Promoted to head coach of the Prairie View baseball team four years ago, Waskyla Cullivan struggled early on. During his first two years in charge, the Panthers missed the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, finishing last in the Western Division after winning back-to-back titles in 2007 and ’08. Fans had to wonder how long Cullivan might last. Continue reading →

Prairie View 7, MVSU 4 Prairie View 003 000 130 — 7  8 0 Miss. Valley St. 000 001 030 — 4 12 3 Derrick Mitchell, Daniel Castillo (6) and Evan Richard. Kameron Stady, Cody Parker (7), Christopher … Continue reading →

One day before he trotted out of the bullpen at Lee-Hines Field, ready to shut down a hot-hitting opponent and lead Prairie View to the championship game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, Steven Lunsford got a message. He and his catcher, Evan Richard, had gone to a Chinese restaurant for lunch. Lunsford cracked open his fortune … Continue reading →

WH0: Prairie View vs.
Mississippi Valley State WHEN: 1 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Lee-Hines Field RECORDS: Prairie View 27-23, Mississippi Valley 17-38 HISTORY: This is Prairie View’s first appearance in the championship game since winning … Continue reading →

Schedule Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Alcorn State 6, Grambling 2 Prairie View 14, Alabama State 4 Mississippi Valley State 6, Southern 4 Continue reading →

At 6:01 p.m. Friday, at the end of a long, steamy and devastating afternoon for the Southern baseball team at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, Southern right-hander Brian Foster stood outside the first-base dugout at Lee-Hines Field, physically and emotionally spent after the wildest day of his life. He got a handshake and a hug from assistant … Continue reading →

Mississippi Valley State is in. At 1 p.m. Sunday, the Delta Devils will play in the championship game of the Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament at Lee-Hines Field. Now, they’re simply waiting to learn their opponent. Friday night, in the final game of the tournament’s third day, Texas Southern scored one run apiece in the … Continue reading →

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Schedule Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Alcorn State 6, Grambling 2 Prairie View 14, Alabama State 4 Mississippi Valley State 6, Southern 4 Continue reading →

Box scoreS Valley 2, Southern 1 SOUTHERN MISS. VALLEY ST. (32-16) (17-38) ab r h bi ab r h bi Kirksey lf 4 1 1 0 Chtham 2b 4 1 1 0 Rowry 1b 2 0 0 1 Brumfld ss 4 0 0 0 Willms dh 3 0 0 0 Lowe cf 2 1 0 0 Hopkins ph 1 0 1 0 Milliorn 3b 1 0 0 0 Jennings pr 0 0 0 0 Germne 1b 4 0 1 1 McGriff 3b 3 0 0 0 Cheek rf 1 0 1 0 Wallace rf 4 0 0 0 Linney lf 3 0 0 0 Marrero rf 4 0 0 0 Thomas dh 4 0 1 0 Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 Fangonilo c 4 0 0 0 Ourso c 3 0 0 0 Lopez ss 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 1 3 1 TOTALS 27 2 4 1 Southern 000 001 000 — 1 … Continue reading →

It’s all over for the Southern baseball team. On a steaming-hot Friday afternoon at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, the Jaguars managed only three hits and stranded leadoff runners in the final three innings of a shocking 2-1 loss to Mississippi Valley State, which clinched a spot in the championship game at 1 p.m. Sunday. Southern … Continue reading →

Jose De Leon was masterful, the defense made plays, and the offense did enough. Now, to survive another round of the Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament, Southern must put in another long, broiling day of work. In an elimination game Thursday morning at Lee-Hines Field, the Jaguars took advantage of seven Grambling errors, and De … Continue reading →

Motorists headed to commencement are asked to enter campus on Harding Boulevard and head into the F.G. Clark Activity Center parking lot. When the lot is filled, drivers will be directed to nearby lots where shuttles will be available for travel to the activity center. Continue reading →

Box score Southern 8, Grambling 0 Southern Grambling (1-1) (0-2) ab r h bi ab r h bi Kirksey lf 4 1 1 1 Wolfe ss 3 0 1 0 Rowry 1b 5 0 0 0 Knuckles dh 3 0 0 0 Hopkins dh 4 0 0 0 Brown 3b 4 0 2 0 McGriff 3b 5 1 1 0 Longoria c 2 0 1 0 Wallace rf 5 1 2 1 Farmer lf 4 0 1 0 Marrero cf 4 2 0 0 Todman 2b 4 0 1 0 Ellis 2b 5 1 1 0 Mejias 1b 3 0 0 0 Ourso c 3 2 0 0 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 Lopez ss 3 0 1 2 Drexler cf 4 0 1 0 Minter rf 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 8 6 4 TOTALS 31 0 7 0 Southern 100 300 031 — 8 6 … Continue reading →

Schedule Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Game 1 — Alcorn State 6, Grambling 2 Game 2 — Prairie View 14, Alabama State 4 Game 3 — Mississippi … Continue reading →

After a stunning first-round loss that put an otherwise successful season in peril, the Southern baseball team regrouped Thursday, dumping Grambling 8-0 in an elimination game at Lee-Hines Field. So they survived to play another day. Good for them. Now, however, in addition to facing Alcorn State at 9 a.m. Friday — potentially the first of … Continue reading →

On Deck WHEN: 9 a.m. Friday WHERE: Lee-Hines Field RECORDS: Alcorn State 18-36, Southern 31-15 LAST MEETING/SERIES: Alcorn and Southern have not played this season. Their last meeting … Continue reading →

Forced to watch Texas Southern’s first-round loss from the bench Wednesday, Anthony Dilligard was naturally upset. Thursday afternoon, in an elimination game against Alabama State at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament, Dilligard was back in the lineup. He got the chance to play. And his teammates were certainly glad he did. Dilligard, who transferred … Continue reading →

Through seven innings, they weren’t exactly at their best. Still, the Southern Jaguars were doing well enough. On the first day of the all-important Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament, in the comforts of their own ballpark, they had a four-run lead over Mississippi Valley State. Starting pitcher Jesse Holiday was cruising. They were closing in on their … Continue reading →

Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Game 1 — Alcorn State 6, Grambling 2 Game 2 — Prairie View 14, Alabama State 4 Game 3 — Mississippi … Continue reading →

Miss. Valley 6, Southern 4 Mississippi Valley Southern (15-38) (31-15) ab r h bi ab r h bi Chathm 2b 5 2 3 0 Roy lf 4 0 0 0 Brumfld ss 3 0 0 0 Rowry 1b 5 0 1 1 Lowe cf 3 2 0 0 Hopkins 4 0 2 0 Milliorn 3b 4 0 0 0 Kirksey pr 1 0 0 0 Germne 1b 5 1 2 5 McGriff 3b 4 2 1 0 Cheek rf 4 0 3 0 Wallace rf 4 1 2 0 Bonner dh 2 0 0 0 Marrero cf 4 1 2 0 Lacy ph 1 0 1 1 Ellis 2b 4 1 0 2 Scott pr 0 0 0 0 Ourso c 4 0 0 0 Thomas ph 1 0 0 0 Lopez ss 2 0 0 0 Perry 3 0 0 0 Linney ph 1 0 0 0 Fangonilo c 4 1 1 0 TOTALS 36 6 10 6 TOTALS 35 4 7 3 Miss. Valley 000 000 042 — 6 … Continue reading →

First team SP: Quintavious Drains, Sr., Jackson State; Jose De Leon, So., Southern. RP: Josh Powell, Jr., Southern. C: Evan Richard, Sr., Prairie View. Continue reading →

On Deck WHEN: 9 a.m. Thursday. WHERE: Lee-Hines Field. RECORDS: Grambling 22-25, Southern 31-15. LAST MEETING/SERIES: Grambling swept a three-game series March 10-11 at Lee-Hines Field. Southern swept a three-game … Continue reading →

Down by one run in the sixth inning of their opening game at the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament Wednesday, reigning champion Alcorn State didn’t panic. The Braves relied on their No. 1 pitcher, Steve Easter, to keep them in the game against Grambling. And they believed that their veteran lineup would eventually rally. On both accounts, … Continue reading →

Their defense was a mess, their approach at the plate abysmal. The Southern baseball team had dropped game after game, wasting a bushel’s worth of quality innings from a strong pitching staff. Roger Cador was out of patience. Oh, his Jaguars had potential. They just weren’t winning, and that frustrated the old coach, who’s still thirsting for … Continue reading →

On Deck WHEN: 3 p.m. Wednesday. WHERE: Lee-Hines Field. RECORDS: Mississippi Valley 14-38, Southern 31-14. LAST MEETING: Southern and Mississippi Valley have not met since May 19, 2006, when … Continue reading →

Alcorn State, the reigning tournament champion, began this season with a 3-17 record. They’ve committed 107 errors this season — fifth-most in Division I — and reliever Chris Garza, who leads the team with 19 appearances, will miss the tournament with an injury. But Barret … Continue reading →

Schedule Bracket A Grambling, Alcorn State, Misssippi Valley State, Southern Bracket B Alabama State, Prairie View, Texas Southern, Jackson State Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Wednesday Continue reading →

Sometimes, he watched his teammates playing baseball from the top row of the stands at Lee-Hines Field, wishing he had worked just a little harder. DeMario Ellis was never more than a few hundred feet from the home dugout. But in many ways, as Southern closed in on another conference championship in 2009, Ellis could not have … Continue reading →

BRACKET A Grambling, Alcorn State, Misssippi Valley State, Southern BRACKET B Alabama State, Prairie View, Texas Southern, Jackson State Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Continue reading →

The Southern baseball team has canceled the final two games of its exhibition series at Lee-Hines Field, coach Roger Cador said. The Jaguars lost a 9-6 exhibition Thursday. They were scheduled to play the Bengals again Friday and Saturday, but had to wipe out the games because of the weather. Southern was hit by rain Friday … Continue reading →

The Southern athletics department will launch a new online store Sunday. The department has partnered with a Dallas-based firm for GoJagsGear.com, which will offer fans a catalog of “collegiate licensed apparel and specialty gifts, which will directly impact the department’s budget,” according to the university. Advanced Online, the Dallas-based firm, manages more than 100 websites for … Continue reading →

The good news, for Southern’s baseball team, was that Thursday’s 9-6 loss to LSU-Eunice didn’t affect the Jaguars’ winning streak. The game didn’t count. It was the opener of a three-game exhibition series, a warmup before Southern enters next week’s Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament at Lee-Hines Field. The Jaguars’ winning streak, for what it’s worth, will stand … Continue reading →

No more postseason bans for Stump Mitchell and his football team. No more waiting on the sideline for Roman Banks and the men’s basketball team. Next year, they’ll be free to compete for Southwestern Athletic Conference championships. Southern University has received the relief it had hoped for. The slate is clean. The NCAA has notified the … Continue reading →

LSU-Eunice 9, Southern 6 LSU-Eunice Southern ab r h bi ab r h bi Angelle lf 5 1 1 1 Roy lf 2 0 1 0 Hrrngtn cf 4 0 1 1 Clmn pr/lf 3 2 2 0 Carriere 3b 5 1 1 0 Rowry 1b 4 2 2 1 Forbes dh 2 1 2 0 Willms dh 2 0 1 0 Picciola dh 1 0 1 0 Hopkins dh 0 1 0 0 Sims pr 0 1 0 0 Kirksey pr 0 0 0 0 Hawkns 1b 3 2 2 1 McGriff 3b 5 1 1 1 Thbdx rf/2b 3 0 0 0 Wallace rf 5 0 1 1 Turner c 4 2 1 1 Marrero cf 5 0 0 1 Dschmp ss 4 0 2 0 Ellis 2b 5 0 1 2 Rodrigue 2b 1 1 0 1 Ourso c 3 0 1 0 McCoy ph 1 0 0 0 Tomlin c 0 0 0 0 Tillery rf 1 0 0 0 Lopez ss 1 0 0 0 Colon ss 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 9 11 5 TOTALS 38 6 10 6 LSU-Eunice 002 300 112 — 9 … Continue reading →

Drive across the Harding Boulevard overpass and explore the campus at Southern University, and you’ll quickly realize it’s not a run-of-the-mill week. Final exams are well under way. Buildings have started to empty out. And the baseball team finds itself in a strange little spot. Last weekend, the Jaguars wrapped up the regular season by … Continue reading →

At the end of another hot afternoon at Lee-Hines Field, on the final weekend of the regular season in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, the Southern baseball team gathered near the pitcher’s mound for a round of happy handshakes. They capped their 11-1 eight-inning victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff with a brief, low-key postgame celebration. The alma mater played … Continue reading →

Each game, the defense was sloppy. Each game, the offense went nowhere fast. The Southern baseball team was, as usual, supposed to contend for the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship. Instead, the Jaguars looked more like they needed counseling. March had been a complete disaster. Now, it was the first day of April; they had already … Continue reading →

Southern 11, UAPB 1 8 innings UAPB Southern (8-37-1, 6-18 SWAC) ( 31-14, 17-7 SWAC) ab r h bi ab r h bi Demara 3b 3 1 1 0 Roy 3 1 1 0 Thomas rf 4 0 1 0 Coleman lf 1 1 1 3 Samsa ss 4 0 0 1 Rowry 3 2 1 1 Weeber 1b 3 0 1 0 Hopkins dh 4 0 2 1 Boulwre cf 4 0 2 0 Kirksey dh 1 1 0 1 Hill dh 4 0 1 0 McGriff 4 1 2 2 Whitney lf 3 0 0 0 Wallace 4 1 1 0 Williams c 3 0 1 0 Marrero cf 3 1 2 1 Mntgmry 2b 2 0 0 0 Ellis 2b 3 1 1 0 Ourso c 3 1 0 0 Lopez ssc 3 1 1 2 TOTALS 29 1 7 1 TOTALS 32 11 12 11 UAPB 100 000 00 — 1 7 … Continue reading →

NEW ORLEANS — Three-time defending champion Grambling’s men’s track and field team trailed Southern by two points (64.50-62.50) after eight events when the Southwestern Athletic Conference men’s 1,500-meter run started Sunday at Tad Gormley Stadium. But Grambling senior Darwin Price wasn’t fazed by the pressure. The Tigers distance runners and jumpers have been carrying … Continue reading →

Results from the SWAC Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans. Women Team scores: 1. Alabama State, 243; 2. Prairie View, 166; 3. Texas Southern, 98; 4. Mississippi Valley, 95; 5. Grambling, 49; 6. Southern, 47; … Continue reading →

SWAC tournament Grambling, Alcorn State, Misssippi Valley State, Southern Alabama State, Prairie View, Texas Southern, Jackson State Double-elimination brackets, single-game championship At Lee-Hines Field Continue reading →

For the second time Saturday afternoon, Daniel Garcia moved from the bullpen to the home dugout at Lee-Hines Field, thinking the Southern University baseball team didn’t need him after all. During the first game of a doubleheader sweep of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, on a brutally muggy day, Garcia was drinking water from a paper cup when Roger Cador … Continue reading →