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02/18/03
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State climbed a notch to No. 10 in the latest Collegiate Baseball rankings Monday, marking the Baseball Bulldogs' first top 10 ranking since May 15, 2000.
MSU opens its 113th season of baseball this weekend at Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium, playing host to Birmingham-Southern Friday (3 p.m.) and the University of Connecticut Saturday (3 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.) in the third annual National Bank of Commerce Classic.
Defending NCAA champ Texas (10-1) and Florida State (8-1) continue to rank 1-2 in Collegiate Baseball's poll. No. 7 South Carolina (4-1) and No. 10 Mississippi State (0-0) lead a collection of six Southeastern Conference teams in this week's top 30 which also includes No. 12 LSU (4-3), No. 23 Auburn (6-1), No. 26 Tennessee (6-0) and No. 30 Florida (4-1). MSU was ranked 11th in the preseason poll conducted by the Arizona-based publication, and maintained that ranking in the first two inseason polls.
Bulldog junior all-American Paul Maholm has been tabbed as MSU's starting pitcher for Friday afternoon's season-opener against Birmingham-Southern. The left-hander from Holly Springs, Miss., posted a 10-3 record with a 3.43 earned run average en route to second-team All-SEC honors as a sophomore.
Friday's game marks the opening of Ron Polkšs 30th season as a collegiate head coach and his 24th as skipper of the Baseball Bulldogs. On opening day he'll be facing the first of six opponents coached by his former pupils. The BSC Panthers (2-1) are led by Brian Shoop, a member of Polk's MSU staff from 1983 to 1989.
MSU baseball season tickets, featuring a school-record 35 Bulldog home games, are now on sale at the MSU Athletic Ticket Office (662-325-2600) in the Bryan Athletic Administration Building.
Orders for nearly 4,100 of the season tickets have been processed by Mississippi State, which is seeking its third-straight season ticket sales record. MSU fans purchased 5,596 baseball season tickets last season. Individual game general admission tickets and, if available, reserved seat grandstand tickets, will be sold at the stadium ticket office prior to each home game this season.
Source: MSU Media Relations
2/08/03 - With the college baseball season just around the corner, the annual Baseball America College Preview issue has come out. Mississippi State's team and players were noted in the issue.