State Prepares For Delayed Launch To Rocket City Softball Showcase

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – No. 17 Mississippi State will play four games in two days at the Rocket City Softball Showcase this weekend. The schedule originally called for the event to take place over four days, but cold temperatures and poor field conditions have altered the Bulldogs' plan. They will now play a doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday.

The first game of each day will now be played at UAH's Charger Park in Huntsville. Those games will not have a broadcast option available. State's second game each day will be played at Toyota Field, home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, and will air on FloCollege.

The order of opponents has also been changed. MSU now opens against Louisiana Tech on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. After a few hours off, the Bulldogs head to Toyota Field to meet North Alabama. On Sunday, State begins the day with Jacksonville State at 10 a.m. before making a quick drive across town to play Miami (Ohio) at 12:30 p.m.

State (10-1) enters the tournament on a nine-game winning streak. The Bulldogs have hit a homer in six straight games, and they had a home run and a stolen base in every game of The Snowman last weekend.

Game Coverage

Leading Off

Veterans On Arrival: Morgan Bernardini, Kiarra Sells and Lexi Sosa had just 50 career at-bats combined entering this season. All three are currently batting above .350. Sells has a hit in every game, and Bernardini's .414 average is second on the team. Sosa leads the team in RBIs (15).

Rockin' And Raelin: Raelin Chaffin has won each of her first six appearances at State, which is the longest winning streak to start a pitcher's MSU career in the program's modern era (since 1997). Chaffin's 25.0 straight innings without allowing an earned run are also the longest streak to start an MSU career in the program's modern era.

Slugging Through The Snow: Mississippi State went 5-0 at The Snowman with three run-rule victories. The Bulldogs had a home run and a stolen base in every game of the tournament. MSU's .681 slugging percentage ranked 10th nationally in Week 2 of the season.

Mo B's Birthday Bash: Morgan Bernardini turned in a career day on the eve of her birthday against Samford (Feb. 18). She recorded a career-high three hits and four RBIs while hitting her first career homer.

Sierra Sets The Table: MSU is 38-7 when Sierra Sacco scores a run since she arrived in 2024. She currently leads the team in batting average (.433), hits (13) and doubles (4) and is second in RBIs (10) and slugging percentage (.704).

Love Sosa: Lexi Sosa kissed pitches goodbye during Valentine's weekend. She hit aour homers while driving in 14 runs at The Snowman. Her RBIs were fourth-most in the nation last week, and her homers ranked seventh.

Magic Number: The Bulldogs have scored five or more runs in 57 of State's 72 wins (79.2 percent) over the past two seasons. The Bulldogs are 127-15 under Samantha Ricketts when scoring at least five.

About Louisiana Tech (5-5, 0-0 C-USA)

About North Alabama (9-0, 0-0 ASUN)

About Jacksonville State (7-3, 0-0 C-USA)

About Miami (Ohio) (3-7, 0-0 MAC)

On Deck

The Bulldogs return home on Wednesday, Feb. 26 to host UAB at 4 p.m. before welcoming a trio of teams for their second home tournament of the year, The Bulldog Invitational presented by C Spire, on Feb. 28-March 2.

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State Prepares For Delayed Launch To Rocket City Softball Showcase

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Morgan Bernardini

Raelin Chaffin

Sierra Sacco

Kiarra Sells

Lexi Sosa

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State Prepares For Delayed Launch To Rocket City Softball Showcase

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Morgan Bernardini

Raelin Chaffin

Sierra Sacco

Kiarra Sells

Lexi Sosa

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