What you need to know:
* Georgia State (24-22, 7-8 SBC) faces No. 12/13 Georgia Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Athens.
* GSU has won two of the last three games against the Bulldogs.
* Georgia State is currently on a five-game win streak.
ATLANTA – Georgia State's softball team puts a five-game win streak on the line Wednesday as the Panthers head Athens to face No. 12/13 Georgia at 6 p.m.
LEADING OFF
• Georgia State and Georgia will meet for the 16th time Wednesday in Athens. The Panthers have beaten the Bulldogs in two of the last three meetings, but lost the most recent contest in 2015.
• Georgia State is currently on a five-game win streak, out-scoring opponents 52-12 during the stretch.
• In the latest RPI release of the season on April 18, GSU came in at No. 52 which ranks fourth-highest in the Sun Belt.
• Georgia State's defense ranks 17th in the country in double plays per game (0.48).
• Sophomore Ivie Drake leads the team in batting average (.372), slugging percentage (.715), on base percentage (.508), walks (38), and home runs (12). Drake was named an All-American as a freshman in 2015.
• Ivie Drake was named Sun Belt Player of the Week Monday after hitting .438 with two home runs and nine RBI last week. One of her home runs was a grand slam against App State in Game 1 on Saturday.
• Junior Kensey Caldwell leads the team with 38 RBI. Caldwell is slugging .480 this season, second-best on the squad.
• GSU's pitching staff is led by senior Katie Worley. Worley has both a perfect game and no-hitter to her name this season and ranks No. 24 in the country in hits allowed per seven innings (4.64).
• Ivie Drake has been walked 38 times this season, an average of 0.83 a game. She ranks No. 18 in the country in walks per game.
• Georgia State has 997 wins since the first year of fast-pitch competition in 1985. The Panthers are trying to become just the 36th program to reach the 1,000 win mark.
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