The Auburn Tigers have learned their seeding, as well as their opponents, ahead of this weekend’s NCAA Regionals.
The No. 13 seed Auburn Tigers will host its second-straight NCAA Regional for the first time in school history and are matched up with the Clemson Regional, hosted by No. 4 Clemson.
Both regionals will feature great talent all the way around, so let’s begin preparing for this week’s action by getting to know the No. 2 seed of the Auburn Regional, Southern Miss, a little better.
The Golden Eagles are coming off of a Sun Belt Conference championship in just its first season in the conference. Southern Miss has won 40-or-more games in seven-straight eligible seasons and would love nothing more than to upset Auburn and go to their second-straight Super Regional.
Last season, Southern Miss hosted the Hattiesburg Regional where they took care of LSU to advance to the Oxford Super Regional. While in Oxford, the Golden Eagles ran out of gas by dropping two games to Ole Miss and being outscored, 15-0. The Rebels would go on to win the College World Series.
The Golden Eagles have plenty of talent, and they are hungry for the chance to build on what has been an impressive stretch led by head coach Scott Berry.
Here’s a look at what Southern Miss brings to the Auburn Regional.