Bulldog Bits

Men’s Tennis

Doubles play was all that was allowed on Saturday afternoon at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre as rain halted action between 15th-ranked Mississippi State (14-3, 5-0 SEC) and 49th-ranked Ole Miss (7-6, 2-4 SEC).

The Bulldogs and Rebels will pick up in singles action this morning at 10 a.m.

Saturday’s match began with a hard-fought doubles session as Ole Miss edged out MSU for the point. The Rebel tandem of Ricardo Jorge and Zvonimir Babic downed Mate Cutura and Vaughn Hunter 6-3, before Ole Miss’ Filip Kraljevic and Tim Sandkaulen defeated Nuno Borges and Giovanni Oradini 6-4 for the doubles point. No. 31 Niclas Braun and Trevor Foshey’s match against No. 13 Fabian Fallert and Grey Hamilton was suspended at 5-5.

Soccer

Dates and details are finalized for Mississippi State’s 2017 soccer camp slate, as head coach Tom Anagnost and his staff prepare for their first camp sessions in Starkville this summer.

Applications are now being accepted for the camps, which run throughout the summer at the MSU Soccer Field. There are a total of nine camp opportunities, ranging in gender and age. Each session will be under the guidance of Anagnost and associate head coaches Matt Kagan and Jason Hamilton.

In addition to the camps, the Bulldogs will also host two Elite Prospect Clinics, with the first on March 25 and the second session on May 13. Both clinics are for female players, ages 13 and up.

For more information on the 2017 Bulldog soccer camps, contact Jason Hamilton at 305-968-9740 or at jhamilton@athletics.mstate.edu. Campers can also register online at www.hailstate.com/camps.

Women’s Tennis

After a historic and convincing win Friday, the 25th-ranked Mississippi State women’s tennis team (11-4, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) continues conference road play today at No. 3 Georgia (12-3, 6-1 SEC) at UGA’s Dan Magill Tennis Complex at noon.

The Bulldogs are coming off their first shutout of Tennessee in program history and the first win in Knoxville since 1987. MSU looks to extend a three-match win streak today, all three having come against ranked foes.

Behind the stellar doubles of play of the duo Madison Harrison and Sara Lizariturry, plus 11th-ranked Jasmine Lee and Lisa Marie Rioux, State secured its first doubles point on the road this season against the Volunteers.

MSU kept up its dominate performance in singles, taking the first three matches in straight sets. State’s Harrison recorded her first conference victory of the season, while No. 32 Lee notched her seventh win against a ranked opponent, and Rioux clinched her second match of the season.

Bulldogs Anastasia Rentouli, Khrystyna Vozniak and Lizariturry round out the singles lineup. All held leads Friday when play was suspended.

Georgia is coming off of a 4-2 victory against No. 28 Ole Miss Friday night.