Ole Miss
LINCOLN, Neb. (05/28/2026) — The Ole Miss Rebels outlasted the Arizona State Sun Devils 7-6 in 14 innings Thursday at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park, walking off a marathon that swung through two ties and a furious comeback before Ben Randle's RBI single ended it.
How It Happened
Arizona State struck first. In the top of the first, Dean Toigo singled to right to score Landon Hairston, and Austen Roellig followed with a groundout to shortstop that plated Toigo for a quick 2-0 Sun Devils lead. Ole Miss answered in the bottom half when Judd Utermark homered to right center to cut the deficit to 2-1.
The third inning delivered the game's wildest swings. Nu'u Contrades opened it with a solo home run to left to push Arizona State ahead 3-1. Ole Miss responded immediately: Will Furniss doubled to deep right center to score Tate Sirmans and Dom Decker and knot the game at 3-3, and Tristan Bissetta followed with a two-run homer to right, scoring Furniss, to flip the lead to 5-3. Decker's RBI single to right in the fourth, scoring Aiden Fawley, stretched the Rebels' edge to 6-3.
From there, Arizona State clawed back. Toigo homered to right in the fifth to make it 6-4, and Contrades struck again in the seventh — a two-run shot to left that scored Hairston and tied the game 6-6. Neither side budged for six more innings as the bullpens took over.
Turning Point
The decisive blow came in the bottom of the 14th. With the game still tied 6-6, Lorenzo Romine came around to score on Randle's single to right, sending Bissetta to third and Hayden Federico to second and ending the night in Ole Miss's favor. Just as important was the relief work that set it up: Hudson Calhoun delivered 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with three strikeouts to keep the Rebels alive deep into extra frames.
Star of the Game
Contrades was the offensive force of the night for Arizona State, going 3-for-7 with two home runs, two runs scored and three RBI — including the seventh-inning blast that tied the game. For Ole Miss, the standout effort belonged to Federico, who reached base at an extraordinary clip with a 4-for-7 line, while Bissetta (1-for-6, HR, 2 RBI) and Utermark (1-for-6, HR, RBI) supplied the early power. Furniss chipped in a 2-for-4 night with two RBI, and Decker reached base often, going 2-for-5 with an RBI and two walks.
On the mound, Arizona State's Cole Carlon set the early tone with 6.2 innings, six hits, six runs and nine strikeouts, and Jaden Alba was outstanding in long relief at 4.0 innings, six hits, one run and five strikeouts. Ole Miss leaned on Walker Hooks (5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 4 K) and Calhoun's scoreless close.
What It Means
Ole Miss showed resilience, surrendering the lead and the tie multiple times yet refusing to fold across 14 innings before finding the walk-off it needed. Surviving a game in which it trailed and was twice tied is the kind of result that can steady a club for the work ahead.
For Arizona State, this was a hard-fought loss that fell just short despite Contrades' two-homer night and a comeback that erased a three-run deficit to force extras. The Sun Devils generated power and got length from Carlon and Alba on the mound; they simply could not land the final blow in a game that came down to the last swing. Both teams will draw confidence from how they competed in a tight, momentum-shifting battle that needed extra innings to settle.
