What You Need to Know:
* Georgia State wraps up the regular season with a three-game home series against rival Georgia Southern.
* Georgia State will honor its three seniors throughout the weekend, including a Senior Day ceremony following the final game on Saturday.
* Georgia State is one game behind Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt standings, meaning the series could change seeding for the conference tournament.
ATLANTA - Georgia State, coming off two wins at UL Monroe last weekend, closes out the regular season with a rivalry series against Georgia Southern. The series begins Friday at 5 p.m. and concludes with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m.
LEADING OFF
• Georgia State wraps up the regular season with a three-game series hosting rival Georgia Southern. The Panthers lead the all-time series with a 42-16 record and won all four meetings between the two schools in 2015.
• This series has major implications for seeding at the Sun Belt Championships. The Eagles are currently tied for third while the Panthers are one game back, tied for fifth.
• In the latest RPI release of the season on May 2, GSU came in at No. 60 which ranks fourth-highest in the Sun Belt.
• Georgia State's defense ranks 32nd in the country in double plays per game (0.45).
• Sophomore Ivie Drake leads the team in batting average (.354), slugging percentage (.703), on base percentage (.498), walks (45), and home runs (14). Drake was named an All-American as a freshman in 2015.
• Ivie Drake has 36 career home runs and needs just two more to tie Callie Alford's school-record 38 career home runs set in 2015.
• Junior Kensey Caldwell leads the team with 38 RBI. Caldwell is slugging .481 this season, second-best on the squad. Caldwell has 15 doubles this season to rank second in the Sun Belt in doubles per game.
• 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. 34 in the country in hits allowed per seven innings (5.03).
• Ivie Drake has been walked 45 times this season, an average of 0.85 a game. She ranks No. 13 in the country in walks per game.
• GSU has 1,001 wins since the first year of fast-pitch competition in 1985. The Panthers became just the 36th program to reach the 1,000 win mark with a 6-2 victory at ULM on May 1.
