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MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS Contact: Brock Turnipseed • [email protected] • 662.325.7556 • 662.325.2563 - Fax SOFTBALL MSU Athletic Media Relations • P.O. Drawer 5308 • Mississippi State, MS 39762 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 30-11 Overall • 4-7 SEC No. 23 Mississippi State Bulldogs (30-11 Overall, 4-7 SEC) 2/8 1-v. No. 20/23 Oregon W, 3-0 2/8 1-v. Cal State Northridge W, 4-2 2/9 1-v. UC-Riverside W, 8-0 (5 inn.) vs. 2/9 1-v. San Diego State W, 8-0 (6 inn.) 2/10 1-v. Cal W, 4-1 (9 inn.) 2/13 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 10-0 (5 inn.) Kentucky Wildcats 2/15 2-Wright State W, 4-0 2/15 2-Southern Illinois W, 7-3 (13-19 Overall, 1-8 SEC) 2/16 2-Fordham W, 6-5 (8 inn.) 2/16 2-Wright State W, 5-2 April 3 • MSU Softball Field • Starkville, Miss. 2/17 2-Southern Illinois W, 4-3 2/22 3-v. Western Kentucky L, 2-1 Live Stats: Live stats for all games will be available on www.MStateAthletics.com 2/22 3-v. Austin Peay W, 12-4 (6 inn.) 2/23 3-v. Western Kentucky L, 4-2 Radio Broadcast: The second game will be live on WMSV 91.1 and online at www.wmsv.msstate.edu 2/23 3-v. Mercer W, 5-3 2/26 at UAB Cancelled MSU v. UK 2/29 4-v. North Carolina State W, 4-0 Series Record: MSU leads 21-8 2/29 4-v. No. 11/12 Michigan L, 2-0 Last Meeting: MSU, 9-7 (3/13/07 in Lexington, Ky.) 3/1 4-v. Syracuse W, 8-2 UK Head Coach Rachel Lawson 3/1 4-v. UC-Santa Barbara L, 5-2 (8 inn.) 3/2 4-v. UMass W, 3-2 Coach Miller v. Opp. 13-1 3/4 UAB W, 7-0 3/7 5-Charleston Southern W, 19-2 (5 inn.) 3/7 5-Louisiana Tech Cancelled 3/8 5-Austin Peay W, 3-1 BULLDOGS VS. WILDCATS 3/8 5-Charleston Southern W, 5-1 Mississippi State and Kentucky will be facing each other for the 30th and 31st times Thursday afternoon in 3/9 5-Louisiana Tech W, 5-2 Starkville. The Bulldogs hold a 21-8 advantage in the series. 3/9 5-Austin Peay Cancelled Last season MSU swept the doubleheader in Lexington 7-0 and 9-7 to run its winning streak over the Wildcats to 3/11 *at Auburn (DH) W, 8-3/L, 5-4 (9 inn.) nine straight victories in the series. State has won every series dating back to the 2002 season, while UK's last series 3/12 *at Auburn L, 8-0 (5 inn.) win in Starkville came during the 1998 campaign. 3/15 *No. 2 ALABAMA (DH) L, 2-0/L, 4-2 3/16 *No. 2 ALABAMA L, 3-0 LAST TIME OUT 3/18 at Southern Miss W, 9-0 (5 inn.) Mississippi State won the 2008 Bully Bash title with a perfect 4-0 mark over Georgetown and Mississippi Valley State. The 3/21 *at Ole Miss (DH) W, 5-3/W, 3-2 Bulldogs out-scored the Hoyas and Delta Devilettes 37-3 en route to a sweep of their 2008 home tournament championships. 3/22 *at Ole Miss (SEC-TV) W, 8-3 The Bully Bash was MSU's fourth tournament championship of the season, with MState claiming the Bulldog Round-Robin and 3/26 *at No. 8 LSU (DH) L, 5-2/L, 2-1 Bulldog Classic championships to go along with a share of the season-opening Cathedral City Kickoff title. 3/29 6-Mississippi Valley State W, 10-1 (5 inn.) 3/29 6-Georgetown W, 8-0 (5 inn.) GREAT START 3/30 6-Georgetown W, 7-2 Mississippi State's 30-11 mark through the first 41 games of the season matches the 2006 and 2000 teams for the 3/30 6-Mississippi Valley State W, 12-0 (5 inn.) best start in school history. The 2006 squad opened the year with 16 straight victories, while this year's team began 4/1 at Mississippi Valley State Cancelled the season with 11 consecutive wins. 4/3 *KENTUCKY (DH) 4:00 p.m. 4/5 *FLORIDA (DH) 1:00 p.m. 4/6 *FLORIDA 1:00 p.m. 30 WINS AGAIN 4/8 7-v. Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. MSU's Bully Bash-clinching victory over Mississippi Valley State last Sunday gave Mississippi State its 30th win of 4/12 *at South Carolina (DH) 1:00 p.m. the season. The win put State at the 30-win plateau for the 12th straight season, meaning MSU has won at least 30 4/13 *at South Carolina 1:00 p.m. games every year since the program was brought back in 1997. 4/17 8-v. USA Olympic Team 6:30 p.m. 4/19 *GEORGIA (DH) 1:00 p.m. MILESTONE WIN 4/20 *GEORGIA 1:00 p.m. MSU's win over Syracuse at the NFCA Leadoff Classic on Mar. 1 gave Mississippi State head coach Jay Miller his 900th career 4/23 SOUTHERN MISS 6:30 p.m. victory. Miller becomes the 12th active Division I head coach to reach the milestone and just the third coach in the Southeastern 4/26 *TENNESSEE (DH) 1:00 p.m. Conference to achieve the honor. 4/27 *TENNESSEE 1:00 p.m. The sixth-year Bulldog head coach, who will be inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 5/3 *at Arkansas (DH) 1:00 p.m. December, ranks 19th all-time among NCAA coaches at any level. Miller has compiled a 915-568 overall mark in 26 seasons as a 5/4 *at Arkansas 1:00 p.m. head coach. 5/8-10 SEC Tournament TBA 5/16-18 NCAA Regionals TBA MSU MILESTONE 5/24-25 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Friday's 5-3 win over in-state rival Mississippi gave Miller another coaching milestone has he earned his 200th victory as the 5/28- 6/4 Women’s College World Series TBA Bulldog head coach. In his six seasons in Starkville, Miller has compiled a 206-153 record at the school. He currently stands 14 wins shy of matching the all-time winningest school mark which was set by Kathy Arendsen during her six-year tenure from 1997- 2002. 1-Palm Spring Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.); 2-Bulldog Round-Robin (Starkville, Miss.); 3-Mercer Tournament (Macon, Ga.); 4-NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) 5- HANGING IN THE POLLS Bulldog Classic (Starkville, Miss.); 6-Bully Bash (Starkville, With seven consecutive weeks in the top 25 of the ESPN.com/USA Softball top 25 poll, State has achieved its longest run Miss.); 7-M&F Bank Fastpitch Classic (Ridgeland, ever in the ranking. State sits at No. 23 in the nation after achieving its best position ever in the national rankings (No. 15) twice Miss.); 8-at Ridgeland, Miss.; * Southeastern Conference this season. (SEC) Game; Home games in CAPS; Start times central. MSU fell out of the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll after a five-week run. Its five weeks in the top 25 match the 2006 squad for the second longest tenure in that poll. The only one better was in 2000 when State was ranked the last 11 weeks of the year. WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2008 MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL 6-TIME NCAA REGIONAL PARTICIPANT 2008 BULLDOGS ROSTER No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Ali Bainbridge INF/OF R-R 5-4 Fr. HS Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills 3 Courtney Bures SS R-R 5-5 Sr. 3L Haymarket, Va./Stonewall Jackson 6 Jessie Bailey 3B/P R-R 5-7 So. 1L Lithonia, Ga./Mt. Vernon Christian 7 Nakita Boyce OF L-R 5-7 Sr. 3L Springfield, Mo./Glendale 8 Jessie Spain INF/OF R-R 5-8 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills 9 Kelsey Nurnberg P R-R 6-0 Jr. 1L Ankeny, Iowa/Daytona Beach JC 11 Megan Bateman C/OF R-R 5-5 Sr. 1L Brookhaven, Miss./Copiah-Lincoln JC 12 Elizabeth Woolven P L-L 5-7 Fr. HS Nettleton, Miss./Mooreville 13 Brittany Bell OF R-R 5-2 Fr. HS Brandon, Fla./Riverview 15 Lindsay Hunley INF R-R 5-9 Sr. 3L Aurora, Ill./West Aurora 16 Laurie Siebert INF R-R 5-2 So. 1L Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland 17 Misty Flesher P R-R 5-9 Fr. HS Lone Grove, Okla./Lone Grove 18 Chelsea Bramlett C/INF S-R 5-8 So. 1L Cordova, Tenn./First Christian 21 Hayle Guess OF R-R 5-8 R-Sr. 3L Moss Point, Miss./East Central 25 Courtney Nesbit 1B/OF R-R 5-6 Fr. HS Acworth, Ga./Harrison 34 Sammie Jo Bailey 1B R-R 5-8 Jr. 2L Lithonia, Ga./Mt. Vernon Christian 44 Gina McCloud 3B R-R 5-4 R-Jr. 2L Monticello, Miss./Lawrence County Head Coach: Jay Miller (Illinois State, 1978) Associate Head Coach: Annie Smith (Grinnell College, 1995) Assistant Coach: Bo Reid Student Assistants: Blair Hewett, Sara Hickerson, Laura Leigh Reese Managers: Scooter Kellum, Courtney Patridge, Katie Wood Trainer: Corey Lock, Certified Athletic Trainer ALPHABETICAL BY STATE PRONUNCIATION # Name Pos. Cl. MISSISSIPPI (4) TENNESSEE (1) NAKITA BOYCE 6 Jessie Bailey 3B/P So.