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Ole Miss heads into bye week off satisfying victory

Saturday night was personal for Hugh Freeze.

Last week, he said his players would be ready for the game with Memphis. The Tigers’ 37-24 last season remained fresh on his mind, and credit Freeze for having his team ready.
In last season’s loss, Ole Miss led 14-0 and the sideline appeared jovial. That obviously turned quickly. Saturday night, Ole Miss jumped out to a 14-0 lead and didn’t let up. While Memphis did eventually cut it to 27-21, the Rebels responded quickly to make it 34-21 and cruised from there.

Freeze grew up near Memphis, in Independence, Miss., and no doubt heard about last year’s loss often. This week, Freeze can rest easy, enjoy the bye week and get ready for a trip to Arkansas on October 15.

Here are some takeaways from the Rebels’ 48-28 victory.

Courtesy of Brad Logan and to read the rest of the article go to GridironNow.com

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Ole Miss keeps improbable CFP dreams alive in underrated Memphis matchup

Eric Church may know nothing about college football, but the country musician got one thing absolutely right this past week.

There may not be a better two-loss team out there than No. 16 Ole Miss — Florida State, Oklahoma and LSU all included. The Rebels showed as much in their get-it-done 48-28 win on Saturday against Memphis, a team that’s being overlooked with the departures of coach Justin Fuente and quarterback Paxton Lynch.

The bottom line: Ole Miss got it done and, most importantly, held onto its comfy first-half lead for the second straight week. When the Tigers cut their deficit to six points, Hugh Freeze’s squad responded confidently with two no-sweat touchdown drives that lasted less than two minutes each. Chad Kelly kept the turnover bug at bay as he hit Evan Engram on a 12-yard scoring strike and Damore’ea Stringfellow on a 29-yard pass that set up the next TD, stunting his opponent’s momentum just as it was building.

Courtesy of Alec Shirkey and to read the rest of his article go SEC Country.com

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Five Homers Highlight Baseball’s Weekend

Although the 2017 Ole Miss Baseball regular season is still four months away, the Rebels proved that they’re ready for Swayze showers to rain in right field. In two intrasquad scrimmages over the weekend, the Ole Miss bats belted five home runs to conclude the third week of fall practice.

Behind home runs by junior Tate Blackman and sophomore Chase Cockrell, the Blue squad took Friday afternoon’s intradsquad 8-4. Freshman Thomas Dillard and sophomore Ryan Olenek recorded two hits apiece, adding a double and triple, respectively. Junior Kyle Watson homered as well in the contest. On the mound, junior southpaw David Parkinson tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, allowing only one hit.

Wrapping up the weekend, the Rebels tallied 21 hits between the two squads. Back-to-back homers by freshman Cooper Johnson and redshirt sophomore Michael Fitzsimmons powered Red to a 5-1 win. Four freshmen earned multi-hit games to lead the team to victory, including Johnson, Grae Kessinger, Bryan Seamster and Trace Tyre. The freshmen knocked in four of the team’s five runs while also scoring crossing the plate a combined four times. Senior Sean Johnson got the start, keeping Blue off the scoreboard for 3.0 innings before freshman Jason Barber finished the job with 3.0 scoreless frames of relief.

For Blue, Cockrell capped off a strong weekend at the plate by going 3-for-4 with a double and one run. Bryce Blaum, Nick Fortes and Cole Zabowski went 2-for-3 in the effort as the underclassmen continue to produce at the plate throughout the fall.

The Rebels will return to the diamond for two more intrasquad scrimmages this week at Swayze Field (Oct. 7-8). Friday’s Red-Blue matchup is slated for a 2:30 p.m. start, while Saturday’s contest will have a 12 p.m. first pitch. All intrasquad scrimmages are free and open to the public.

For instant updates on Ole Miss Baseball intrasquads, follow the Rebels on Twitter at@OleMissBSB and Snapchat at OleMissBSB. Also don’t forget to follow the Rebs on Facebook at Ole Miss Baseball on Instagram at olemissbsb.

Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports

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Ole Miss Volleyball Wins Five-Setter Against Arkansas

Sunday night’s Ole Miss volleyball match against Arkansas on the SEC Network was a roller coaster ride, as the two teams battled back and forth before going to a fifth set, where Ole Miss came out on top to earn their first SEC win of the year.

Behind a career night from sophomore right side Kathryn Cather and solid defense, the Rebels improved to 12-4 overall and 1-2 in the SEC with the 3-2 win. Cather recorded a career-high 20 kills on a .621 clip and also had three service aces, five digs and three blocks to lead the Rebels with 24.5 points. Junior outside hitter Lexi Thompson was all over the court with her defense and finished the night tying her career-high with 21 digs.

As a team, the Rebels finished with 11 blocks to Arkansas’ four. Ole Miss hit .246, while holding Arkansas to just .148.

Fayetteville native Aubrey Edie passed out 48 assists to help the Rebels win their third straight against the Razorbacks.

After Ole Miss took a 2-1 lead on .417 hitting percentage in set three, Arkansas came back and grabbed the fourth set to even the match and send it to a deciding fifth set.

In the fifth set, the Rebels raced out to a 6-3 lead, but the Razorbacks won three straight points on three consecutive kills by Danielle Harbin, who finished with a match-high 22. The Rebels closed out the set on a 9-4 run to win it 15-10 and their fifth five-setter of the season.

Ole Miss went up 1-0 to begin the climb toward their first conference victory, winning set one 25-15 behind a .318 hitting percentage. The second set was a different story for the Rebels, as they hit just .128 and Arkansas came away with a 25-20 win to even the match at 1-1. The Rebels came out of the break and hit .417 to win a decisive third set 25-14 and take a 2-1 lead in the match. The roller coaster continued in the fourth set with Ole Miss hitting just .115 with six errors to let the Razorbacks win it 25-20 and set up the final set.

Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports

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