C-USA Champs

UH finished off C-USA contender TCU today, sweeping the series to take the C-USA title (their third in four seasons).

In game one, they fell behind only to score the winning runs courtesy of a big home run by Chris Snyder, who's probably the team MVP this season.

Oh, and Jesse Crain pitched the final inning, and maintained his 0.00 ERA for the season. Yep, you read that right -- 0.00 ERA. Not bad for a guy who plays stellar shortshop when he's not pitching and is among the team leaders in hitting.

They cruised to victory in the second game, making it look easy as Rayner Noble rotated pitchers in an effort to save arms.

In all, it couldn't have been a better season finale. And sweeping a solid TCU team can't hurt their RPI headed into the C-USA tournament next week. Indeed, I would think they are now a lock to host a Regional regardless of how the tourney goes. But if they win the tourney, I would think they would be a good bet for a Super Regional also.

[Posted at 20:58 CST on 05/18/02] [Link]