Mississippi State Softball Advances to First Super Regional in Program History

Mississippi State softball had a tough begin within the Tallahassee regional however got here storming again with a victory over No. 2 Florida State on Sunday afternoon to make historical past.

The Bulldogs gained 4 elimination video games in a little bit over someday to punch their ticket to their first-ever Tremendous Regional look. They misplaced their opening sport of the regional to South Florida by a rating of 4-0 on Friday to fall into the loser’s bracket early. On Saturday, they picked up a 6-3 victory over Howard and eventually took down South Florida with a 6-0 win. MSU wanted two consecutive victories in Sunday’s doubleheader in opposition to Florida Begin to win the regional…and it did simply that. 

Mississippi State held FSU scoreless and picked up a momentum-building 5-0 victory within the first sport of the day. The crew handed the Seminoles their first non-conference loss since final season and held them scoreless for less than the second time this season. 

With the victory, the Bulldogs pressured a winner-take-all sport. MSU fell behind by a rating of 2-0 within the first inning because of a two-run house run, however that actually did not outline the day for the crew. A sacrifice fly by Matalasi Faapito minimize the result in 2-1 within the prime of the second inning, however the Seminoles responded with one other run within the backside of the body. 

Mississippi State lastly picked up some momentum within the prime of the fifth inning. The crew loaded the bases with only one out, and Shea Moreno minimize the deficit to only one with an RBI single to maintain the bases loaded. Chloe Malau’ulu gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the sport with a base hit that scored two and pushed the rating to 4-3.

From there, pitcher Annie Willis dominated the mound. FSU threatened with two runners on base within the backside of the fifth inning, however an enormous strikeout killed all momentum. The Bulldogs held on within the ultimate two innings to seal the 4-3 victory. 

That is the primary time in historical past that Mississippi State has made it to the ultimate elimination sport of a regional, not to mention previous that spherical. Now, the Bulldogs are gearing as much as host an enormous tremendous regional in opposition to Arizona. The three-game collection will happen at Nusz Park in Starkville, however the official dates and instances haven’t but been introduced.