HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAME 13: AT ALABAMA 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 RV/RV MISSISSIPPI STATE (8-4, 0-0 SEC) 3/2 OVERALL 8-4 AT ALABAMA (14-0, 0-0 SEC) SEC: 0-0 MARCH 3 | TUSCALOOSA, ALA. | RHOADS STADIUM NON-CONFERENCE: 8-4 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE HOME: 6-1 AWAY: 1-3 STREAK: Lost 1 STREAK: Won 16 LAST 10 GAMES: 6-4 LAST 10 GAMES: 10-0 THE RECORD NEUTRAL: 1-0 2021 SCHEDULE RANKINGS: NFCA Coaches - RV | USA Softball - RV RANKINGS: NFCA Coaches - 3 | USA Softball - 2 Softball America - 18 | D1Softball - NR Softball America - 4 | D1Softball - 3 Feb. 13 MIAMI (OHIO) SECN+ W, 10-9 MIAMI (OHIO) SECN+ W, 10-3 Feb. 17 SOUTHEASTERN LA. SECN+ PPD - MAKEUP TBA HEAD COACH: Samantha Ricketts HEAD COACH: Patrick Murphy Feb. 21 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1 SECN+ W, 4-2 RECORD AT MSU: 33-7 (2nd Year) RECORD AT ALA: 1108-311 (23rd Year) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1 SECN+ L, 5-6 (8) CAREER RECORD: 33-7 (2nd Year) CAREER RECORD: 1136-331 (24th Year) Feb. 22 MISSOURI STATE 1 SECN+ W, 5-0 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 1 SECN+ W, 10-1 (5) BATTING AVERAGE: .311 RUNS PER GAME: 6.6 BATTING AVERAGE: .313 RUNS PER GAME: 6.4 Feb. 24 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. SECN+ W, 10-2 (6) HITS PER GAME: 8.6 SLUGGING PCT: .520 HITS PER GAME: 7.6 SLUGGING PCT: .422 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: 3.54 K/7: 7.6 ERA: 0.91 K/7: 8.8 vs. Houston 2 LHN W, 3-0 K/BB RATIO: 2.7 OPP BATTING AVG: .242 K/BB RATIO: 11.6 OPP BATTING AVG: .126 Feb. 28 at #23/21 Baylor 2 ESPN+ L, 6-10 Mar. 3 at #3/2 Alabama SECN+ 6 p.m. FOLLOW ALONG TV/STREAMING: SEC Network+ LIVE STATS: https://hailst.at/StatBroadcast Mar. 5 BALL STATE 3 SECN+ 3 p.m. ALCORN STATE 3 SECN+ 5:30 p.m. Mar. 6 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 SECN+ 12:30 p.m. SERIES HISTORY TBD 3 SECN+ 3 p.m./5:30 p.m. Mar. 7 TBD 3 SECN+ 11 a.m./1:30 p.m. OVERALL: 12-61 | CURRENT STREAK: Won 1 | LAST MEETING: Mar. 31, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (MSU 12, ALA 9 [10]) Mar. 9 at Alabama State 4 p.m. HOME: 7-24 | AWAY: 4-31 | NEUTRAL: 1-6 Mar. 10 MEMPHIS SECN+ 6 p.m. ABOUT ALABAMA: The Crimson Tide is coming off an undefeated weekend at the Easton Crimson Classic. Alabama’s pitching has thrown 21 Mar. 13 at Ole Miss* SECN 5 p.m. Mar. 14 at Ole Miss* SECN 4 p.m. straight scoreless innings since allowing a seventh-inning run against Memphis (Feb. 26). Lexi Kilfoyl has been dominant in the circle so far, Mar. 15 at Ole Miss* SECN 6 p.m. with just one earned run over 38.0 innings pitched for a 0.18 ERA and 43 strikeouts. Alabama is fourth in the SEC with 89 runs scored and 106 Mar. 17 at Samford 6 p.m. hits this year. Head coach Patrick Murphy recorded his 1,100th victory with the Crimson Tide earlier this year (Feb. 14). Mar. 19 FLORIDA* SECN+ 6 p.m. Mar. 20 FLORIDA* SECN+ 2 p.m. LEADING OFF Mar. 21 FLORIDA* SECN+ 1 p.m. Mar. 23 CENTRAL ARKANSAS SECN+ 4 p.m. GOING THROUGH THE GAUNTLET: The Bulldogs are in the midst BACK ON TRACK: Mia Davidson entered the Lone Star State Invi- Mar. 26 at Arkansas* SECN+ TBA of a six-game road trip that sees them face three ranked opponents. tational batting just .217, but went 8-for-17 with five extra-base hits Mar. 27 at Arkansas* SECN+ TBA That marks the most ranked non-conference matchups in the regu- to raise her average to .325 (13-for-40). She had four RBIs entering Mar. 28 at Arkansas* SECN+ TBA lar season since playing three ranked opponents in 2017 (vs. No. 21 the tournament and drove in seven runs over the weekend. Mar. 31 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. Fresno State, at No. 23 Ole Miss, at No. 13 Oklahoma). Apr. 3 at North Alabama 1 p.m. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING: Mia Davidson (57) and Fa Leilua (55) at North Alabama 3:30 p.m. LET’S GO STREAKING: Chloe Malau’ulu is currently riding a rank fifth and seventh respectively among the NCAA’s active career Apr. 5 at Southeastern La. 4 p.m. career-long 17-game reached base streak. Three other Bulldogs leaders in home runs. The duo is the one of two pairs of teammates Apr. 9 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 6 p.m. have posted career-long hitting streaks in 2021. in the country to boast 50-plus career homers (Arizona). Apr. 10 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 2 p.m. Apr. 11 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 1 p.m. TWO-OUT RALLY: MSU has driven in more than a third of its RBIs BEWARE THE BIG INNINGS: The Bulldogs have scored five or more Apr. 14 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ 6 p.m. with two outs. State has hit six two-out homers, including back-to- runs in an inning four times this year and have hit three home runs Apr. 16 at Missouri* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. back blasts twice. in an inning twice. Apr. 17 at Missouri* SECN 1 p.m. Apr. 18 at Missouri* SECN 3 p.m. ASPEN’S ADJUSTMENT: After posting a 2.47 ERA in 11.1 innings KENNEDY RETURNS: Madisyn Kennedy returned from injury to play Apr. 20 JACKSON STATE SECN+ 4 p.m. with 13 strikeouts in 2020, Aspen Wesley leads MSU with a 1.31 four games over the weekend. She makes a huge impact defensively, JACKSON STATE SECN+ 6 p.m. ERA in 10.2 innings and has struck out 16 (10.5 K/7). allowing Mia Davidson to return to her natural position of catcher. Apr. 23 TEXAS A&M* SECN+ 6 p.m. Apr. 24 TEXAS A&M* SECN 2 p.m. Apr. 25 TEXAS A&M* SECN+ 1 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Apr. 30 at South Carolina* SECN+ 5 p.m. May 1 at South Carolina* SECN 2 p.m. # NAME POS. YR. B/T AVG AB H 2B 3B HR RBI PO A E FLD% May 2 at South Carolina* SECN+ 12 p.m. May 7 GEORGIA* SECN 5 p.m. 14 Chloe Malau’ulu LF Jr. R/R .325 40 13 2 0 1 4 14 2 0 1.000 May 8 GEORGIA* SECN 1 p.m. 33 Mia Davidson C Sr. R/R .325 40 13 3 0 5 11 34 8 4 .913 May 9 GEORGIA* SECN+ 1 p.m. 24 Fa Leilua 1B Gr. R/R .412 34 14 4 0 5 12 72 4 1 .987 May 12-15 SEC Tournament SECN TBA 7 Anna Kate Segars CF Jr. L/L .294 34 10 3 0 1 7 14 1 1 .938 32 Montana Davidson 3B Sr. R/R .421 38 16 1 1 1 7 8 20 3 .903 *Southeastern Conference game | All times CT 17 Carter Spexarth DP Sr. R/R .220 41 9 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 -- 1 The Snowman: Alex Wilcox Memorial (Starkville, Miss.) 6 Paige Cook 2B So. R/R .353 34 12 2 0 1 9 13 18 0 1.000 2 Lone Star State Invitational (Various Sites) 18 Madisyn Kennedy SS So. R/R .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 1 .941 3 Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) 88 Christian Quinn RF Gr. L/R .320 25 8 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 1.000 # PITCHERS R/L YR. ERA W-L G-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG 29 Annie Willis RHP Sr. 3.32 4-0 6-2 1 0 19.0 19 9 9 4 20 .253 58 Emily Williams RHP Sr. 3.44 0-0 6-3 0 0 20.1 15 11 10 7 22 .195 31 Grace Fagan LHP Jr. 4.54 1-1 5-3 0 0 12.1 15 10 8 6 13 .306 @HAILSTATESB PG 1 HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAME 13: AT ALABAMA BULLDOG SOFTBALL BI-WEEKLY CALENDAR (ALL TIMES CT) MON - 3/1 TUES - 3/2 WED - 3/3 THURS - 3/4 FRI - 3/5 SAT - 3/6 SUN - 3/7 VS. BALL STATE VS. WESTERN KY. CONSOLATION Practice AT ALABAMA Practice 3 p.m. | Starkville 12:30 p.m. | Starkville 11 a.m. | Starkville Off Day 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. | Tuscaloosa, AL 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. VS. ALCORN STATE BRACKET PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 5:30 p.m. | Starkville TBA | Starkville 1:30 p.m. | Starkville MON - 3/8 TUES - 3/9 WED - 3/10 THURS - 3/11 FRI - 3/12 SAT - 3/13 SUN - 3/14 AT ALABAMA STATE VS. MEMPHIS Practice Practice AT OLE MISS AT OLE MISS Off Day 4 p.m. | Montgomery, AL 6 p.m. | Starkville 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 5 p.m. | Oxford, MS 4 p.m.