Southern Miss
17-6, 4-1
ULM
9-13, 1-4
Baseball Wins Series at ULM with a 7-6 Saturday Victory in Monroe
3/22/2025 6:32:00 PM | Baseball
The Golden Eagles (17-6 overall, 4-1 Sun Belt) captured their third-straight victory and eighth over the last nine games as they collected three home runs in the contest – one each from Matthew Russo, Joey Urban and Tucker Stockman.
Southern Miss squandered a 6-2 lead in the seventh as the Warhawks (9-13, 1-4) scored four times to tie the game. Golden Eagle starter Kros Sivley opened the inning with a groundout, but gave up a double to end his day. Sivley allowed three runs on seven hits with no walks and three strikeouts but did not figure in the decision.
Freshman Camden Sunstrom then entered from the bullpen. After getting a flyout, ULM put together four-straight hits to account for the four runs. Southern Miss then went to the bull pen again for freshman Brooks Willoughby, who got a groundout to second to end the frame.
The Golden Eagles then took the lead for good in the eighth as Nick Monistere led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. After a Carson Paetow infield single, Urban moved the runners over a base with a sacrifice bunt. Stockman then got hit by a pitch before Smith lined out to left to score Monistere.
Willoughby went on to retire the final six Warhawk batters over the final two innings, which included two strikeouts, to earn the victory and improve to 2-0.
Southern Miss initially jumped out with an early advantage as Jake Cook started the game with a single to extend his team-best hitting streak to 10 games. After an Ozzie Pratt sacrifice, Davis Gillespie doubled to left to plate Cook. Gillespie scored one batter later on a two-run Russo homer, his fifth of the year.
After ULM plated a run in the bottom of the first on a Henry Garcia RBI double, the Golden Eagles added a run in the second on a leadoff solo homer from Urban, his second.
Stockman then added a two-run home run of his own, his second of the year, in the fourth to extend the Golden Eagle lead to 6-1. ULM plated their second run in the fifth on a Angelo Aleman's first round-tripper of the year.
ULM reliever Joey Cirelli (1-4) threw three innings and gave up a run on four hits with a pair of strikeouts to suffer the loss.
The final game is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. The game will be shown via ESPN+ and can be heard on an affiliate of the Southern Miss Sports Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Willoughby, Brooks (2-0)
L: Cirelli, Joey (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Gillespie, Davis 1
HR: Russo, Matthew 1 ; Urban, Joey 1 ; Stockman, Tucker 1
RBI: Gillespie, Davis 1 ; Russo, Matthew 2 ; Urban, Joey 1 ; Stockman, Tucker 2 ; Smith, Seth 1
SH: Pratt, Ozzie 1 ; Urban, Joey 1
SF: Smith, Seth 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cook, Jake 1 ; Gillespie, Davis 1 ; Russo, Matthew 1 ; Monistere, Nick 1 ; Urban, Joey 2 ; Stockman, Tucker 1
SB: Monistere, Nick 1
CS: Cook, Jake 1
HBP: Monistere, Nick 2 ; Stockman, Tucker 1
Batting:
2B: Walker, Isaiah 2 ; Garcia, Jr, Henry 2 ; Dupont, Kade 1
HR: Aleman, Angelo 1
RBI: Walker, Isaiah 1 ; Garcia, Jr, Henry 2 ; Billings, Jacob 2 ; Aleman, Angelo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walker, Isaiah 2 ; Blaser, Bryce 1 ; Garcia, Jr, Henry 1 ; Dupont, Kade 1 ; Aleman, Angelo 1
SB: Walker, Isaiah 1
HBP: Dupont, Kade 1
