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HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAME 30: AT SOUTHERN MISS Contact: Brian Ogden Phone: 972-977-7459 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL Email: [email protected] Twitter: @brianogden 22 ALL-AMERICAN HONORS | 15 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES | 33 ALL-SEC HONORS 2021 SCHEDULE & RECORD MISSISSIPPI STATE (15-14, 0-9 SEC) OVERALL 15-14 AT SOUTHERN MISS (18-11, 0-0 C-USA) SEC: 0-9 MARCH 31 | HATTIESBURG, MISS. | SOUTHERN MISS SOFTBALL COMPLEX NON-CONFERENCE: 15-5 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES HOME: 12-4 AWAY: 2-10 STREAK: Lost 9 STREAK: Lost 2 LAST 10 GAMES: 1-9 LAST 10 GAMES: 7-3 THE RECORD NEUTRAL: 1-0 2021 SCHEDULE RANKINGS: NFCA Coaches - NR | USA Softball - NR RANKINGS: NFCA Coaches - NR | USA Softball - NR Softball America - NR | D1Softball - NR Softball America - NR | D1Softball - NR Feb. 13 MIAMI (OHIO) SECN+ W, 10-9 MIAMI (OHIO) SECN+ W, 10-3 Feb. 17 SOUTHEASTERN LA. SECN+ PPD TO APR. 5 HEAD COACH: Samantha Ricketts HEAD COACH: Brian Levin Feb. 21 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1 SECN+ W, 4-2 RECORD AT MSU: 40-17 (2nd Year) RECORD AT USM: 32-19 (2nd Year) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1 SECN+ L, 5-6 (8) CAREER RECORD: 40-17 (2nd Year) CAREER RECORD: 372-172 (11th Year) Feb. 22 MISSOURI STATE 1 SECN+ W, 5-0 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 1 SECN+ W, 10-1 (5) BATTING AVERAGE: .289 RUNS PER GAME: 5.2 BATTING AVERAGE: .245 RUNS PER GAME: 4.0 Feb. 24 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. SECN+ W, 10-2 (6) HITS PER GAME: 7.6 SLUGGING PCT: .469 HITS PER GAME: 6.2 SLUGGING PCT: .372 Feb. 26 at Texas State 2 L, 3-4 at Texas State 2 W, 6-2 Feb. 27 at #7/7 Texas 2 LHN L, 7-8 ERA: 3.75 K/7: 7.8 ERA: 2.16 K/7: 7.9 vs. Houston 2 LHN W, 3-0 K/BB RATIO: 2.5 OPP BATTING AVG: .246 K/BB RATIO: 3.0 OPP BATTING AVG: .228 Feb. 28 at #23/21 Baylor 2 ESPN+ L, 6-10 Mar. 3 at #3/2 Alabama SECN+ L, 0-4 FOLLOW ALONG TV/STREAMING: SEC Network+ LIVE STATS: https://hailst.at/StatBroadcast Mar. 5 BALL STATE 3 SECN+ W, 8-3 ALCORN STATE 3 SECN+ W, 16-0 (5) Mar. 6 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 SECN+ W, 10-0 (5) SERIES HISTORY ALCORN STATE 3 SECN+ W, 6-5 (8) Mar. 7 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 SECN+ W, 5-4 OVERALL: 37-12 | CURRENT STREAK: Won 7 | LAST MEETING: March 11, 2020 in Hattiesburg, Miss. (MSU 7, USM 2) Mar. 9 at Alabama State W, 10-4 HOME: 15-7 | AWAY: 19-2 | NEUTRAL: 3-3 Mar. 10 MEMPHIS SECN+ W, 5-0 ABOUT SOUTHERN MISS: The Golden Eagles are coming off a seven-day break after losing at Ole Miss last Wednesday, 4-1. Prior to that Mar. 13 at Ole Miss* SECN L, 0-6 Mar. 14 at Ole Miss* SECN L, 1-4 game they had won six of their last seven. The pitching staff ranks 40th nationally in ERA, and Morgan Leinstock leads the nation as one of Mar. 15 at Ole Miss* SECN L, 0-8 (5) five pitchers with four saves. Kaylan Ladner is 8-1 with a 1.32 ERA. USM leads C-USA and is ninth nationally, drawing 104 walks as a team. Mar. 17 at Samford ESPN+ PPD TO APR. 13 Destini Brown leads C-USA in runs (29) and is third in triples (3). Meanwhile, Alyssa Davis leads the league in hits (31) and RBIs (22). Mar. 19 #5/5 FLORIDA* SECN+ L, 0-1 Mar. 20 #5/5 FLORIDA* SECN+ L, 0-10 LEADING OFF Mar. 21 #5/5 FLORIDA* SECN+ L, 0-8 (5) Mar. 23 CENTRAL ARKANSAS SECN+ PPD TO APR. 7 THROUGH THE GAUNTLET: MSU has played one of the toughest SOPHOMORE SPARK: Brylie St. Clair (.333) and Paige Cook Mar. 26 at #15/15 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 0-2 schedules in the country, with its past opponents combining for a (.321) are leading the team in batting average over the last 10 Mar. 27 at #15/15 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 7-8 .696 winning percentage, which ranks sixth in the NCAA. 11 of MSU’s games. They also lead the team in SEC play. Mar. 28 at #15/15 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 3-4 14 losses came to teams that are ranked or receiving votes in the Mar. 31 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. SHUFFLING THE SQUAD: Samantha Ricketts has used 19 differ- Apr. 3 at North Alabama 1 p.m. latest NFCA poll. ent batting lineups and 11 different fielding alignments this season. at North Alabama 3:30 p.m. THUNDER ROLLING IN: Mia Davidson is tied for eighth in SEC The Bulldogs have repeated three combinations a total of 11 times, Apr. 5 at Southeastern La. ESPN+ 4 p.m. history with 60 career home runs. She is one away from Will Clark’s but have used a unique lineup in each of their last eight games. Apr. 7 CENTRAL ARKANSAS SECN+ 4 p.m. mark (61) and seven away from Rafael Palmeiro (67) in her quest to Apr. 9 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 6 p.m. IN THE HIT COLUMN: MSU has outhit the opponent in 21 of its 29 Apr. 10 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 2 p.m. become MSU’s all-time home run queen in baseball and softball. games, including two of three games in its last series at then-No. Apr. 11 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 1 p.m. GOING FOR EXTRA BASES: 16 of Davidson’s 20 hits have gone for 15/15 Arkansas. Apr. 13 at Samford ESPN+ TBA extra bases. Fa Leilua has gotten extra bases on 13 of her 27 hits. Apr. 14 SOUTHERN MISS SECN 6 p.m. WHO’S HOT: Leilua is batting .417 (5-for-12) over the last five Apr. 16 at Missouri* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. FAVORITE FRAME: The sixth inning is MSU’s best inning, producing games while slugging .667. In the last 10 games, she leads the team Apr. 17 at Missouri* SECN 1 p.m. its highest batting average (.355) and slugging percentage (.582) and with a .484 on-base percentage. Chloe Malau’ulu is batting .417 Apr. 18 at Missouri* SECN 3 p.m. its lowest ERA (0.58) and opponents’ average (.195) of any frame. (5-for-12) with runners on base over the last 10 contests. Apr. 20 JACKSON STATE SECN+ 4 p.m. JACKSON STATE SECN+ 6 p.m. Apr. 23 TEXAS A&M* SECN+ 6 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Apr. 24 TEXAS A&M* SECN 2 p.m. Apr. 25 TEXAS A&M* SECN+ 1 p.m. # NAME POS. YR. B/T AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI PO A E FLD% Apr. 30 at South Carolina* SECN+ 5 p.m. May 1 at South Carolina* SECN 2 p.m. 12 Brylie St. Clair CF So. L/L .318 22 7 1 0 0 4 6 0 1 .857 May 2 at South Carolina* SECN+ 12 p.m. 14 Chloe Malau’ulu LF Jr. R/R .333 90 30 5 1 2 8 35 3 0 1.000 May 7 GEORGIA* SECN 5 p.m. 24 Fa Leilua 1B Gr. R/R .342 79 27 4 0 9 23 155 5 2 .988 May 8 GEORGIA* SECN 1 p.m. 33 Mia Davidson C Sr. R/R .337 89 30 7 1 8 20 139 18 9 .946 May 9 GEORGIA* SECN+ 1 p.m. 17 Carter Spexarth DP Sr. R/R .297 91 27 5 0 3 20 0 0 0 -- May 12-15 SEC Tournament SECN TBA 6 Paige Cook 2B So. R/R .306 85 26 4 1 1 12 30 37 4 .944 *Southeastern Conference game | All times CT 32 Montana Davidson 3B Sr. R/R .287 87 25 4 1 1 10 19 41 11 .845 1 44 Jackie McKenna RF Jr. R/R .171 35 6 1 0 1 3 90 8 2 .980 The Snowman: Alex Wilcox Memorial (Starkville, Miss.) 18 Madisyn Kennedy SS So. R/R .188 48 9 2 0 1 5 25 26 5 .911 2 Lone Star State Invitational (Various Sites) 3 Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) # PITCHERS R/L YR. ERA W-L G-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG 29 Annie Willis RHP Sr. 2.79 7-4 15-8 2 0 62.2 57 31 25 17 71 .238 58 Emily Williams RHP Sr. 4.01 3-2 16-8 0 0 50.2 41 33 29 25 62 .210 98 Alyssa Loza RHP 5th 3.15 1-3 10-3 0 1 20.0 18 13 9 9 18 .228 31 Grace Fagan LHP Jr. 3.86 1-1 8-3 0 0 16.1 18 11 9 9 16 .286 @HAILSTATESB PG 1 HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAME 30: AT SOUTHERN MISS BULLDOG SOFTBALL BI-WEEKLY CALENDAR (ALL TIMES CT) MON - 3/29 TUES - 3/30 WED - 3/31 THURS - 4/1 FRI - 4/2 SAT - 4/3 SUN - 4/4 AT NORTH ALABAMA Practice AT SOUTHERN MISS Practice Practice 1 p.m. | Florence, AL Off Day 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. | Hattiesburg, MS 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Off Day AT NORTH ALABAMA 3:30 p.m. | Florence, AL MON - 4/5 TUES - 4/6 WED - 4/7 THURS - 4/8 FRI - 4/9 SAT - 4/10 SUN - 4/11 AT SOUTHEASTERN LA.