Friday, March 14
Statesboro, GA
3 PM
Georgia Southern University
vs
Southern Miss
PREVIEW: Eagles to Open Sun Belt Play This Weekend
3/13/2025 4:46:00 PM | Softball
Eagles set for three game series against Southern Miss
STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern softball team (14-11, 0-0 SBC) opens up Sun Belt conference play in a three-game series against Southern Miss (12-13, 0-0 SBC) beginning on Friday at Beautiful Eagle Field.
Due to forecasted weather on Sunday game times for the weekend have adjusted. The updated schedule can be found below.
Game One - Friday at 3 p.m.
Game Two - Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Game Three - Saturday 40 minutes following game two
All games are set to be broadcasted on ESPN+ and live stats are available at GSEagles.com/SBStats
SERIES HISTORY
ABOUT SOUTHERN MISS
LAST TIME OUT
WHERE WE STAND
DEFENSE..DEFENSE..DEFENSE
SCORING EARLY AND OFTEN
Due to forecasted weather on Sunday game times for the weekend have adjusted. The updated schedule can be found below.
Game One - Friday at 3 p.m.
Game Two - Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Game Three - Saturday 40 minutes following game two
All games are set to be broadcasted on ESPN+ and live stats are available at GSEagles.com/SBStats
SERIES HISTORY
- Friday's game will be the second all-time meeting between the two teams
- Southern Miss leads the series 1-0.
- Georgia Southern dropped its lone contest to the Golden Eagles, 8-1, in 2022
ABOUT SOUTHERN MISS
- The Golden Eagles are 12-13 on the season
- Senior Maddie Weeks leads Southern Miss with 24 hits and 17 RBI, and rides an 11-game hitting streak.
- Jana Lee leads the Golden Eagles in the circle posting a 3.78 ERA and is 5-4 on the season.
- Southern Miss is 0-3 on the road
- Head Coach Sharon Perkins was the assistant coach at Southern Miss from 1999-2000 while Southern Miss head coach Natalie Poole was the Eagles' coach from 2002-2008.
LAST TIME OUT
- Georgia Southern dropped a hard fought battle to #13 Georgia on Wednesday night (3/12) at Jack Turner Stadium. Maddie Johnson pitched a gem in the circle allowing just one run on one hit, a solo homer in the sixth. The freshman picked up seven strikeouts and did not walk a batter. The Eagles put a runner on in every inning but the first and left ten runners on base in the contest. Valerie Combs led the offense going 2-for-4.
WHERE WE STAND
- Georgia Southern holds the second best ERA in the Sun Belt with a combined ERA of 2.46 just behind Texas State (2.18).
- The Eagles hold a Sun Belt best fielding percentage (.977).
- Valerie Combs tied for third in doubles with eight.
- Maddie Johnson sits fourth in ERA (1.81), second in innings pitched (77.1), fifth in strikeouts (60), and third in wins (8).
DEFENSE..DEFENSE..DEFENSE
- The Eagles improved defensively last season putting a .967 fielding percentage for fifth-best in program history.
SCORING EARLY AND OFTEN
- The Eagles are 7-1 when scoring in the first inning and are 9-3 when scoring first.
Players Mentioned
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