The 2003 Conference USA Baseball Tournament runs from May 21-25 at Tulane's Turchin Stadium in New Orleans. Regular season champion Southern Miss headlines the eight-team field that will participate in the double-elimination tourney. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. East Carolina is the defending tournament champion.


CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT
New Orleans, La. Turchin Stadium

Wed., May 21
Game One
(5) East Carolina vs. (4) Houston 9:00a
Game Two
(8) Charlotte vs. (1) Southern Miss 12:30p
Game Three
(7) Louisville vs. (2) TCU 4:00p
Game Four
(6) South Florida at (3) Tulane 7:30p

Thu., May 22
Game Five
Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser 9:00a
Game Six
Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser 12:30p
Game Seven
Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 4:00p
Game Eight
Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 Winner 7:30p

All Times Central

CO-HITTERS OF THE WEEK
JEFF COOK, SOUTHERN MISS
Senior, OF, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Cook hit .634 (9-for-14) in three games at Houston, hitting three doubles and three home runs, while driving in seven runs. His first two home runs on Thursday off of UH's Brad Sullivan allowed him to become the school's all-time home run leader. Cook had at least two hits and two runs scored in each outing, finishing the series with nine runs scored and 21 total bases. Cook is the first C-USA player to earn Hitter of the week four times in a season.

CHRIS MEEKS, TCU
Senior, OF, Brownswood, Texas
Meeks was 10-for-14 (.714) in three games against Louisville, recording at least three hits and two runs scored in each outing. He tripled in all three games and also had a double and three RBI, while walking three times for a .765 on-base percentage.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK
LUCAS TROTTER, UAB
Senior, RHP, Rehobeth, Ala.
In his final appearance in a UAB uniform, Trotter threw a complete-game shutout against Saint Louis, striking out a career high 13. He allowed just three hits and walked only two. Trotter's 13 K's allowed him to set a new UAB single-season strikeout record with 98.


SOUTHERN MISS CAPTURES REGULAR SEASON TITLE;
WILL BE NO.1 SEED AT C-USA TOURNAMENT

Southern Miss posted a 15-3 victory at Houston on Saturday to capture its first-ever regular season Conference USA title. The No. 17-ranked Golden Eagles will be the No. 1 seed at the 2003 Conference USA Tournament, which begins Wednesday in New Orleans. Southern Miss finished with a 23-7 record in C-USA play, establishing a new conference record for wins in league play. At 41-14 overall, USM needs just one more victory to tie the school record of 42 wins, set in 1990 and matched in 1991. Southern Miss is the fourth school to win the regular season title in the league's first eight seasons, joining Houston (4), Tulane (2) and South Florida.

The Golden Eagles will face Charlotte (21-26) in the second game of the tournament on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. The 49ers (11-15 in C-USA) earned the final spot in the conference tournament by virtue of having a higher winning percentage in league play than UAB (12-17). Southern Miss is the top hitting team in Conference USA, as evidenced by its 19 and 15 run outputs in a pair of wins at Houston this past weekend. The Golden Eagles feature outfielders Jeff Cook and Clint King, the first C-USA teammates to both hit 20 home runs in a season since 1999. Charlotte will counter with junior RHP Zachary Treadway, who won a team-best eight games this season. USM won two of three games when the teams met in mid-April in Hattiesburg.

The tournament will get underway at 9:00 a.m. CDT on Wednesday when No. 4 seed Houston takes on No. 5 seed East Carolina in a rematch of the championship game of last year's tournament, a game won by ECU. Houston is led by junior RHP Brad Sullivan, a semifinalist for the Smith Award and the school's all-time strikeout leader. East Carolina's attack is paced by a pair of strong-hitting sophomores in shortstop Darryl Lawhorn and first baseman Ryan Norwood. The Pirates won two-of-three games from the Cougars in Houston during the opening weekend of conference play in March.

After facing each other three times this weekend in Fort Worth, No. 7 seed Louisville and No. 2 seed TCU will go at it again at 4:00 p.m. CDT on Wednesday. TCU won twice this weekend, including setting school and conference records for runs (30) and hits (35) in a game on Friday night. Louisville won the series opener and dropped a one-run decision on Saturday sandwiched around that game. The Horned Frogs feature one of the top pitchers in Conference USA in junior RHP Clayton Jerome. The Cardinals counter with one of the league's best freshman in second baseman Adam Haley.

The final opening day game will feature the host Tulane Green Wave and the South Florida Bulls, beginning at 7:30 p.m. CDT. Tulane's explosive offensive attack is led by junior 1B Michael Aubrey, a .430 hitter who is one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award. Aubrey and the rest of the Green Wave batters will have to contend with USF righthander David Austen, who posted a league-high 10 wins this season. Tulane and South Florida did not meet in the regular season.

The championship game of the tournament on Sunday, May 25 will be televised by affiliates of the Conference USA Television Network and CSTV: College Sports Television. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT RESULTS

2002
Grainger Stadium, Kinston, N.C.
Tue., May 21
(1) Houston 5, (8) Saint Louis 0
(4) Southern Miss 7, (5) Tulane 3
Wed., May 22
(7) South Florida 10, (2) Louisville 0 (8 inn.)
Tulane 6, Saint Louis 5
(6) East Carolina 5, (3) TCU 1
Thu., May 23
TCU 8, Louisville 1
Houston 7, Southern Miss 1
East Carolina 12, South Florida 10
Fri., May 24
Tulane 12, Southern Miss 5
South Florida 2, TCU 1
Sat., May 25
Houston 7, Tulane 2
East Carolina 3, South Florida 2
Sun., May 26 Championship Game
East Carolina 4, Houston 0

2001
Zephyr Field, New Orleans, La.
Wed., May 16
(7) Southern Miss 6, (2) Houston 2
(3) South Florida 10, (6) Louisville 5
(5) Memphis 8, (4) Cincinnati 5
(8) Charlotte 8, (1) Tulane 4
Thu., May 17
Louisville 6, Houston 5
Tulane 9, Cincinnati 7
Southern Miss 18, South Florida 5
Memphis 4, Charlotte 2
Fri., May 18
South Florida 7, Louisville 3 (10 innings)
Tulane 6, Charlotte 2
Sat., May 19
South Florida 6, Southern Miss 4
Tulane 7, Memphis 6
South Florida 7, Southern Miss 4
Tulane 7, Memphis 2
Sun., May 20 Championship Game
Tulane 21, South Florida 4

2000
Florida Power Park, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Wed., May 17
(7) UAB 11, (2) Tulane 4
(6) Cincinnati 7, (3) Southern Miss 2 (10 innings)
(1) Houston 4, (8) Louisville 3
(4) Charlotte 2, (5) South Florida 1
Thu., May 18
Southern Miss 10, Tulane 9
South Florida 10, Louisville 6
Cincinnati 9, UAB 4
Charlotte 6, Houston 1
Fri., May 19
UAB 10, Southern Miss 6
Houston 19, South Florida 6
Sat., May 20
Cincinnati 15, UAB 6
Houston 3, Charlotte 0
Houston 14, Charlotte 2
Sun., May 21 Championship Game
Houston 7, Cincinnati 4 (10 innings)

1999
USA Stadium, Millington, Tenn.
Tuesday, May 18 (play-in games)
8) Cincinnati 8, (9) UAB 7
(10) Saint Louis 5, (7) Charlotte 2
Wednesday, May 19
(3) Southern Miss 10, (6) Louisville 5
(2) Tulane 10, Cincinnati 5
(1) Houston 14, Saint Louis 4
(5) South Florida 8, (4) Memphis 6
Thursday, May 20
Louisville 10, Cincinnati 9
Saint Louis 11, Memphis 9
Tulane 11, Southern Miss 4
Houston 14, South Florida 3
Friday, May 21
Southern Miss 5, Louisville 2
Saint Louis 16, South Florida 5
Saturday, May 22
Tulane 13, Southern Miss 7
Houston 3, Saint Louis 0
Sunday, May 23 - Championship Game
Tulane 12, Houston 9

1998
Zephyr Field, New Orleans, La.
Tuesday, May 12 (play-in games)
(9) Saint Louis 7, (8) South Florida 6
(7) Memphis 6, (10) Cincinnati 5
Wednesday, May 13
(3) Charlotte 13, (6) Southern Miss 3
(2) Houston 3, Memphis 2
(5) Louisville 9, (4) UAB 8
(1) Tulane 7, Saint Louis 3
Thursday, May 14
Southern Miss 7, Memphis 6
UAB 4, Saint Louis 1
Charlotte 6, Houston 5
Tulane 13, Louisville 2
Friday, May 15
Southern Miss 6, Houston 5
Louisville 11, UAB 6
Saturday, May 16
Charlotte 6, Southern Miss 5
Tulane 6, Louisville 3
Sunday, May 17 - Championship Game
Tulane 5, Charlotte 3

1997
Turchin Stadium, New Orleans, La.

Tuesday, May 13 (play-in games)
(9) Saint Louis 9, (8) Memphis 2
(10) Cincinnati 8, (7) Louisville 5
Wednesday, May 14
(3) South Florida 5, (6) UAB 2
(2) Houston 13, Saint Louis 4
(5) Charlotte 14, (4) Southern Miss 9
(1) Tulane 10, Cincinnati 0
Thursday, May 15
UAB 6, Saint Louis 2
Southern Miss 5, Cincinnati 0
Houston 2, South Florida 0
Charlotte 8, Tulane 6
Friday, May 16
UAB 5, South Florida 3
Tulane 6, Southern Miss 2
Saturday, May 17
UAB 6, Houston 5
Tulane 13, Charlotte 4
Houston 10, UAB 8
Charlotte 9, Tulane 2
Sunday, May 18 - Championship Game
Houston 22, Charlotte 7

1996
Pete Taylor Park, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Tuesday, May 14 (play-in game)
(8) Louisville 4, (9) Cincinnati 2
Wednesday, May 15(5) Charlotte 17, (4) UAB 9
Louisville 13, (1) South Florida 9
(2) Tulane 14, (7) Saint Louis 5
(3) Southern Miss 9, (6) Memphis 4
Thursday, May 16
South Florida 9, UAB 7
Saint Louis 9, Memphis 8 (10 innings)
Charlotte 23, Louisville 3
Tulane 9, Southern Miss 5
Friday, May 17
South Florida 14, Louisville 11
Southern Miss 9, Saint Louis 5
Saturday, May 18
South Florida 13, Charlotte 2
Tulane 10, Southern Miss 8
South Florida 17, Charlotte 6
Sunday, May 19 - Championship
Tulane 2, South Florida 0

ALL-TIME C-USA TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Team App. W-L PCT.
East Carolina 1 4-0 1.000
Tulane 7 23-7 .767
Houston 6 16-8 .667
Charlotte 6 12-10 .545
South Florida 7 13-13 .500
Southern Miss 7 11-14 .440
Saint Louis 5 6-10 .375
Cincinnati 6 5-9 .357
UAB 5 5-9 .357
Memphis 5 3-9 .333
TCU 1 1-2 .333
Louisville 7 6-13 .316


C-USA NOTEBOOK

CHARLOTTE
After splitting pair of games at Cincinnati, the 49ers will head to the Conference USA Tournament as the No. 8 seed and face Southern Miss in the opening round. Junior RHP ZACHARY TREADWAY won his eighth game of the season in the series opener, striking out eight and allowing five runs on six hits. The younger brother of former All-C-USA Pitcher Brion Treadway, he leads the staff in innings pitched (96 2/3) and strikeouts (84). It was his fourth career complete game. Junior C RANDALL POPLIN leads the team in batting (.335) and RBI (48). Senior 2B GEORGE SANDEL batted .423 in league play, second among all C-USA players. The 49ers lost a total of four Conference USA games due to inclement weather, matching the 1996 Cincinnati team for the most league games lost in a season.

CINCINNATI
The Bearcats closed out the 2003 season by splitting a pair of games against Charlotte. Saturday's rain out meant that senior RHP B.J. BORSA, who set a new Conference USA career record for complete games with 13, closes out his career tied for the all-time UC record for victories with 19. He also holds the school's all-time marks for starts (59) and innings pitched (363). Borsa is among seven seniors that will depart UC. Freshman 2B DREW SAYLOR closed the year on a nine-game hitting streak. He was one of three freshman infield starters this season, joining SS MARK MUSCENTI and 1B JON DeLUCA. Due to the renovation of its on-campus facility, the Bearcats only hosted conference games in Cincinnati this season, playing 39 road games.

EAST CAROLINA
The Pirates dropped two-of-three games at Tulane over the weekend at Turchin Stadium, site of this week's C-USA Tournament. Sophomore 1B RYAN NORWOOD and sophomore SS DARRYL LAWHORN are tied for the team lead in home runs with 13. With 32 home runs in his first two seasons, Lawhorn in already ranked seventh on ECU's career home run list. Catcher JAKE SMITH leads all C-USA freshmen with nine home runs. He is batting .298 with nine doubles and 25 RBI in 39 games. The ECU pitching staff has recorded 442 strikeouts this seaon, just 12 shy of the school record of 454 set by last year's team. Senior RHP GLENN TUCKER has a staff-high 73 strikeouts with just 13 walks over 756 innings pitched. With 16 saves in his first two seasons (nine this year), sophomore RHP GREG BUNN trails only Chad Scott (23 from 1999-00) on the school's career saves list. With a 31-23-1 record, ECU has won at least 30 games for the sixth consecutive season.

HOUSTON
The Cougars dropped two-of-three to regular season champion Southern Miss this past weekend. Houston enters the Conference USA Tournament as the No. 4 seed, marking the first time in its seven C-USA Tourneys that the Cougars have not been a No. 1 or a No. 2 seed. Sophomore GARRETT MOCK won his third straight game on Friday against USM, allowing only five hits and striking out seven. Houston won at No. 9 Texas A&M on May 13 when COLE BRUCE hit a game-winning two-run homer in the top of the ninth. Sophomore RHP RYAN WAGNER picked up saves in both wins over ranked opponents this week. After striking out the final potential game-winning batter at Texas A&M, he fanned eight USM batters in three innings on Friday. The nine K's moved him into third place on UH's all-time strikeout list with 122, with all 65 of his innings coming in relief. Wagner set a school record with 13 saves this season. Junior RHP BRAD SULLIVAN, the school's all-time strikeout leader with 397, registered 11 or more strikeouts in eight of his 10 conference starts and has 14 career games with at least 10 K's.

LOUISVILLE
After dropping two-of-three from TCU in Fort Worth this past weekend, the Cardinals will turn around and face the Horned Frogs in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament on Wednesday. Senior RHP CARLOS FERNANDEZ pitched in three of four games last week, setting a new single-season U of L record for appearances with 29. He also picked up saves in both Cardinal victories, setting a new single-season record with 11. Freshman 2B ADAM HALEY hit .545 (6-for-11) last week with four walks and three runs scored. Junior RF MARK JURICH drove in 10 runs in four games, hitting a pair of home runs, including a grand slam in Thursday's 10-6 win at TCU. He was 7-for-18 (.389) at the plate and also had two doubles. Junior C RON BRAUN went 8-for-16 (.500) last week and leads the league in batting (.444) and on-base percentage (.522) in conference games only. Sophomore 3B RYAN McKINNON had just four hits last week, but three of them were home runs.

MEMPHIS
Memphis dropped two of three at South Florida this past weekend to close out the regular season. The Tigers played their best baseball down the stretch, winning 7 of 10 games in May, including their only C-USA sweep (vs. Saint Louis) and their first-ever series win vs. Houston. Junior RHP JARRETT GRUBE won his last four C-USA starts, including a 2-1 win at USF on May 15. He allowed just five hits and struck out seven. Grube allowed just one run in his last 27 2/3 innings of work. Centerfielder KEVIN HOUSE closed out the season with a 17-game hitting streak, including 13 in C-USA play.

SAINT LOUIS
The Billikens dropped all three games at UAB over the weekend to close the 2003 season. In just two seasons as a Billiken, senior RHP COREY LAWSON finished his career ranked ninth at SLU in wins (11) and fourth in complete games (14). This season, he also showed his batting prowess, leading the Billikens in batting (.317), doubles (14), RBI (39) and tying for the team lead in home runs (8). Junior 3B DON ROGERS closed out his first season at SLU with a .316 average, 10 doubles, eight home runs and 27 RBI.

SOUTH FLORIDA
South Florida ended an eight-game losing streak - its longest since 1991 - with back-to-back wins against Memphis Friday and Saturday. Senior RHP DAVID AUSTEN became the 12th USF hurler to record 10 wins in a season when he struck out 10 in seven innings Friday; he also became the fifth Bull to record 100 strikeouts in a season. Led by Austen's 10 strikeouts, the staff struck out a season-high-tying 14 against Memphis Friday. The Bulls had three strong starts from the rotation with each starter - junior RHP JON UHL, freshman RHP CHRIS DELANEY and Austen - allowing just two earned runs while combining to strike out 23 and walked just three in 20 1/3 innings. Two USF sophomores - 3B JEFF BAISLEY and C DEVIN IVANY - enter the C-USA Tournament with career batting averages that rank among USF's all-time top 10 with Baisley's .354 at No. 3 and Ivany's .339 at No. 10, while junior SS MYRON LESLIE is No. 11 at .336. Uhl will start against Tulane Wednesday after closing the regular-season with a 1.36 ERA in his last four starts with 31 strikeouts and six walks in 33 innings.

SOUTHERN MISS
The Golden Eagles were in first place from wire-to-wire in capturing their first Conference USA regular season championship. The 23 league wins are the most in C-USA history and the 41 overall wins are a new USM regular season record (42 is the school record). The Eagles also became the first C-USA team to win nine league series' in a season. Senior OF JEFF COOK, who earlier this season became USM's all-time hit leader, broke the school records for home runs and runs scored at Houston this past weekend. He now has 46 career homers (ninth in C-USA annals) and 192 runs scored. With 20 home runs each this season, Cook and sophomore OF CLINT KING are the first league teammates to each hit 20 home runs in a season since 1999. In his last three series, freshman 1B MARC MADDOX went 15-for-30 (.500) with four doubles, a triple, two homers and eight RBI. Relievers RAY ANTONELLI, AUSTIN TUBB and JOHN NICOLAS are a combined 9-2 with 15 saves, a 1.93 ERA and 98 strikeouts with just 34 walks in 107 innings. Over its past 10 games, Southern Miss has hit 21 doubles and 21 home runs while outscoring its opponents, 87-45.

TCU
The Horned Frogs took two-of-three from Louisville this past weekend, finishing in second place with a 22-8 league record. The 22 wins are the most ever by a TCU team in conference play and the second place is its highest since 1999. The Frogs set nine school and conference records in a 30-2 win over Louisville on Friday. Included were school records for runs, hits (35) and margin of victory (28). TCU scored 27 runs of the 30 runs between the fourth and sixth innings, sending 42 batters to the plate over that span, scoring seven in the fourth and 10 runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. After having all nine starters record five or more hits in a series at Charlotte the previous weekend, eight Frogs hit .350 or better against Louisville, including four (CHRIS MEEKS, TERRY TROFHOLZ, MIKE SETTLE and WILL LEWIS) that batted .500 or better. The Frogs have won 15 of their first 20 series as members of Conference USA.

TULANE
The Green Wave won two-of-three from East Carolina to finish the regular season 40-16. The 40 wins marked the seventh time in 10 seasons under head coach RICK JONES that Tulane has won at least 40 games. Junior 1B MICHAEL AUBREY, a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the Smith Award, enters the Conference USA Tournament batting .433 (eight points off the league record) with 16 home runs and 76 RBI. He set a Tulane record on Saturday by walking four times, including three intentional passes. Senior CF JONNY KAPLAN has stolen 45 bases this season, fourth-best in C-USA history. Freshman pitchers have combined for 27 of the Wave's 39 wins. Southpaw J.R. CROWEL leads the group of seven rookie hurlers with a 7-0 mark and a 3.24 ERA with a team-best 65 strikeouts. Tulane brings a 30-2 record at Turchin Stadium this season into the C-USA Tournament.

UAB
The Blazers swept their final regular season series from Saint Louis, winning all three games by eight runs, but lost out on a berth in the C-USA Tournament by percentage points. Senior LF MITCH JONES finished his career third on UAB's all-time career list and ninth in C-USA history in stolen bases with 72. He ranks third in UAB history in at bats (784), fifth in hits (220), sixth in total bases (334) and runs scored (138) and is tied for sixth in home runs (24). Senior RHP LUCAS TROTTER became the UAB single season strikeout leader Friday when he recorded a UAB career-high 13 K's in UAB's 8-0 shutout. Trotter recorded 98 strikeouts in his only season with the Blazers. Senior RF KYLE LEON's 14 home runs this season placed him eighth on UAB's single season list and senior pitcher CODY CILLO'S 87 strikeouts this season put him at fifth. Five of the Blazers every-day players finished the season with a .304 or better batting average this season. The Blazers 27-26 final record gave UAB its first winning season since 1998.

LAST WEEK' S STARS
Other than the players of the week, here's a look at some of the top performances in Conference USA during the games of May 12-18:

HITTING
CHA - ADAM WILLARD - was 3-for-6 with two homers and four RBI at Cincinnati. He has four home runs in his last five games.
CIN - JAKE SMITH - was 4-for-6 in three games, with all four hits going for extra-bases. He ahd a double, three home runs and six RBI, while scoring five times.
HOU - STUART MUSSLEWHITE - hit safely in four games against Top 20 opponents, doubling three times and driving in four runs. Had one RBI in each game.
LOU - MARK JURICH - drove in 10 runs in four games, with a pair of home runs, including a grand slam He was 7-for-18 (.389) at the plate and also had two doubles.
USF - JEFF BAISLEY - was 6-for-14 (.429) vs. Memphis with a double, three RBI and three runs scored. Had five hits in USF's two wins.
USM - MARC MADDOX - hit .500 (8-for-16) with a 1.062 slugging percentage at Houston. Was 4-for-6 with a double, a triple and two home runs on Saturday.
TUL - WES SWACKHAMER - was 6-for-13 last week, walking five times for a .611 on-base percentage. He had two doubles, a home run and eight RBI. Wents 6-for-10 vs. ECU, including a five RBI day on Saturday.
UAB - MITCH JONES - hit .562 (9-for-16) with eight RBI in four games. Had a double, a triple, a three-run home run and scored six runs.

PITCHING
CHA - ZACHARY TREADWAY - picked up his eighth win of the year at Cincinnati, striking out eight and allowing just six hits in a complete-game win.
HOU - RYAN WAGNER - saved both of UH's wins last week, striking out nine batters in four innings. Did not allow a hit in either appearance.
LOU - CARLOS FERNANDEZ - picked up saves in both Cardinal victories last week, striking out seven with no walks in 3 2/3 innings.
USF - DAVID AUSTEN- picked up his 10th win of year by striking out 10 Memphis batters on Friday, allowing two earned runs and walking just two over seven innings.
USM - STEPHEN CASTLEMAN - picked up his seventh win of year in USM's title-clinching win at Houston, scaterring six hits over six innings.
TCU - ROBBIE FINDLAY - did not allow an earned run in six innings vs. Louisville, striking out five with no walks to improve to 6-1 on the season.

OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS
There was some unbelievable scoring on back-to-back nights in Texas last week. In Thursday's series opener, Southern Miss raced out to a 19-0 lead in the sixth inning, thanks to a 12-run fourth inning. Houston would answer with a 10-run bottom of the sixth, before eventually falling to the Golden Eagles, 19-11. It was the most runs scored against a Houston team since Texas scored 22 on March 17, 1996.

On Friday night against Louisville, TCU scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth, before pushing 10 runs across the plate in both the fifth and the sixth innings. TCU went on to set school records for runs (30), hits (35) and margin of victory (28) in a 30-2 win over the Cardinals, Handing U of L the worst loss in its 94-year history.

WINNING BIG
With a Conference USA-best record of 41-14 this season, Southern Miss has posted its fourth 40-win season in school history (42 in 1990 and 1991 and 40 in 1999). USM became the sixth C-USA school to reach the 40-win plateau since the league's first season in 1996. Charlotte (1998), East Carolina (2002), Houston (2002, 2000, 1999, 1997), South Florida (1996) and Tulane (2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996) are the others that reach 40 or more wins. Tulane holds the league record with 56 wins during its 2001 College World Series season.

PEAK PERFORMERS

MULTIPLE HOME RUNS IN A GAME
3 Steve Pickerell, CIN at Xavier (Ohio), Apr. 29
3 Jeff Cook, USM at Cincinnati, Apr. 4
3 Josh Payne, MEM vs. Tennessee-Martin, Apr. 2
3 Jake Duncan, TCU at Oklahoma, Mar. 3
2 Marc Maddox, USM at Houston, May 17
2 Jake Duncan, TCU vs. Louisville, May 16
2 Will Lewis, TCU vs. Louisville, May 16
2 Jake Smith, CIN vs. Charlotte, May 15
2 Jeff Cook, USM at Houston, May 15
2 Jared Lundeen, TCU at Charlotte, May 11
2 Brad Wilcutt, USM vs. South Florida, May 10
2 Ryan Norwood, ECU vs. UAB, May 9
2 Adam Willard, CHA vs. TCU, May 9
2 Mitch Jones, UAB vs. Charlotte, May 2
2 Jarrett Hoffpauir, USM at East Carolina, May 2
2 Ryan Jones, ECU at Louisville, Apr. 27
2 Brent Dlugach, MEM at Charlotte, Apr. 27
2 Tommy Manzella, TUL at Saint Louis, Apr. 26
2 Jeff Cook, USM at Memphis, Apr. 20
2 Jake Smith, ECU vs. North Carolina, Apr. 16
2 Jeff Cook, USM vs. Charlotte, Apr. 11
2 Hyung Cho, HOU vs. Southwest Texas, Apr. 8
2 Brad Erwin, CHA vs. Tulane, Apr. 6
2 Aaron Moll, CIN vs. Southern Miss, Apr. 5
2 Ryan Martin, MEM vs. TCU, Apr. 4
2 Brian Scafe, CHA at Saint Louis, Mar. 30
2 Travis Brown, USF at Louisville, Mar. 30
2 Brad Daubach, SLU vs. Charlotte, Mar. 29
2 Hyung Cho, HOU at Sam Houston State, Mar. 25
2 Kyle Leon, UAB at South Florida, Mar. 21
2 Michael Aubrey, TUL at Memphis, Mar. 21
2 Chris Neuman, TCU at Saint Louis, Mar. 21
2 Clint King, USM at Louisville, Mar. 21
2 Jarrett Hoffpauir, USM vs. Temple, Mar. 11
2 Clint King, USM vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Mar. 8
2 Corey Lawson, SLU vs. Illinois-Chicago, Mar. 5
2 Michael Aubrey, TUL vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Mar. 5
2 Ryan Norwood, ECU vs. Delaware, Mar. 1
2 Bill Moss, MEM vs. Air Force, Feb. 23
2 Jake Smith, ECU at Central Florida, Feb. 22
2 Matt Womble, UAB vs. Mississippi Valley State, Feb. 15

COMPLETE GAMES
Billy Mohl, TUL (14) vs. East Carolina (4), May 17
Lucas Trotter, UAB (8) vs. Saint Louis (0), May 15
Zachary Treadway, CHA (10) at Cincinnati (5), May 15
Corey Lawson, SLU (5) vs. Cincinnati (0), May 11
Justin Brown, CHA (10) at UAB (1), May 3
Corey Lawson, SLU (2) at Memphis (3), May 3
Kyle Shoemaker, TCU (5) vs. South Florida (1), May 3
B.J. Borsa, CIN (6) at Tulane (7), May 3
Clayton Jerome, TCU (0) vs. South Florida (3), May 2
Bob McCrory, USM (6) at East Carolina (3), May 2
Jarrett Grube, MEM (7) at Charlotte (0), Apr. 27
J.R. Crowell, TUL (13) at Saint Louis (4), Apr. 26
Clayton Jerome, TCU (3) at Cincinnati (0), Apr. 25
Travis Rios, USF (4) vs. Cincinnati (1), Apr. 20
Corey Lawson, SLU (1) at Houston (4), Apr. 20
Nate Bouldin, CIN (0) at South Florida (4), Apr. 19
Ben Hutton, SLU (3) vs. South Florida (9), Apr. 12
Brandon Rowan, MEM (8) at East Carolina (1), Apr. 12
Zachary Treadway, CHA (8) at Southern Miss (6), Apr. 11
Davey Penny, ECU (3) vs. Memphis (2), Apr. 11
Cliff Russum, USM (8) vs. Mississippi (2), Apr. 9
Corey Lawson, SLU (6) at Louisville (5), Apr. 6
Nate Bouldin, CIN (2) vs. Southern Miss, Apr. 6
Zach Jackson, LOU (2) vs. Saint Louis (1), Apr. 5
Ben Hutton, SLU (1) at Louisville, Apr. 5
B.J. Borsa, CIN (7) vs. Southern Miss (3), Apr. 5
Justin Brown, CHA (4) vs. Tulane (1), Apr. 6
Cliff Russum, USM (3) vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1), Apr. 2
Matt Savage, CHA (12) at Saint Louis (2), Mar. 30
Zachary Treadway, CHA (8) at Saint Louis (3), Mar. 28
Davey Penny, ECU (5) vs. Cincinnati (2), Mar. 28
B.J. Borsa, CIN (2) at East Carolina (5), Mar. 28
Cliff Russum, USM (11) at Mississippi Valley State (0), Mar. 25
Scott Gibson, UAB (10) vs. Cincinati (3), Mar. 16
Scott Barber, LOU (10) at Memphis (0), Mar. 16
Clayton Jerome, TCU (4) vs. Tulane (3), Mar. 15
B.J. Borsa, CIN (6) at UAB (4), Mar. 15
Zachary Treadway, CHA (2) vs. South Florida (4), Mar. 14
Zach Jackson, LOU (1) vs. Illinois (0), Mar. 9
Kyle Markle, CIN (3) at Morehead State (5), Mar. 9
Corey Lawson, SLU (0) vs. Ball State (2), Mar. 2
Clayton Jerome, TCU (4) vs. Texas-Arlington (3), Mar. 1
Cody Cillo, UAB (2) vs. Samford (1), Feb. 27
Scott Barber, LOU (3) vs. Northern Illinois (2), Feb. 22
Clayton Jerome, TCU (2) vs. Texas Tech (1), Feb. 22

10 OR MORE STRIKEOUTS
16 Brad Sullivan, HOU (8) vs. Saint Louis (2), Apr. 18
15 Jon Burgett, UAB (3) at Southern Miss (6), Apr. 26
13 Lucas Trotter, UAB (8) vs. Saint Louis (0), May 15
13 Davey Penny, ECU (3) vs. Memphis (2), Apr. 12
13 Clayton Jerome, TCU (1) at UAB (0), Apr. 11
13 Matt Savage, CHA (12) at Saint Louis (2), Mar. 30
13 Cliff Russum, USM (11) vs. Mississippi Valley State (0), Mar. 25
13 Brad Sullivan, HOU (13) at Cincinnati (2), Mar. 21
13 Scott Barber, LOU (9) vs. Butler (1), Feb. 28
13 Cody Cillo, UAB (2) vs. Samford (1), Feb. 27
12 Brad Sullivan, HOU (1) at Memphis (4), May 9
12 Brad Sullivan, HOU (8) vs. Louisville (3), May 2
12 Brad Sullivan, HOU (5) at South Florida (3), Apr. 25
12 Bob McCrory, USM (15) at Memphis (4), Apr. 18
12 Clayton Jerome, TCU (8) at Memphis (0), Apr. 5
12 Brad Sullivan, HOU (5) at TCU (2), Mar. 28
12 Brad Sullivan, HOU (0) vs. East Carolina (1), Mar. 14
12 Lucas Trotter, UAB (10) vs. Eastern Illinois (4), Feb. 28
11 Chris Osentowski, TCU (6) at Memphis (9), Apr. 4
11 Lucas Trotter, UAB (4) vs. Memphis (3), Mar. 28
11 Jarrett Grube, MEM (3) at UAB (4), Mar. 28
11 David Austen, USF (4) vs. Army (3), Mar. 18
11 Brad Sullivan, HOU (2) vs. Northwestern (La.) State (1), Mar. 8
11 Brad Sullivan, HOU (8) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (0), Mar. 1
11 Danny Zell, Houston (3) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (2), Feb. 28
11 Cody Cillo, UAB (7) vs. Birmingham-Southern (2), Feb. 18
10 David Austen, USF (9) vs. Memphis (5), May 16
10 Cliff Russum, USM (8) vs. Mississippi (2), Apr. 9
10 Garrett Mock, HOU (5) vs. East Carolina (7), Mar. 16

Conference USA games in Bold

HOME RUN NOTES
When Cincinnati's STEVE PICKERELL hit three home runs at Xavier (Ohio) on April 29, he became the fourth player this season to hit three homers in the same game. 1998 was the only season that more than four C-USA players hit three round-trippers, as seven players accomplished the feat. Pickerell became the 23rd player in C-USA's first eight seasons to hit three homers in a game.

A total of 31 different Conference USA players have hit two or more home runs in a game this season. JEFF COOK of Southern Miss is the only player to do it four times, while USM teammates CLINT KING and JARRETT HOFFAPUIR are joined by East Carolina's RYAN NORWOOD, Houston's HYUNG CHO and TCU's JAKE DUNCAN in reaching the feat twice.