Freshman All-American Miali Guachino enters Transfer Portal after historic Ole Miss season
Ole Miss softball on Tuesday evening lost Freshman All-American RHP Miali Guachino to the NCAA Transfer Portal.
The Rebels last season reached the Women’s College World Series for the first time in program history. They were picked in the preseason to finish 14th in the SEC.
Ole Miss went 42-21 and reached the NCAA Touranetn for the fifth straight season under head coach Jamie Trachsel.
“I can’t even put into words how proud and satisfying it is,” Trachsel said of reaching the WCWS. “A lot of work starting last summer. Part of it is identifying the right coaches. Got the right coaching staff, the right freshman group (and) the right returners that stayed because they were committed to Ole Miss and myself and had a lot of trust and belief in me to make the right choices and bring the right people.
“The retention of those players to our staff and then obviously some eight transfers as well, all of them playing a part and a role.”
The Rebels broke every single-season offensive record in their history, while setting the school record for All-SEC first and second-team selections.
“It was up to us to figure out the puzzle,” Trachsel continued. “I thought we could be a team that was on the rise when it came down the stretch. All that actually came true. I don’t think I’ve ever coached a team that has maximized the whole season — getting better, using the lessons learned, the adversity you go through to continue getting better throughout the season.”
Guachino was part of an Ole Miss pitching staff that set a new single-season program record for strikeouts (385).
She finished with 160 strikeouts and 14 wins with a 3.65 ERA. Opponents hit just .226 against her in 136.0 innings.
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Guachino is the fifth loss to the portal for the Rebels. They’ve added Kentucky shortstop Cassie Reasner, who essentially slides in for departing senior Angelina Deleon. Reasner last season hit .267 with 10 home runs and 33 RBI. She scored 33 runs and tallied eight doubles.
The Rebels also have to replace, among others, NCAA Tournament standout Ashton Lansdell and prized veterans Aliyah Binford and Lexie Brady. Binford and Brady were Top 100 players in softball this season, according to Softball America and D1Softball.
Binford finished Top 10 all-time at Ole Miss in home runs, RBI, slugging, on-base percentage and walks. Brady this season broke the school’s 22-year-old single-season home-run record (17). She hit .323 with 28 extra-base hits, 51 RBI and a team-high 26 walks.
Softball America ranked the Rebels No. 7 in its final Top 25 poll — a new program best. They were No. 8 in the NFCA, ESPN/USA Softball and D1Softball rankings.
