Game 11 at Mercer | Macon, Ga. | Feb. 22 | 6 p.m. ET
Georgia State Panthers
Overall: 7-3 Sun Belt: 0-0
H: 0-1 A: 1-2 N: 6-0
Streak: L1 Last 10: 7-3
2016: 33-28 Sun Belt: 13-10
H: 15-9 A: 10-10 N: 8-9
Mercer Bears
Overall: 4-5 SOCON: 0-0
H: 2-2 A: 0-1 N: 2-2
Streak: L3 Last 10: 4-5
2016: 23-35 SOCON: 4-14
Series
All Time: 57-18
Last Meeting: 2016
Streak: W1
Game Info
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Leading Off
• Georgia State went 3-1 last weekend at the Osprey Invite, picking up an impressive non-conference win over Kansas.
• The Panthers and Bears will be playing for the 76th time Wednesday with Georgia State leading the all-time series 57-18.
• In last year's meeting at the Heck Softball Complex, GSU hit three home runs to win 8-3. Ivie Drake hit two of the long balls.
• Morgan Brown's .389 average leads the team while Reagan Morgan is the RBI leader with seven.
• GSU's pitching staff is off to a strong start. Five pitchers have combined for a staff ERA of 2.53. Mandy Chance is 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA.
• Georgia State has already played four extra inning games this season, going 3-1 in those contests.
• Junior Ivie Drake needs just one home run to break GSU's career home run record of 38 set by Callie Alford in 2015.
• Ivie Drake was named to every major preseason Top 50 list including Flo Softball, D1 Softball and USA Softball.
• Ivie Drake, Mandy Blackwell and Megan Litumbe were named preseason All-Sun Belt. Only Louisiana had more players named to the team.
• Georgia State was voted to finish fourth in the Sun Belt this season.
• The Panthers return 16 letterwinners from 2016 and welcome nine newcomers including seven freshmen.
• After the Mercer midweek matchup, Georgia State returns to Atlanta to host five home games this weekend. The Panthers host Illinois and Omaha for doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday, respectively, before playin Radford on Sunday.
