making noise

On a day packed with noteworthy wins by Mississippi colleges big and small, don’t overlook what happened in Hattiesburg. William Carey, which has been scuffling, posted a doubleheader sweep of NAIA ninth-ranked Southern Poly State at Wheeler Field. The Crusaders did it with pitching, holding their Southern States Athletic Conference foe to three runs and 10 hits over 17 innings. Scotty Reese threw a five-hit shutout over seven innings in a 2-0 win in the opener, and Kody James, on in relief of Taylor Martin, threw 2 2/3 hitless innings in a 4-3, 10-inning win in Game 2. Carey improved to 11-8. The games did not count in the SSAC standings since the teams are in different divisions. Carey’s first SSAC West Division games are next weekend against Loyola-New Orleans.