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The Georgia Southern softball team will wrap up its regular season when it travels to Greenville, S.C., to take on the Furman University Paladins.
Game one will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday and will finish up with a doubleheader on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m.
The Eagles are the owners of a 35-17 overall record this season and are sitting in first in the Southern Conference standings with a 19-2 record. Furman ranks eighth in the conference with a 6-15 record in SoCon games and a 17-31 record overall.
GSU is coming off of a three-game sweep of Elon University. Furman was swept in its three-game series against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga this past weekend.
CONFERENCE GAMES: The Eagles play best in conference games, compiling a 19-2 SoCon record and a 14-9 record away from home this season. Furman is 6-15 in SoCon games and barely above .500 at home with a record of 11-10.
HITTING: Seniors Marie Fogle and Hanna Ennis currently lead the Eagles in batting average at .405 and .268, respectively. Fogle also leads the team in home runs hit with 8. Senior catcher Mackenzie Williams leads the team in RBI’s going into the final series of the season with 32. Sophomore outfielder Nikki Legg currently leads the Paladins with a batting average of .338 and senior third baseman Jessie Homesley leads the Paladins with 22 RBI’s for the season.
ADVANTAGE: GSU
PITCHING: Pitchers Sarah Purvis and Brooke Red are having fantastic seasons on the mound for the Eagles, each of them having sub-2.00 ERA’s. Sophomore Allie Miles is coming off a great one-hit, nine-strikeout start against Elon on Sunday as well. Freshman pitcher Lakyn Shull leads the Furman pitching staff with 2.43 ERA and 60 strikeouts so far this season. Senior pitcher Hannah Bradley is not far behind with an ERA of 2.47 and 50 strikeouts.
ADVANTAGE: GSU
NUMBER TO WATCH: 204
Purvis leads GSU with 204 strikeouts so far this season, and is looking to add more against a lowly Furman squad. Her 204 K’s are more than Furman’s top two pitchers combined.
PLAYER TO WATCH: BROOKE RED
Leading the team with an ERA of 1.63, the freshman pitcher from Warner Robins has been outstanding on the mound for the Eagles this season, compiling a record of 10-1 so far. She will be looking to add to that win total this weekend against the Paladins.
PREDICTION: GSU SWEEPS 3-0 |
