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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Travel to UT-Martin for Midweek Twin Bill
3/20/2002 | Softball
March 20, 2002
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss softball team wraps up a six-game non-conference road swing Thursday with a doubleheader at Tennessee-Martin. First pitch for game one is set for 2 p.m. CST at Bettye Giles Field.
With a 15-8 overall record, the Rebels have tied the 1999 squad for the best 23-game start in the program's six-year history. A pair of wins Thursday would move the current UM club ahead of that team's pace, heading into this weekend's SEC home-opener with Kentucky.
Ole Miss recorded a perfect 4-0 mark last weekend at the Rebel Games in Kissimmee, Fla. The Rebels continued their home run parade with five more as a team, including the first collegiate shots from freshmen Brooke Turner and Nicole Alger.
Turner, a centerfielder from Southaven, Miss., batted 5-for-13 with two homers and six RBI in the tournament. Tulsa native Alger was the Rebels' top hitter (.462) in addition to tossing a three-hit shutout against Wisconsin-Green Bay in her first career start from the mound.
Junior Leslie Day added a two-hit shutout of Vermont as all four Rebel hurlers pitched complete games without allowing more than one run in each outing.
UT-Martin also traveled to the Rebel Games, recording a 4-6 mark over a full week of contests. The Skyhawks maintain an 11-15 record on the season.
Ole Miss is 3-0 all-time vs. Martin, including a 6-2 decision earlier this season in Oxford. Andrea Brahs drove in four runs with a double and a triple in the Feb. 16 victory as part of the Rebel/Easton Invitational. Day limited the Skyhawks to five hits while tallying a career-high seven strikeouts in the complete game win.
