Southern University Sports | The Advocate

Southern

SWAC announces that more Southern football games will be part of ESPN platforms

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Jun 12, 2024

The Southern football team will play on the ESPN broadcast package four times, giving the Jaguars five appearances overall for the 2024 season, according to a schedule released by the Southwes…

Southern teams finish another year above NCAA's APR threshold: 'It is gratifying'

Staff report
Jun 5, 2024

Having emerged from one of the roughest periods in school history, Southern University's athletic teams showed a clean bill of academic health from the NCAA when its latest progress scores wer…

Up-and-down Southern baseball season ended in a familiar way for the Jaguars

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 27, 2024

The Southern baseball season ended with a quick exit from the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament in a pair of games that summed up the season: good but not good enough.

How the Southern baseball team fell behind and bowed out of the SWAC baseball tournament

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 23, 2024

Southern’s baseball team bowed out of the Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament with an 11-8 loss to Alabama State in the loser’s bracket at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta on …

Southern places only one baseball player on All-SWAC team. See who made the cut.

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 22, 2024

Southern left-hander Ranard Grace was the lone Jaguar named to the All-Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball team released by the conference Tuesday.

Southern baseball enters SWAC tournament against No. 1 seed from East in Florida A&M

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 21, 2024

It’s a brand-new season for Southern baseball, but it could be as short as two days as the Southwestern Athletic Conference moves into the league tournament to determine a representative in th…

Southern-Grambling baseball game postponed again; series likely canceled

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 17, 2024

Southern's Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball game against Grambling has been postponed and the remainder of the series is likely canceled, senior associate athletic director Rodney Kir…

Southern baseball falls behind early in loss to Grambling

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 16, 2024

First the Southern baseball team got blown out, then it got washed out.

Tuesday's UNO-Southern baseball game has been wiped out; here are the details

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 14, 2024

Southern University’s home baseball game against UNO scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled because of heavy rain that soaked the field Monday night.

Southern baseball team enters final week of regular season with catching up to do in SWAC

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 13, 2024

Southern just missed a sweep over the weekend at Arkansas-Pine Bluff but has one last chance to make up ground in Southwestern Athletic Conference play during the final week of the regular season.

Southern looking to finish strong before SWAC tourney

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 9, 2024

The Southern baseball team is looking for one last push toward the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament with two weeks remaining and a trip to Arkansas-Pine Bluff this weekend.

The Southern football team has added six new members to its roster

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 8, 2024

While Southern spring sports are closing out their seasons in the coming weeks, the Jaguars football team has added some members and is getting ready for a short break before summer workouts begin.

Photos: Southern Fumbles Lead, Loses to Alcorn State

MICHAEL JOHNSON | STAFF PHOTOJOURNALIST | [email protected]
May 6, 2024

Southern held a six-run lead over Alcorn State heading into the sixth inning before allowing the Braves to tie the game and eventually defeat the Jaguars 13-11 at Lee-Hines Field on a hot Mond…

Southern baseball coughs up six-run lead as Alcorn State wins fifth game of season

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 6, 2024

The day after dominating Alcorn State in a doubleheader sweep, the Southern baseball team played like it had a Monday hangover.

Southern baseball dominates Alcorn State in doubleheader sweep

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 5, 2024

Southern’s baseball team had to wait a couple of extra days to get its series with Alcorn State in, but the wait didn’t hurt them much.

Southern baseball looks to start late-season push against struggling Alcorn State

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated May 4, 2024

The Southern baseball team has hit another low spot in the season, but this week provided some extra time off to try and make a push in the final three weeks before the Southwestern Athletic C…

Carlos Funchess put fun in basketball during his heyday as college star

BY PAUL LETLOW Written for the LABC
May 2, 2024

MONROE — As a two-year starter at UL-Monroe from 1989-1991, Carlos Funchess earned acclaim for his tomahawk dunks and contributions to some of the school’s greatest teams.

Carl 'Doc' Williams, who helped thousands of Southern athletes, is getting his own recognition

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 2, 2024

The man who kept Southern athletes competing for 43 years with expert training practices and advice has snared one of the Southwestern Athletic Conferences most significant honors.

Southern's baseball series vs. Alcorn State is postponed; here are the times and dates

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
May 2, 2024

Because of impending weather conditions Thursday and Friday, the Southern-Alcorn State baseball series has been moved back two days.

Southern legend Rickie Weeks made his surprise managerial debut with the Brewers — and won

BY PERRYN KEYS | Staff writer
Updated May 1, 2024

Southern University baseball legend Rickie Weeks said he didn't know he'd be acting manager for his old team, the Milwaukee Brewers, until 20 minutes before the first pitch of their game Wedne…

Nine Nicholls State pitchers threw one inning each against Southern. The move worked.

Staff report
Apr 30, 2024

THIBODAUX — Four Nicholls State batters had two hits apiece and nine pitchers each took a one-inning turn on the mound as the Colonels outslugged Southern 12-4 on Tuesday night at Ray Didier Field.

Southern's baseball game against Nicholls State has moved locations; details here

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Apr 30, 2024

Southern University’s home baseball game against Nicholls State, scheduled for Tuesday, has moved to Ray Didier Field in Thibodaux because of poor field conditions at Lee-Hines Field, the scho…

Southern baseball looks to regroup after dropping weekend series to Prairie View

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated Apr 29, 2024

The Southern baseball team got its best pitching performance in Southwestern Athletic Conference play Friday at Prairie View, but the Jaguars couldn’t sustain the momentum and fell in the rema…

Southern's baseball season took a downturn. Now the Jaguars face a pivotal weekend series.

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Apr 26, 2024

Given the nature of Southern’s roller-coaster season, coach Chris Crenshaw has good reason to believe things might turn in his team’s favor when it plays a three-game Southwestern Athletic Con…

Southern baseball's roller-coaster season on downswing after weekend in Texas

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Updated Apr 22, 2024

The Southern baseball season continued on its roller-coaster ride last weekend as the Jaguars went from a tie for first place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference West Division standings in…

Southern and Texas Southern collide for four big games: 'We’re playing for first place'

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Apr 19, 2024

Southern’s baseball team played the first of five consecutive games in Houston on Wednesday, and it’s one the Jaguars are hoping to forget quickly.

Rod Walker: RIP, Archie 'the Gunslinger' Cooley — a SWAC legend, a football innovator

BY ROD WALKER | Sports columnist
Apr 18, 2024

Willie Totten called Jerry Rice to deliver the news Thursday morning, much like he had delivered so many passes to him four decades ago.

Southern moves into first-place tie in SWAC Western Division with sweep of Grambling

BY JIM KLEINPETER | Contributing writer
Apr 15, 2024

The Southern baseball team, smarting from dropping two winnable games to Arkansas-Pine Bluff last weekend, went on the road and more than made amends.