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"title": "SWAC Baseball Tournament Game 3 – Texas Southern 4, Mississippi Valley 0"
"description": "Defending champion Texas Southern continued its winning ways in Conference Tournament action, defeating Mississippi Valley State 4-0 in Game 3 of the 2009 SWAC Baseball Tournament. It was the first shutout in SWAC Tournament Play since 2007 when Prairie View A&M shutout Mississippi Valley State 10-0. The Tigers (23-27) will play Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Thursday […]"
"date": "2009-05-20"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "HBCU Sports"
"url": "https://hbcusports.com/2009/05/20/swac-baseball-tournament-game-3-texas-southern-4-mississippi-valley-0/"
"categories":
  - "Baseball"
"tags":
  - "Texas Southern"
---

# SWAC Baseball Tournament Game 3 – Texas Southern 4, Mississippi Valley 0

![txsouth.gif](http://www.tspnsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/txsouth.gif "txsouth.gif")Defending champion Texas Southern continued its winning ways in Conference Tournament action, defeating Mississippi Valley State 4-0 in Game 3 of the 2009 SWAC Baseball Tournament. It was the first shutout in SWAC Tournament Play since 2007 when Prairie View A&M shutout Mississippi Valley State 10-0. The Tigers (23-27) will play Univ. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Thursday at 3 p.m. TSU plated two in the top of the first inning, with both RBIs coming on a pair of groundouts. Texas Southern added to its lead in the fifth innings on RBI singles by Earnest Rhone and Charles Derkowski. David Arrendondo (5-5), the SWAC Player of the Year, threw a four-hit shutout, walking one and striking out seven. He pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the third inning Mississippi Valley State (20-28), the 2009 Eastern Division Champion, will play division rival Alcorn State at 9 a.m. Thursday in an elimination game.