Ole Miss baseball sits precariously atop the NCAA Tournament bubble, which means a daunting final month of its regular season schedule presents the opportunity to slide either way. With nine of the Rebels’ final 12 games coming on the road against RPI top-25 opponents, Mike Bianco’s club faces both an intimidating challenge and a golden opportunity over the next four weeks.
Ole Miss was able to avoid a disastrous backslide over the weekend, fighting back from a Friday-night beatdown to take the final two games and the series from a middling Mizzou team. A superb pitching performance by freshman Ryan Rolison helped carry the day on Saturday and the bats woke up to pound out nine runs on nine hits to take the rubber game on Sunday.