HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Marshall scored two in the first, but Southern Miss answered with three in the bottom of the first and five in the third, fueled by Jake Sadlin’s grand slam as the Golden Eagles move on in the winner’s bracket with a 9-3 win over Marshall at Pete Taylor Park. The Herd falls to 1-18 at Southern Miss in games in Hattiesburg.
Southern Miss joins Rice as two-game winners who do not have to play on Friday. But Florida Atlantic will meet Louisiana Tech at 4 p.m. in a loser-goes-home game, much like the Thundering Herd (33-20) will have to play against FIU at 7:30 p.