MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- All of the success, all of the records meant nothing on Sunday afternoon in the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament championship game.
It couldn't help Alabama State win its first-ever SWAC baseball title. It couldn't help the Hornets reach the NCAA regionals. And in the end, it couldn't help ASU beat its arch nemesis as Jackson State pounded out 17 hits and took a 9-8 victory at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in New Orleans.
Alabama State, winners in 11 of 12 Sunday outings, couldn't win when it mattered most as the Tigers held on to win their 16th conference baseball title and grab the NCAA regional bid that seemed within Alabama State's grasp for most of the season.
Alabama State (37-19) ends the most successful season in school history, but a school record for wins and a SWAC East Division regular-season championship will feel hollow when it's the fourth-place team in the East that will be playing in the NCAA regionals in two weeks.
In the end, Alabama State couldn't come up with ...
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