Tournament Notes

19th Annual Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach
Feb. 16-18 • Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Game 1 - Fri., Feb. 16 - 3 p.m. (CT) - USA vs. Kansas State
Game 2 - Sat., Feb. 17 - 10 a.m. (CT) - USA vs. Oklahoma
Game 3 - Sat., Feb. 17 - 3:30 p.m. (CT) - USA vs. Virginia Tech
Game 4 - Sun., Feb. 18 - 9:30 a.m. (CT) - USA vs. Indiana

FAN INFORMATION
• Tickets
• CCU Clear Bag Policy
• CCU Springs Brooks Stadium 
• TicketReturn.com Stadium Seating Diagram

Media Information
On the Radio:  Jaguar baseball games are broadcast live in Mobile on 99.5 FM The Jag, and also available via the iHeartRadio app.

Live Stats:  Live stats for every South Alabama baseball game are available through the multimedia section of USAJaguars.com.

Twitter:  Follow the official Twitter account of South Alabama baseball — @SouthALBaseball — for news and updates.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Fri., Feb. 16
USA - LHP  Andy Arguelles
KSU - TBA

Sat., Feb. 17
USA - RHP  Tyler Carr
OU - RHP  Nathan Wiles

Sat., Feb. 17
USA - RHP  Patrick McBride 
VT - TBA

Sun., Feb. 18
USA - TBA
IU - TBA

All-Time Series
Of its four opponents this weekend, South Alabama will square off with three schools for the first time in the program's 50-plus year history ... Oklahoma holds a 4-2 all-time lead over USA in a series that began in 1991 ... The Sooners defeated the Jaguars 4-1 in the last meeting between the schools, which came in 2005 in a tournament in Surprise, Ariz. ... South Alabama has never before faced Kansas State, Virginia Tech or Indiana.

Jag Notes
• South Alabama opens the 2018 season ranked No. 17 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 20 by D1Baseball, No. 22 by the Natinoal Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, No. 23 by the USA Today/Coaches and No. 24 by Baseball America. 

• USA is 33-20 all-time in season openers, and are 29-7 when opening the season at home. USA defeated Eastern Illinois 8-2 in last year's season opener at Stanky Field. South Alabama is 4-2 in season openers under head coach Mark Calvi. 

• Head coach Mark Calvi was named the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Division I Coach of the Year in 2017, marking the third consecutive year he has earned the honor, after leading the Jaguars to 40 wins and an NCAA Hattiesburg (Miss.) Regional appearance.

• USA broke the program record for walks (373) in a season last year, which ranked second nationally. The Jags ranked sixth in the country in runs scored (488) and on-base percentage (.415), seventh in runs per game (8.0), 11th in fielding percentage (.980), 14th in sacrifice flies (32) and home runs (78), and 15th in slugging percentage (.480).

• South Alabama set a program record for single-season fielding percentage (.980) last year, which led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked 11th nationally.

• The Jaguars hit 78 home runs in 2017, the most since the 2008 squad hit 79 home runs; however, USA lost 26 percent of its home run production from last season following the departure of Eddie Paparella and Jared Barnes. Paparella homered seven times last year while Barnes, who was an eighth-round selection by the Miami Marlins in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft, hit 13 as a junior.

• South Alabama was picked to win the Sun Belt Conference East Division by the league's head coaches after receiving all 12 first-place votes.

• Junior center fielder Travis Swaggerty was named to the 2018 USA Baseball Preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List. Swaggerty was also a preseason first-team All-America selection by Baseball America, D1Baseball, College Sports Madness and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and was a third-team preseason All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball.