HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Interstat) — Camden Sunstrom pitched six innings of four-hit ball and Ben Higdon drove in three runs as Southern Mississippi defeated Louisiana-Monroe 7-3 on Sunday afternoon at Pete Taylor Park in a Sun Belt Conference game. Sunstrom struck out five and allowed one earned run, improving the Golden Eagles to 34-14. The Warhawks fell to 24-24. Southern Miss completed a three-game series sweep.

The Golden Eagles erased an early 3-1 deficit in the third inning on Higdon’s two-run single and a run-scoring single by Stockman. Louisiana-Monroe’s Davis Mauzy hit a solo homer in the fifth and finished 3-for-4. Southern Miss answered with three runs in the sixth on RBI hits from Matthew Russo, who had three hits, Drey Barrett and Higdon. Barrett drove in two runs in the game. ULM scored twice in the seventh on a groundout and a single by Wiethorn but could not get closer. Seth Cooper threw 2.1 scoreless innings in relief for the Warhawks. Thomas Crabtree and JW Armistead each pitched a scoreless inning for Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles outhit the Warhawks 12-7.