CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team will head to Statesboro, Ga., for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series against the Georgia Southern Eagles on April 4-6.
LOOKING BACK
- The Chanticleers suffered a 4-2 loss to the College of Charleston Cougars on April 1.
- Georgia Hood and Clara Hudgens each recorded multi-hit games in the outing.
- The Cougars rallied late with a four-run sixth inning to complete the comeback win.
- Coastal recorded runs on a Keirstin Roose sacrifice fly and a Hudgens single.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Georgia Southern holds a 23-14 overall record and is 7-2 in Sun Belt Conference play.
- The Eagles have won all three of their conference series to date, sweeping the Georgia State Panthers 3-0 and securing 2-1 series wins against App State and Southern Miss.
- Faith Barth leads the team with a .333 batting average, while Valerie Combs and Delanie Thames top the roster with 20 RBIs each.
- The Eagles have recorded nine home runs this season, while the Chants have hit 58 over the same 37-game span.
- Maddie Johnson leads the pitching staff with 87 strikeouts and an 11-6 record. Junior Alana Barnard has also been strong in the circle, going undefeated at 4-0 with a 1.06 ERA.
HISTORY AGAINST
- Coastal holds a 21-17 all-time record against Georgia Southern.
- The Chants have won the last two series, dropping just one game and sweeping two of the six contests.
- Coastal averages 3.76 runs per game against Georgia Southern.
- Over the last 10 matchups, the Chants have outscored the Eagles 43-30.
- The teams first met in April 1995, with Coastal winning 5-0.
- Coastal owns a 5-9 record in games played at Eagle Field.
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