Title Sport Date
Eagles Advance to Saturday with Ninth-Inning Rally Baseball May 24, 2013
Women's Basketball Adds a Pair of Transfers Women's Basketball May 23, 2013
Eagles Take SoCon Opener Behind Hess' Shutout Performance Baseball May 23, 2013
Men’s Basketball Set to Play in 2013 Cancun Challenge Men's Basketball May 23, 2013
Georgia Southern Athletics Announces Bishop Club Seating for Football Football May 23, 2013
It’s a Record Breaking Business Swimming & Diving May 21, 2013
Baseball Set to Hold Four Summer Camps Baseball May 21, 2013
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
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Eagles Best Gardner-Webb and Darton

STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Swimming and Diving took a pair of wins over Darton College (195-65) and CCSA opponent Gardner-Webb (150-110) at the Recreation Activity Center (RAC). Georgia Southern won 10 of the 14 events and claimed top-three sweeps in the 1000 Free and 100 Free. The pair of victories improve to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in conference meets.

"We are very pleased with our performances today," said Head Coach Nate Kellogg. "Our team raced very well considering the tough training we have been doing the past week. We could have been better in a few areas, but overall we performed well."

Distance specialist Amber Juncker (Bogart, Ga.) earned a pair of victories in both the 1000 Free (10:44.39) and 500 Free (5:08.85) events. She recorded her third win of the day with the top-spot in the 150 Fly (1:39.49). The Eagles took a sweep in the 1000 Free with second place going to Lindsay Mullican (Lancaster, Pa.) in a season-best 10:57.36 and Pirie Humphries (Athens, Ga.) at 11:05.09. Mullican also finished third in the 150 Fly at 1:35.83. In the 500 Free, Rikki Babuka (Richmond, Ky.) took second place honors in a time of 5:16.69.

Georgia Southern's other sweep came in the 100 Free as Elaina Lanson (Wadsworth, Ohio) took the win in 53.90. Lanson also won the 50 Free in a team season best 24.03. Devan White (Kennesaw, Ga.) and Kristen Bates (Peachtree City, Ga.) took second and third in the 100 Free with marks of 53.39 and 55.82, respectively. White also earned a victory in the 150 free, finishing in 1:25.00, while Bates took second in the 50 Breaststroke at 31.07. Katie Crider (Bloomington, Ind.) earned second place in the 50 Free with a time of 25.51.

Megan Ostrom (St. Louis Park, Minn.) recorded a pair of podium finishes with a victory the 50 Breaststroke (30.93) and a second place finish in the 150 Breaststroke (1:46.90). Courtney Harrison (Greenville, S.C.) took the win in the 150 Breaststroke (1:46.55) and finished fourth in the 100 Individual Medley at 1:02.95.

Sarah Schwartz (Greenwood, S.C.) finished second in the 150 Back (1:35.72) while Megan Heller (Lawrenceville, Ga.) finished second in the 50 Butterfly in 27.23. JoAnn Filipov (Watkinsville, Ga.) earned third place in the 50 Back with a mark of 28.75.

Georgia Southern swept both relay event victories with a time of 4:01.85 in the 400 Medley Relay with Filpov, Bates, Schwartz and Lanson finishing two seconds off a season best time. The team of Crider, White, Bates and Lanson took the victory in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:38.03.

Georgia Southern travels to North Florida for a league meet against the Ospreys. The dual meet in Jacksonville starts at 1 p.m.

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Category: Swimming & Diving
Published on Sunday, 08 January 2012 18:25
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