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Usually at the time of college tournament play, teams have narrowed their focus in the first round of the Draft. But with the event moved to July for the first time this year, the number of players in the top tier of talent is still expanding. Both North Carolina high

Mississippi State Athletics STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State senior right fielder Tanner Allen was named the Southeastern Conference player of the year from the conference office on Monday. The native of Theodore, Alabama, was also named first-team all-SEC. Allen led the SEC with an overall batting average of .387 with 79 hits, 53 RBIs and 54 runs. He also led the conference with a .411 batting average, 51 hits and 34 RBIs in league play. Allen was the only SEC student-athlete to rank a...

Top Team(s): Top Prospect(s): Leiter/Rocker / Jud Fabian, CF, Florida / Connor Prielipp, LHP, Alabama (2022) / Dylan Crews, OF, LSU (2023) This is always the big daddy conference tournament. Perhaps I’ll draw some eyre from Rocky Top for not including Tennessee in the top teams, as their record is just as good as the three I listed. I simply think the others are more talented. You know about Vanderbilt’s top pitchers but also keep an eye on young freshman Christian Little, who has a chance...

Pirates pitcher supports Mississippi State player, brother Follow Us Question of the Day       By TYLER HORKA and Mississippi Clarion Ledger - Associated Press - Saturday, May 8, 2021 STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - An observer as intrigued as any watched the second game of Mississippi State’s baseball series against Vanderbilt from a hotel room in Minneapolis nearly 900 miles northwest of Hawkins Field in Nashvil...

MSU hands Leiter first loss, even series with Vandy SOURCE: MSU Athletics (Source: MSU Athletics) By MSU Sports Information | April 25, 2021 at 1:34 PM CDT - Updated April 25 at 1:34 PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Mississippi State baseball program never trailed in its 7-4 victory at Vanderbilt on Saturday (April 24) evening at Hawkins Field to even the SEC road series.  Mississippi State (28-9, 10-6 SEC) built a 7-1 lead with two in the first inning, two in the fifth and three in the seventh...

Nikhazy tosses shutout as Rebels even series with MSU SOURCE: Ole Miss Athletics (Source: Ole Miss Athletics) By Ole Miss Sports Information | April 17, 2021 at 6:37 PM CDT - Updated April 17 at 6:37 PM STARKVILLE, Miss. - Ole Miss baseball dominated the day in front of 13,338 at Dudy Noble Field on Saturday. The Rebels used a complete-game, one-hit shutout from Doug Nikhazy and a 17-hit deluge from the offense in a 9-0 victory.  Nikhazy was brilliant from start to finish, going a full ...

Bats come alive as MSU clinches series SOURCE: MSU Athletics (Source: MSU Athletics) By MSU Sports Information | April 11, 2021 at 12:07 AM CDT - Updated April 11 at 12:07 AM AUBURN, Ala. - The pitching staff was steady, and the offense arrived with one of its best performances of the season as the Mississippi State baseball program grabbed the middle game of the series at Auburn on Saturday to claim its third SEC series of the season with the finale on the horizon at Plainsman Park.   ...

Behind Hancock, MSU takes series over Kentucky SOURCE: MSU Athletics (Source: MSU Athletics) By MSU Sports Information | April 3, 2021 at 1:21 AM CDT - Updated April 3 at 1:21 AM STARKVILLE, Miss. - Luke Hancock drove in the game-tying and go-ahead runs and Landon Sims turned a game-ending double play to help the No. 5 Mississippi State baseball program to a 3-2 victory over No. 21 Kentucky on Friday (April 2) evening at Dudy Noble Field.  A two-run home run in the fourth inning for Kent...