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Strap in. This weekend in college baseball could be quite the thrill ride. Where to start? Mississippi State is 16-0, its second-longest win streak ever, and climbing in the polls. The Bulldogs host Central Arkansas for a three-game set this weekend. Don’t sleep on the Bears, who are 12-1. … Ole Miss is 13-1 and hosting Lipscomb. The big story in Oxford: Coach Mike Bianco is two wins from moving past Jake Gibbs as the Rebels’ all-time leader in victories. … Southern Miss is 6-6 and in the throes of a three-game skid with Louisiana-Lafayette (10-2) coming to Hattiesburg. Never fear Eagles fans: Ace Andrew Pierce, 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA starts today’s opener. … Jackson State is hosting rival Mississippi Valley State for a SWAC series at Bob Braddy Field. … Delta State, 14-2 and 2-1 in the Gulf South Conference, welcomes conference foe North Alabama to Ferriss Field. … Belhaven, 13-11 but just 1-5 in the Southern States Athletic Conference, needs to get it going this weekend against Loyola in New Orleans. … William Carey (16-6) is 8-1 in the SSAC with a huge series on tap at Wheeler Field this weekend against NAIA No. 3 Lee University. … Millsaps (7-3), which has played just once since Feb. 24 (a 6-5 Maloney Trophy Series loss to Mississippi College on Tuesday), opens Southern Athletic Association play with a three-game home set against Hendrix. … MC (6-7) begins American Southwest Conference play at Texas-Tyler. P.S. Pearl River Community College and Mississippi Gulf Coast CC moved into the most recent (Feb. 27) NJCAA Division II poll, the Wildcats at No. 10, the Bulldogs at 15. Both are now 13-3. … East Central CC dedicated a new, $30,000 covered grandstand at Clark-Gay Baseball Complex in Decatur on Wednesday, then swept Meridian CC in a doubleheader.