HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Interstat) — Southern Mississippi beat Louisiana-Monroe 2-1 in 11 innings Saturday in the opening game of a Sun Belt doubleheader at Pete Taylor Park.

The Golden Eagles improved to 33-14, while the Warhawks fell to 24-23.

Louisiana-Monroe took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Kade Dupont scored on a double play grounder. Southern Mississippi tied it in the fourth on Kyle Morrison’s solo home run, his 14th of the season. The game remained deadlocked until the 11th, when Matthew Russo delivered a walk-off double to right field, scoring Gillespie from first.

Grayden Harris was the top star for Southern Mississippi, tossing 7 innings, allowing five hits and one earned run with nine strikeouts. Colby Allen earned the win in relief, working 4 innings, giving up one hit and striking out seven.

For Louisiana-Monroe, Adam Brodnax pitched 8.1 innings of no-hit ball, allowing an unearned run and striking out seven. Tyler Roark added 2 scoreless innings.

Morrison finished 1-for-4 with the homer and an RBI. Russo went 2-for-5 with the game-winning RBI. The Warhawks managed six hits to the Golden Eagles’ seven.