"Austin will fill one of our biggest needs for next year, a closing pitcher," Palmer said. This marks the sixth signee of the spring signing period and eighth signee of the year for the Golden Eagles. Southern Miss Baseball Coach Corky Palmer has announced the signing of Austin Tubb, a 6-4, 210-pound right-handed sophomore pitcher from Shelton State Community College in Birmingham, Ala., to a national letter of intent for the 2002-03 academic year. The Gaels hit the road next week for matches at Portland and Gonzaga.Southern Miss Baseball Inks Sixth Recruit of Spring Signing Period The match is Saint Mary's Pink game to raise breast cancer awareness and fans that wear pink will receive $3 admission. Saint Mary's returns to action on Saturday at 1 p.m. We got in some long rallies where we couldn't terminate the ball and we played some good defense but if you give a team like that four or five swings, there are certain situations where we have a hard time matching them. In the end, they had more firepower than us and that's what it came down to.
I thought we were focused, fighting hard the whole time, pretty clear-minded about what we were doing and executing the game plan. "Effort's usually not an issue for us but sometimes staying focused, we can get a little bit frazzled at times. It's not for a lack of effort and our focus was there, which was really important," Saint Mary's coach Rob Browning said. That stayed steady over the next few points and Canace Finley ended the match with a kill off a diving Gaels defender. Tied at 11, the Toreros scored seven of the next nine points to go up 18-13, capping the run with an ace by Kristen Gengenbacher. More close play followed throughout the fourth set, but San Diego (11-7, 4-2) turned the first sliver of a chance into a lead. A shot by Lozic landed in the net to give the Gaels the lead and Dalas Dodd's subsequent serve hit a Toreros defender and ricocheted out, giving Saint Mary's the 27-25 win. A kill by Alexis Salmons and an attack error brought the score back to even at 23-all and the teams stayed deadlocked all the way to 25. This time though, Saint Mary's (4-11, 0-5 West Coast Conference) responded. A kill by Brown made it 23-21 Toreros and left the Gaels with their backs against the wall again. San Diego battled back though, re-taking the advantage at 22-21 when a SMC attack sailed wide. Tinsley caught fire to spark the stretch, with two kills and an ace during the run. In the third, both teams battled for the lead, but Saint Mary's eventually became the team that threatened to pull away when a 5-1 run put the Gaels up 18-16. A block by Kennedy and Lauren Schad, followed by two Kennedy kills, provided the final blows as San Diego squeaked out a 25-20 win and took a two-set lead heading to the break. The Toreros found their stride when it counted, scoring the final four points of the set.
Though SMC kept the lead for much of the rest of the set, San Diego stayed within striking distance and, eventually, tied it at 18 on a kill by Kennedy. There would be no slow start for Saint Mary's in the second, and the Gaels bolted out to an 8-4 lead of their own when a tip by Tinsley found the deck and incited the home crowd. A kill by Jayden Kennedy pushed the score to 24-22 and, after a point by Milena Popovic on an over pass brought USD's lead back to one, Lisa Kramer ended the set when her own over pass hit the defense awkwardly and careened out. Trailing 18-10, the Gaels closed the gap to 22-21 with an 11-4 run that featured three kills by Loos. The decibel level would eventually rise, and Saint Mary's was the far more aggressive and efficient team by the close of the set. San Diego jumped out to the early 8-3 lead, taking the momentum of a strong home crowd and quieting things in McKeon, at least for a little while. Unlike their match last Saturday at Pacific, the Gaels got off to a bit of a slow start Wednesday. Canace Finley and Alaysia Brown led San Diego with 14 kills apiece. Natalie Loos also contributed a strong effort with 15 kills and Alexis Salmons hit. Samantha Tinsley had a strong offensive match for Saint Mary's, leading the way with 17 kills. A stirring third set rally gave the Saint Mary's volleyball team hope for a comeback but visiting San Diego responded with a strong fourth as the Gaels fell 25-23, 25-20, 25-27, 25-17 at McKeon Pavilion.
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