Southern Miss clinched the Conference USA championship and the No. 1 seed in next week's league tournament with a come-from-behind 9-4 win at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesboro on Thursday.
It's the Golden Eagles' fourth outright regular-season league title in program history and their third in the last five seasons. Southern Miss (39-14, 21-7 C-USA) – leaving Conference USA for the Sun Belt after this season – leads second-place Louisiana Tech by three games with two more games to play, both against Middle Tennessee State (29-22, 17-11).
The Golden Eagles, hosting the Conference USA Tournament at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg for the first time since 2016, are expected to open against No.