Baseball

A few key plays went in favor of the Rice Owls and Old Dominion dropped a 4-3 nail-biter to Rice in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament on Thursday afternoon at MGM Park.

Facing yet another late-game deficit, Old Dominion scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to rally over FIU, 3-2, in the opening round of the C-USA Tournament on Wednesday at MGM Park.

Jared Young and Zach Rutherford both earned specialty awards and a total of six Monarchs earned All-Conference USA honors, the league office announced on Tuesday.

Junior second baseman Jared Young has been named to the InTouch Credit Union 2017 Conference USA Baseball All-Academic Team, the league office announced on Monday.

Old Dominion is the No. 2 seed in the 2017 The First, A National Banking Association, Conference USA Baseball Championship at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi, May 24-28.

No. 25 Old Dominion (36-19, 19-11 C-USA) concluded the regular season with a 3-0 loss at Florida Atlantic on Saturday afternoon at the FAU Baseball Stadium.

No. 25 Old Dominion, trailing 8-5, scored four runs in the top of the ninth to pull out a dramatic 9-8 win over Florida Atlantic. With the win, ODU clinches the No. 2 seed in the C-USA Tournament.

No. 25 Old Dominion fell at Florida Atlantic, 6-1, in the opening game of the final regular-season series on Thursday evening at FAU Baseball Stadium.

No. 25 Old Dominion concludes the regular season this weekend with a road Conference USA series at Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton.

In front of a crowd of 4,311 at Harbor Park, No. 25 Old Dominion fell to Virginia Tech, 8-4, in midweek action on Tuesday afternoon.

No. 25 Old Dominion is set to host Virginia Tech for the fourth annual Harbor Park game on Tuesday at noon at the home of the Norfolk Tides.

Following a .526 week at the plate with 13 RBIs, Old Dominion senior outfielder Turner Bishop has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.