Southern Miss Softball Drops Midweek Matchup Against McNeese State

Tuesday, February 17

Hattiesburg, Miss.

6 p.m.

Southern Miss

6-6

McNeese

8-4

McNeese St.

Southern Miss.

Southern Miss Softball Drops Midweek Matchup Against McNeese State

2/17/2026 11:55:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss softball (6-6) drops midweek matchup against McNeese State (8-4) at the Southern Miss Softball Complex on Tuesday evening.
Nealy McManus picks up two RBIs with Carrie Green, Kinsley Gordon-Sivley, Abbi Troquille and Julia Glasgow, having one on the evening. With Green's triple, Southern Miss is ranked in a tie for seventh in the nation for triples with six total.
Kayla Giardina started in the circle for the black and gold with a three-up three-down closing out the first by fanning one. Sophomore Madison Johnson opened the hit category with a stand-up double down the left field line.
Giardina closed out the second inning in a familiar fashion striking out one on the frame. To open the third inning, the right-hander got former teammate Maddie Weeks to fly out to left. The Cowgirl's Rylee Cloud took the lead with a two-run homer over the left field wall making the game 2-0.
Southern Miss was quick to respond after Madison Johnson reached on an error from shortstop. Green picked up her RBI off a triple to the gap in left bringing in Johnson from second, after advancing on a wild pitch.
McNeese was unfazed quickly getting runners on base off a double and a single. Olivia Christian got the call, picking up an out at second to leave runners on first and third. With a stolen base and a fielding error, two runs came around to score resulting in a 4-1 lead from the Cowgirls.
The bats continued to stay hot for the Golden Eagles with Gordon-Sivley poking one to left. Troquille smoked a double back out to left-center field bringing in Gordon-Sivley. Glasgow got to work immediately after, this time with an RBI single to left center bringing the game back within one.
After Olivia Christian made quick work of three groundouts, one to herself and back-to-back 5-3 putouts keeping the momentum in the hands of Southern Miss. Gordon-Sivley picked up an RBI off a single to right bringing in Green, who reached base on a bunt-single, to tie the game. McManus hit a perfectly placed bloop single on the right field line bringing in two and giving the Golden Eagles the lead 6-4.
The Cowgirls started showing life in the top of the seventh inning with a leadoff Maddie Weeks walk and a pinch-hit double to left making the game a one run score. An RBI single and a two RBI double ended up putting McNeese State just out of reach, Issie Coker had a lead off walk but was quickly shutdown after the Cowgirls turned two and secured a fly out to seal the deal.

Notables:

The Golden Eagles have a .500 record when playing McNeese State at home in Hattiesburg
In the 17 contests between the two programs, there have been 65 runs scored, with Southern Miss holding two 10-2 wins over McNeese State
Southern Miss is ranked in a tie for 7th overall in the nation with six triples
The Golden Eagles are tied for 1st in the Sun Belt in walks with 48 and tied for 14th in the nation
Southern Miss leads the sunbelt in SAC flies and is tied for third in the nation
Nealy McManus is 2nd in the nation for assists per game with 3.55
Nealy McManus is tied 40th in the nation and tied second with 14 RBIs
Madison Johnson is tied first in the nation for triples etching in three

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