HATTIESBURG, Miss. – On a sunny Saturday at Pete Taylor Park, with a light breeze and temperatures in the low-70s, No. 12 Southern Miss collected two big wins against ULM behind an incredibly impressive performance from its pitching staff. The Warhawks came into this weekend with the second-best batting average in the Sun Belt Conference , but the Golden Eagles completely shut their bats down on Saturday en route to locking up another series win.

With the wins, Southern Miss improved to 33-14 overall and 15-8 in Sun Belt play. A few weeks ago, the Golden Eagles were sitting barely above .500 in conference play at 8-7, but they've turned up the intensity and urgency a good bit over these last three weekend series.…