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Jackson State and Alcorn State Eliminated While Southern and Texas Southern Move On
BATON ROUGE, La. – Southern eliminated the SWAC baseball defending tournament champion, Alcorn State, on Friday at the 2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament, 8-6. The Jaguars scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th to break open a tie game and advance in the loser’s bracket. Southern will face Mississippi Valley State at 3:00 p.m. [...]
SWAC Tournament Day Two Was All About Surviving
BATON ROUGE, La. – Texas Southern rallied for 3 runs in the 8th inning to tie the game and 3 more in the 9th to defeat Alabama State 6-3 in an elimination game at the 2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament. Alabama State had staked itself to a 3-0 lead on a pair of RBIs by Richard [...]
Jackson State Cruises Past Texas Southern
The Jackson State baseball beats Texas Southern 7-0 on the opening day of the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament. JSU scored its seven runs on eight hits. Texas Southern had six hits and committed three errors. Frank Solis had two hits, a run and an RBI and Charles Epperson had two hits and a run. Desmond [...]
MVSU Shocks Western Division Champion Southern
BATON ROUGE La.- Joseph Germaine drove in five runs in the final two innings to lead Mississippi Valley State to an upset 6-4 victory over Southern in the opening round of the 2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament. Southern, the top seed from the Western Division, host of the tournament, and winners of 16 straight games coming [...]
Panthers Blowout Alabama State In SWAC Tournament
BATON ROUGE, La. – Prairie View trailed Alabama State 4-3 heading into the bottom of the 7th in the opening round of the SWAC Tournament, and the game never made it to the 8th. The Panthers scored 11 runs to win 14-4 in 7 innings.
Former Hornets Linebacker Carr Signs With Baltimore Ravens
MONTOGMERY—Former Alabama State University linebacker Nigel Carr (Miami, Fla.) has signed a free agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Carr played his final two years at ASU after transferring to the Hornets’ program from Florida State following the 2009 season. Over the next two years Carr played in 12 [...]
Defending Champion Braves Off To Fast Start At SWAC Tournament
BATON ROUGE, La. – Defending SWAC tournament champion Alcorn State rolled to a 6-2 victory over Grambling State in the opening game of the 2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament. The Braves spotted GSU two early runs, but answered with a single run in the fifth and took the lead for good with a 3-run sixth. Steve [...]
Jackson State’s Kendall Logan Headlines All-SWAC Baseball Selections
The Southwestern Athletic Conference announced its 2012 all-conference baseball team on Wednesday to coincide with the beginning of the league’s championship tournament. Eastern division champion Jackson State earned two of the top individual honors. Senior outfielder Kendall Logan was named SWAC Player of the Year by the league’s head coaches, and senior starter Quintavious Drains [...]
Report:The SWAC Represents The Gap Between Division 1 Haves And Have Nots
It has been a banner spring for Mississippi Valley State athletics. The men’s basketball team ran away with the SWAC championship in March and the women’s softball wrapped up their seventh conference title this past weekend. Overall, the Delta Devils program has done it all on a shoe string athletic budget compared to their Division [...]
Texas Southern’s Joseph Anderson Signs Three-Year Deal With Bears
Undrafted free-agent Joseph Anderson arrived at his first NFL minicamp only identifiable by the number 12 on his practice jersey and “ANDERSON” written on white tape attached to the front of his helmet. When the three-day rookie minicamp was over, the former Texas Southern wide receiver made such a good impression on Chicago Bears offensive [...]
Delta Devils Win Seventh SWAC Softball Championship
Courtesy: SWAC.org IRONDALE – Mississippi Valley State came from three runs down to beat Jackson State 7-3 and claim their seventh SWAC softball title and first since 2009. A grand slam by catcher Nicole Burr in the top of the seventh inning capped the comeback for the Devilettes, who improved to 34-17. MVSU will find [...]
Alcorn State Hasn’t Named Head Football Coach Just Yet
The help wanted sign is still up for the Alcorn State head football coaching job. The last 24 hours has featured a whirlwind of rumors and speculation surrounding the position. It was initially reported Saturday by Football Scoop, an amateur football news website, that ASU was on the verge of naming Northern Colorado offensive coordinator [...]
