LAFAYETTE, La. -- Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman has made her mark as a pitching specialist.
However, Stuedeman has built the Bulldogs program in atypical fashion.
Instead of using one ace pitcher, the Bulldogs have relied on pitching by committee -- with starters some relieving and relievers sometimes starting. She has called it playing softball with a baseball mentality.
This season, though, has proven quite different.
Sophomore pitcher Alexis Silkwood has emerged as the u
Scott was sports editor for The Dispatch.
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