Baseball | 2/19/2015 10:44:00 AM

GA. SOUTHERN EAGLES (3-1) [Stats] [Roster] [Schedule] [Game Notes]
vs. WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS (2-1) [Stats] [Roster] [Schedule] [Game Notes]
LHP Evan Challenger (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP B.J. Myers (0-0, 0.00)
RHP Adam Kelly (0-0, 21.69) vs. LHP Ross Vance (0-1, 1.80)
LHP Connor Simmons (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Chad Donato (1-0, 1.50)

GAME INFORMATION    
Dates: Friday-Sunday, Feb. 20-22
Times: 4 p.m., 1 p.m., 12:30 p.m.
Site: Statesboro, Ga./J.I. Clements Stadium
Rankings: GS - None, WVU - None
GS Head Coach: Rodney Hennon (624-404-1/18th)
WVU Head Coach: Randy Mazey (63-53/4th)
TV/Video Stream: GS All-Access
Radio: Georgia Southern Radio Network/GS All-Access
Twitter: @GSAthletics, @GSAthletics_BSB
Facebook: facebook.com/GSAthletics
Live Stats: www.gseagles.com/coverage.aspx
Tickets: gseagles.com

EAGLES AT A GLANCE    
The Georgia Southern Eagles are 3-1 on a season-opening eight game homestand and have won 16 of their last 22 games dating back to April 27, 2014. 

The Eagles fell for the first time in 2015 on Tuesday in a 7-4 loss to Georgia Tech.

Following the weekend series GS will wrap up the homestand against The Citadel (2/24) before traveling to North Florida (2/25) for their first road game of the season.

Evan Challenger will make his second-straight Friday night start. Challenger combined to shut out Bethune-Cookman in the season opener.

STORYLINES            
Looking to get back in the win column, Georgia Southern hosts Big 12 foe West Virginia in a three-game series this weekend. The Eagles will also open the 2015 football season against the Mountaineers.

WVU opened their season with a series victory on the road at Clemson. The Mountaineers shut out the Tigers in the season opener and won the rubber match on Sunday.

GS is 14-5 all-time against the Mountaineers.

WVU has not visited Statesboro since 1992 and the two teams have not faced each other since 1996.

The Mountaineers were a regular participant in the United States Baseball Federation Hall of Fame Tournament held in Statesboro from 1979 to 1990.

The Eagles last played a team from the state of West Virginia when they played a home-and-home series (2010-11) with Marshall. GS went 3-2 against the Thundering Herd.

The Eagles have tallied 10 hits in each of the last two games and are averaging seven runs per game. 

Kody Adams, Chase Griffin and Will Hudgins have all tallied a hit in all four games this season. 

IN THE CLASSROOM        
The Georgia Southern baseball team posted a 2.98 GPA in the fall semester.

The baseball squad led all varsity sports teams with 16 student-athletes on the Sun Belt Commissioner's and Honor Roll lists. The lists honor student-athletes who make above a 3.5 GPA and above a 3.0 GPA, respectively.

On Thursday 12 members of the baseball team along with over 200 other student-athletes will be honored on the Hanner Fieldhouse court for posting a 3.0 GPA or better in the fall semester.

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