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Florida women’s tennis defended its home court against Ole Miss

The No. 14-ranked Gators needed all it could get to overcome their visitors on Sunday.

The Florida women’s tennis program closed out its seventh straight win on Sunday with a narrow 4-3 win over the visiting Ole Miss Rebels at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville.

The No. 14-ranked Gators needed all it could get to overcome their visitors.  The opening win came from doubles pair Rachel Gailis and Bente Spee, who defeated Kelsey Mize and Lucie Devier in a 6-1 effort.

But the Rebs were quick to respond, with Anaelle Leclercq and Ludmila Kareisova posting a 6-3 win over Carly Briggs and Qavia Lopez to knot things up. Malwina Rowinska and Alicia Dudeney clinched the doubles point for the Gators after an epic battle with Ava Hrastar and Briana Crowley that came down to a tiebreaker with the Orange and Blue coming out on top with a 7-6.

With Florida up 1-0 heading into singles action, Ole Miss did not let up.

No. 15 Rachel Gailis secured the first point to extend the Gators’ lead 2-0 with a win over Kareisova but Crowley defeated Florida’s No. 109-ranked Lopez, making it a 2-1 affair. The Rebels then tied the match at 2-2 with Rachel Krzyzak defeating Sophie Williams in straight sets.

No. 84-ranked Briggs gave UF the edge with her three-set win over Ava Hrastar but Ole Miss caught up with Florida once again with Emma Kette defeating Rowinska in a three-set battle, setting a 3-3 score going into crunch time.

Dudeney secured the victory after a back-and-forth battle with Leclercq,  dropping the first set, 7-5, but storming back to post a 7-5 win to force a third set. Dudeney left no room for doubt as she shut out Leclercq 6-0 to snag the fourth and final point.

“I honestly thought we played subpar today but we competed well, and obviously Liss was clinical at the end,” head coach Roland Thornqvist offered after the match. “The quality of our play probably wasn’t great and part of that was Ole Miss made it difficult for us with some playing styles that they had that we didn’t adjust to. I told them in the locker room that this is a match we would have lost in February, but we are now finding ways to win instead.”

The Gators will travel to face the No. 27 Vanderbilt Commodores on Friday at the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center. The ‘Dores moved to a 6-3 conference record after posting a 4-0 win on Sunday against Missouri.

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Sooners 2026 QB target Dereon Coleman set for an unofficial visit to Norman

QB prospect Dereon Coleman set for unofficial visit to Norman.

Oklahoma’s top quarterback target for the class of 2026 is four-star prospect [autotag]Dereon Coleman[/autotag]. The talented signal-caller will be making an unofficial visit to Norman.

In a post on his social media page, Coleman announced he would visit April 11 and 12.

This is significant as the Sooners have already received multiple predictions in favor of Coleman to land with Oklahoma. So, getting him in the building should truly only add to the lead that Oklahoma may already have.

 

Oklahoma has plenty of quarterback depth on the roster right now. [autotag]Jackson Arnold[/autotag] takes over as the starter in 2024 and will likely hold the job through at least the 2025 season. Following Arnold, [autotag]Michael Hawkins[/autotag] and [autotag]Brendan Zurbrugg[/autotag] will have the first crack at the starting job and current commit [autotag]Kevin Sperry[/autotag] is expected to join the roster next spring.

Coleman seems to be the Sooners’ number one focus at the position for 2026. He grew up an OU fan, so in many ways, this may be the perfect fit.

Aside from Oklahoma, Coleman is being recruited heavily by Ole Miss, Arkansas, Texas A&M, and USF.

As it stands, Oklahoma has just one commit in the [autotag]2026 recruiting class[/autotag]: four-star running back [autotag]Jonathon Hatton[/autotag].

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Kentucky scores seventeen runs in win over Ole Miss Saturday

Kentucky baseball beat Ole Miss with an offensive explosion on Saturday

On Friday, the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team won a low scoring game against the Ole Miss Rebels. On Saturday, there was much more offense. The Wildcats bats exploded for a 17 – 9 victory over the Rebels.

Ole Miss took a 2 – 0 lead after one inning, but the Wildcats would score in each of the next five innings, including four in the third and sixth. The Rebels put some runs on the board, but couldn’t keep up. Kentucky would close with four more runs in the ninth.

Wildcat centerfielder Nolan McCarthy has a huge game, going 3-for-6 with four runs scored, two homeruns, and six RBIs. James McCoy also had a good game. He went 4-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs. Emilien Pitre homered for a second straight game.

Dominic Niman didn’t have the best day on the mound for the Cats, but got the win. The bullpen pitched well, surrendering just one earned run.

Kentucky and Ole Miss will finish their series on Sunday at 2:30 PM ET. Fans can watch it on SEC Network+.

Kentucky baseball opens Ole Miss series with win

Kentucky gets a series opening win against Ole Miss

It was a good Friday night on the diamond for the Kentucky Wildcats. The Cats softball team got a big SEC win over a ranked Alabama team, earning their first conference win. Then, in the nightcap, Kentucky baseball got a 5 – 3 victory over the Ole Miss Rebels.

Kentucky opened the scoring in the third on an errant throw that allowed Grant Smith to cross the plate. The Rebels quickly tied it, but the Wildcats broke it open in the sixth with three runs on a wild pitch, an error, and a passed ball. Ole Miss would keep it close, but an Emilien Pitre homerun would close things out.

Pitre’s homer was the Wildcats biggest hit, and Kentucky only had five of them. Errors and wild pitches sunk the Rebels. On the mound for the Wildcats was Trey Pooser, who allowed just two earned runs in 5.2 innings.

The two teams meet again on Saturday, at 2:30 PM ET. The game is on SEC Network+.

Oklahoma Sooners 2025 SEC opponents released

The Oklahoma Sooners found out who they would be playing during the 2025 season earlier on Wednesday.

The Oklahoma Sooners haven’t even started the 2024 football season but they already know who they will be playing in 2025. It won’t be any easier than what they will face in 2024.

In fact, the schedule will arguably be tougher in 2025 than it is in 2024. After rumors of Oklahoma and the Texas Longhorns flipping [autotag]SEC[/autotag] opponents in 2025, the Sooners will actually be playing the same conference teams but flipping the home field.

That means at home, Oklahoma will face Illinois State, the Michigan Wolverines, Kent State, [autotag]Missouri Tigers[/autotag], LSU Tigers, [autotag]Ole Miss Rebels[/autotag] and Auburn Tigers. On the road, they will face Temple Owls, Alabama Crimson Tide, [autotag]South Carolina Gamecocks[/autotag] and Tennessee Volunteers. Of course, the Texas game will still be a neutral site game.

The Michigan game in the nonconference makes this one that much harder than the 2024 season. Now, things can change with the rosters, so it’s too early to tell what the toughest games will be in 2025, but the Sooners knew the battle when they decided to go to the SEC.

None of the conference games have a date or time set, but with Kent State on Oct. 4, 2025, it’s safe to assume the Texas game will be on Oct. 11, 2025, that year.

One thing is for certain, get your popcorn ready because it’s going to be a fun ride in the SEC.

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Instant Analysis: LSU softball drops series to Ole Miss with blowout loss on Monday night

The Tigers entered the weekend as the nation’s lone unbeaten, but now they’ll have to bounce back from a series loss.

LSU was riding high coming into this weekend’s home-opening SEC series against Ole Miss after earning a sweep to begin SEC play last weekend.

The Tigers were 23-0 on the year and took Game 1 against the Rebels, but Games 2 and 3 went south. With a blowout 9-2 loss on Monday night, they dropped their first SEC series of the season and fell to 24-2 (4-2 SEC) on the year.

It was Ole Miss’ first series win in Baton Rouge since 2008.

Starting pitcher [autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag] looked like she was going to get through the first two innings without allowing any damage, but with two outs in the second, she gave up a run of five straight singles.

Three runs scored, and Chaffin was yanked from the game in favor of [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag]. After getting out of the second, Lynch gave up a solo shot in the third as Ole Miss jumped out to a 4-0 lead.

LSU would cut that deficit in half as [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] hit a solo homer of her own in the bottom of the frame, and [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch in the fourth.

However, LSU got into trouble again in the fifth when Lynch loaded up the bases. She allowed a run to score on a fielder’s choice, and after a walk reloaded the bases, a single scored another run.

The Tigers pulled her for [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag], who immediately gave up a two-RBI single as Ole Miss stretched its lead to 8-2. In the sixth, it added another run off a single.

LSU couldn’t get a rally going in the seventh as it went down in order.

The Tigers will have some time off to lick their wounds before returning to the field next weekend for another road SEC series against Missouri.

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Instant Analysis: Ole Miss hands LSU softball first loss of the season on Sunday

LSU’s perfect start to the season came to an end on Sunday.

It’s been a magical start to the season for LSU softball, but its perfect start came to an end on Sunday with a 5-2 loss to Ole Miss. The Tigers fall to 24-1 on the year with the defeat.

LSU got the scoring started in the second inning with a sacrifice fly from [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag] that scored [autotag]Karli Petty[/autotag], but that was all it managed in the frame.

In the bottom of the fourth, Petty paid it forward with a sac-fly that scored [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] to give LSU a 2-0 lead.

Things were going well for LSU and particularly pitcher [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag], but with two outs in the top of the sixth, Berzon gave up a pair of RBI singles as the Rebels managed to tie the game.

Things got even worse for Berzon in the seventh as she allowed a single, and another runner reached on a fielding error. After another ball couldn’t be fielded cleanly and the ensuing throw was off, Ole Miss managed to take the lead.

The Rebels then blew the game wide open with a single that plated two more runs and gave them a 5-2 lead.

LSU put two on in the bottom of the seventh, but with two outs and the tying run at the plate, [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] hit into a game-ending groundout.

Berzon takes the loss having pitched a complete game while allowing six hits and five runs, only two of which were earned. Now, the Tigers will try to rally back to take the series on Monday in Game 3, which is set for 6 p.m. CT at Tiger Park.

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Instant Analysis: Still-undefeated LSU softball hands Ole Miss a shutout in series opener

LSU remains the lone unbeaten team in Division I with a 3-0 win on Saturday.

While the bats were a bit cold in Saturday’s series opener against Ole Miss, the pitching came through for the LSU softball team at Tiger Park.

The Tigers won 3-0 thanks to a complete game shutout from [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag], who gave up just two hits, and now they’re 24-0 and one win away from tying the best start in program history.

LSU stole a run early in this game when a fielding error in the bottom of the first netted a run, but the game remained at a one-run margin until the sixth inning.

[autotag]Sierra Daniel[/autotag] gave the Tigers some insurance with a sacrifice groundout, and they scored a third run on a [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] single.

Lynch allowed one of her two hits in the seventh inning, but a double-play ended the game as the Tigers kept their perfect record intact.

They’ll look to keep it that way as they go for a series-clinching win over the Rebels on Sunday at 4:30 CT.

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Kim Mulkey provides positive update on LSU’s Last-Tear Poa after win over Ole Miss

According to Kim Mulkey, Last-Tear Poa has movement in her extremities, and a CT scan came back clean.

LSU won 75-67 over Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament semifinal on Saturday night, advancing to the conference title game against undefeated, top-seeded South Carolina.

But that victory was overshadowed in many ways by a scary moment in the fourth quarter. After seemingly hitting her head on the court, junior guard [autotag]Last-Tear Poa[/autotag] was unable to leave the court on her own.

She was ultimately placed in a neck brace and taken off the court on a stretcher. According to the broadcast, she was later taken to a hospital in downtown Greenville, South Carolina.

After the game, however, coach [autotag]Kim Mulkey[/autotag] offered a positive update on Poa’s status. Her CT scan came back clean, and she has movement in her extremities.

Poa has mostly been a key bench player for the Tigers this season, but she was thrust into the starting lineup as [autotag]Mikaylah Williams[/autotag] was out with an injury. It’s unclear what her status will be moving forward, but it seems the initial news on her condition is encouraging.

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Photos from LSU women’s basketball’s SEC Tournament semifinal win over Ole Miss

The Tigers advance to the SEC title game to face South Carolina.

The LSU women’s basketball team is heading back to the SEC championship game for the first time since the 2012 season.

On Saturday night, coach Kim Mulkey’s Tigers defeated Ole Miss 75-67 in the semifinal round of the SEC Tournament. With the win, LSU will advance to face South Carolina in the conference title game, and it will look for revenge after suffering a tight home loss to the Gamecocks earlier in the season.

That game will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT in Greenville, South Carolina. In the meantime, here are the photos from the win over the Rebels on Saturday night.