Good morning! Bulldog soccer season is fast approaching, and after last year’s roaring success, this team is just getting started.

What else did we throw into today’s Bulldog Brew?

🏅 Bulldogs at the Olympics
⚾️ State to the Show
🐶 And much, much more!

🎥 BEYOND THE ARC

Beyond The Arc: Thank You Seniors. Celebrate our seniors Cameron Matthews, Shakeel Moore, Dashawn Davis, Isaac Stansbury, and Jimmy Bell Jr. as they reminisce on their time as Bulldogs.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Golden Goal. Playing in their first Olympic Games, Bulldog soccer’s Catalina Perez and Ilana Izquierdo helped Team Columbia to their first-ever Olympic victory. In the first game of the group stage round, Columbia defeated New Zealand 2-0 with Izquierdo making her first start at the Olympics. Colombia now tops Group A and will advance to the knock-out round for the first time in their Olympic history with a win or tie on Wednesday.

🔼 The Dream Is Alive. The former Bulldog’s journey as Mississippi State's first men's tennis Olympian will continue in doubles. Nuno Borges and his Portuguese partner Francisco Cabral battled back to beat the Greek brotherly duo of Petros and Stefanos Tsitipas 3-6, 6-3, 1-0[10] on Sunday at Roland-Garros.

🔼 State to the Show. Baseball season continues on, and with it has come some solid performances from our former Diamond Dawgs:

⚾️ World Series champion Nathaniel Lowe has hit in six of the last seven games for the Texas Rangers and is batting .364 since the MLB All-Star Game.

⚾️ Brent Rooker set a career-high in RBI (70) in a single season. Over the last 15 games, the former Bulldog is hitting .382 with seven homers.

⚾️ All-Star Game starter Jordan Westburg has continued his strong play, hitting .303 at home with seven home runs and 32 RBI.

⚾️ Pitcher Will Bednar (pictured) has struck out 11 batters and has limited opponents to a .176 batting average in July with the Richmond Flying Squirrels, a San Francisco Giants affiliate.

🤔 BULLDOG TRIVIA

Paving The Way. Today’s trivia question…who was Bulldog men’s tennis first-ever Olympian?

Think you got it? Scroll to the bottom of the Bulldog Brew to see if you know your stuff!

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🥇 BULLDOGS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS

Monday, July 29

🎾 Men’s Tennis Doubles — Second Round (Nuno Borges)

Tuesday, July 30

🎾 Men’s Tennis Doubles — Third Round (Nuno Borges)

Wednesday, July 31

🎾 Men’s Tennis Doubles — Semifinals (Nuno Borges)

⚽️ Women’s Soccer: Columbia vs. Canada ( Ilana Izquierdo & Catalina Perez)

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, August 15

⚽️ Soccer vs. Baylor @ 6:30pm in Starkville, MS

Sunday, August 18

⚽️ Soccer vs. Northwestern State @ 1:00pm in Starkville, MS

Thursday, August 22

⚽️ Soccer vs. Charlotte @ 6:00pm in Charlotte, NC

Saturday, August 24

🏐 Volleyball vs. Memphis @ 4:00pm in Memphis, TN

Saturday, August 31

🏈 Football vs. Eastern Kentucky @ 5:00pm in Starkville, MS

🐶 Click here to see the full Mississippi State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Nuno Borges!

Borges is Mississippi State men’s tennis’ first representative at the Olympics in program history.

🐶 Have a great Monday, y'all!