BULLDOG BITS
Softball
CLEARWATER, Fla. – A back-and-forth ball game ended in a loss for Mississippi State on Saturday evening as the Bulldogs fell to No. 25/RV Michigan 5-4.
State jumped out to a lead thanks to a three-run homer from Chloe Malau'ulu, but Michigan immediately tied the game in the next half inning. The Wolverines took a lead in the fifth, but State loaded the bases before Jackie Mckenna's walk tied the game in the sixth.
An error and a hit-by-pitch put two runners on for Michigan in the top of the seventh, and a two-out base hit proved to be the difference in the game.
Matalasi Faapito joined Malau'ulu in producing a multi-hit game. Faapito had a double to go along with Malau'ulu's homer. Reis Beuerlein drew the start in the circle and went three innings before giving way to Kenley Hawk. Aspen Wesley threw the final 0.2 innings but allowed an inherited runner to score, tagging Hawk with the loss.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – The No. 24 Mississippi State men's golf team is slated to begin the spring portion of its 2022-23 season today at the Watersound Invitational. The tournament, hosted by Florida State, will be played on the par 72 7,246-yard course of Shark's Tooth Golf Club.
Of the 10 other schools featured in the competition, five currently sit in the Golfstat Top 25. The schools included are topranked Vanderbilt, No. 11 hostflorida State, No. 12 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Alabama, Air Force, Clemson, NC State, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech.
Six Bulldog golfers will be competing in MSU'S spring opener; five in team play and one individual. Graduate student Ford Clegg, freshman Garrett Endicott, senior Hunter Logan and graduate students Ruan Pretorius and Austin Vukovits will make up the team competitors. Junior Harrison Davis will compete as an individual.
Davis will be the first Bulldog to tee off in the tournament, starting at 9:10 a.m. on the 10th hole. Vukovits will begin the competition for team play at 10:10 a.m. from the tenth tee, and the remaining four players will tee off in 10-minute increments from the same tee.
Women’s Basketball
The Mississippi State women's basketball team will be back home today for its final Sunday home game of the regular season. The Bulldogs will honor their seniors prior to the 4:30 p.m. tip-off against Alabama.
MSU will celebrate its seniors prior to the tip.
It will be a matchup of the Bulldogs with their 18-8 overall and 7-6 Southeastern Conference mark, while the Crimson Tide stands 20-6 overall and 9-4 in the league.
MSU enters toay in a tie for sixth in the SEC standings with Georgia at 7-6. MSU currently trails Alabama and Ole Miss by two games, with three to play. They also own a one-game lead over Arkansas which we host next Thursday.