HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAMES 21-23: AT OLE 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 RV/RV MISSISSIPPI STATE (15-5, 0-0 SEC) OVERALL 15-5 AT OLE MISS (15-7, 0-0 SEC) SEC: 0-0 MARCH 13-15 | OXFORD, MISS. | OLE MISS SOFTBALL COMPLEX NON-CONFERENCE: 15-5 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS OLE MISS REBELS HOME: 12-1 AWAY: 2-4 STREAK: Won 7 STREAK: Won 8 LAST 10 GAMES: 8-2 LAST 10 GAMES: 8-2 THE RECORD NEUTRAL: 1-0 2021 SCHEDULE RANKINGS: NFCA Coaches - RV | USA Softball - RV RANKINGS: NFCA Coaches - NR | USA Softball - NR Softball America - 23 | 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: Jamie Trachsel Feb. 21 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1 SECN+ W, 4-2 RECORD AT MSU: 40-8 (2nd Year) RECORD AT OM: 15-7 (1st Year) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1 SECN+ L, 5-6 (8) CAREER RECORD: 40-8 (2nd Year) CAREER RECORD: 361-191-1 (11th Year) Feb. 22 MISSOURI STATE 1 SECN+ W, 5-0 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 1 SECN+ W, 10-1 (5) BATTING AVERAGE: .327 RUNS PER GAME: 7.0 BATTING AVERAGE: .311 RUNS PER GAME: 5.6 Feb. 24 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. SECN+ W, 10-2 (6) HITS PER GAME: 9.0 SLUGGING PCT: .545 HITS PER GAME: 7.9 SLUGGING PCT: .492 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: 2.89 K/7: 7.8 ERA: 2.32 K/7: 6.6 vs. Houston 2 LHN W, 3-0 K/BB RATIO: 2.9 OPP BATTING AVG: .228 K/BB RATIO: 4.5 OPP BATTING AVG: .235 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: 42-30 | CURRENT STREAK: Lost 2 | LAST MEETING: May 9, 2019 in College Station, Texas (MSU 4, OM 9) Mar. 9 at Alabama State W, 10-4 HOME: 23-10 | AWAY: 18-14 | NEUTRAL: 1-6 Mar. 10 MEMPHIS SECN+ W, 5-0 ABOUT OLE MISS: The Rebels, like MSU, played in the Lone Star State Invitational and lost to then-No. 7/7 Texas and Texas State just like Mar. 13 at Ole Miss* SECN 5 p.m. Mar. 14 at Ole Miss* SECN 4 p.m. the Bulldogs. However, Ole Miss defeated then-No. 23/21 Baylor. The Rebels also defeated North Alabama and lost to Missouri, both teams Mar. 15 at Ole Miss* SECN 6 p.m. MSU will play in April. Under first-year head coach Jamie Traschel, the Rebels have posted an 8-0 record at home and recently posted their Mar. 17 at Samford 6 p.m. first four-game shutout streak in program-history. Aynslie Furbush leads the team with 18 RBIs and five multi-RBI contests. 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. LONG TIME NO SEE: The Bulldogs were one of three teams not to SHUTDOWN IN THE CIRCLE: Despite posting a 5.88 ERA in her Mar. 26 at Arkansas* SECN+ TBA play an SEC series in 2020. State has not played a conference game first two starts, Emily Williams now has a 1.96 ERA thanks to six Mar. 27 at Arkansas* SECN+ TBA since May 4, 2019 (679 days) when they took the series at Florida. straight scoreless outings (21.0 IP) while holding opponents to a Mar. 28 at Arkansas* SECN+ TBA .129 batting average. Mar. 31 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. 10s ON THE BOARD: MSU has already scored double-digit runs in Apr. 3 at North Alabama 1 p.m. seven of its 20 games after doing so just four times in 28 games BACK ON TRACK: Mia Davidson entered the Lone Star State at North Alabama 3:30 p.m. last season. The Bulldogs did so just eight times in all of 2019. Invitational batting just .217, but has hit .455 with 14 RBIs since Apr. 5 at Southeastern La. ESPN+ 4 p.m. while 10 of her 20 hits have gone for extra bases. Apr. 9 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 6 p.m. DOWN NOT OUT: The Bulldogs have four comeback victories this Apr. 10 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 2 p.m. season, including two on walk-off home runs. State has made up as LET’S GO STREAKING: Chloe Malau’ulu is currently riding a Apr. 11 TENNESSEE* SECN+ 1 p.m. large as a five-run deficit and outscored opponents 29-6 in the sixth career-long 25-game reached base streak. Five other Bulldogs have Apr. 14 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ 6 p.m. inning and later. tied or broken their career-long hitting streaks in 2021. Apr. 16 at Missouri* SECN+ 6:30 p.m. Apr. 17 at Missouri* SECN 1 p.m. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING: Mia Davidson and Fa Leilua rank MILESTONE WATCH: Mia Davidson needs two homers to move Apr. 18 at Missouri* SECN 3 p.m. fifth among the NCAA’s active career leaders with 58 home runs. into a tie for eighth in SEC career history and is 13 hits away from Apr. 20 JACKSON STATE SECN+ 4 p.m. The duo is the one of two pairs of teammates in the country to boast 200 for her career. Fa Leilua needs nine hits to reach 200. Emily JACKSON STATE SECN+ 6 p.m. 50-plus career homers (Arizona). Williams needs eight looking strikeouts to break the school record. 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 .355 62 22 4 1 2 8 21 2 0 1.000 May 8 GEORGIA* SECN 1 p.m. 33 Mia Davidson C Sr. R/R .373 67 25 6 1 6 18 82 15 7 .933 May 9 GEORGIA* SECN+ 1 p.m. 24 Fa Leilua 1B Gr. R/R .362 58 21 4 0 8 20 120 5 2 .984 May 12-15 SEC Tournament SECN TBA 17 Carter Spexarth DP Sr. R/R .308 65 20 3 0 3 18 0 0 0 -- 7 Anna Kate Segars CF Jr. L/L .315 54 17 4 1 3 14 23 1 1 .960 *Southeastern Conference game | All times CT 32 Montana Davidson 3B Sr. R/R .359 64 23 3 1 1 10 14 32 7 .868 1 The Snowman: Alex Wilcox Memorial (Starkville, Miss.) 6 Paige Cook 2B So. R/R .311 61 19 3 1 1 11 21 26 3 .940 2 Lone Star State Invitational (Various Sites) 18 Madisyn Kennedy SS So. R/R .250 28 7 1 0 1 4 16 18 4 .895 3 Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) 88 Christian Quinn RF Gr. L/R .295 44 13 2 0 0 7 9 2 0 1.000 # PITCHERS R/L YR. ERA W-L G-GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG 28 Aspen Wesley RHP So. 1.88 2-2 8-5 0 0 22.1 17 8 6 10 28 .213 29 Annie Willis RHP Sr. 1.96 3-0 10-5 0 0 35.2 21 11 10 13 45 .164 58 Emily Williams RHP Sr. 2.27 7-0 9-4 1 0 37.0 34 16 12 6 39 .236 @HAILSTATESB PG 1 HAILSTATE.COM/SOFTBALL 2021 GAME NOTES | GAMES 21-23: AT OLE MISS BULLDOG SOFTBALL BI-WEEKLY CALENDAR (ALL TIMES CT) 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. | Oxford, MS (SEC Network+) (SEC Network) (SEC Network) MON - 3/15 TUES - 3/16 WED - 3/17 THURS - 3/18 FRI - 3/19 SAT - 3/20 SUN - 3/21 AT OLE MISS AT SAMFORD Practice VS. FLORIDA VS. FLORIDA VS. FLORIDA 6 p.m. | Oxford, MS Off Day 5 p.m. | Birmingham, AL 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. | Starkville 2 p.m. | Starkville 1 p.m. | Starkville (SEC Network) (SEC Network+) (SEC Network+) (SEC Network+) MEDIA INFORMATION QUICK FACTS SOFTBALL MEDIA PORTAL BRIAN OGDEN UNIVERSITY Mississippi State has created an online portal for media members Softball / Football Location Starkville, Miss.