2009 Conference USA Tournament

The 2009 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, MS. #2 Rice University defeated #5 University of Southern Mississippi for the title. Anthony Rendon of Rice was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	East Carolina University	17-7	Billy Godwin
2	Rice University	17-7	Wayne Graham
3	University of Houston	13-11	Rayner Noble
4	Tulane University	13-11	Rick Jones
5	University of Southern Mississippi	12-12	Corky Palmer
6	University of Alabama at Birmingham	11-12	Brian Shoop
7	Marshall University	9-15	Jeff Waggoner
8	University of Central Florida	9-15	Terry Rooney

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	East Carolina	6
	8	Central Florida	3
						1	East Carolina	2
						5	Southern Miss	5
	4	Tulane	2
	5	Southern Miss	15
											5	Southern Miss	3	x
										4	Tulane	1	x
	8	Central Florida	3
	4	Tulane	7
						1	East Carolina	0
						4	Tulane	3
																5	Southern Miss	6
																2	Rice	8
	2	Rice	13
	7	Marshall	0
						2	Rice	8
						6	UAB	1
	3	Houston	3
	6	UAB	8
											2	Rice	7	x
										3	Houston	2	x
	7	Marshall	1
	3	Houston	4
						6	UAB	1
						3	Houston	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	University of Alabama at Birmingham	8-3	University of Houston
Game 2	Rice University	13-0	Marshall University
Game 3	East Carolina University	6-3	University of Central Florida
Game 4	University of Southern Mississippi	15-2	Tulane University
May 21
Game 5	University of Houston	4-1	Marshall University	Marshall eliminated
Game 6	Tulane University	7-3	University of Central Florida	Central Florida eliminated
Game 7	Rice University	8-1	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	5-2	East Carolina University
May 22
Game 9	University of Houston	4-1	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
Game 10	Tulane University	3-0	East Carolina University	East Carolina eliminated
Game 11	Rice University	7-2	University of Houston	Houston eliminated
Game 12	University of Southern Mississippi	3-1	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
May 24
Game 13	Rice University	8-6	University of Southern Mississippi	Rice advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Diego Seastrunk, Rice
• IF James Ewing, Southern Miss
• IF Rick Hague, Rice
• IF Josh Prince, Tulane
• IF Anthony Rendon, Rice
• OF Nick Boullosa, Tulane
• OF Steven Sultzbaugh, Rice
• OF Trent Whitehead, East Carolina
• DH Corey Stevens, Southern Miss
• P JR Ballinger, Southern Miss
• P Ryan Berry, Rice
• P Todd Mcinnis, Southern Miss
• P Taylor Wall, Rice