Conference USA baseball notebook

Although Rice has a solid hold on first place, the remainder of the Conference USA race has become quite wild the past couple of weeks. UCF is coming off its first-ever sweep in C-USA, Marshall has won back-to-back league series and Houston and Memphis are just a game apart for second place. There are only six games separating second place from ninth as the league gets ready for its final three conference weekends before the C-USA Tournament in Greenville, N.C., May 23-27.

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