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Ole Miss Dominates Oxford Regional, Advances to Fayetteville Super Regional
By Adam Brown
Sports Editor
adam.brown@hottytoddy.com
Ole Miss captures the Oxford Regional crown. Photo by Josh McCoy / Ole Miss Athletics.
The No. 12 national seeded Ole Miss Rebels cruised past the Jacksonville State Gamecocks 19-4 Sunday night to claim the Oxford Regional Championship.
Ole Miss’ (40-25) offense continued its hot streak on the night as they clinched the three-game sweep. The Rebels came close to matching the total number of runs put up against Sam Houston State (21) in the Oxford Regional in 2007.
“The guys have played loose all weekend,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. “We played well in all phases of the games.”
Junior Thomas Dillard and Anthony Servideo both launched home runs in the win.
Dillard, an Oxford native, delivered his first home run of the night on the opening pitch, sending it over the student section in right field. He then got a grand slam in the fourth that put the Rebels up 12-2. He finished the night going 3-for-3 with three extra-base knocks and came one RBI shy (7) of tying his career high against Tulane.
“We wanted to go out there and put pressure on them from the first pitch on,” Dillard said.
Servideo shot his towering solo homer in the seventh. Along with the three zingers in the game, Ole Miss pounded out a total of 20 hits. Junior Cole Zabowski finished the game going 4-for-5 with three runs scored.
The Rebels’ starter Gunnar Hoglund held his own on the mound against the Gamecocks as he surrendered two runs (one earned) on five hits and had five strikeouts in 5.1 innings of work. Hoglund picked up the win.
Bianco called on the arms of Houston Roth, Connor Green and Max Cioffi to close out the Regional. Roth worked 1.2 as he gave up two hits and struck out two batters. Green came in for a frame and surrendered a run on two hits. Cioffi entered in the ninth and gave up Jacksonville’s last run of the night.
Ole Miss is headed to the Fayetteville Super Regional to face the Arkansas Razorbacks. The Razorbacks are the No. 5 national seed. They took down TCU 6-0.
“They are a really solid national team. We just have to go in there and compete,” Dillard said.
The dates of the super regional matchup will be announced today.
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | W, 26-14 |
| Thu, Jan 2 |  | vs Duke (Gator Bowl) | W, 52-20 |
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | 11:00 AM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | 5:00 PM SECN |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | 8:00 PM ESPN2 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | 3:00 PM TBA |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | 6:00 PM ESPN |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |