Softball Releases 2022 Spring Schedule
1/5/2022 3:00:00 PM | Softball
Eagles will host two tournaments, play 29 games at Eagle Field in Head Coach Sharon Perkins' first season
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern softball has unveiled its 2022 Spring schedule. The Eagles will be hosting two tournaments and 29 games overall at Eagle Field, with the season commencing on February 11-13 with the Bash in the Boro.
Under first-year head coach Sharon Perkins, Georgia Southern will play five games against nationally-ranked opponents and 11 games against teams that advanced to the 2021 NCAA Championships.
"I am pumped to get the year started after seeing how hard the players have worked throughout the Fall," Head Coach Perkins said. "They have done everything we have asked them to do and I couldn't be more proud of their attitude and effort.
"It has been exciting to watch the growth of the Sun Belt Conference and how competitive it is on a national scale. There are some great teams in our conference and amazing individual players and coaches as well. Having four teams make the postseason is huge for our conference. We have also added some competitive non-conference teams to our schedule. This year is going to be a challenging one for us, but I am eager to watch our team compete!"
Season tickets will go on sale Friday, January 7, at 5 PM. Tickets will be available online at gseagles.com/tickets or by calling the Georgia Southern Ticket Office at 1-800-GSU-WINS.
The season begins with the Bash in the Boro, where the Eagles welcome in Binghamton, Radford and East Tennessee State to Eagle Field. The 2022 home opener will be on Friday, February 11, as Georgia Southern faces Binghamton at 4 p.m. The Eagles face Binghamton and Radford on Saturday, then wrap up the season-opening tournament by taking on ETSU and Radford on Sunday.
The next week. Georgia Southern hosts the GATA Challenge as North Dakota State, UT-Martin and Maine visit Statesboro on February 18-20. The Eagles will play two games each day of the Challenge, taking on NDSU and UT-Martin on Friday, February 18; UT-Martin and Maine on Saturday, February 19 and NDSU and Maine on Sunday, February 20.
The Eagles then host South Carolina on Wednesday, February 23, at 6 p.m. at Eagle Field. It is the Gamecocks' first trip to Statesboro since 2013 and the first SEC team to come to Eagle Field since Tennessee in 2017.
Georgia Southern will travel to Athens to participate in the 19th Annual Georgia Classic on February 25-27. The Eagles will face Bryant and North Carolina on Friday, February 25, then take on Georgia and Bryant on Saturday, February 26. The Eagles and Bulldogs will wrap up the Classic with a single game on Sunday, February 27.
The Eagles will then take a week-long jaunt to Florida, playing at Jacksonville on Thursday, March 3, before traveling to Madeira Beach, Fla., for the Spring Games at Madeira Beach. Georgia Southern will take on Albany on Friday, March 4, then play Rhode Island and future Sun Belt opponent Southern Miss on Saturday, March 5. The Spring Games wrap up with the Eagles facing Nebraska-Omaha and Middle Tennessee on Sunday, March 6.
Sun Belt Conference play begins for Georgia Southern on Friday-Sunday, March 11-13, at UL Monroe. A midweek doubleheader at Mercer on Wednesday, March 16, precedes the first home Sun Belt series of the season, and it is a big one - nationally-ranked and defending Sun Belt champion Louisiana comes to Eagle Field on Friday-Sunday, March 18-20.
The Eagles will host NCAA participant Troy in a Sun Belt series on Friday-Sunday, March 25-27, before hitting the road to take on Appalachian State on Friday-Sunday, April 1-3. Another mid-week doubleheader sees Georgia Southern visit Charleston Southern on Wednesday, April 6, before the Eagles host Coastal Carolina on Friday-Sunday, April 8-10.
Georgia Southern visits UT Arlington on Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16, before returning home to host North Florida in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday, April 20. The Eagles welcome in Texas State on Friday-Sunday, April 22-24, before traveling to South Alabama to take on the Jaguars on Friday-Sunday, April 29-May 1. The 2022 regular season concludes with the Eagles hosting Georgia State on Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7.
All 10 Sun Belt teams will then advance to the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Championships, hosted by South Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on May 10-14.
