BULLDOG BITS

Softball

Mississippi State will once again host The Snowman: Alex Wilcox Memorial tournament today, Saturday and Sunday. This year's field features Dartmouth, Abilene Christian and Murray State.

The Bulldogs (12-4) open with Dartmouth today at 12:30 p.m. and Abilene Christian at 3 p.m.. MSU has never played Dartmouth or Abilene Christian, and the last time they met the Racers, Wilcox was a member of the team. While she did not play against Murray State in 2018, the Racers were in Starkville for the previously-named February Freezer tournament that now bears her name. Wilcox did play in two games in that event.

Dartmouth will be just the second Ivy League team that MSU has ever played.the Bulldogs defeated Columbia 12-4 in 2012.

Mississippi State is the winner of six straight and eight of its last 10 heading into the tournament. The Bulldogs are among the top 30 teams nationally in on-base percentage, scoring, walks, triples per game and strikeout-to-walk ratio.

All MSU games will be streamed on SEC Network+. Admission to all games at Nusz Park is free. Fans in attendance today will receive teal Strike Out Cancer t-shirts. Wilcox passed away from her battle with ovarian cancer in the summer of 2018. Her courageous fight inspired the softball community nationwide, and she was the first female student-athlete in MSU history to have her jersey retired.

Women’s Tennis

Mississippi State women's tennis host Kentucky to start off Southeastern Conference play at 4 p.m. today.

The match will mark the 46th contest between the two teams. The Bulldogs won the last meeting in the series with a 4-1 victory over the Wildcats in Lexington, Kentucky on April 17, 2022.

No. 69 Bulldogs currently hold a 10-1 overall record after beating Belmont and Alabama A&M on Feb. 10.