GS GAME NOTES

GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES (18-10, 2-1 SoCon)
ELON PHOENIX (16-9-1, 1-2 SoCon)

GAME INFORMATION
Dates: Saturday-Sunday, March 22-23, 2014
Times: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m.
Site: Statesboro, Ga. / Eagle Field
Admission: FREE
Coaches: Ga. Southern – Annie Smith (93-60), Elon – Kathy Bocock (283-349-1)
TV/Video Stream: GS All-Access
Radio: 91.9-FM The Buzz
Twitter: @GSAthletics, @GSAthletics_SB
Facebook: facebook.com/GSAthletics
Live Stats: GSEagles
Series Record: Ga. Southern Leads 26-11

STORYLINES
- The Eagles play in their final SoCon home opening series this weekend against Elon. The Eagles are 26-11 all-time against the Phoenix and 15-3 at Eagle Field. GS has won six-straight contests in the series.
- Georgia Southern Head Coach Annie Smith is on her way to becoming the fastest coach in Georgia Southern history to 100 wins. She enters the Elon series with a 93-60 career record.
- The Eagles are off to their best start in program history, setting new records for 10 games (7-3) 20 games (15-5) and 25 games (18-7).
- Kaitlyn Johnson is a .500 career hitter against the Phoenix with a pair of doubles to her name. She leads all active Eagles against Elon.
- Sarah Purvis is 3-0 all-time against Elon with a 1.68 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 25.0 innings of work. Brooke Red is 1-0 in a 7.2 inning game versus Elon. She fanned 11 in the win to go 1-0 versus the Phoenix.
- Kourtny Thomas enters the weekend ranked third in the league in batting with a .383 average. She shares the league lead in home runs with Samford's Abby Adams on 10 four-baggers. Thomas leads the league with 29 RBIs.
- This will be the second-straight weekend that the Eagles have faced the one of the SoCon's top hitters. Last weekend GS faced UNCG's Katelyn Bedwell who leads the league with a .417 average. Emily Cameron leads Elon with a .397 mark entering the weekend

PROMOTIONS
- Saturday is Military Appreciation Day at Georgia Southern Softball with the Eagles honoring our nation's military members. It is also GATA Club Day with a special GATA Club tailgate for former student-athletes going on all-day Saturday.
- Sunday is Alumni Day with numerous Alumni of Eagle Softball coming back to the friendly confines for the day.

IN THE CIRCLE
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
00 – RHP – Sarah Purvis (9-4 | 1.41 ERA | 84.2 IP | 107 Ks)
6 – RHP – Allie Miles (0-1 | 7.64 ERA | 3.2 IP | 3 Ks)
15 – RHP – Brooke Red (7-4 | 2.31 ERA | 66.2 IP | 79 Ks)
19 – RHP – Marla Thompson (2-1 | 2.82 ERA | 27.1 IP | 20 Ks)

ELON
4 – Kayla Caruso (2-0 | 0.47 ERA | 15.0 IP | 4 Ks)
11 – Chelsea White (7-4 | 3.98 ERA | 65.0 IP | 43 Ks)
13 – Eve Clausen (1-0 | 6.56 ERA | 5.1 IP | 3 Ks)
16 – Alli Burdette (2- | 5.06 ERA | 36.0 IP | 24 Ks)
17 – Caitlin O'Shea (4-4 | 1.45 ERA | 53.0 IP | 21 Ks)

ELON SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE
Overall: 26-11
Home: 15-3
Away: 10-4
Neutral: 1-4
SoCon Tournament: 1-4
Last 10 Games: 7-3
SoCon Tournament: 1-4
Under Coach Smith: 6-0
First Meeting: 1999 - Statesboro, Ga. - W - 7-0
Last Meeting: 3/10/2013 - Burlington, N.C. - W - 5-2

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