The Tennessee Volunteer baseball team really likes to play Mississippi State. Like, really, REALLY likes to. The Vols went down to Starkville over the weekend and delivered a sweep of the No.
Based on the preseason predictions for this year’s Mississippi State baseball team, nobody expected this. Six-straight SEC losses at the place that holds every top 25 attendance record in college baseball?
Mississippi State and Arkansas played a one‑run game on Friday that felt like it could set the tone for a tight, competitive weekend. By Sunday afternoon, it was clear only one team took that lesson to heart and it wasn’t Mississippi State.
Mississippi State keeps saying the margins in this league are thin. Sunday was the kind of afternoon that shows just how thin. A 7-2 loss to Tennessee is somewhat shocking.
Mississippi State has taken a few punches this year, but Saturday felt different. An 8-0 run-rule loss at home isn’t the kind of afternoon anyone circles as likely, especially not in a series this team had every reason to feel good about.
No. 9 Mississippi State wasn’t supposed to be here in mid‑April, staring at back‑to‑back home SEC series losses and five straight SEC losses at Dudy Noble Field.
Friday night in Starkville was one of those nights where if even the smallest opportunity presented itself, you’d better take. Mississippi State handled it exactly the way a team with elite pitching should.
No. 9 Mississippi State had opportunities Friday night. That’s what makes the 6‑5 loss to Tennessee feel more disheartening than anything else. The Bulldogs were in position to take control of the series opener, matched the Vols’ early scoring, and twice pulled themselves back into the game.
Mississippi State is back at Dudy Noble Field this weekend, and the Bulldogs get another chance to steady themselves in SEC play as Tennessee comes to town.
It’s another loaded weekend at Nusz Park, and No. 13 Mississippi State softball. The Bulldogs are hosting No. 8 Arkansas for a three‑game series while also celebrating All For Alex Weekend and Alumni Weekend.
The extra day of rest from Easter Weekend gave No. 9 Mississippi State a chance to reset its pitching rotation, and the Bulldogs are using it to line things up the way they always wanted.
Mississippi State did not waste any time addressing one of its biggest offseason needs. The transfer portal opened Monday and by Wednesday, the Bulldogs had their first commitment.
Mitchell Turner has spent the spring doing exactly what a national recruit should do — taking his time, seeing the right programs, and figuring out who actually fits him.
Mississippi State needed to make an impression on 2027 wideout Deshawn Dillon, and it sounds like the Bulldogs did exactly that. The Northwest Rankin receiver