HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAMES 37-38: AT SAMFORD / 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 (20-16, 0-9 SEC) OVERALL 20-16 AT SAMFORD (14-19, 4-5 SOCON) SEC: 0-9 APRIL 13 | BIRMINGHAM, ALA. | BULLDOG SOFTBALL FIELD NON-CONFERENCE: 20-7 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (20-16, 0-9 SEC) HOME: 13-4 STREAK: Lost 1 RANKINGS: BAT AVG: .279 ERA: 3.47 AWAY: 6-11 LAST 10 GAMES: 5-5 NFCA Coaches - NR RUNS/GM: 5.0 K/7: 8.2 THE RECORD NEUTRAL: 1-1 HEAD COACH: USA Softball - NR HITS/GM: 7.4 K/BB RATIO: 2.8 Samantha Ricketts Softball America - NR SLG PCT: .467 OPP BAT AVG: .238 2021 SCHEDULE AT MSU: 45-19 (2nd Year) D1Softball - NR CAREER: 45-19 (2nd Year) Feb. 13 MIAMI (OHIO) SECN+ W, 10-9 MIAMI (OHIO) SECN+ W, 10-3 SAMFORD BULLDOGS (14-19, 4-5 SOCON) Feb. 21 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1 SECN+ W, 4-2 STREAK: Won 1 RANKINGS: BAT AVG: .261 ERA: 3.88 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1 SECN+ L, 5-6 (8) LAST 10 GAMES: 5-5 NFCA Coaches - NR RUNS/GM: 3.4 K/7: 5.0 1 Feb. 22 MISSOURI STATE SECN+ W, 5-0 HEAD COACH: USA Softball - NR HITS/GM: 7.0 K/BB RATIO: 1.9 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 1 SECN+ W, 10-1 (5) Feb. 24 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. SECN+ W, 10-2 (6) Mandy Burford Softball America - NR SLG PCT: .384 OPP BAT AVG: .272 Feb. 26 at Texas State 2 L, 3-4 AT SAM: 223-277 (10th Year) D1Softball - NR at Texas State 2 W, 6-2 CAREER: 223-277 (10th Year) Feb. 27 at #7/7 Texas 2 LHN L, 7-8 vs. Houston 2 LHN W, 3-0 Feb. 28 at #23/21 Baylor 2 ESPN+ L, 6-10 SOUTHERN MISS (20-18, 2-6 C-USA) Mar. 3 at #3/2 Alabama SECN+ L, 0-4 Mar. 5 BALL STATE 3 SECN+ W, 8-3 AT MISSISSIPPI STATE (20-16, 0-9 SEC) ALCORN STATE 3 SECN+ W, 16-0 (5) APRIL 14 | STARKVILLE, MISS. | NUSZ PARK Mar. 6 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 SECN+ W, 10-0 (5) ALCORN STATE 3 SECN+ W, 6-5 (8) SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES (20-16, 2-6 C-USA) Mar. 7 WESTERN KENTUCKY 3 SECN+ W, 5-4 STREAK: Lost 5 RANKINGS: BAT AVG: .246 ERA: 2.51 Mar. 9 at Alabama State W, 10-4 LAST 10 GAMES: 2-8 NFCA Coaches - NR RUNS/GM: 3.9 K/7: 7.3 Mar. 10 MEMPHIS SECN+ W, 5-0 Mar. 13 at Ole Miss* SECN L, 0-6 HEAD COACH: USA Softball - NR HITS/GM: 6.4 K/BB RATIO: 2.4 Mar. 14 at Ole Miss* SECN L, 1-4 Brian Levin Softball America - NR SLG PCT: .389 OPP BAT AVG: .238 Mar. 15 at Ole Miss* SECN L, 0-8 (5) AT USM: 34-26 (2nd Year) D1Softball - NR Mar. 17 at Samford ESPN+ PPD TO APR. 13 CAREER: 374-179 (11th Year) Mar. 19 #5/5 FLORIDA* SECN+ L, 0-1 Mar. 20 #5/5 FLORIDA* SECN+ L, 0-10 FOLLOW ALONG TV/STREAMING: ESPN+/SEC Network LIVE STATS: hailst.at/StatBroadcast Mar. 21 #5/5 FLORIDA* SECN+ L, 0-8 (5) Mar. 26 at #15/15 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 0-2 Mar. 27 at #15/15 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 7-8 LEADING OFF Mar. 28 at #15/15 Arkansas* SECN+ L, 3-4 Mar. 31 at Southern Miss C-USA TV W, 2-1 (9) WILLIS’ NO-HITTER: Annie Willis threw the 23rd no-hitter in pro- SEC SLUGGERS: Mia Davidson is sixth in SEC softball history Apr. 3 at North Alabama ESPN+ W, 9-7 (9) gram history and the second of her Bulldog career at Louisiana Tech with 62 career home runs. Rafael Palmeiro (67) is the only Bulldog at North Alabama ESPN+ W, 9-1 on Saturday. She is one of seven Bulldogs with multiple no-hitters in student-athlete to have hit more in a baseball or softball career. Apr. 5 at Southeastern La. ESPN+ L, 4-6 her career and the first to throw multiple 7.0 inning no-hitters. GOING BACK TO BACK: Davidson and Leilua hit back-to-back Apr. 7 CENTRAL ARKANSAS SECN+ W, 4-3 Apr. 9 #21/16 TENNESSEE* SECN+ PPD - COVID-19 WHO’S HOT: Carter Spexarth and Fa Leilua lead the team with homers for the fifth time in their careers on Wednesday. MSU is 4-1 Apr. 10 #21/16 TENNESSEE* SECN+ PPD - COVID-19 five RBIs each in the last five games. Both have gone 5-for-13 with a when they go back-to-back. The have homered in the same game 15 Apr. 10 at Louisiana Tech C-USA TV W, 2-0 pair of homers in that span. times, and MSU is 13-2 in such contests. 4 vs. #1/1 Oklahoma C-USA TV L, 0-9 (5) LULU IN THE LEADOFF: Hitting at the top of the order, Chloe MAKING THEM MISS: The Bulldog pitching staff ranks third in the Apr. 11 #21/16 TENNESSEE* SECN+ PPD - COVID-19 Apr. 13 at Samford ESPN+ 6 p.m. Malau’ulu has reached on 25-of-57 leadoff opportunities. In the SEC with 272 strikeouts and second in looking strikeouts (72). State Apr. 14 SOUTHERN MISS SECN 6 p.m. 25 times she’s reached to open a frame, she has scored 14 runs. has struck out 61 batters over nine SEC games. The Bulldogs are 12-4 when Malau’ulu reaches base to open the Apr. 16 at Missouri* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. HITTING THE ROAD: MSU will play its 10th road game in its last 11 Apr. 17 at Missouri* SECN 1 p.m. ballgame. games on Tuesday. The Bulldogs are in the midst of a stretch that Apr. 18 at Missouri* SECN 3 p.m. Apr. 20 JACKSON STATE SECN+ 4 p.m. A TOUGH GO: MSU’s strength of schedule is No. 10 in the latest RPI will see them play 13 of 15 games away from Nusz Park. State has JACKSON STATE SECN+ 6 p.m. calculations, and nine of MSU’s losses have come to top-10 teams. not played a conference game since March 28 at Arkansas. 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. 14 Chloe Malau’ulu LF Jr. R/R .313 112 35 8 1 2 9 45 3 0 1.000 May 7 GEORGIA* SECN 5 p.m. 33 Mia Davidson C Sr. R/R .318 110 35 9 1 10 23 196 23 10 .956 May 8 GEORGIA* SECN 1 p.m. 24 Fa Leilua 1B Gr. R/R .347 98 34 5 0 12 32 186 7 2 .990 May 9 GEORGIA* SECN+ 1 p.m. 17 Carter Spexarth DP Sr. R/R .324 111 36 6 0 5 26 1 0 0 1.000 May 11-15 SEC Tournament SECN TBA 6 Paige Cook 2B So. R/R .278 108 30 5 1 3 14 39 42 6 .931 *Southeastern Conference game | All times CT 44 Jackie McKenna RF Jr. R/R .196 56 11 2 0 1 4 102 8 2 .982 1 The Snowman: Alex Wilcox Memorial (Starkville, Miss.) 18 Madisyn Kennedy SS So. R/R .209 67 14 2 0 3 11 31 34 8 .890 2 Lone Star State Invitational (Various Sites) 12 Brylie St. Clair CF So. L/L .238 42 10 1 0 0 4 13 0 1 .929 3 Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) 32 Montana Davidson 3B Sr. R/R .252 103 26 4 1 1 11 23 54 12 .865 4 Ruston, La. # PITCHERS R/L YR. ERA W-L G-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG 29 Annie Willis RHP Sr. 2.35 12-4 20-11 4 0 86.1 68 35 29 21 105 .213 58 Emily Williams RHP Sr. 3.80 3-4 20-10 0 0 62.2 51 43 34 31 79 .211 31 Grace Fagan LHP Jr. 3.13 1-1 11-3 0 0 22.1 24 16 10 14 25 .279 @HAILSTATESB PG 1 HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAMES 37-38: AT SAMFORD / SOUTHERN MISS BULLDOG SOFTBALL BI-WEEKLY CALENDAR (ALL TIMES CT) MON - 4/12 TUES - 4/13 WED - 4/14 THURS - 4/15 FRI - 4/16 SAT - 4/17 SUN - 4/18 FLIGHT TO MISSOURI AT SAMFORD VS. SOUTHERN MISS 2 p.m. AT MISSOURI AT MISSOURI AT MISSOURI Off Day 5 p.m. | Birmingham, AL 6 p.m. | Starkville 6:30 p.m. | Columbia, MO 1 p.m. | Columbia, MO 3 p.m. | Columbia, MO PRACTICE AT MISSOURI 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. MON - 4/19 TUES - 4/20 WED - 4/21 THURS - 4/22 FRI - 4/23 SAT - 4/24 SUN - 4/25 VS. JACKSON STATE 4 p.m. | Starkville Team Practice Team Practice VS.