2010 Conference USA Tournament

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The 2010 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Cougar Field in Houston, TX. The tournament field was broken into 2 3-team brackets. Each team played both other teams in their bracket, plus 1 team from the other bracket. The winner of each bracket met in a 1 game championship. #2 University of Southern Mississippi defeated #1 Rice University for the title. Scott Copeland of Southern Miss was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Bracket 1[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Rice University 17-7 Wayne Graham
4 Marshall University 12-12 Jeff Waggoner
5 University of Houston 11-13 Rayner Noble


Bracket 2[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
2 University of Southern Mississippi 14-10 Scott Berry
3 University of Memphis 12-12 Daron Schoenrock
6 East Carolina University 11-13 Billy Godwin


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 26
Game 1 University of Southern Mississippi 8-2 University of Memphis
Game 2 Rice University 11-3 East Carolina University
Game 3 University of Houston 11-7 Marshall University
May 27
Game 4 East Carolina University 8-1 University of Southern Mississippi
Game 5 Marshall University 10-7 University of Memphis
Game 6 Rice University 24-3 University of Houston
May 28
Game 7 University of Memphis 3-2 East Carolina University
Game 8 Rice University 18-0 Marshall University Rice wins bracket with 3-0 record
Game 9 University of Southern Mississippi 10-6 University of Houston Southern Mississippi wins bracket with 2-1 record
May 29
Game 10 University of Southern Mississippi 7-1 Rice University Southern Mississippi advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • C Diego Seas trunk, Rice
  • IF Rick Hague, Rice
  • IF Anthony Rendon, Rice
  • IF B.A. Vollmuth, Southern Miss
  • IF Taylor Walker, Southern Miss
  • OF Michael Fuda, Rice
  • OF Chad Mozingo, Rice
  • OF Steven Sultzbaugh, Rice
  • DH MP. Cokinos, Houston
  • P Scott Copeland, Southern Miss
  • P Seth Maness, East Carolina
  • P Brennon Martin, Memphis
  • P Jared Rogers, Rice