On Saturday, Mississippi State baseball earned yet another ranked win on the season, taking down No. 23 Alabama, 8-1. Men’s Tennis also picked up a victory, defeating Middle Tennessee State 4-0 and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen for the fifth time in the last six seasons.

Bulldogs softball fell to Georgia on Saturday, giving State its 17th loss on the season, and twelfth conference loss.

Today’s Schedule

Softball: No. 14 Georgia at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. CT on SEC Network

Baseball: No. 23 Alabama at Mississippi State, 12 p.m. on SEC Network+

Mississippi State Results

Did You Notice?

• Mississippi State men’s tennis advanced to the Sweet sixteen for the fifth time in six years, and will now face off against first seeded Ohio State.

• Mississippi State transfer defensive lineman Caleb Bryant committed to Southern Mississippi. Bryant is a former 3-star who redshirted last season with the Bulldogs.

Countdown to Mississippi State’s 2024 Opener

Daily Dose of Mike Leach

On upsets in college football: “Everybody’s all surprised every time this stuff happens. It surprises me everybody gets surprised, because it happens every year like this that there are surprises. The most surprising thing would be if there weren’t any surprises. So therefore, in the final analysis, none of it’s really that surprising.”

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — No. 16 Mississippi State baseball defeated No. 23 Alabama 8-1 on Saturday to clinch the weekend series.

The Crimson Tide struck first thanks to a solo shot from Max Grant but the Bulldogs responded with eight unanswered runs.

Third baseman Logan Kohler led the team in hits with three and also added two RBIs and two runs. Kohler and David Mershon both homered Saturday.

Ambidextrous pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje gave up just one hit and struck out eight batters through seven innings.

“[Justin] Parker wanted to take him out and he didn’t want to come out which was good to see,” head coach Chris Lemonis said. “Where he’s come from last year to this year is such a growing process for him. Not just the stuff, it’s more the maturity of competing and being a tough SEC pitcher.”

The win improves MSU to 14-9 in SEC play and 32-15 overall. Mississippi State will look to sweep Alabama in game three at 1 p.m. Sunday

STARKVILLE – The transfer portal has been closed for some time but this will not stop Mississippi State from bolstering its roster.

As many know, head coach Chris Jans likes to have a deep rotation of players on his roster and now with the commitment of Georgia forward RJ Melendez, he has started to make plays to fill his bench with quality of quantity.

Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Melendez started his collegiate career in the Big 10 with Illinois. He spent his freshman and sophomore years as a consistent role player for the team and moved to the SEC last year to play for Georgia.

During his junior campaign, he started to form into a complete player increasing his scoring average by five points and providing consistent rebound and free-throw shooting. He is also a lengthy wing defender which coincides with Jans’ defensive coaching mentality,

What is more impressive is his free throw shooting percentage. For his career, he has been an 88 percent free-throw shooter, which will bring relief to the Bulldogs who have been one of the worst free-throw shooting teams in the country over the past two years. That is if he can stay consistent with his charity stripe shooting for the maroon and white.

A shot-blocking big man is still something the Bulldogs are searching for in the portal. However, MSU is getting closer to filling out its roster for next season, and on paper, there have been improvements in all areas for the team.