#13 Hattiesburg Regional Baseball Breakdown

 
 
Conference USA (48-14, 25-5)
 
 
Big Wins: 3/18 at Louisiana Tech (13-9), 3/21 vs Mississippi State (7-5), 4/21 Old Dominion (10-2)
Bad Losses: 3/10 Xavier (0-2), 3/24 Marshall (7-8), 4/19 at Tulane (8-10)
Coach: Scott Berry
 
Key Field Players:
Dylan Burdeaux, Senior, IF/OF, .348 BA, 11 HR, 68 RBI, 20 SB
Matt Wallner, Freshman, OF, .345 BA, 19 HR, 61 RBI
Mason Irby, Junior, OF, .343 BA, 40 RBI
Taylor Braley, Junior, IF, .317 BA, 16 HR, 59 RBI
Hunter Slater, Sophomore, OF, .302 BA, 36 RBI
Daniel Keating, Junior, OF, .260 BA, 11 HR, 29 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Kirk McCarty, Junior, P, 2.96 ERA, 10-2 W/L, 91.1 IP, 96 SO
Colt Smith, Junior, P, 3.08 ERA, 6-1 W/L, 64.1 IP, 41 SO
Taylor Braley, Junior, P, 3.30 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 76.1 IP, 74 SO
Hayden Roberts, Junior, P, 4.41 ERA, 4-2 W/L, 69.1 IP, 80 SO
Nick Sandlin, Sophomore, P, 2.16 ERA, 10-1 W/L, 50.0 IP, 72 SO, 7 SV
 
 
SEC (36-24, 17-13)
 
 
Big Wins: 2/19 Texas Tech (8-5), 4/8 Kentucky (10-6), 4/28 Auburn (5-2)
Bad Losses: 2/21 Morehead State (8-13), 2/26 Marist (8-9), 3/5 at Oregon (5-6)
Coach: Andy Cannizaro
 
Key Field Players:
Brent Rooker, Junior, OF, .404 BA, 21 HR, 76 RBI, 18 SB
Ryan Gridley, Junior, IF, .328 BA, 6 HR, 38 RBI
Jake Mangum, Sophomore, OF, .324 BA, 23 RBI, 11 SB
Cody Brown, Senior, IF/OF, .301 BA, 7 HR, 33 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Konnor Pilkington, Sophomore, P, 3.13 ERA, 7-5 W/L, 95.0 IP, 98 SO
Peyton Plumlee, Sophomore, P, 3.44 ERA, 6-1 W/L, 65.1 IP, 46 SO
Spencer Price, Sophomore, P, 2.45 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 29.1 IP, 39 SO, 14 SV
 
 
Sun Belt (39-19, 22-8)
 
 
Big Wins: 3/7 at Auburn (14-3), 4/1 at Louisiana (6-0), 4/18 Mississippi State (5-2)
Bad Losses: 3/5 vs Seton Hall (2-3), 5/6 Arkansas-Little Rock (5-11), 5/18 Troy (4-5)
Coach: Mark Calvi
 
Key Field Players:
Travis Swaggerty, Sophomore, OF, .361 BA, 10 HR, 56 RBI, 19 SB
Dylan Hardy, Sophomore, OF/IF, .358 BA, 28 RBI, 18 SB
Brendan Donovan, Sophomore, IF/OF, .338 BA, 9 HR, 46 RBI
Jared Barnes, Junior, C, .320 BA, 13 HR, 50 RBI
Drew LaBounty, Junior, IF, .308 BA, 41 RBI
Wells Davis, Sophomore, IF, .290 BA, 12 HR, 55 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Randy Bell, Senior, P, 3.75 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 98.1 IP, 93 SO
Tyler Carr, Junior, P, 4.46 ERA, 7-1 W/L, 74.2 IP, 66 SO
Thomas Huston, Senior, P, 4.50 ERA, 5-3 W/L, 68.0 IP, 54 SO
Matt Peacock, Senior, P, 2.88 ERA, 3-3 W/L, 50.0 IP, 55 SO, 10 SV
 
 
Horizon (39-15, 22-8)
 
 
Big Wins: 2/26 at Vanderbilt (5-2), 4/28 Georgia Tech (1-0), 5/27 Wright State (4-1)
Bad Losses: 2/17 vs Prairie View A&M (4-5), 5/5 Oakland (3-7), 5/6 Milwaukee (1-3)
Coach: Mike Dee
 
Key Field Players:
Rob Calabrese, Junior, C, .357 BA, 7 HR, 48 RBI
David Cronin, Junior, IF, .320 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI, 14 SB
Cody Bohanek, Senior, IF, .302 BA, 7 HR, 46 RBI
Ricardo Ramirez, Senior, IF, .290 BA, 9 HR, 40 RBI
Scott Ota, Sophomore, IF/OF, .279 BA, 42 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Jake Dahlberg, Senior, P, 2.09 ERA, 10-2 W/L, 99.0 IP, 75 SO
Reid Birlingmair, Sophomore, P, 2.75 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 88.1 IP, 74 SO
Jack Anderson, Senior, P, 3.30 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 71.0 IP, 51 SO
Alex Padilla, Sophomore, P, 0.49 ERA, 2-1 W/L, 37.0 IP, 32 SO, 10 SV