2019 Ole Miss Rebels softball team

2019 Ole Miss Rebels softball
2019 Ole Miss Rebels softball
Oxford Regional champion
Tucson Super Regional, 0–2 vs. Arizona
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
Record	41–20 (13–10 SEC)
Head coach	Mike Smith (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Ruben Felix; Ashley Chastain;
Home stadium	Ole Miss Softball Complex
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Ole Miss Rebels softball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Rebels played their home games at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.

2019 Southeastern Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Alabama ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	6	.750	60	–	10	.857
No. 11 Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	.583	43	–	17	.717
No. 10 LSU ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	.583	43	–	19	.694
No. 23 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	.583	36	–	24	.600
No. 17 Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	13	–	10	.565	41	–	20	.672
No. 8 Florida ‍‍‡‍^y	12	–	12	.500	49	–	18	.731
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	42	–	19	.689
No. 20 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	38	–	20	.655
Missouri ‍‍‍^y	12	–	12	.500	35	–	25	.583
No. 24 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	10	–	14	.417	39	–	21	.650
No. 21 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	9	–	14	.391	38	–	19	.667
Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	9	–	15	.375	35	–	23	.603
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	6	–	18	.250	28	–	27	.509

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2019^[1] Rankings from NFCA

Previous season

The Rebels finished the 2018 season 32–25 overall, and 7–17 in the conference. The Rebels entered the 2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament as the #2 seed in the Arizona State regional. The Rebels were defeated by the Sun Devils in the Regional Finals.

Roster

2019 Ole Miss Rebels roster

Pitchers

5 Ava Tillmann – Sophomore
7 Molly Jacobsen – Junior
18 Brittany Finney – Senior
22 Anna Borgen – Sophomore
35 Savannah Diederich – Freshman

Catchers

19 Izzy Werdann – Senior
24 Autumn Gillespie – Junior

Infielders

6 Mikayla Allee – Freshman
14 Taylor Watford – Freshman
17 Kacey Hvitved – Sophomore
21 Amanda Roth – Sophomore
30 Abbey Latham – Sophomore
36 Gabby Alvarez – Sophomore

Outfielders

3 Alyssa Pinto – Freshman
10 Katelin Cooper – Freshman
11 Tate Whitley – Freshman
15 Kylan Becker – Senior
32 Kelsha Loftin – Junior

Utility

1 Kaylee Horton – Junior
16 Sydney Gutierrez – Sophomore
20 Jessica Puk – Sophomore
23 Ally Mena – Sophomore

Schedule and results

Legend
	Ole Miss win
	Ole Miss loss
	Cancellation
Bold	Ole Miss team member

2019 Ole Miss Rebels Softball Game Log

Regular season (36–16)

February (9–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
Feb. 7	at UCF Friends of Jaclyn Tournament		UCF Softball Complex Orlando, FL	W 3–0	Brittany Finney (1–0)	White (0–1)				1–0
Feb. 8	vs. Ohio State Friends of Jaclyn Tournament		UCF Softball Complex	L 2–4	Ray (1–0)	Ava Tillmann (0–1)				1–1
Feb. 9	vs. No. 21 Minnesota Friends of Jaclyn Tournament		UCF Softball Complex	W 3–1	Molly Jacobsen (1–0)	Fiser (1–1)				2–1
Feb. 9	vs. George Mason Friends of Jaclyn Tournament		UCF Softball Complex	W 8–0⁵	Anna Borgen (1–0)	Vitalich (0–1)				3–1
Feb. 15	vs. UC Riverside Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament		Easton Stadium Los Angeles, CA	W 11–3⁵	Brittany Finney (2–0)	Olmos (1–3)				4–1
Feb. 15	vs. Cal Poly Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament		Easton Stadium	W 5–2	Ava Tillmann (1–1)	Best (0–3)	Molly Jacobsen (1)			5–1
Feb. 16	vs. Oregon State Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament		Easton Stadium	W 2–0	Molly Jacobsen (2–0)	Mazon (4–1)				6–1
Feb. 16	at No. 2 UCLA Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament		Easton Stadium	L 0–4	Garcia (3–0)	Brittany Finney (2–1)				6–2
Feb. 17	vs. Boise State Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament		LBSU Softball Complex Long Beach, CA	L 4–6	Mancha (3–1)	Ava Tillmann (1–2)	Broadus (1)			6–3
Feb. 22	vs. Tulsa Texas Invitational		McCombs Field Austin, TX	L 1–4	Delce (4–1)	Brittany Finney (2–2)	Scott (3)	Longhorn Network		6–4
Feb. 22	vs. Sam Houston State Texas Invitational		McCombs Field	W 5–1	Molly Jacobsen (3–0)	Sanchez (1–1)		Longhorn Network		7–4
Feb. 23	vs. Sam Houston State Texas Invitational		McCombs Field	W 2–1	Ava Tillmann (2–2)	Dunn (2–2)		Longhorn Network		8–4
Feb. 23	at No. 11 Texas Texas Invitational		McCombs Field	L 2–3	O'Leary (4–0)	Molly Jacobsen (3–1)		Longhorn Network		8–5
Feb. 24	at No. 11 Texas Texas Invitational		McCombs Field	L 0–7	Elish (4–0)	Brittany Finney (2–3)		Longhorn Network		8–6
Feb. 27	at Central Arkansas		Farris Field Conway, AR	W 18–3⁶	Ava Tillmann (3–2)	Sanchez (2–3)				9–6

March (15–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
March 1	Nicholls Ole Miss Classic		Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS	W 6–0	Brittany Finney (3–3)	LaBure (2–6)		SECN+	362	10–6
March 1	Pittsburgh Ole Miss Classic		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 6–1	Molly Jacobsen (4–1)	Edwards (0–4)		SECN+	418	11–6
March 2	Pittsburgh Ole Miss Classic		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 4–3	Brittany Finney (4–3)	Knight (2–6)		SECN+	278	12–6
March 2	Nicholls Ole Miss Classic		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 2–0	Molly Jacobsen (5–1)	Landry (8–4)		SECN+	173	13–6
March 6	Austin Peay		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 7–2	Molly Jacobsen (6–1)	Mardones (3–4)		SECN+	38	14–6
March 9	No. 14 Arkansas		Ole Miss Softball Complex	L 4–10	Storms (8–0)	Brittany Finney (4–4)			348	14–7	0–1
March 10	No. 14 Arkansas		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 12–0⁵	Molly Jacobsen (7–1)	Haff (11–4)		SEC Network	757	15–7	1–1
March 11	No. 14 Arkansas		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 6–2	Molly Jacobsen (8–1)	Storms (8–1)	Brittany Finney (1)	SEC Network	841	16–7	2–1
March 13	Memphis		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 8–0⁶	Ava Tillmann (4–2)	Nichols (4–5)		SECN+	207	17–7
March 15	Samford		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 15–2⁵	Brittany Finney (5–4)	Yantis (0–5)		SECN+	208	18–7
March 16	No. 18 Oklahoma State		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 8–4	Molly Jacobsen (9–1)	Show (7–3)		SECN+	478	19–7
March 17	Samford		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 6–3	Ava Tillmann (5–2)	Barnett (1–1)	Molly Jacobsen (2)	SECN+	308	20–7
March 17	No. 18 Oklahoma State		Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 10–1⁵	Brittany Finney (6–4)	Simunek (4–3)		SECN+	526	21–7
March 23	at No. 16 South Carolina	No. 24	Carolina Softball Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–2	Oh (3–2)	Brittany Finney (6–5)			1,814	21–8	2–2
March 24	at No. 16 South Carolina	No. 24	Carolina Softball Stadium	W 2–0⁸	Molly Jacobsen (10–1)	Raley (7–2)		SEC Network	1,543	22–8	3–2
March 25	at No. 16 South Carolina	No. 24	Carolina Softball Stadium	Cancelled due to weather.
March 29	No. 6 Florida	No. 22	Ole Miss Softball Complex	L 2–5¹⁵	Barnhill (19–3)	Molly Jacobsen (10–2)		SECN+	1,371	22–9	3–3
March 30	No. 6 Florida	No. 22	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 8–4⁸	Brittany Finney (7–5)	Barnhill (19–4)		SECN+	1,003	23–9	4–3
March 31	No. 6 Florida	No. 22	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 3–1	Brittany Finney (8–5)	Barnhill (19–5)	Molly Jacobsen (3)	SECN+	1,118	24–9	5–3

April (12–4)
Date Time	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
April 2	at Belmont	No. 18	E. S. Rose Park Nashville, TN	W 11–1⁵	Ava Tillmann (6–2)	Veltri (9–5)		ESPN+	96	25–9
April 5	at No. 22 Kentucky	No. 18	John Cropp Stadium Lexington, KY	L 4–11	Humes (9–6)	Molly Jacobsen (10–3)		SECN+	1,304	25–10	5–4
April 6 (1)	at No. 22 Kentucky	No. 18	John Cropp Stadium	W 8–4	Brittany Finney (9–5)	Schorman (5–1)		SECN+	1,828 (DH)	26–10	6–4
April 6 (2)	at No. 22 Kentucky	No. 18	John Cropp Stadium	W 6–2⁸	Brittany Finney (10–5)	Baalman (5–8)		SECN+	1,828 (DH)	27–10	7–4
April 10	UAB	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 3–2⁸	Brittany Finney (11–5)	Cespedes (6–6)		SECN+	503	28–10
April 12 (1)	Missouri	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 7–5⁸	Molly Jacobsen (11–3)	Daniel (2–4)		SECN+	472	29–10	8–4
April 12 (2)	Missouri	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 1–0	Molly Jacobsen (12–3)	Gasper (9–5)		SECN+	627	30–10	9–4
April 14	Missouri	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	L 2–5	Gasper (10–5)	Molly Jacobsen (12–4)	Daniel (3)	SECN+	393	30–11	9–5
April 16	UT Martin	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 13–0⁵	Ava Tillmann (7–2)	Gallagher (6–3)		SECN+	238	31–11
April 19 (1)	at Mississippi State	No. 17	Nusz Park Starkville, MS	W 21–0⁵	Brittany Finney (12–5)	Denis (3–1)		SECN+	338	32–11	10–5
April 19 (2)	at Mississippi State	No. 17	Nusz Park	L 0–6	Williams (9–6)	Molly Jacobsen (12–5)		SEC Network	378	32–12	10–6
April 20	at Mississippi State	No. 17	Nusz Park	W 3–1⁸	Brittany Finney (13–5)	Williams (9–7)		SECN+	803	33–12	11–6
April 24	Southern Miss	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 3–0	Ava Tillmann (8–2)	Trahan (14–9)		SEC Network	903	34–12
April 26	No. 9 Tennessee	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 5–3	Brittany Finney (14–5)	Rogers (18–4)	Molly Jacobsen (4)	SECN+	976	35–12	12–6
April 27	No. 9 Tennessee	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 4–1	Molly Jacobsen (13–5)	Arnold (8–6)		SECN+	1,678	36–12	13–6
April 28	No. 9 Tennessee	No. 17	Ole Miss Softball Complex	L 1–2⁹	Moss (11–2)	Molly Jacobsen (12–6)		ESPNU	1,734	36–13	13–7

May (0–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
May 3	at No. 14 Georgia	No. 15	Jack Turner Stadium Athens, GA	L 0–1	Bass (11–3)	Brittany Finney (14–6)		SECN+	927	36–14	13–8
May 5 (1)	at No. 14 Georgia	No. 15	Jack Turner Stadium	L 5–6	Mathis (8–4)	Brittany Finney (14–7)		SECN+	1,513	36–15	13–9
May 5 (2)	at No. 14 Georgia	No. 15	Jack Turner Stadium	L 0–8⁵	Cutting (10–4)	Brittany Finney (14–8)		SEC Network	1,678	36–16	13–10

Post-season (3–2)

SEC Tournament (1–1)
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SECT Record
May 9	vs. (12) Mississippi State	(5)	Davis Diamond College Station, TX	W 9–4	Brittany Finney (15–8)	Williams (13–8)		SECN	1,257	37–16	1–0
May 10	vs. (4) Kentucky	(5)	Davis Diamond	L 0–8⁵	Humes (13–10)	Brittany Finney (15–9)		SECN	1,342	37–17	1–1

NCAA Division I softball tournament – Oxford Regional (2–1)
Date	Opponent	Seed/National Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 17	(4) Chattanooga	(1) No. 11	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 12–0⁵	Brittany Finney (16–9)	Hudson (15–11)		ESPN3	1,620	38–17	1–0
May 18	(2) Louisiana	(1) No. 11	Ole Miss Softball Complex	L 0–2	Ellyson (39–4)	Molly Jacobsen (13–7)		ESPN3	1,683	38–18	1–1
May 18	(3) Southeast Missouri State	(1) No. 11	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 10–0⁵	Brittany Finney (17–9)	Anderson (5–4)		ESPN3	1,502	39–18	2–1
May 19 (1)	(2) Louisiana	(1) No. 11	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 5–1	Molly Jacobsen (14–7)	Ellyson (39–5)		ESPN3	1,648	40–18	3–1
May 19 (2)	(2) Louisiana	(1) No. 11	Ole Miss Softball Complex	W 5–4	Brittany Finney (18–9)	Ellyson (39–6)		ESPN3	1,542	41–18	4–1

NCAA Division I softball tournament – Tucson Super Regional (0–2)
Date	Opponent	National Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 24	at (6) Arizona	(11)	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 2–5	McQuillin (23–7)	Brittany Finney (18–10)		ESPNU	2,729	41–19	4–2
May 25	at (6) Arizona	(11)	Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium	L 1–9	Denham (13–5)	Molly Jacobsen (14–8)		ESPN2	2,835	41–20	4–3

Schedule Source:^[2]

Oxford Regional

Oxford Regional Teams
(1) Ole Miss Rebels	(2) Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	(3) Southeast Missouri State RedHawks	(4) Chattanooga Mocs


First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals



11	Ole Miss	12

	Chattanooga	0
			11	Ole Miss	0

				Louisiana	2
Southeast Missouri State		2

Louisiana		3
							Louisiana

						11	Ole Miss
Lower round 1			Lower final



			11	Ole Miss	10

Chattanooga		1		Southeast Missouri State	0

Southeast Missouri State		2

References

^ "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
^ "Softball Announces Rigorous 2019 Schedule" (Press release). University of Mississippi Department of Athletics. October 15, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

[1] "Softball". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved April 19, 2019.

[2] "Softball Announces Rigorous 2019 Schedule" (Press release). University of Mississippi Department of Athletics. October 15, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

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