Mississippi
Mississippi State women’s tennis wins two nail-biters, improves to 6-0
Chris Hooshyar is still undefeated in his debut season as Mississippi State women’s tennis head coach after the Bulldogs beat Alabama-Birmingham 4-3 and Jackson State 6-1 on Saturday and then edged Belmont 4-3 on Sunday.
MSU took the doubles points against the Blazers, with the top pairing of Alexandra Mikhailuk and Maria Rizzolo and the No. 3 team of Dharani Niroshan and Alessia Tagliente each winning 6-3. Jayna Clemens gave the Bulldogs the first singles point with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 5, but UAB won the next two completed matches to even the score.
Mikhailuk put the Bulldogs back in front with a three-set victory at No. 3, and after Taglente fell in a third-set tiebreak at No. 6, Chloé Cirotte took her match at No. 2 in three sets to clinch the victory.
“Obviously I was stressed a little bit, but I’ve been working on myself and my routine,” Cirotte told MSU athletic communications. “After every point, I’d hear (the fans) screaming for me and pushing me. But I’m still looking at what I have to do and didn’t get too excited until I’d win a point. I just reset after every point and focused on what I had to do.”
Against the Tigers later Saturday, Niroshan and Tagliente — now at No. 2 doubles — and Clemens and Rizzolo at No. 3 each won their matches 6-4 to give the Bulldogs the first point. Mikhailuk won her match at No. 2 singles when her opponent retired with Mikhailuk up a set, and Clemens dominated 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5. Niroshan also dropped just four games in her match to seal the win.
MSU fell behind against the Bruins on Sunday as the visitors won the doubles point despite a 6-2 victory at No. 3 from Niroshan and Tagliente. Clemens again cruised in her singles match, 6-2, 6-1, and after Athina Pitta lost in straight sets at No. 4, Mikhailuk evened the overall score at No. 3 with a 6-4, 7-6(4) win. Tagliente came back from a set down to win at No. 5, but a loss by Cirotte at No. 2 meant the match would come down to the final court.
Rizzolo, who had dropped the first set, won her second set 6-1, then outlasted her opponent in a third-set tiebreak to cap the perfect weekend. The Bulldogs (6-0) will now hit the road for the first time this season, heading to Memphis next Sunday.
“It felt great,” Rizzolo said. “I’ve never been in that situation before, so I was shaking a little. But after I won and having all my teammates come running toward me and hugging me was the best feeling.”
MSU men fall to Blue Raiders
The No. 22 Bulldogs lost their third straight match after starting the season with four consecutive wins, falling 4-3 at Middle Tennessee in a rematch of last year’s NCAA Tournament second round, which MSU won at home.
The Blue Raiders took the doubles point as the Bulldogs’ No. 2 team of Carles Hernandez and Dusan Milanovic and the No. 3 pairing of Marshall Landry and Nemanja Malesevic each lost 6-3. Petar Jovanovic, the No. 13 ranked singles player in the country, fell in straight sets to Middle Tennessee’s No. 25 Leo Raquin, and Hernandez also lost in two sets to put the Bulldogs in a 3-0 hole.
Milanovic gave MSU its first point with a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 4 singles, but Benito Sanchez Martinez fell in straight sets at No. 5 to wrap it up for the Blue Raiders. Radomir Tomic and Malesevic each won in three sets for the Bulldogs as the remaining matches were played out.
MSU (4-3) has a busy week ahead, traveling to Memphis on Wednesday and then returning home to take on North Florida on Friday and Virginia Commonwealth on Sunday. The Bulldogs fell to VCU 4-3 as part of the ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 27.
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D1Baseball rankings: Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Southern Miss surge after big weekends – SuperTalk Mississippi
Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Southern Miss have surged in the rankings after a big weekend on the diamond.
The Bulldogs (30-10, 10-8 SEC) jumped two spots to No. 15 in the latest poll from D1Baseball following a strong bounce back. Brian O’ Connor’s club, after having been on the wrong side of SEC sweeps in back-to-back series, earned a 10-rule win over Samford on Tuesday, then took care of business with a sweep at South Carolina.
Next up for Mississippi State is a midweek home matchup versus Memphis on Tuesday before LSU heads to Dudy Noble Field for Super Bulldog Weekend.
The Rebels (29-12, 10-8 SEC) took the biggest leap in the rankings, making an eight-spot jump to No. 17 despite not budging in the top 25 a week ago after sweeping LSU. Once Mike Bianco’s club took the first two games at Tennessee in the most recent series, D1Baseball co-owner Kendall Rogers made note that Ole Miss fans could expect to see their team catapult in his outlet’s poll. Come Monday, though the red and blue lost the series finale, D1Baseball stuck to its word.
“What a weekend so far for [Ole Miss baseball]. Cade Townsend carried a no hitter into the sixth in an 8-1 win over Tennessee to take the series,” Rogers wrote on X. “Rebs are on a heater. Safe to say they’ll be much higher than 25 on Monday.”
Next up for the red-hot Rebels is a home midweek outing versus Murray State, the team that knocked the Rebels out of the postseason last year, before No. 5 Georgia travels to Swayze Field for Double Decker weekend.
The Golden Eagles (28-12, 11-7 Sun Belt) made a four-spot jump to No. 18 after securing a much needed conference sweep to keep hopes of hosting an NCAA Tournament regional alive. Christian Ostrander’s club defended home turf over the weekend, taking all three games from a solid Texas State club.
Next up for the black and gold is a Tuesday midweek battle versus former conference foe Tulane, before making an hour and a half drive to South Alabama for the weekend.
The full top 25 can be found below:
- UCLA
- North Carolina
- Georgia Tech
- Texas
- Georgia
- Oregon State
- Texas A&M
- Florida State
- Coastal Carolina
- Virginia
- Auburn
- West Virginia
- Alabama
- Oklahoma
- Mississippi State
- Kansas
- Ole Miss
- Southern Miss
- Oregon
- Nebraska
- Florida
- Boston College
- USC
- Arkansas
- Arizona State
Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
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Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from April 19 drawing
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Midday: 3-4-8-9, FB: 5
Evening: 6-2-0-4, FB: 8
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Evening: 08
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
Winnings of $599 or less can be claimed at any authorized Mississippi Lottery retailer.
Prizes between $600 and $99,999, may be claimed at the Mississippi Lottery Headquarters or by mail. Mississippi Lottery Winner Claim form, proper identification (ID) and the original ticket must be provided for all claims of $600 or more. If mailing, send required documentation to:
Mississippi Lottery Corporation
P.O. Box 321462
Flowood, MS
39232
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Flowood, MS
39232
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When are the Mississippi Lottery drawings held?
- Cash 3: Daily at 2:30 p.m. (Midday) and 9:30 p.m. (Evening).
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- Match 5: Daily at 9:30 p.m. CT.
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Mississippi College baseball has won the series against West Florida for the first time ever
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