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Southern wins SWAC West title

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Posted: May 6, 2012 4:21 PM by Chad Sabadie
Source: WBRZ Sports 2

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BATON ROUGE - The Southern bats came alive late, and the Jags pounded out 12 hits and 11 runs en route to an 11-1 victory in eight innings today over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

With their 16th straight win, the Jags (31-14, 17-7) claimed the SWAC West division title outight.

Derrick Hopkins, Cameron McGriff and Wilmy Marrero each had two hits for Southern. Pitcher Jose De Leon threw seven innings, surrendering just one run while striking out five.

The Jags will close out the season with three games against LSU-Eunice this week before hosting the SWAC tournament at Lee Hines Field next week.

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