Ole Miss softball's Cassie Reasner walks off the field after scoring a run in a game against Memphis in Oxford. | Ole Miss Athletics
Ole Miss softball's Cassie Reasner walks off the field after scoring a run in a game against Memphis in Oxford. | Ole Miss Athletics

Ole Miss Keeps Momentum Rolling with 10-0 Win Against Memphis

BY Taylor Hodges

Maybe, just maybe, Ole Miss has found its groove.

It’s been a season full of stops and starts, but Tuesday night in Memphis felt like the kind of game that can nudge a team in the right direction.

A 10-0 win is always nice. A 10-0 win coming off the heels of a series upset against then-No. 4 Tennessee and  built on a record‑setting performance, steady pitching, and a lineup that looked confident from top to bottom is something a little more interesting.

Cassie Reasner stole the night and probably a few headlines. Seven RBI in one game is a program record, and she made it look easy with two home runs that carried the kind of swing you notice.

When she stepped in with the game already in hand in the seventh and launched her second homer, it felt like a player settling into who she can be.

She wasn’t alone. Persy Llamas turned in a career night with four hits, and she seemed to be in the middle of everything.

Mackenzie Pickens and Madi George kept finding ways to get on base.

Taylor Roman came off the bench and immediately joined the home run party. It was the kind of balanced, steady production Ole Miss has been waiting to see.

And then there was Lilly Whitten, who quietly delivered one of her best outings of the season. A complete game shutout on the road is impressive no matter the opponent. She held Memphis hitless into the fourth, worked around the few chances the Tigers had, and never looked rattled. Six strikeouts, no walks, and a whole lot of calm.

The game didn’t start with fireworks. Ole Miss left runners on early and needed a few innings to settle in.

Once the Rebels broke through in the third with Reasner’s sacrifice fly, the tone shifted. Kennedy Bunker doubled home a run in the fourth.

Then the fifth inning arrived, and everything clicked. Llamas singled, George singled, and Reasner unloaded a three‑run shot that broke the game open. Roman followed with a solo homer, and suddenly the Rebels were rolling.

By the time the seventh inning came around, Ole Miss looked like a team that knew exactly how it wanted to finish the job. Llamas added another RBI. Reasner delivered the exclamation point. Whitten closed it out with two more strikeouts.

It was clean. It was confident. It was the kind of night that makes you wonder if the Rebels are finally settling into who they want to be.

There’s still a long way to go, and the SEC schedule won’t get any easier.

But if Ole Miss needed a spark, this looked like one.

They’re back at it tonight against Central Arkansas, and if they can stack another solid performance, maybe this really is the start of something good.

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