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February 19, 2013

Volume 97 Issue 38

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The show must go on: Music relocates Mary Margaret Halford Executive Editor

When choral conducting graduate student Daniel Massey arrived at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center on a Sunday afternoon just more than a week ago, he never guessed that things were about to change drastically for himself and all other students in the University of Southern Mississippi School of Music.

Massey and about 20 others were gathered at the PAC on Feb. 10 to work on the set for “Sweeney Todd” when an EF-4 tornado ripped through Forrest and Lamar counties, destroying the Jazz Station and Leech House and causing damage to Marsh Auditorium, the Fine Arts Building and the PAC. “It was frustrating figuring out where classes were going to be, but our directors took things into their own hands and got the ball rolling again for us,” Massey said.

At a meeting Sunday night, exactly one week after Massey and other music students were huddled in the basement of the PAC taking cover from the tornado, department director Michael Miles held a meeting in Bennett Auditorium to explain the new classroom and practice spaces for the students.

“I encourage you to find ways to come together and be together because we will be spread out all over campus in the coming weeks,” Miles told the crowd of

students that gathered to hear plans for the upcoming weeks.

Miles said some classes have been moved to Joseph Greene Hall and the Hub, band and orchestral rehearsals to Bennett Auditorium and choral rehearsals to Parkway Heights United Methodist Church off Hardy Street.

The gravel parking lot near Hillcrest has been dubbed “Twister Town” since the arrival of 17 mobile units that will house a variety of class, rehearsal, office and storage spaces.

Brandon Baker, a senior music education major, will have a few voice lessons in Twister Town, in addition to some classes in Joseph Greene.

“We’re basically all over the place,” Baker said. “It’s inconvenient to go to the extreme ends of campus. It’s also hard knowing the place we call home on campus is torn apart, but we have to push forward and not let this kill our spirits.”

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Freshman euphonium performer Joslyn Bergman practices outside on the Centennial Lawn next to Forrest County Hall on Friday afternoon.

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INDEX

Calendar ........................ 2 News .............................. 3 Feature ...........................4 Arts & Entertainment......5 Opinion............................6 Sports...............................7

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Executive Editor Mary Margaret Halford mary.halford@eagles.usm.edu 601.266.6431

Managing Editor Hannah Jones hannah.jones@eagles.usm.edu Chief Copy Editor Stormy Speaks stormy.speaks@eagles.usm.edu Copy Editor Jeffery McClendon jeffery.mcclendon@eagles.usm.edu

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News

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Sportscaster speaks at Bennett Stormy Speaks Chief Copy Editor

Monday night, the University of Southern Mississippi played host to a CBS Sports TV personality as part of the 20th annual ArmstrongBranch Lecture, a facet of Black History Month events at the university.

Sportscaster James Brown spoke for about an hour and a half to a packed house at Bennett Auditorium about the his life, including his experiences with sports and the lessons he learned from athletics.

The Armstrong-Branch Lecture was named after Gwendolyn Armstrong and Raylawni Branch, the first African American students at USM, who enrolled in 1965. The Lecture was established in 1993 and pioneered by former university president Aubrey K. Lucas. It is currently organized by Dean of the Honors College Dave Davies.

Mitchell Williams, a former Golden Eagle basketball player and current associate director of athletic media relations at USM, moderated

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Miles is confident that the displacement will only be temporary for some students since damage to the PAC was not too severe. Miles said the only structural damage was to the windows and roof of the building, and crews have been hired to work “all day and night” to restore the building.

“If everything goes according to plan, we could be back in our building before spring break,” Miles told

the event and introduced Brown after touching on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream Speech,” which, Williams pointed out, mentions Mississippi twice.

Brown’s lecture centered on incorporating lessons he learned while playing sports into everyday life and attributed his success to academic excellence.

“Education predicated everything,” Brown said. “Everything else came after that. Academics are the key to success.”

Brown mainly told stories about experiences throughout his life, including growing up in a modest family and playing sports, and even joked about his name. Main lessons Brown spoke of included being team-oriented, working hard, taking advantage of opportunities and believing in Christ.

In high school, Brown was a twotime All-American basketball player. In college, he played basketball for Harvard University and received All-Ivy League honors for three seasons. After failing to make the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks roster, he entered

the students Sunday night.

Baker added that moving 87 lecture classes and more than 600 types of ensemble classes and rehearsals has been tough on the faculty, but they seem to be doing the best they can.

“The process of moving everything out of their studios and offices has been very tedious,” Baker said. “It’s just difficult to know the memories they’re leaving behind. They

SGA debate tonight The Student Government Association is holding its annual candidate debate tonight at 6 p.m. in the Thad Cochran Ballroom I. The debate serves as a tool for students to learn more about the SGA executive officer candidates prior to the election.

From 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., students can submit

questions for the candidates at the R.C. Cook Union.

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Guest speaker James Brown of CBS’s NFL Today speaks to faculty and students at Honor’s Forum on Monday night.

the corporate world and ultimately joined CBS in 1984 as an NFL and NCAA basketball announcer. He also worked for FOX Sports from 1994 to 2005 before returning to

CBS. He currently hosts “The NFL Today” and Showtime’s “Inside the NFL.” He also published “Role of a Lifetime: Reflections on Faith, Family and Significant Living,” a part

memoir and part self-help book about finding fulfillment and success, in 2009.

are trying to be positive though and make sure we continue to grow in our department.”

For Massey and other student in the PAC when the tornado hit, once they came out of the basement and knew they were safe, their priority became saving what equipment they could from the damaged buildings.

“We could hear the winds were coming over; it didn’t last long at all, maybe 20 seconds,”

Massey said. “When we knew we could go outside we just kind of looked around, then we started grabbing instruments, getting things that could be saved and kept them from getting wet.”

Wednesday night, Massey and his crew met for the first time since the storm to resume rehearsals for “Sweeney Todd,” which will be held at a location and time to be announced.

“We’re thankful for all we still have,” Massey said. “The show will go on.”

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Volunteers take Hattiesburg by storm Hayley Bush Printz Writer The Hattiesburg community has wasted no time pouring themselves into volunteer efforts to assist tornado victims since a tornado tore through town, leaving a path of devastation in its wake. Citizens have put their jobs and personal lives aside to meet the needs of others in this time of crisis.

According to county emergency management officials Monday morning, Hattiesburg is about two weeks ahead of where most cities would be after a natural disaster, because of updated systems and volunteer efforts.

“It’s amazing to see individuals who want to help their neighbors,” said Dave Ware, Ward 4 Councilman. “The number of volunteers we have seen is astonishing.”

Ware is part of a group that has set up at Hardy Street Baptist Church to coordinate volunteer efforts for the areas east of U.S. 49. The group has met at 7:30 a.m. each morning since the tornado.

They have followed behind Mississippi Power in the damaged areas and sent volunteer teams out clear roads, remove debris and assist people once they have assessed the area is safe.

The past week has shown that there is something everyone can do to help out.

Last Tuesday, The Depot Coffeehouse and Bistro had about 80 volunteers assist The Venue at the Bakery Building to pack lunches for victims, workers and emergency responders. The group made over 1,000 meals in just a few hours.

The Keg and Barrel fed 600 people through The Salvation Army with proceeds from a soul food buffet they had on the same day.

Christian Services has been taking donations and volunteers every day. They are in need of items such as tarps, cleaning supplies, hygiene items and canned foods.

Volunteers have been dropping off items all week in overwhelming amounts. Christian Services has also set up a donation site at Turtle Creek Mall for tornado victims in that area of Hattiesburg.

These efforts just graze the surface of what people have been doing around Hattiesburg. It’s also just the beginning of what is to come from this city.

“It’s small communities coming together. Homeowners are so appreciative, and they will actually tell you to help their neighbors before them,” Melinda Lott, a vol-

Mary Alice Truitt/Printz

Business owner and community leader Jason Le Viere marks free boxed lunches made by members of the community to be delivered to volunteer relief groups and emergency workers throughout Hattiesburg and Petal after a tornado tore through the area on Feb. 10.

unteer from Sumrall, said.

If last week’s campus clean-up tells anything about the University of Southern Mississippi, it’s that there are students who care to “leave Southern Miss better than they found it.” Students also have the opportunity to leave Hattiesburg better than they found it as well.

“Hattiesburg is so centered around student and citizen involvement, that when you step foot onto campus you step foot into the Hattiesburg family too,” said Betsy Mercier, a lifelong Hattiesburg resident and USM freshman. “Even if community events or disasters don’t directly affect the students, it’s important for them to share their support and enthusiasm with the community because both are so closely related. The love and support in Hattiesburg right now is infectious, and I just can’t help but want to go out and give back.”

The USM Center for Community and Civic Engagement is a resource for students wanting to get involved in the community, especially in this time. They post a Tornado Recovery Report each day with opportunities for service. The report can be found on their Facebook page, as well as a form to receive the report by e-mail.

Mary Alice Truitt/Printz

Members of the Hattiesburg community as well as Southern Miss students volunteer downtown at The Venue by making and boxing sandwich lunches for relief workers and victims on Tuesday Feb. 12 after a tornado tore through the area on Feb. 10.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Television

Arts & Entertainment

Student Printz, Page 5

‘Downton Abbey’ season finale tugs at viewers’ heartstrings Hannah Jones Managing Editor

Sir Elton John famously sang, “Don’t go breaking my heart.”

Unfortunately for me and the rest of the world’s “Downton Abbey” fans, the damage has already been done.

The season three finale of PBS’s “Downton Abbey” aired Sunday night, sending folks on this side of the Atlantic into a frenzy.

Needless to say, creator/writer Julian Fellowes did quite a number on viewers’ heartstrings.

If you’re a big fan, and by “big fan” I mean an Anglophile that torrented the season as it aired in the United Kingdom like myself, you already knew what was coming.

The majority of the two-hour finale took place in the Scottish Highlands, one year after the events of the penultimate episode. The whole family, minus Branson, made their northern exodus, visiting the home of the Dowager’s Countess’s niece, Susan, and her husband, Shrimpy.

The Crawleys’ expedition to the “Land of the Scots” included bagpipes, reel dancing, bagpipes, hunting and more bagpipes.

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Matthew and Mary Crawley meet their newborn son, Downton Abbey’s newest heir in the season three finale that aired Sunday.

Various family outings ensued—hunting trips, tented luncheons and swanky parties.

Basically, normal Downton activities placed in a more “rustic,” tartan-decorated setting.

Mary tried to carefully romp about the Highlands with the newest Downton heir in her

belly, the Dowager Countess spat a few acidic one-liners at Shrimpy’s demanding wife and Edith remained dowdy and eternally awkward in her pursuit of a 90-year-old creeptastic man who does not love her.

Back at Downton, the staff stuck to their typical household duties

under Carson’s watchful eye with a few exceptions. Jimmy and Alfred got some R and R on one of the Crawley’s sofas; Thomas found solace within the house after his late night game of musical bedrooms; Carson spent some quality time with baby Sybil; Edna, the predatory house maid, kissed the

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Matthew Crawley drives his car back to Downton Abbey after the birth of his son. Crawley’s death acted as season three’s dramatic climax of the finale that aired Sunday.

newly widowed, “up-stairs” Branson and Mrs. Hughes rescued Ms. Patimore from a wily suitor.

The biggest, most dramatic, gut-wrenching turn, however, came with the death of the beloved Matthew Crawley, Downton’s quintessential white knight.

While gleefully driving back to Downton after the birth of his son, Matthew has a collision with another car, killing him instantly.

Although Matthew’s death was not a complete surprise since actor Dan Stevens publicly announced last year that he was leaving the show to pursue other acting endeavors, the manner in which he was “let go” was dishearteningly arbitrary and sadistically short on screen time. How could you do this, Julian Fellowes? Have you no decency, sir?

Viewers got maybe a whopping 45 seconds of bitter thematic foreshadowing before dearest Matthew met his tragic end. Bottom line: Matthew’s death just felt wrong. The season’s theme of the arrival of a child and an expiration of a parent seems morbidly melodramatic and unnecessary.

Matthew’s death will ultimately cast a pall over the highly anticipated fourth season, including short-changing his son of a father and denying Mary the great love story that we all wanted to flourish.

Lady Sybil’s bright, modern spirit is absent in a post-1920s world that is anything but progressive.

In a way, season three of “Downton Abbey” acted as a microcosm of the 1920s crammed into one season. If season three had a “theme,” it appeared to be one of progression, change and modernity; however, characters that pushed such modernity— namely Sybil with her feminist ideals and Matthew with his modern plan for Downton, met their great demise, a ultimate sacrifice of an era that could not last.

The depths of a post-World War I Britain had the Crawleys face their rough patches but ultimately triumph, seeming as if there was no end to the family’s good fortune... until there was a definite end to their good fortune, all with one sudden, devastating crash.

This was an article of opinion by Hannah Jones, Managing Editor for the Student Printz. Email questions or comments to hannah. jones@eagles.usm.edu.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

STATE

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Come out support Southern Miss’ Soccer Club next weekend, on March 2nd, Saturday, at 2pm as they play South Alabama. - SMTTT! “I can’t change today, but WE can work on tomorrow!”Vote Alex Washington 4 Election Commissioner!

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Make sure you tell the cashier you are there for Delta Gamma!

So excited for SGA elections!! Time for some new leadership on this campus.

On behalf of myself and a fellow friend, we would like to extend our sincerest apologies to the unfortunate souls that must view our fashion attire while we work on homework in the library. #homely #gradschoolproblems #welivehere I work for students, not for myself. Election Commissioner is a scholarship position. Never feel bad about complaining. I want you to!Alex Washington 4 Election Commissioner!

Vote for the winners! Vote for great improvement! Vote for Hersey and Sims for SGA President and Vice President! #Experience #Passion #Care to the people who wandered into LAB102 at 10:47 on friday: i appreciate your desire to get to your 11 o’clock class, but could you wait until i have finished teaching my class first?

Campus Clean-Up went great!! But where was our SGA President..? #impeach

Mississippi ratifies 13th Amendment Rachel Beech Printz Writer BREAKING: Mississippi officially abolishes slavery. Wait. What?

Oscar-nominated “Lincoln,” a movie about politicians going neck and neck to pass the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery, is the one to thank for playing a role in the ratification of the 13th Amendment right here in Mississippi—well over 100 years after the Amendment came about.

According to The Clarion Ledger, Ranjan Batra, an associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical

Center, visited usconstitution.net to learn about what happened after state government officials voted on ratification Monday.

The 13th Amendment was voted on by Congress way back in 1864 right before making its way to the states for the ratification process.

Not surprisingly, the only state government officials that turned their noses up to the amendment included ones from Kentucky, Delaware, New Jersey and—you guessed it—Mississippi.

On the website, the only state with an asterisk next to it was Mississippi. It read: “Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995, but because the state never officially notified the U.S. Archivist, the ratification is not official.”

First of all, I want to know who simply “forgot” to notify the U.S. Archivist.

Mississippi legislature royally screwed themselves in that arena.

Anyway, Batra, who became a United States citizen in 2008, felt compelled to rectify the clerical oversight.

“Mississippi gets a lot of bad press about this type of stuff, and I just felt that it is something that should be fixed, and I saw every reason that could be done,” Batra said. “Everyone here would like to put this part of Mississippi’s past behind us and move on into the 21st century rather than the 19th.”

Batra teamed up with his colleague from UMMC and friend Ken Sullivan, who became interested in Batra’s concern.

Sullivan took it upon himself to contact the National Archives to ask if Mississippi had in fact officially abolished slavery. After learning that Mississippi had not abolished slavery, he contacted Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, who agreed to file the required documentation to the National Archives and make the ratification official...149 years later.

So, now, here we are in 2013, asterisk free. Finally.

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Wait, their is an SGA election coming up?? Gotta get dat immunity sticker.

to that person that made the campus clean up video, it was AMAZING!!!! everyone needs to go check it out!

Just type in ‘USM Campus Cleanup Day’ you will not regret it!

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For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it!

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses.

The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. #firefighterinfo #canihaveone?

Anyone else NOT in the groove for school after all these long weekends?? Please just let me make it to Friday!

If you want real change and genuine people in place of leadership who truly love Southern Miss, vote Chilcutt/Terry on February 26!

Innovation. Communication.

Restoration.

So everyone knows the Womenless Beauty pageant will now be in the Thad! Come out Feb. 28th for a good laugh and a great time!

Kill Matthew Crawley off Downton Abbey? I have no reason to live now. Thank, Mr. Fellowes.

I miss the trees at the front of campus.

to that girl with a black eye. i think your hot.

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I couldn’t think of a more capable, credible team to lead our Student Government Association as President and Vice President than Ann Marie Chilcutt and Owen Terry! Chilcutt/TerryTTT!

Innovation, Communication, Restoration. That is just what this campus and students need! #Chilcutt/Terry

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Sports

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

SOFTBALL

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Bats go hot and cold during opener Ben Welch Printz Writer Southern Miss Softball opened their home schedule with a threeday, three-team tournament that paired them against the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State and the Bearkats of Sam Houston State.

After an 11-inning marathon between the Bearkats and Gamecocks Friday afternoon, the Lady Eagles took the field to officially start their home season. The bats of senior Danielle LaPointe and junior Mackenzie Sher led USM to a 7-6 victory over Jacksonville State.

The teams traded runs throughout the contest but LaPointe’s perfect 3-3 day at the plate and Sher’s 3-run double in the fourth proved to be just enough to bring home the win. Kimberly Wagner picked up her second win of the season, and Kaitlin Wilson picked up her first career save.

Saturday saw the Lady Eagles play two games. In the first, Southern Miss invoked the mercy rule against SHSU in six innings winning by a score of 10-1. USM scored six in the top of the sixth to break the game open. Sher was again a big part of the outcome. Her three-run home

run capped off the sixth inning and ultimately the game.

Sher’s day was not done, however.

With the nightcap tied up in the seventh, Sher stepped to the plate with the bases loaded. What happened next had not been done since the softball program restarted in 1999.

The Jacksonville State pitcher served up a pitch that Sher sent far over the center field fence to win 6-2 in walkoff fashion.

Sam Houston threw Shelby Lancaster during Sunday’s final game, and she stifled the once hot Southern Miss bats. Lancaster threw a complete game, two-hit shutout.

The Bearkats scored two in the first inning, and that was all Lancaster needed as they cruised to a 3-0 victory to close out the tournament.

Southern Miss finished the tournament with a 3-1 record, which brought their overall record to 5-8.

Sam Houston State went 3-2 while Jacksonville State went 1-4. The Lady Eagles will hit the road to face Ole Miss on Wednesday before returning home to host another tournament against Northwestern State and Louisiana Tech next weekend.

Sher, LaPointe, Wilson and freshman infielder Morgan McKeever were named to the All-Tournament team for the Eagles.

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Senior pitcher Kimberly Wagner sends a pitch to home plate during the game played against Sam Houston State on Saturday.

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Golden Eagles sweep Missouri at home Barrett Negus Printz Writer

GAME 1 The Southern Miss starting pitching staff was expected to be strong. Senior right-hander Andrew Pierce definitely fit that bill in the 5-2 opening day win against Missouri.

Pierce struck out nine and walked one in seven innings of work on Friday, giving up only one earned run on six hits.

The Golden Eagles opened the scoring in the first inning when Isaac Rodriguez drove in Connor Barron with a two-out single to right field. Missouri tied the game at one in the third on an infield single by Kaeton Steele.

The game was knotted at one until the Golden Eagles struck twice in the bottom of the sixth.

Missouri starter Rob Zastryzny, who took the loss for the Tigers, issued back-to-back walks to start the inning before Tim Lynch moved runners to second and third with a sacrifice bunt, setting up Chase Fowler’s two run single.

Southern Miss stretched the lead one inning later when Blake Brown led off with a single, followed by two Tiger errors, loading the bases. A Lynch RBI ground out scored Brown, and a Fowler sac fly scoring Rodriguez, making the score 5-1.

Junior right-hander Sean Buchholtz came on in relief of Pierce in the eighth, yielding a

single run on three hits in two innings of work.

GAME 2 Southern Miss won game two of their opening weekend series against Missouri, with a 5-3 come-from-behind victory.

Down 3-2 headed into the seventh inning, Mason Robbins connected on a two out threerun homer after a Chase Fowler hit-by-pitch, a fielder’s choice and a Travis Creel walk.

Missouri plated three runs, only one earned off Southern Miss starter Jake Drehoff in his 5 1/3 innings of work.

The Golden Eagles got on the board in the fifth with an RBI single, and Tim Lynch plated the other run with a sacrifice fly.

Cameron Giannini earned the win in relief, pitching two scoreless innings, striking out five. Bradley Roney came on in the ninth to earn his first save of the season striking out two of the three batters he faced.

Ryan Yuengal took the loss for the Tigers, allowing three runs in two innings of relief work on one hit.

Robbins had two hits and three RBIs for Southern Miss, with Fowler adding two hits of his own.

GAME 3 Mason Robbins, a day after hitting a go-ahead home run, hit a game-tying double and scored the go-ahead run in a six-run eighth inning rally in route to a 6-1

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Golden Eagle win against the Missouri Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

“We are already seeing benefits from the one year of experience gained last season in guys like Mason Robbins,” said head baseball coach Scott Berry.

“Mason is just Mr. Steady.”

After five innings of scoreless baseball, Missouri leadoff man, Sal Belfonte, led off the top of the sixth inning with a double in the left-center field gap. Belfonte moved to third on a sacrifice fly to center field, and later scored on a RBI fielder’s choice

by Dane Opel.

Neither team’s starting pitcher figured into the decision, with Mason Robbins giving up one earned run on two hits in six innings, striking out two.

While Missouri starter Jace James threw five innings of three-hit, shutout baseball.

Jay Myrick came on in relief in the seventh, earning the win, allowing one hit and no runs in three innings of work.

Isaac Rodriguez and Mason Robbins began the Eagle rally with back-to-back doubles to start the inning. Brown, hitting in the cleanup spot, laid down a sacrifice bunt, moving Robbins to third. After back-to-back walks, Rousell then singled up the middle, scoring Robbins from third.

“I knew they had to give me something good to hit with the bases loaded and nowhere to put me so I was just waiting on that pitch,” sophomore catcher

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Senior infielder Travis Creel celebrates after making it to second base and during opening weekend at Pete Taylor Park on Feb. 15.

Austin Roussel said. “It is definitely not as nerve racking this season after getting my feet wet last season.”

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Andrew Furr followed with a bases loaded single scoring Barron and Roney with two outs. Roussel scored on a fielder’s choice and error by Dillon Day, stretching the lead to 5-1.

Rodriguez capped the six-run rally with a RBI single to right field, scoring Furr.

“I think we played very well, playing to win every game,” Berry said. “I was happy with the way we were able to compete on defensive sides of the baseball, really controlling the game from the mound.”

Austin Roussel had three hits and the RBI to lead the Eagles at the plate. Rodriguez and Furr each added two hits at the dish.

Southern Miss (3-0), travels to Tuscaloosa today to play Alabama (3-0), with the first pitch set to be thrown at 6:05 p.m. central time. True freshman Jake Winston will get the nod for the Golden Eagles.