will head to Hattiesburg next week for a rematch with the Golden Eagles.
The Bulldogs (19-18) collected their first conference series sweep of the season, winning all three versus the Panthers. LA Tech jumped out to a six-run lead and took game one, 7-5. They followed that up by tying game two in the bottom of the ninth and then Philip Matulia walked it off in the 11th with a solo home run. And the ‘Dogs hit three homers on Sunday, holding as much as a seven-run lead to break out the brooms with a 10-5 win.
Southern Miss (22-12), who is ranked in the top 25 in three separate polls, is in a stretch of 12 of 16 road games, but the Golden Eagles are coming off a conference home sweep of their own by taking all three games from James Madison in Hattiesburg.
LA Tech and Southern Miss will meet for the 48th time (on record since 1972). This will be the first time since 2010 that the two programs are facing each other in a non-conference game. The Golden Eagles took two of three in a C-USA series last season in Hattiesburg.
In 2021, the two squads played 11 times including three that came in Ruston at the C-USA Tournament. The Bulldogs memorably walked off the Golden Eagles twice (11-10 and 6-5).
