Southern Miss Stings Georgia Tech

The recap for the first round game between #7 Georgia Tech and #58 Southern Miss is currently unavailable due to a clerical error. Please refer to the following story for general informational purposes.

#58 Southern Miss – 12
#7 Georgia Tech – 8

ATLANTA - Freshman B.A. Vollmuth belted two home runs in a nine-run second inning for #58 Southern Miss, and the Golden Eagles defeated #7 Georgia Tech, 12-8, Monday night to capture the championship of the NCAA Atlanta Regional baseball tournament at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Trailing 3-0 after the first inning, Vollmuth hit two home runs in Southern Miss's decisive second inning, his first career multi-home run game. A freshman who became the regular shortstop in late April, he hit a two-run shot his first time up and a three-run blast on his second at-bat, giving him three for the tournament, all against Tech.

In between, the Golden Eagles loaded the bases on three singles, scored one on a hit batter and another on a bases loaded walk. An error on Tech third baseman Matt Skole with two out allowed two more runs to cross.

Run-scoring singles by James Ewing and Kameron Brunty against freshman reliever Jed Bradley extended USM's lead to 11-3 in the fifth.

Neither starting pitcher lasted long. USM's Copeland was lifted after the first inning, when Tech scored three times on consecutive RBI singles from Jason Haniger, Matt Skole and Derek Dietrich.

Dietrich finished the game with three hits and four RBI for Tech. Bo Davis, James Ewing, Joey Archer and Taylor Walker each added two hits in the Golden Eagles' 13-hit attack.

"We have been trying hard for six years to go to the next step, and we just got there," said USM head coach Corky Palmer. "We are going to our first super regional. We worked really hard to get to this next step, and hopefully we can take it farther."

Southern Miss will face #39 Boston College in the second round.