Wednesday, March 26
Hattiesburg, Miss. / Southern Miss Softball Complex
6 p.m.
Southern Miss
16-17
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Mississippi State
28-6
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Mississippi State
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Southern Miss
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Softball Falls 9-1 to No. 18 Mississippi State
3/26/2025 9:37:00 PM | Softball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss Softball (16-17, 3-3 Sun Belt) fell 9-1 in five innings to No. 18 Mississippi State (28-6, 5-1 SEC) on Wednesday night at the Southern Miss Softball Complex.
A sellout crowd of 1,083 packed the stands, marking the eighth-largest attendance in program history and the highest since 2022.
Mississippi State controlled the game, outhitting Southern Miss 12-4 and capitalizing on three errors. The Bulldogs threw their two leading pitchers, Delainey Everett and Raelin Chaffin, to secure the win. Everett remained undefeated, improving to 7-0 after allowing three hits and one earned run with one strikeout over three innings.
Freshman outfielder Hannah Christian led the Golden Eagles with her eighth multi-hit game of the season, recording two hits and scoring the team's lone run.
After a two-run homer by Nadia Barbary in the first, Southern Miss responded in the bottom half of the inning. Christian led off with a single and later scored on a wild pitch shortly following a two-out single from Mikaila Fox.
The Bulldogs pulled away in the third, erupting for five runs on five hits. Kiarra Sells was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in a run before Morgan Bernardini and Lexi Sosa delivered consecutive two-RBI hits. Bernardini added another two-run single in the fourth to extend the lead to 9-1, sealing the run-rule victory.
Christian knocked her fifth double of the season off the right-field wall in the third but was left stranded.
Jana Lee took the loss for Southern Miss, pitching two innings. Freshmen Kayla Giardina and Olivia Christian provided relief.
Up Next
A sellout crowd of 1,083 packed the stands, marking the eighth-largest attendance in program history and the highest since 2022.
Mississippi State controlled the game, outhitting Southern Miss 12-4 and capitalizing on three errors. The Bulldogs threw their two leading pitchers, Delainey Everett and Raelin Chaffin, to secure the win. Everett remained undefeated, improving to 7-0 after allowing three hits and one earned run with one strikeout over three innings.
Freshman outfielder Hannah Christian led the Golden Eagles with her eighth multi-hit game of the season, recording two hits and scoring the team's lone run.
After a two-run homer by Nadia Barbary in the first, Southern Miss responded in the bottom half of the inning. Christian led off with a single and later scored on a wild pitch shortly following a two-out single from Mikaila Fox.
The Bulldogs pulled away in the third, erupting for five runs on five hits. Kiarra Sells was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in a run before Morgan Bernardini and Lexi Sosa delivered consecutive two-RBI hits. Bernardini added another two-run single in the fourth to extend the lead to 9-1, sealing the run-rule victory.
Christian knocked her fifth double of the season off the right-field wall in the third but was left stranded.
Jana Lee took the loss for Southern Miss, pitching two innings. Freshmen Kayla Giardina and Olivia Christian provided relief.
Up Next
Southern Miss travels to Mobile, Ala., for a three-game Sun Belt series against South Alabama, beginning Friday at 6 p.m.
For the latest updates, follow Southern Miss Softball on Facebook (facebook.com/SouthernMissSB), Twitter (@SouthernMissSB), and Instagram (@southernmisssb).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Delainey Everett (7-0)
L: Lee, Jana (7-8)
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Batting:
2B: Kiarra Sells 1 ; Lexi Sosa 1
HR: Nadia Barbary 1
RBI: Nadia Barbary 2 ; Kiarra Sells 1 ; Morgan Bernardini 4 ; Lexi Sosa 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Sierra Sacco 1 ; Nadia Barbary 2 ; Gretta Grassel 1 ; Kylee Edwards 2 ; Kiarra Sells 2 ; Morgan Bernardini 1
SB: Morgan Bernardini 1
HBP: Kylee Edwards 1 ; Kiarra Sells 1
Batting:
2B: Christian, Hannah 1
SH: Weeks, Maddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Christian, Hannah 1
SB: Durham, Carlee 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
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dp/3b
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
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AB
2
R
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H
1
RBI
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AB
1
R
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H
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RBI
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Players Mentioned
OF
/ Softball
RHP/INF
/ Softball
INF
/ Softball
RHP
/ Softball
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