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The Florida International baseball team recently finalized its 2010 schedule, announced head coach Turtle Thomas. The 2010 slate is packed with big-name programs both at home and on the road to go along with the always-challenging Sun Belt Conference schedule. “I think the Sun Belt getting better and better every year because we have a lot of great coaches in this conference,” Thomas said. “There are no easy ones in this league.”

FIU will play 19 games against NCAA Regional participants, 13 of them out of conference, including a meeting with College World Series participant Arizona State. “We are trying to put out guys in tough games in order to prepare them for regionals,” Thomas added. “You want to be able to play those types of teams if you can because if you’re fortunate enough to make the regionals, then you’re used to playing that quality of competition.”

Complete 2010 FIU Schedule

FIU opens the season at home when they host the Maryland Terrapins from the ACC February 19-21. The Golden Panthers will then take on Oral Roberts

FIU Head Coach Turtle Thomas

on February 26-28. Last season the Golden Eagles finished 33-15, won the Summit League and went on to the Tempe Regional where they won two games before being eliminated by Arizona State, who FIU will also play in 2010.

After the six-game homestand, FIU will hit the road for the Arizona State Surprise Tournament in Surprise, Ariz. After opening up the tournament against Utah Valley State on March 4, FIU will play UC Riverside (33-20 in ’09) March 5 and Cal Poly March 6. The Mustangs of Cal Poly finished 37-21 and also went to the Tempe Regional in 2009. The Golden Panthers then close out the tournament playing College World Series participant Arizona State on March 7. The Sun Devils, who were ranked as high as No.2 in the country in postseason polls, went 51-14 and advanced to the CWS where they won two games before being bounced by Texas.

Following the tough trip to Arizona, things don’t get much easier for FIU as they host the defending ACC champions Eagles of Boston College March 9-10. BC beat Miami in the finals of the ACC tournament last year and advanced to the Austin Regional. FIU will then host Big East member Rutgers March 12-14.

FIU will then head to the west coast of Florida on March 16 to face the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast who were the A-Sun regular season champions in ’09 after posting a 36-18 record. FIU then hosts Southern Utah March 17 before opening up the Sun Belt schedule with a visit from the Troy Trojans March 20-23.

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A visit from A-Sun tournament champions and Gainesville Regional participant Jacksonville March 23-24 will precede FIU’s next conference series as they travel to Little Rock, Ark. March 26 for a 3-game set with the UALR Trojans and then come home on April 2 to host the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns. The Golden Panthers then go on the road for the first of hopefully two trips to Murfreesboro, Tenn. April 9-14 as they visit the Blue Raiders, a team that was co-regular season champions and won the Sun Belt tournament last year on their way to an NCAA Louisville Regional birth.

On April 14, FIU will face yet another NCAA regional participant as the Wildcats of Bethune Cookman come to town. After a visit from the New Orleans Privateers on April 16-17, FIU will head to Bowling Green, Ky. to face Sun Belt Conference regular season co-champions and NCAA Oxford Regional participant Western Kentucky April 23-25.

FIU plays Jacksonville again on April 27-28, this time on the road before heading home to host ULM starting April 30. A trip to Daytona Beach on May 5^th will ready the Panthers for their trip to Jonesboro to face Arkansas State starting May 7. FIU then hosts South Alabama starting May 14 before facing FGCU at home and finishing the season in Boca Raton facing the Florida Atlantic Owls starting May 20.

The Sun Belt Conference Championships will be held in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on May 25-29.

(Press Release)

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VollmuthThe Southern Mississippi shortstop had a whirlwind first year as a college baseball player.  First he helped the Golden Eagles to their first College World Series, and then he was named a Cape Cod League All-Star over the summer as a member of the Falmouth Commodores.

Vollmuth talks with Sean Stires about his CWS and Cape Cod experiences as well as his former and new head coaches, Corky Palmer and Scott Berry, respectively.   He also talks about USM’s plan to keep things going in 2010.

6’4 – 200 – So. – Biloxi, MS     Head Coach: Scott Berry

USM Head Coach Head Coach Scott Berry

Southern Mississippi 2010 Schedule (PDF)

The 2010 season and the Scott Berry era at Southern Miss will begin on February 19 with eight game homestand including a three-game weekend series with both Northwestern State (Feb. 19-21) and LeMoyne College (Feb. 26-28). Along with the weekend series’ will be home mid-week games with Mississippi Valley (Feb. 24) and Louisiana Monroe (March 3).

While LeMoyne College and Northwestern State may not be schools that Golden Eagle fans are familiar with, they both boast quality programs. LeMoyne has been to four NCAA Tournaments, most recently in 2007, and Boyd’s World ranked their RPI at 120 last season.

Northwestern State has been a NCAA tournament participant three times and finished the 2009 campaign with RPI of 141. Both programs RPI compared with UAB (130), South Alabama (133), UCF (151) and UNO (160) at the end of the 2009 season.

The Golden Eagles hit the road for the first time for a weekend series at Louisiana Lafayette (March 5-7), before returning to Pete Taylor Park for a midweek contest with Troy (March 10) and a weekend series with Missouri State (March 12-14).

Missouri State is another quality program that Southern Miss fans may not be familiar with, the Bears have played in seven NCAA Tournaments and participated in the 2003 College World Series. Last season they posted a final RPI of 67.

Over spring break the black and gold will host UNO on March 16 before traveling to Louisiana Monroe on March 17, the only time of the season that Southern Miss has to play five games in a week, which had became the norm over the last two seasons with the new NCAA condensed schedule and unified start date. The NCAA added an extra week to the season this year to help schools from having to play so many midweek games.

Southern Miss will stay in Louisiana for the end of spring break as they travel to Louisiana Tech (March 19-21) for a weekend series.

On Tuesday, March 23 Southern Miss will travel to Pearl, Miss. to play Ole Miss at Trustmark Park before opening Conference USA play at UAB (March 23-26) and traveling to South Alabama for a midweek game (March 30).

Over Easter weekend, the Golden Eagles will welcome in St. Mary’s College for a Thursday through Saturday three game set (April 1-3) for their last non-conference weekend series.

St. Mary’s will travel to Hattiesburg from Moraga, California, which is near San Francisco.

On April 7, Southern Miss will travel to New Orleans to play the defending national champion LSU Tigers at Zephyr Stadium in the Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic, the game annually features over 12,000 fans at the New Orleans stadium.

C-USA play continues as UCF visits Hattiesburg (April 9-11) before the Golden Eagles hit the road for five games beginning with a single game at UNO (April 13) followed by a three game C-USA series at Marshall (April 16-18) and a single game at Ole Miss (April 20).

Houston visits for a weekend series (April 23-25) and South Alabama comes in for a midweek contest (April 28) before the black and gold travels to New Orleans to take on Tulane in a three game C-USA series.

Southern Miss returns to Trustmark Park to play Mississippi State on Wednesday May 5 and will host East Carolina May 7-9.

The trip to Houston will be come a familiar route for the team as they travel to Rice (May 14-16) only to return two weeks later as the University of Houston will host the 2009 C-USA Baseball Tournament.

Before travelling for the post season, Southern Miss will close out the regular season with Mississippi State at home on May 18 and the final C-USA series beginning on Thursday May 20 against Memphis.

The C-USA Tournament will begin on May 26 at The University of Houston with a new format this year featuring only six teams in pool play.

The NCAA post season will start on June 4 with the Regional Tournaments and the Super Regionals will start on June 11. The final College World Series inside Rosenblatt Stadium will begin on June 19.

2010 Opponents (Final 2009 RPI)

LSU (3)

Rice (10)

Ole Miss (14)

East Carolina (21)

Tulane (66)

Missouri State (67)

Troy (69)

Mississippi State (89)

Louisiana Lafayette (91)

Louisiana Monroe (95)

Houston (107)

Louisiana Tech (111)

LeMoyne (120)

UAB (130)

South Alabama (133)

St Mary’s (135)

Northwestern State (141)

UCF (151)

New Orleans (160)

Marshall (167)

Memphis (171)

Mississippi Valley (257)