Game Notes

GA. SOUTHERN EAGLES (3-0) 
vs. GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS (2-1)
RHP Ryan Frederick (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Ben Schniederjans (0-0, 0.00)

GAME INFORMATION    
Dates: Tuesday, Feb. 13
Times: 6 p.m.
Site: Statesboro, Ga./J.I. Clements Stadium
Rankings: GS - None, GT - None
GS Head Coach: Rodney Hennon (624-403-1/18th)
GT Head Coach: Danny Hall (1,101-547-1/28th)
TV/Video Stream: ESPN3
Radio: Georgia Southern Radio Network/GS All-Access
Twitter: @GSAthletics, @GSAthletics_BSB
Facebook: facebook.com/GSAthletics
Live Stats: www.gseagles.com/coverage.aspx

SERIES AT A GLANCE    
Overall: 31-94
Home: 11-37
Away: 14-43
Neutral: 0-0
Hennon vs Opponent: 10-45
First Meeting: 5/6/47, L 8-7
Last Meeting: 4/8/14, L 13-2
Streak: L1

EAGLES AT A GLANCE    

• The Georgia Southern Eagles opened the 2015 campaign and their first season in the Sun Belt Conference with a series sweep of Bethune-Cookman.
• The Eagles swept their first opening weekend series since 2012 and tallied their fifth-straight opening weekend series victory.
• GS is one of two Sun Belt teams to open the year with a 3-0 record. South Alabama is the other.
• Kody Adams ranks eighth in the conference with a .455 batting average after the first weekend of play.

STORYLINES            

• GS will face its second 2014 NCAA Regional participant in Georgia Tech Tuesday. The contest will air nationally on ESPN3.
• Georgia Tech posted a 37-27 record in 2014 and won the ACC Tournament to advance to the Oxford Regional. 
• Freshman Will Hudgins tallied a hit in all three games of the opening-weekend series and was 4 for 9 in the series with three RBI, including the game-winning sac fly on Sunday.
• Evan Challenger returned to the mound and earned his second career victory after missing all of 2014 with Tommy John surgery.
• Charles Sheffield will face his old team on Tuesday. Sheffield was on the roster for two seasons at Georgia Tech before transferring to Georgia Perimeter College.

BETHUNE-COOKMAN RECAP    

• Georgia Southern swept the series from Bethune-Cookman 3-0, 12-8, 9-8.
• The Eagles shut out the Wildcats in the series opener 3-0 behind a strong pitching performance from Evan Challenger, who carried a no hitter into the fifth inning. 
• The final two games in the series featured a combined 12 errors between the two teams. The Eagles were able to take advantage of Wildcat mistakes and posted big innings. 
• GS scored five runs in the third inning and four in the sixth inning to win Saturday's game 12-8. The Eagles scored seven runs in the second inning on Sunday before BCU rallied to tie the game.

GRIFFIN'S HOT START    

• Senior catcher and Johnny Bench Award nominee, Chase Griffin has three two-hit games in as many games this season. 
• A year ago, Griffin tallied 15 multi-hit games in 59 games played.
• Griffin is hitting .429 with two RBI and a double after the first weekend of play.
• In 2014 he hit .258 with 15 doubles, 41 RBI and drove in the game-winning run in the SoCon Tournament with a walk-off single.

 RUBBER ARM RICHMAN    

• Jason Richman led the NCAA in pitching appearances last season after throwing in 47 of the team's 63 games.
• Richman pitched in all six Southern Conference Tournament games and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after allowing one earned run over a combined 13.1 innings.
• The now junior was an All-Southern Conference Second Team selection, Jewish Sports Review All-American and a Tom Walter/Pete Frates College Baseball Inspiration Award winner.
• Richman has appeared in two games this season and is quickly approaching the top-10 for GS career game appearances.

HOME COOKING        

• A year ago Georgia Southern posted their eighth 20 plus win season since the renovations of J.I. Clements Stadium in 2005.
• The Eagles went 21-10 at home in 2014 and posted a season-long 9 game home winning streak.
• GS won 20 or more at home for the first time since 2011.
• The Eagles are off to a 3-0 start at home in 2015.

Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or visit GSEagles.com.