Title Sport Date
Take Flight - Eagle Athletics This Week - May 20-26 Athletics May 20, 2013
Baseball Opens SoCon Tournament Against College of Charleston Baseball May 20, 2013
Site Preparation Begins with Scoreboard Demolition Football May 20, 2013
New Logo, Brand Identification Mark the Beginning of the Next Era for the Sun Belt Conference General Release May 20, 2013
Softball Eliminated from NCAA Tournament with 2-1 Loss in Nine Innings Softball May 19, 2013
Eagles Open the SoCon Tournament as the Seven Seed Baseball May 18, 2013
Sarah Purvis Throws Perfect Game as Eagles Advance to Face USF Softball May 18, 2013
College of Charleston Completes Sweep with Comeback Victory Baseball May 18, 2013
Eagle Golf Finishes 12th at NCAA Regional Golf May 18, 2013
Golf Succumbs to Scarlet Course in NCAA Regional Second Round Golf May 17, 2013
Eagles Clipped 1-0 by USF in Extra Innings Softball May 17, 2013
Eagles Drop Series to College of Charleston Baseball May 17, 2013
Eagles Fall to College of Charleston in Series Opener Baseball May 17, 2013
Golf Sits in Ninth after Opening Round at NCAA Regional Golf May 16, 2013
Sarah Purvis Earns NFCA All-Region Honors Softball May 16, 2013
Softball Faces USF in NCAA Tournament Opener Softball May 16, 2013
Eagles Head to Charleston for Final SoCon Series Baseball May 15, 2013
Georgia Southern Football Camps Set for June Football May 15, 2013
Mierzejewski Advances to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier Golf May 15, 2013
Baseball Falls in Final Home Game Baseball May 15, 2013
Wolfes Advances to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier Golf May 14, 2013
Eagle Fund Donations Are Due June 3 Athletics May 14, 2013
Golf Begins NCAA Championship Play Thursday Golf May 14, 2013
Swope Earns Spot on CFPA Running Back Watch List Football May 13, 2013
Baseball Hosts Final Home Game Tuesday Baseball May 13, 2013
Georgia Southern Holds Special Graduation Ceremony Athletics May 13, 2013
Tickets Now Available for Gainesville Regional Softball May 13, 2013
Eagles Open NCAA Tournament in Gainesville Regional Softball May 13, 2013
Clemson Completes Sweep of Georgia Southern Baseball May 12, 2013
Selection Show Viewing Set for 10 p.m. Inside Bishop Fieldhouse Softball May 12, 2013
Stevenson Invited Back for N.Y. Giants Rookie Camp Football May 12, 2013
Clemson Wins Series over Eagles Baseball May 12, 2013
Walk-Off Home Run Clinches Back-to-Back SoCon Championships Softball May 11, 2013
Waiting Game Begins for Eagles’ 4X100m Relay Team Track & Field May 11, 2013
Clemson Wins Series Opener Behind Strong Outing from Ace Baseball May 11, 2013
Eagles Win 11-Inning Marathon Over Cougars, Return to Title Game Softball May 10, 2013
Walk-off Single Forces "If Necessary Game" Between Cougars and Eagles Softball May 10, 2013
Georgia Southern Football 2014 Non-Conference Opponents Announced Football May 10, 2013
Georgia Southern 4X100m Relay Team Makes Last Run for Postseason Bid Track & Field May 10, 2013
Leadoff Home Run Pushes Eagles to SoCon Tournament Semifinals Softball May 9, 2013
Men’s Basketball Adds Transfer Trent Wiedeman Men's Basketball May 9, 2013
Baseball Steps Out of Conference to Face Clemson Baseball May 9, 2013
Softball Thunders Past Chattanooga 6-2 in SoCon Tournament Opener Softball May 8, 2013
Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation to Blanket the Region with New Eagle Fans Athletic Foundation May 7, 2013
Softball Travels to 2013 SoCon Tournament Softball May 7, 2013
Corless Promoted to Co-Defensive Coordinator for Eagles Football May 7, 2013
Golf Gains Bid to NCAA Regional in Columbus Golf May 7, 2013
Purvis Named SoCon Softball Pitcher of The Year, Thomas and Morrill Earn All-SoCon Honors Softball May 6, 2013
McKinnon Placed on College Football Performance Awards QB Watch List Football May 6, 2013
NCAA Golf Championship Selection Show set for 9 p.m. Monday Golf May 6, 2013
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Regular Season Concludes at Furman

STATESBORO, Ga. - The 2012 regular season comes to an end this weekend for Georgia Southern Softball with a trip to Pepsi Field and a three-game set against the Furman Paladins. The teams will play once on Saturday, a 1 p.m. matinee, to accommodate Furman's Commencement Ceremony which begins at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday the teams will be back at it for a doubleheader which starts at 11 a.m.

Georgia Southern leads the Southern Conference with a 19-2 league mark and a 35-17 overall record. The Eagles are ahead of second place Chattanooga (17-2 SoCon) on winning percentage due to the fact that the Mocs have played two fewer games. GSU has a magic number of three entering the final week of the season, needing to win three games or a combination of victories and Chattanooga losses to UNCG equaling or exceeding three.

Sarah Purvis (Warner Robins, Ga.) needs just two strikeouts to match Cary Moone's 2004 school record of 206 strikeouts. Overall, she is 18-9 on the year with a 1.64 ERA. Allie Miles (Dacula, Ga.) has recovered from a rough start to the season to win her last three games without allowing a run. She has gone the last 20.1 innings without allowing a run. The streak has allowed her to lower her ERA to 2.34 on the season, a mark that bests her 2011 ERA of 2.74.

Marie Fogle (Rincon, Ga.) hit her eighth home run of the year last week against Elon. She leads the GSU offense with a .405 batting average. In league play, Fogle is hitting .448 with a .776 slugging percentage. In her career, Fogle is slugging .555, putting her in position to set the school record for career slugging percentage. Her .345 career batting average is good enough for third-best all-time at GSU.

The Paladins are in a three-way tie for seventh place with Western Carolina and Samford at 6-15 this year. The three teams are vying to avoid the play-in-game to the SoCon Tournament between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds. The Paladins hit .307 last weekend against Chattanooga, hitting three home runs, but lost all three games to the Mocs. Nikki Legg led the Paladins with a 7-for-12 weekend while Jessie Homesley hit a home run in game two on Saturday and was 3-for-3 with a walk on Sunday. Both are hitting over .300 on the year with Legg at .338 and Homesley at .333

Georgia Southern has a 56-31 lead in the all-time series which dates back to the 1988 season. GSU has won the last five games against Furman. Last season, GSU won the opener 9-1 in six innings, but went to extra innings to take 1-0 wins in games two and three of the series at Eagle Field.

The 2012 Southern Conference Tournament begins on May 9th in Boone, N.C. The Eagles will finish as either he No. 1 or No. 2 seed for the tournament. Game times and opponent will be confirmed on Sunday evening following the conclusion of conference play.  

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Category: Softball
Published on Thursday, 03 May 2012 10:55
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