PREVIEW: GS Softball Hosts South Alabama In Sun Belt Action This Weekend
3/16/2018 2:30:00 PM | Softball
Eagles host their first league series of the year at Eagle Field, having won seven of their last eight
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Georgia Southern softball squad hosts South Alabama in Sun Belt Conference softball action this weekend at Eagle Field, the first home league series of the season for the Eagles.
The Jaguars (14-11, 2-0 SBC) visit the Eagles (17-7, 2-1 SBC) for just the second time since Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt. South Alabama most recently defeated Western Kentucky, 8-0, in six innings on Wednesday and the Jaguars come into Statesboro riding a four-game wining streak.
Georgia Southern had an offensive explosion on Wednesday in Orlando, rapping out 29 hits and scoring 19 runs in picking up a pair of wins to also run the Eagles' current win streak to four. The team defeated UT San Antonio, 12-4, in six innings and host UCF, 7-1, on Wednesday. Logan Harrell had an outstanding day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with her fourth career grand slam - and first as an Eagle - in the win over the Roadrunners, then went 4-for-5 against UCF in the final game. As a team, Georgia Southern is now hitting .297, which ranks third in the Sun Belt, while ranking second in slugging (.451), total home runs (21) and home runs per game (0.88). The Eagles currently lead the Sun Belt in total doubles (37) and total bases (310). Five starters are hitting better than .300, led by Alesha Mann's .368 average.
South Alabama is led offensively by Brittani Reid (.318, 2 HR, 6 RBI) while the pitching staff is paced by two-time first-team All-Sun Belt Conference hurler Devin Brown (10-6, 2.04 ERA), who is second in the league and 16th in NCAA in strikeouts (105), averaging 7.7 per seven innings.
Last year, the Jaguars swept three games from the Eagles in Mobile, winning 7-0, 6-2 and 7-2. In South Alabama's previous trip to Statesboro, the Jaguars won two of three, taking the first two games of the series in five innings, 11-1 and 14-0. The Eagles took the final game of the series, 5-3.
All three games this weekend will be available on video through True Blue TV, and live stats are also available through GSEagles.com.
The Jaguars (14-11, 2-0 SBC) visit the Eagles (17-7, 2-1 SBC) for just the second time since Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt. South Alabama most recently defeated Western Kentucky, 8-0, in six innings on Wednesday and the Jaguars come into Statesboro riding a four-game wining streak.
Georgia Southern had an offensive explosion on Wednesday in Orlando, rapping out 29 hits and scoring 19 runs in picking up a pair of wins to also run the Eagles' current win streak to four. The team defeated UT San Antonio, 12-4, in six innings and host UCF, 7-1, on Wednesday. Logan Harrell had an outstanding day at the plate, going 3-for-4 with her fourth career grand slam - and first as an Eagle - in the win over the Roadrunners, then went 4-for-5 against UCF in the final game. As a team, Georgia Southern is now hitting .297, which ranks third in the Sun Belt, while ranking second in slugging (.451), total home runs (21) and home runs per game (0.88). The Eagles currently lead the Sun Belt in total doubles (37) and total bases (310). Five starters are hitting better than .300, led by Alesha Mann's .368 average.
South Alabama is led offensively by Brittani Reid (.318, 2 HR, 6 RBI) while the pitching staff is paced by two-time first-team All-Sun Belt Conference hurler Devin Brown (10-6, 2.04 ERA), who is second in the league and 16th in NCAA in strikeouts (105), averaging 7.7 per seven innings.
Last year, the Jaguars swept three games from the Eagles in Mobile, winning 7-0, 6-2 and 7-2. In South Alabama's previous trip to Statesboro, the Jaguars won two of three, taking the first two games of the series in five innings, 11-1 and 14-0. The Eagles took the final game of the series, 5-3.
All three games this weekend will be available on video through True Blue TV, and live stats are also available through GSEagles.com.
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