Austin Kubitza struck out nine batters and Michael Aquino hit an inside the park home run as top seed Rice defeated eight-seed UAB, 3-1 in game three of the Conference USA Championship Wednesday night at Reckling Park.
Bradley Roney's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh broke a seven-all tie and helped second-seed Southern Miss to a 10-7 win over seventh-seed Tulane in game two of the Conference USA Championship Wednesday afternoon at Reckling Park.
Fourth-seed Memphis rode a stellar pitching performance from left-hander Sam Moll and scored five late runs to take the opening game of the 2013 Conference USA Championship, 6-1 over fifth-seed UCF Wednesday afternoon at Reckling Park.
The 2013 Conference USA Championship gets underway on Wednesday. The opening day schedule features UCF vs. Memphis at 11 am, followed by Tulane against Southern Miss at 3 p.m. and UAB vs. Rice at 7 p.m. All of today's games are available on the C-USA Digital Network.