STATESBORO – Georgia Southern softball returns to midweek action traveling to 13th-ranked Georgia on Wednesday at Jack Turner Stadium. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. 

Date: Wednesday, March 12
First Pitch: 6pm 
Location: Jack Turner Stadium (Athens, Ga.) 
Watch: GSEagles.com/SBWatch
Live Stats: GSEagles.com/SBStats 

THE SERIES 

• Georgia leads the series 33-1
• Georgia Southern's lone win came in the 2000 season winning 1-0 in Statesboro. 
• The Eagles are 0-32 in the series in Athens 
• In the last meeting, Georgia won 17-1 in five innings on March 20, 2024

LAST TIME OUT 

• Georgia Southern hosted the Hail Southern Classic at Beautiful Eagle Field this past weekend going 3-2 on the weekend. The Eagles picked up a pair of wins over Rider and one over Maryland while dropping one to each team.
• Gracie Bellard hit .500 over the weekend going 4-for-8 with a double, two runs batted in, and a pair of runs scored. 
• Alana Barnard made her first start of the season since returning from injury. The junior picked up her first win of the season tossing 6.0 innings allowing just two hits and tallied a strikeout. 

HAVE A LITTLE FAITH 

• Faith Barth paces the Georgia Southern offense batting .333 including two doubles, a home run, 15 runs batted in, and 12 runs scored. The senior has five multi-hit performances and leads the team with four multi-RBI games. 

SUN BELT OPENER 

• Georgia Southern opens up Sun Belt Conference play this weekend hosting Southern Miss at Beautiful Eagle Field March 14-16. 

SETTING THE TONE

• Since taking over leadoff duties, Christensen has hit .286 including two doubles and three runs batted in. The freshman has been walked six times and has six runs scored in her 10 games as leadoff.  

SCORING EARLY AND OFTEN

• The Eagles are 7-1 when scoring in the first inning and are 9-3 when scoring first. 

WHERE WE STAND

• Georgia Southern holds the second best ERA in the Sun Belt with a combined ERA of 2.51 just behind Texas State (2.18). 
• The Eagles are tied for the second-best fielding percentage (.977). 
• Valerie Combs sits second in doubles with eight.
• Delanie Thames and Madi Gillespie are tied for the second-most hit by pitches with seven.
• Maddie Johnson sits fourth in ERA (1.86), second in innings pitched (71.1), eighth in strikeouts (53), and second in wins (8).