2022 Ole Miss Rebels softball team

American college softball season

2022 Ole Miss Rebels softball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record41-19 (12–12 SEC)
Head coach
  • Jamie Trachsel (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Katie Rietkovich Browder
  • Ryker Chason
Home stadiumOle Miss Softball Complex
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Southeastern Conference softball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Arkansas ‍†‍‡‍y 19 – 5   .792 48 – 11   .814
No. 17 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 44 – 13   .772
No. 20 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 15 – 8   .652 41 – 18   .695
No. 5 Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 49 – 19   .721
No. 21 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 37 – 19   .661
LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 34 – 23   .596
No. 23 Missouri  ‍‍‍y 12 – 11   .522 38 – 22   .633
No. 22 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 43 – 18   .705
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 41 – 19   .683
No. 24 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 11 – 13   .458 40 – 17   .702
No. 19 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 10 – 14   .417 37 – 27   .578
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 6 – 18   .250 31 – 28   .525
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 26 – 30   .464
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 9, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[2]


The 2022 Ole Miss Rebels softball team represents the University of Mississippi in the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Rebels play their home games at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.

Previous season

The Rebels finished the 2021 season 36–22 overall, and 12–12 in the SEC to finish in eighth place in the conference. They were invited to the Tucson Regional where they finished 2–2.

Schedule and results

2022 Ole Miss Rebels softball game log
Regular season (38–16)
February (12–4)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
February 10 vs. No. 17 Oregon Anderson Family Field
Fullerton, CA		 L 0–3 Kliethermes (1–0) Borgen (0–1) 557 0–1 –
Easton Classic
February 10 vs. Dixie State[3] Anderson Family Field W 10–15 Bruce (1–0) Burgess (0–1) 150 1–1 –
February 11 vs. Colorado State Anderson Family Field W 7–6 Furbush (1–0) Hornbuckle (0–1) Diederich (1) 231 2–1 –
February 11 at Cal State Fullerton Anderson Family Field W 6–5 Diederich (1–0) Silvas (0–1) ESPN+ 422 3–1 –
February 12 vs. San Diego Anderson Family Field L 2–5 Rose (2–0) Furbush (1–1) Earnshaw (2) 187 3–2 –
February 12 vs. California Anderson Family Field W 1–0DDR Borgen (1–1) Reimers (1–1) Diederich (2) 187 4–2 –
Troy Invitational
February 18 vs. Nicholls Troy Softball Complex
Troy, AL		 W 10–25 Riley (1–0) Turner (1–2) 79 5–2 –
February 18 vs. Eastern Kentucky Troy Softball Complex W 2–1 Diederich (2–0) Reynoso (0–4) 112 6–2 –
February 19 vs. Eastern Kentucky Troy Softball Complex W 8–06 Furbush (2–1) Todd (0–4) 127 7–2 –
February 19 at Troy Troy Softball Complex L 3–4 Johnson (5–0) Borgen (1–2) 517 – –
February 20 at Troy Troy Softball Complex W 8–7 Diederich (2–0) Johnson (5–1) Borgen (1) ESPN+ 237 8–3 –
February 22 Southern Miss Ole Miss Softball Complex
Oxford, MS		 – (–) (–) SECN+ , – –
Knights Classic
February 25 vs. James Madison UCF Softball Complex
Orlando, FL		 W 4–1 Furbush (3–1) Humphrey (1–2) 9–3 –
February 25 at UCF UCF Softball Complex L 3–6 Woodall (3–1) Riley (1–1) 931 9–4 –
February 26 vs. DePaul UCF Softball Complex W 2–0 Vestal (1–0) Hocker (1–3) 10–4 –
February 27 vs. DePaul UCF Softball Complex W 3–1 Bruce (2–0) Halvorson (2–2) Diederich (3) 11–4 –
February 27 vs. Oakland UCF Softball Complex W 6–0 Diederich (4–0) Knoyvka (0–1) 12–4 –
March (13–3)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
March 2 Southeast Missouri State Ole Miss Softball Complex W 7–4 Riley (2–1) Rook (4–3) SECN+ 207 13–4 –
Ole Miss Classic
March 4 Saint Louis Ole Miss Softball Complex W 8–5 Bruce (3–0) Wendling (2–3) SECN+ 187 14–4 –
March 4 Western Kentucky Ole Miss Softball Complex W 2–0 Vestal (2–0) Nunn (7–2) SECN+ 187 15–4 –
March 5 Saint Louis Ole Miss Softball Complex W 8–06 Furbush (3–1) Hochman (1–5) SECN+ 258 16–4 –
March 5 Western Kentucky Ole Miss Softball Complex W 10–26 Vestal (3–0) Gardner (3–1) SECN+ 263 17–4 –
March 6 Samford Ole Miss Softball Complex W 2–0 Riley (3–1) Newcomb (4–5) SECN+ 188 18–4 –
March 8 Southern Miss Ole Miss Softball Complex – (–) (–) SECN+ , – –
March 10 Stephen F. Austin Ole Miss Softball Complex W 6–2 Vestal (4–0) Gainous (1–3) SECN+ 162 19–4 –
March 11 Stephen F. Austin Ole Miss Softball Complex W 12–25 Vestal (5–0) Wilbur (4–8) SECN+ 20–4 –
March 12 Stephen F. Austin Ole Miss Softball Complex W 7–4 Riley (4–1) Hannabas (1–3) SECN+ 103 21–4 –
March 15 Mississippi Valley State Ole Miss Softball Complex – (–) (–) SECN+ , – –
March 15 Mississippi Valley State Ole Miss Softball Complex – (–) (–) SECN+ , – –
March 18 at Mississippi State Nusz Park
Starkville, MS		 L 8–9 Hawk (7–2) Borgen (1–3) SECN+ 797 21–5 0–1
March 19 at Mississippi State Nusz Park L 3–7 Faapito (3–0) Vestal (5–1) SECN 1,020 21–6 0–2
March 20 at Mississippi State Nusz Park L 0–6 Hawk (8–2) Diederich (4–1) SECN+ 745 21–7 0–3
March 25 No. 21 Missouri Ole Miss Softball Complex W 5–1 Borgen (2–3) Weber (6–3) ESPNU 242 22–7 1–3
March 26 No. 21 Missouri Ole Miss Softball Complex W 5–3 Riley (5–1) Krings (9–4) SECN+ 562 23–7 2–3
March 27 No. 21 Missouri Ole Miss Softball Complex W 5–1 Borgen (3–3) Krings (9–5) SECN+ 345 24–7 3–3
March 29 UT Martin Ole Miss Softball Complex W 8–3 Vestal (6–1) Layne (4–2) SECN+ 137 25–7 –
April (10–7)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 1 No. 10 Arkansas Ole Miss Softball Complex W 2–0 Borgen (4–3) Delce (5–2) Riley (1) SECN+ 436 26–7 4–3
April 2 No. 10 Arkansas Ole Miss Softball Complex L 3–6 Haff (10–3) Riley (5–2) SECN 442 26–8 4–4
April 3 No. 10 Arkansas Ole Miss Softball Complex L 0–8 Haff (11–3) Borgen (4–4) SECN+ 545 26–9 4–5
April 5 Tennessee State Ole Miss Softball Complex W 10–05 Vestal (7–1) Loveless (4–10) SECN+ 81 27–9 –
April 5 Tennessee State Ole Miss Softball Complex W 17–05 Riley (6–2) Manus (6–8) SECN+ 101 28–9 –
April 8 at No. 8 Kentucky John Cropp Stadium
Lexington, KY		 W 7–6 Riley (7–2) Gayan (4–1) SECN 284 29–9 5–5
April 9 at No. 8 Kentucky John Cropp Stadium L 2–6 Schoonover (4–2) Diederich (4–2) SECN 875 29–10 5–6
April 10 at No. 8 Kentucky John Cropp Stadium L 2–8 Lacatena (7–2) Borgen (4–5) SECN+ 1,412 29–11 5–7
April 14 No. 9 Florida Ole Miss Softball Complex L 4–7 Hightower (11–4) Riley (7–3) Lugo (2) SECN+ 331 29–12 5–8
April 15 No. 9 Florida Ole Miss Softball Complex L 3–7 Pittman (2–0) Borgen (4–6) Lugo (3) SECN+ 483 29–13 5–9
April 16 No. 9 Florida Ole Miss Softball Complex L 9–10 Lugo (8–4) Borgen (4–7) SECN+ 522 29–14 5–10
April 19 Louisiana Tech Ole Miss Softball Complex W 10–05 Diederich (4–2) Menzina (4–6) SECN+ 152 30–14 –
April 22 at South Carolina Carolina Softball Stadium
Columbia, SC		 W 8–3 Riley (8–3) Betenbaugh (5–5) SECN+ 1,516 31–14 6–10
April 23 at South Carolina Carolina Softball Stadium W 2–1 Furbush (5–1) Powell (6–7) Borgen (2) SECN 1,739 32–14 7–10
April 24 at South Carolina Carolina Softball Stadium W 3–0 Riley (9–3) Powell (6–8) Borgen (3) SECN+ 1,571 33–14 8–10
April 26 at Memphis Tigers Softball Complex
Memphis, TN		 W 11–05 Riley (10–3) Siems (8–17) ESPN+ 374 34–14 –
April 30 No. 13 Tennessee Ole Miss Softball Complex W 5–4 Riley (11–3) White (2–2) SECN+ 973 35–14 9–10
May (3–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 1 No. 13 Tennessee Ole Miss Softball Complex L 1–106 Rogers (8–5) Riley (11–4) SECN 534 35–15 9–11
May 2 No. 13 Tennessee Ole Miss Softball Complex W 3–1 Borgen (3–1) Edmoundson (18–6) SECN 535 36–15 10–11
May 6 at No. 16 Georgia Jack Turner Stadium
Athens, GA		 L 1–96 Kerpics (18–7) Borgen (5–8) SECN+ 782 36–16 10–12
May 7 at No. 16 Georgia Jack Turner Stadium W 10–8 Vestel (8–1) Rogers (10–2) SECN 1,487 37–16 11–12
May 8 at No. 16 Georgia Jack Turner Stadium W 4–2 Borgen (6–8) Kerpics (18–8) SECN+ 1,512 38–16 12–12
Post-Season (3–3)
SEC tournament (1–1)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record
May 11 vs. No. 18 Georgia Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
Gainesville, FL		 W 9–5 Borgen (7–8) Kerpics (18–9) SECN 1,610 39–16 1–0
May 12 vs. No. 4 Arkansas Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium L 0–3 Haff (18–4) Borgen (7–9) SECN 1,726 39–17 1–1
NCAA tournament (2–2)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
May 20 vs. Loyola Marymount Easton Stadium
Los Angeles, CA		 L 2–4 Perez (17–6) Borgen (7–10) ESPN+ 39–18 0–1
May 21 vs. Grand Canyon Easton Stadium W 9–5 Diederich (6–2) Hambrick (14–7) ESPN+ 1,328 40–18 1–1
May 21 vs. Loyola Marymount Easton Stadium W 4–2 Riley (12–4) Caymol (3–2) Furbush (1) ESPN+ 1,328 41–18 2–1
May 22 vs. No 5 UCLA Easton Stadium L 1–95 Azevedo (19–2) Borgen (7–11) ESPN+ 1,328 41–19 2–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Ole Miss team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA poll.

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Roster

2020 Ole Miss Rebels softball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year High school/junior college Home town
2 INF Brooke Lorenzo L/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Obra D. Tompkins Katy, TX
3 INF Keila Kamoku R/R 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Kapolei, HI
4 C KK Esparza R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Friendswood Friendswood, TX
6 INF Mikayla Allee R/R 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Norco Corona, CA
7 INF Brooke Barnard R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Palm Beach Gardens Palm Beach Gardens, FL
8 OF Annie Orman R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr West Union Myrtle, MS
9 INF Paige Smith R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Norco Corona, CA
11 OF Tate Whitley L/L 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Angleton Angleton, TX
13 RHP Savannah Diederich R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Los Altos Hacienda Heights, CA
16 INF Sydney Gutierrez L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Pearland
Blinn College 		Pearland, TX
17 RHP Catelyn Riley R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Jefferson County Dandridge, TN
18 RHP Aynslie Furbush R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Winter Springs Longwood, FL
21 INF Bre Roper L/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Woodstock
Georgia Tech 		Woodstock, GA
22 LHP Anna Borgen L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Dallas Christian Heath, TX
24 INF Makenna Segal R/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr South Forsyth Cumming, GA
26 INF Angelina DeLeon R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Calaveras Hills Valley Springs, CA
27 INF Maddi Banks L/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Bettendorf
Virginia Tech 		Bettendorf, IA
30 OF Abbey Latham RR/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Demopolis Livingston, AL
31 C Lexie Brady R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr O'Gorman Catholic Sioux Falls, SD
34 OF Nyomi Jones L/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Mater Dei Long Beach, CA
35 RHP Landyn Bruce R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Great Oak Temecula, CA
36 RHP Brooke Vestal R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Canyon
Oklahoma 		New Braunfels, TX
Head coach

Jamie Trachsel (St. Cloud State)

Assistant coach(es)

Katie Rietkovich Browder (USC Beaufort)
Ryker Chason (LSU)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2022 SEC softball records
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Source: 2022 SEC softball game results, 2022 SEC softball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
ALA 16–8 . . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 . 3–0 . 1–2 ALA 6–2 2–0
ARK 19–5 . 3–0 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 ARK 8–0 3–0
AUB 11–13 . 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 3–0 AUB 4–4 1–2
FLA 13–11 1–2 0–3 2–1 . . 2–1 2–1 . 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 FLA 5–3 1–1
UGA 12–12 1–2 . 1–2 . . 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 UGA 4–4 0–0
KEN 13–11 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 . . KEN 5–3 1–1
LSU 13–11 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 . . 3–0 . 2–1 LSU 5–3 1–1
MSU 10–14 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 . MSU 2–6 1–1
MIZZ 12–11 1–2 . . . 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–2 3–0 MIZZ 3–5 2–1
MISS 12–12 . 1–2 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 . MISS 4–4 2–2
SCAR 3–21 0–3 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 . . SCAR 0–8 0–5
TENN 15–8 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 . . 2–1 2–0 1–2 . 3–0 TENN 5–3 2–0
TAMU 6–18 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 . 0–3 . . 0–3 TAMU 1–7 0–3
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.[5][6]Tiebrkrs: KEN&FLA>LSU KEN>FLA hd–hd. MISS>UGA hd–hd.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. June 9, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – June 14 (Final)". National Fastpitch Coaches Association. June 14, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Now known as Utah Tech Trailblazers
  4. ^ "Softball Announces 2022 Schedule". University of Mississippi Department of Athletics. December 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "2022 SEC Softball". ESPN. June 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "2022 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. September 23, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2023.