The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Face Golden Eagles, Gamecocks This Week
4/13/2009 | Softball
OXFORD, Miss. - After playing 18 straight games against Southeastern Conference opponents, the Ole Miss Rebels will step out of league play to take on instate foe Southern Miss and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks in a pair of non-conference games this week.
The Rebels will travel to
The Rebels (17-23, 5-17 SEC) are lead by junior All-American Lauren Grill, who has 10 home runs this season. Grill’s 36 career homer are second all time in school history and sit just 13 behind DeDe Justice’s mark of 49. Freshman Corrine Doornberg continues to lead the team with a .311 batting average. In the circle, junior Becky Nye has won a team-high 12 games, while striking out 108 batters in 183.1 innings.
"We didn’t play as well as we would have like last weekend against Georgia, so we need to use these games to get back to how we are capable of playing,” said Ole Miss head coach Missy Dickerson.
Ole Miss and Southern Miss are tied at nine games apiece in the all-time series and the Golden Eagles have won the last two meetings. Tuesday’s game in Ridgeland will be the first neutral-site game between the two state schools. Southern Miss enters the matchup with a 19-20-1 overall mark and are led by junior Megan Hill, who is batting a team-best .430 with nine home runs on the season.
The Rebels’ series with
