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Stanley and Powell share Conference USA Pitcher of the Week honors Stanley and Powell share Conference USA Pitcher of the Week honors By Jack Duggan | May 11, 2021 at 10:42 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 10:42 PM HATTIESBURG, Miss. (USM Athletics) - Southern Miss senior right-handed pitchers Hunter Stanley and Walker Powell each earned Conference USA Pitcher of the Week honors, Monday, for outstanding starting performances last weekend against Middle Tennessee. Stanley, from Hammond, La., opened the Middle Tennessee series last Friday night by limiting the Blue Raiders to three base runners over nine scoreless innings, which included two hits and one to reach via a throwing error. Stanley, who recorded a career-high 16 strikeouts, which also is tied for second most in a C-USA contest, retired the first 16 batters he faced before giving up a double that barely skipped over the first-base bag. The runner later was thrown out stealing ending the only legitimate offensive ....
Southern Miss is back to a .500 record after Wednesday’s loss to Mississippi State, and have now dropped back-to-back games for the first time since May of 2019. ....