Sun Belt Sports Fans

Monday, May 31, 2010
Florida International punched its ticket for the NCAA tournament by winning the Sun Belt Conference tournament in Murfreesboro, TN over the weekend.
With top 40 RPI’s, Florida Atlantic and UL-Lafayette knew they would likely receive bids.  However, they would have to wait until Monday to find out their destiny for sure.
The Owls and Ragin’ Cajuns weren’t disappointed, as they both received bids.
FAU (35-22) is the No. 2 seed in the Gainesville Regional.  The Owls are paired with Pac-10 at-large selection Oregon State (31-22) in their first game.  …

Friday, May 28, 2010
South Alabama rode a strong outing by pitcher D.D. Hanks and handed Florida International a 7-1 loss in the opening game of the Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament on Wednesday afternoon in Murfreesboro, TN.
The Jaguars (32-25) took a 2-0 lead in their first at-bat when Tyler Vick produced a sac fly and Brent Tanner singled to right
FIU (31-23) scored a single run in the second Jeremy Patton doubled and Yoandy Barroso singled to score him.
USA upped its advantage to 4-1 in the seventh when Zach Grichor homered …

Florida Atlantic jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead on No. 6 Florida, but the Gators overcame that early deficit to defeat the Owls, 7-3, on Tuesday at McKethan Stadium.
FAU (31-19), which is leading the Sun Belt conference race, took the 3-0 lead when Andy Mee hit a three-run homer to left center.
However, after getting three hits in the first, the Owls would only be able to muster four the remainder of the way and weren’t able to push anymore runs across.
Florida (34-12) answered with a run on a …

After dropping two of three to Memphis over the weekend, UCF continued its solid play out of Conference USA by posting a 14-3 blowout win over Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton on Tuesday night.
FAU (29-16, 17-7), which sits in first-place in the very strong Sun Belt Conference, had won 11 of its last 12 games coming in.
The Owls opened with two in the bottom of the first, but the Golden Knights responded with two in their half of the second and didn’t look back.
UCF pushed three more across in the …

After getting swept at home by Southern Miss over the weekend, Tulane needed a win badly in Tuesday’s match-up with UL-Monroe at Turchin Stadium.
The Green Wave (27-19, 6-9) got on the board first when Jeremy Schaffer led off the bottom of the second by homering to left field.
Tulane tacked onto its lead in the fourth.  After the Green Wave loaded the bases via a pair of walks and an error, Brennan Middleton delivered a three-run double down the left field line.  Brandon Boudreaux would later single to push the lead …