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GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE SOFTBALL GAME NOTES ® NAIA Opening Round Lawrenceville Bracket Monday, May 13 - Wednesday, May 15 - Grizzly Softball Complex - Lawrenceville, Ga. SCHEDULE GEORGIA GWINNETT Date Opponent Time/Score Record: 39-14 February ® No. 1 Seed 6 Bryan (Tenn.) W, 20-0 (5); W, 1-0 Head Coach: Kat Ihlenburg (280-100-2/ 7 years) 8 Rio Grande (Ohio) W, 5-1 Bluefi eld (Va.) W, 18-4 (5) 9 Rio Grande (Ohio) W, 13-5 (6) TRUETT-McCONNELL Bluefi eld (Va.) W, 10-2 (6) Record: 42-9 15 vs. Southeastern (Fla.) # W, 2-0 No. 2 Seed vs. Webber International # W, 1-0 Head Coach: Jenni Shepard (14th season) 16 vs. Warner (Fla.) # W, 15-4 (5) vs. Webber International # W, 4-3 (8) LSU ALEXANDRIA 17 vs. Keiser (Fla.) # W, 10-2; L, 3-2 (8) Record: 33-14 24 @ William Carey (Miss.) L, 2-1; W, 13-7 (8) No. 3 Seed 25 @ Mobile (Ala.) L, 5-4 (9); L, 6-0 Head Coaches: Adam & Annalyn Burch (59-28/ 2 years) March RIO GRANDE 2 @ Middle Georgia State W, 8-0 (6); W, 10-0 5 Truett-McConnell (Ga.) W, 6-5; L, 5-4 Record: 34-14 6 Ave Maria (Fla.) W, 13-4; W, 8-0 No. 4 Seed 8 @ Cumberlands (Ky.) W, 10-0; W, 12-1 Head Coach: Chris Hammond (157-46/ 4 years) 10 USC Beaufort W, 8-1; W, 6-0 12 Thomas (Ga.) W, 5-3; W, 9-4 16 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) L, 8-0: W, 9-1 2019 Lawrenceville Bracket Schedule 17 @ Talladega (Ala.) W, 15-0; W, 19-1 Monday, May 13 29 @ Hope International W, 5-1 (8): L, 3-2 31 vs. Menlo (Calif.) W, 9-1; W, 11-1 G1 - #2 Truett-McConnell vs. #3 LSU Alexandria, Noon April G2 - #1 GGC vs. #4 Rio Grande, 2:30 p.m. 1 @ Vanguard (Calif.) W, 3-2; L, 9-1 6 Talladega (Ala.) W, 11-0; W, 15-0 13 @ Truett-McConnell (Ga.) L, 3-1; L, 5-1 Tuesday, May 14 16 Reinhardt (Ga.) W, 10-0; L, 12-3 G3 - Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, Noon 18 @ Bryan (Tenn.) W, 12-0; L, 5-3 G4 - Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 2:30 p.m. 20 Brenau (Ga.) W, 5-1; L, 7-6 G5 - Loser of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4, 5 p.m. 26 Mobile (Ala.) L, 6-0; W, 2-0 May Wednesday, May 15 2 Talladega (Ala.) * W 11-0 (5) G6 - Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5, Noon 3 Edward Waters (Fla.) * W, 8-1 4 Edward Waters (Fla.) * W, 9-0 (6) G7 - Same teams as Game 6 (if necessary), 2:30 13 Rio Grande % 2:30 p.m. p.m. All times eastern Home games in bold # RussMatt Tournament (Auburndale, Fla.) * A.I.I. Tournament (Lawrenceville, Ga.) % NAIA Opening Round (Lawrenceville, Ga.) Follow GGC Athletics on Social Media Twitter - @GGCAthletics Instagram - GGCAthletics Website - www.GGCAthletics.com #GGCAthletics Quick Facts Grizzly News & Notes COLLEGE INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY VS. TMU: GGC leads 12-7 School Name ............Georgia Gwinnett College LAST MEETING: TMU 3-1, at TMU, April 13, 2019 Location ................................Lawrenceville, Ga. Founded ......................................................2005 SERIES HISTORY VS. LSUA: LSUA leads 1-0 Enrollment ...............................................12,500 LAST MEETING: LSUA 14-13 (8), at GGC, May 1, Nickname ..............................................Grizzlies 2014 Colors ........................................Green and Gray Affi liation ....................................................NAIA SERIES HISTORY VS. RIO GRANDE: GGC leads 5-1 Conference ..Association of Independent Institutions LAST MEETING: GGC 13-5 (6), at GGC, April 9, 2019 Interim President .............Dr. Mary Beth Walker Associate Vice President for Athletics ............. GGC Postseason History ...............................................Dr. Darin S. Wilson 2018 Lawrenceville Bracket Def. No. 4 seed Northwestern Ohio, 16-0 (5) SPORTS INFORMATION Def. No. 2 seed Oregon Tech, 5-2 Sports Information Director ..............Dale Long Lost to No. 2 seed Oregon Tech, 4-0 Email [email protected] Def. No. 2 seed Oregon Tech, 4-1 Offi ce Phone ..........................678-407-5039 Cell Phone .............................470-484-9592 2018 NAIA World Series Website .................................GGCAthletics.com Def. No. 9 seed Freed-Hardeman, 7-0 Facebook ......................................GGCAthletics Lost to No. 4 seed Science & Arts, 4-1 Twitter .......................................@GGCAthletics Lost to No. 2 seed Oklahoma City, 7-2 Instagram .....................................GGCAthletics Hashtag ......................................#GGCAthletics 2017 Lawrenceville Bracket Def. No. 4 seed Milligan, 1-0 COACHING STAFF Lost to No. 2 seed Warner, 3-2 (9) Head Coach ..................................Kat Ihlenburg Def. No. 3 seed Williams Baptist, 5-4 Record at GGC 280-100-2/Seventh season Lost to No. 2 seed Warner, 2-0 Overall ..................................................Same Alma Mater ....................................Barry ‘04 2016 Lawrenceville Bracket Assistant Coach .......................Tonya Medders Def. No. 3 seed Brenau, 6-0 Assistant Coach ........................John Ihlenburg Lost to No. 1 seed Saint Xavier, 5-1 Def. No. 3 seed Brenau, 4-3 GRIZZLY SOFTBALL Def. No. 1 seed Saint Xavier, 3-0 First Season ................................................2013 Lost to No. 1 seed Saint Xavier, 3-1 Overall Record ......280-100-2 (.736)/7 Seasons 2018 Record ................................................53-6 2015 Montgomery Bracket Home Field .................Grizzly Softball Complex Lost to No. 2 seed Davenport, 4-0 Twitter ........................................@GGC_Softball Def. No. 4 seed Tennessee Wesleyan, 1-0 Lost to No. 2 seed Davenport, 7-3 GRIZZLY SOFTBALL COMPLEX Address ..............................1030 Collins Hill Rd Tournament Record by Seed Opponent: ....................................Lawrenceville, Ga. 30043 vs. No. 1: 1-1 Playing surface ............................Natural Grass vs. No. 2: 2-6 vs. No. 3: 2-0 vs. No. 4: 3-1 vs. No. 9: 1-0 Please use Georgia Gwinnett College in all fi rst references to our college name. Use of GGC is acceptable in second reference. Grizzly News & Notes * GGC players on the Association of Independent * The team was ranked No. 8 in the fi nal NAIA Institutions all-conference teams: Top 25 poll. GGC has been ranked in the top 10 Player of the Year: Aubree Cox, Sr., OF throughout the entire 2019 season. Pitcher of the Year: Taylor Hansis, Sr. Freshman of the Year: Sydney Pelaez, C * GGC has a 22-5 record in games at the Grizzly Softball Complex this season. First Team Pitcher - Taylor Hansis, Sr. * The Grizzlies played 10 teams that reached Catcher - Sydney Pelaez, Fr. this year’s NAIA Opening Round, posting a 12-11 Infi elder - Tori Robinson, Sr. record in those games. Infi elder - Elyssa Melton, Sr. Outfi elder - Aubree Cox, Sr. * The team has fi ve players batting .364 or Outfi elder - RaeQuinn Rossetti, Jr. higher for the season, led by junior RaeQuinn Utility - Piper Wagner, So. Rossetti with a .426 batting average. Senior Designated Player - Sydney Willhite, Jr. Aubree Cox is hitting at a .392 clip. Rounding out the balanced offense are junior Sydney Second Team Willhite (.377), senior Elyssa Melton (.366) and Infi elder - Crystal Busbee, Sr. senior Tori Robinson (.364). Champions of Character * Senior Taylor Hansis is the three-time A.I.I. Madison Martin - So. Pitcher of the Year. She has tossed three career no-hitters, including two this spring. Hansis had * Kat Ihlenburg was named the A.I.I.’s Coach of a no-hitter in the fi rst game of the 2019 A.I.I. the Year for the third consecutive season. She has Softball Championships against Talladega helped lead GGC to a 142-29-1 record during that College (Ala.) on May 2. She holds GGC career time. records for wins (71) and strikeouts (546). * GGC players on the A.I.I. all-tournament team: * Senior Elyssa Melton holds the program career Outstanding Player: RaeQuinn Rossetti, Jr., OF records for games played (225), games started Crystal Busbee, Sr., 3B (223) and at bats (616). Taylor Hansis, Sr., P Piper Wagner, So., INF * Junior Sydney Willhite is tops in the program Sydney Willhite, Jr., DP career record book with 20 home runs. * The winner of the Lawrenceville Bracket of the * Junior RaeQuinn Rossetti has batted over .400 NAIA Opening Round will advance to the World during her fi rst three seasons in Lawrenceville, Series in Springfi eld, Mo., from May 23-29. highlighted by a .429 average this spring. She also has been successful on 39 stolen base * GGC won its third straight A.I.I. softball attempts. championship title on May 4 by defeating Edward Waters College (Fla.) 9-0 in six innings. * All six GGC teams are ranked in the top 10 in the NAIA polls and qualifi ed for the national * The Grizzlies are hosting the Opening Round of tournament. During the 2018 calendar year each the NAIA national tournament for the fourth team advanced to the fi nal site of the national consecutive season. tournament. Men’s and women’s tennis teams captured national titles. * Georgia Gwinnett College advanced to its fi rst NAIA World Series in 2018 during the program’s * All four GGC teams that compete in the A.I.I. fourth trip to the national tournament. won conference tournament championships during the 2018-19 athletic season. Men’s and women’s soccer took home titles this past fall, while baseball and softball earned championships last week. HEAD COACH KAT IHLENBURG The fi rst head coach of the Georgia Gwinnett College softball program, Kat Ihlenburg has developed the Grizzlies into a championship squad built upon toughness, character and a devotion to its community. Ihlenburg led the program to its fi rst NAIA World Series appearance in 2018 -- in just its sixth season. She has led the Grizzlies to four Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) tournament championships, fi ve trips to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament, and recognition as the NAIA Champions of Character team award winner.