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Mississippi Valley State To Face South Alabama In 1st Round Of NCAA Softball Tourney

By on May 13, 2013 in Softball

ITTA BENA – The Mississippi Valley State softball team gathered Sunday night in the Devil’s Den on campus to find out where and when it will play in the NCAA Tournament. As the NCAA Softball Selection Show aired on ESPNU, the SWAC champion Devilettes were elated to learn the news that they’ll be traveling this [...]

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Mississippi Valley State Wins SWAC Softball Tournament Championship

By on May 12, 2013 in Softball, SWAC

DECATUR, Ala. Mississippi Valley State University captured a consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference softball championship with an 11-3 decision over Alabama State on Saturday at Wilson Morgan Park. After dropping its first game of the tournament, MVSU (25-30) won five straight en route to its conference-leading eigth overall SWAC title. The victories include six consecutive crowns [...]

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Mississippi Valley State Football Player Dies In Car Accident, 3 Others Injured

By on April 26, 2013 in Football

ITTA BENA, Miss. – Four Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) student-athletes were involved in a one-car accident Thursday evening in Leflore County, Miss. The driver, Kevin Monzon, 19, a junior from Crystal Springs, Miss. and member of the MVSU football team died at the scene. A second passenger, Marcus Thompson, a junior from Houston, Texas [...]

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Mississippi Valley State Eliminates UAPB In SWAC Women’s Tourney, To Face Prairie View A&M In Finals

By on March 16, 2013 in Basketball, W Basketball

Courtesy: MVSU Sports Information GARLAND, Texas – Arkansas-Pine Bluff head coach Nate Kilbert drew up a gameplan Thursday to stop his alma mater, Mississippi Valley State, in the semifinals of the SWAC Tournament. The plan was to play off of A’Shanti Weathers and keep the focus on MVSU’s key scorers. That apparently wasn’t a good [...]

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Mississippi Valley State Releases 2013 Football Schedule

By on March 6, 2013 in Football

ITTA BENA — One of the most exciting football schedules in recent Mississippi Valley State history is now complete. This upcoming season, MVSU will play six home games and kick off its 2013 campaign in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney against Florida A&M on Sunday, Sept. 1 in Orlando at the Florida Citrus Bowl. [...]

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2013 SWAC Basketball Tourament Bracket Is Set

By on March 3, 2013 in Basketball, M Basketball, The Blog, W Basketball

The 2013 SWAC Basketball Tournament brackets have been created now that the regular season is over. The men’s regular season champion is Texas Southern, but the Tigers are not eligible to compete in the tournament due to NCAA sanctions.  Additionally, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State are ineligible to compete in the tournament due to [...]

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Mississippi Valley State, Florida A&M To Meet In 2013 MEAC/SWAC Challenge

By on February 27, 2013 in Football, MEAC, News, SWAC

The 2013 MEAC/SWAC Challenge Presented by Disney will feature the Florida A&M University Rattlers of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) against the Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in a gridiron battle at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 1. The yearly event, which features teams from two [...]

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National Signing Day 2013: SWAC Football Signees (Updated)

By on February 6, 2013 in Football

Here are the 2013 signees of the each SWAC school.  The lists will be updated as new information is provided. (Updated: 2/7/2013 @ 5:00pm CT) Alabama A&M Jabari Baker RB 5-11 210 Forest Hill, Miss. Hinds Comm. Coll. Bryran Bower RB 5-9 185 Millbrook, Ala. Stanhope Elmore HS Byran Bower LB 5-10 210 Millbrook, Ala. [...]

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SWAC Announces 2013 Preseason All-SWAC Softball Team, MVSU Is Preseason Favorite

By on February 2, 2013 in Softball

BIRMINGHAM – Defending SWAC champions Mississippi Valley State is the preseason favorites to win the 2013 title according to league coaches and SIDs. Meanwhile, the Devilettes also swept the preseason individual superlative awards as Alicia Lorenz was tabbed as top pitcher and catcher Nicole Burr was chosen preseason Player of the Year. The Devilettes were [...]

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Maybe Karl Morgan Should Be SWAC Coach Of The Year

By on November 27, 2012 in Football, The Blog

A funny thing happened to me on my way to dismissing Mississippi Valley State head coach Karl Morgan for SWAC Coach of the Year. I was hard pressed to come to a reasonable conclusion why he doesn’t deserve it. Yes, MVSU failed to register an overall winning record (5-6), did not post a single win versus an [...]

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