Georgia Softball GEORGIA AT KAJIKAWA CLASSIC 2018 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 8 1-San Diego State 1:30 p.m. 8 1-#3 Oregon Pac-12 Networks 7:00 p.m. 9 1-#15 Utah 1:30 p.m. GEORGIA BULLDOGS TOURNAMENT INFORMATION 9 1-#19 BYU 9:45 p.m. Overall Record ...................................................................0-0 Dates .............................................................Feb. 8-10, 2018 10 1-Oregon State Pac-12 Networks 7:00 p.m. Conference Record ................................................................- Location ..............................................................Tempe, Ariz. 16 2-Winthrop SECN+ 3:00 p.m. SECN+ Home Record .....................................................................0-0 Stadium ............Farrington Stadium/Tempe Sports Complex 16 2-Samford 5:30 p.m. 17 2-Samford 1:00 p.m. Road/Neutral Record ........................................................0-0 Total Teams ........................................................................28 17 2-Evansville 3:30 p.m. Last 5 / Last 10.........................................................0-0 / 0-0 Opponents 18 2-Evansville SECN+ 1:00 p.m. Streak ....................................................................................- San Diego State Aztecs ...............................................0-0 23 3-College of Charleston 6:00 p.m. Ranking #3 Oregon Ducks ..........................................................0-0 24 3-College of Charleston 1:00 p.m. NFCA/USA Today ..........................................................25 #15 Utah Utes ..............................................................0-0 24 3-ETSU 3:30 p.m. 25 3-Gardner-Webb 1:00 p.m. ESPN.com/USA Softball ...............................................25 #19 BYU Cougars .........................................................0-0 28 at Wintrhop (DH) 2:00 p.m. Head Coach ..............................................Lu Harris-Champer Oregon State Beavers ..................................................0-0 MARCH Career Record..........................1,021-372-1 (22nd Season) 2 4-Radford SECN+ 3:30 p.m. Record at School ............................812-308 (18th Season) 2 4-Jacksonville State SECN+ 6:00 p.m. 3 4-UNCG SECN+ 1:00 p.m. MEDIA INFORMATION 3 4-Jacksonville State SECN+ 3:30 p.m. SECN+ TV .......................................Pac-12 Networks (select games) Live Stats...................................................GeorgiaDogs.com 4 4-UNCG 1:00 p.m. 6 Georgia Tech SECN+ 6:00 p.m. Streaming Video.................Pac-12 Networks (select games) Twitter Updates .............................................. @UGAsoftball 7 Western Carolina SECN+ 5:00 p.m. 10 Arkansas* SECN 1:00 p.m. BULLDOG NOTEBOOK 11 Arkansas* ESPNU 6:00 p.m. 12 Arkansas* SECN 7:00 p.m. Leading Off 14 Bucknell SECN+ 6:00 p.m. The #25 Georgia softball program will begin the 2018 season Thursday in Tempe, Arizona as part of the 16 Florida* SECN+ 6:00 p.m. SECN+ Kajikawa Classic. The Bulldogs will play five games in three days including contests with three fellow top-25 17 Florida* 2:00 p.m. 18 Florida* SECN+ 2:00 p.m. teams. 21 Georgia Southern SECN+ 6:00 p.m. 23 at Mississippi State* 7:00 p.m. 24 at Mississippi State* 3:00 p.m. Follow the Bulldogs 25 at Mississippi State* 3:00 p.m. » Georgia’s game against #3 Oregon and Oregon State will air on the Pac-12 Network. 28 Kennesaw State SECN+ 6:00 p.m. » Live stats will be available for all games of the Kajikawa Classic. Live stat links can be found on the softball 31 at Tennessee* SECN 5:00 p.m. APRIL schedule on GeorgiaDogs.com. 1 at Tennessee* SECN 6:00 p.m. » Live Twitter updates will be available all season long at @UGAsoftball. 2 at Tennessee* SECN 7:00 p.m. 4 at Georgia Tech 7:00 p.m. 6 Missouri* SECN+ 6:00 p.m. Tournament Preview 7 Missouri* ESPNU 6:00 p.m. The 2018 Kajikawa Classic, hosted by Arizona State, will be held in Tempe, Arizona Feb. 8-11, kicking off the 8 Missouri* SECN+ 2:00 p.m. 2018 softball season. 28 total teams will take part in tournament. Games will be played at Farrington Softball 11 Georgia State SECN+ 6:00 p.m. 14 Mercer (DH) SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Stadium and the Tempe Sports Complex (TSC). The field of 28 teams features eight preseason top-25 programs 15 Mercer SECN+ 2:00 p.m. and three teams from the SEC (Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee). 18 USC-Upstate SECN+ 6:00 p.m. 20 at Kentucky* 6:00 p.m. 21 at Kentucky* 2:00 p.m. Series Histories 22 at Kentucky* 1:00 p.m. San Diego State – Georgia leads 3-0 (last meeting: 2013; Georgia won 3-2) 27 Alabama* SECN+ 6:00 p.m. SECN » Georgia played SDSU in the 2013 Tempe Regional, winning both games 28 Alabama* 6:00 p.m. 29 Alabama* SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Oregon – Oregon leads 3-1 (last meeting: 2007; Oregon won 6-0) MAY » All four meetings have been on neutral fields 4 at Ole Miss* SECN Bases Loaded 7:00 p.m. » Georgia was shutout (5-0, 6-0) in two meetings in 2007 in Hawaii 5 at Ole Miss* 5:00 p.m. 6 at Ole Miss* 2:00 p.m. Utah – First meeting 9-12 SEC Tournament Columbia, Mo. BYU – Georgia leads 2-1 (last meeting: 2017; BYU won 4-0) 18-20 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites 24-27 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites » Last season’s meeting was the first during the regular season 31-June 5 WCWS Oklahoma City, Okla. » First two all-time meetings came at the Chapel Hill Regional in 2008 Oregon State – Georgia leads 3-2 (last meeting: 2011; Georgia won 12-7) Home games in bold | * denotes SEC game » All five meetings have been on neutral fields in five separate seasons dating back to 2004 All times Eastern and subject to change 1- Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Georgia last played in a tournament in Tempe when Arizona State hosted the 2013 NCAA Regional. Prior, the 2- Red & Black Showcase (Athens, Ga.) 3- Georgia Classic (Athens, Ga.) Bulldogs played in the Fiesta Bowl Tournament in Phoenix three-straight seasons from 1999-2001. 4- Bulldog Classic (Athens, Ga.) #Team22 Georgia softball enters its 22nd season in Athens in 2018, the 18th season under head coach Lu Harris-Champer. The Bulldogs’ all-time record is 927-431 with 812 of those wins belonging to Harris-Champer. Georgia will look to punch its ticket to its 17th-consecutive NCAA Tournament in 2018. FOLLOW THE DAWGS Georgia Softball @UGAsoftball @UGAsoftball GEORGIA SOFTBALL 2018 Game Notes | #ItTakesWhatItTakes QUICK FACTS BULLDOG NOTEBOOK (CONT.) GENERAL INFORMATION Preseason Polling Preseason All-SEC and Poll Location .......................................................Athens, Ga. Georgia will begin the season with a preseason #25 Senior outfielder Cortni Emanuel and infielder Alyssa Founded .................................................................. 1785 ranking in both the NFCA/USA Today and ESPN.com/ DiCarlo landed on the Preseason All-SEC Team. Enrollment ........................................................... 37,606 USA Softball Coaches Polls. Nine SEC teams appear Emanuel earned First Team All-SEC honors in 2017 Colors ......................................................Red and Black in both preseason polls. The Bulldogs ended 2017 tied while DiCarlo slugged her way onto the Second Team. Mascot .............................................................Bulldogs for 25 in the NFCA/USA Today poll while receiving As a team, Georgia was voted to finish ninth in the Conference ............................Southeastern Conference votes in ESPN.com/USA Softball. Despite finishing conference’s preseason poll. President .........Jere W. Morehead (Georgia State, ‘77) last in the SEC a season ago with a 6-18 record, the 1. Florida (11 first-place votes) - 143 points J. Reid Parker Bulldogs dropped out of the NFCA Poll only one week. 2. Tennessee (1) - 119 Director of Athletics .........Greg McGarity (Georgia, ‘76) It was the first time Georgia had been outside the top 3. Texas A&M - 114 25 since 2013. 4. LSU - 109 COACHING STAFF 5. Alabama (1) - 107 Head Coach ............Lu Harris-Champer (W. Illinois, ‘89) Emanuel Lands on USA Softball Collegiate 6. Auburn - 85 Overall Record ................. 1,021-372-1 (22nd Season) Player of the Year Watch List 7. Ole Miss - 81 Record at UGA........................812-308 (18th Season) Cortni Emanuel was named to USA Softball’s Top 50 8. Kentucky - 76 Associate Head Coach ..........Tony Baldwin (Butler, ‘95) Player of the Year watch list. She is one of 23 seniors 9. Georgia - 49 Assistant Coach ........................Rachele Fico (LSU, ‘13) on the watch list and among 10 SEC players. The SEC 10. Arkansas - 39 Volunteer Coach .........Brock Van Faussien (Liberty, ‘97) has eight member institutions represented on the list, 11. Missouri - 34 Softball Program Specialist ........................Kara Moore the most of any conference. Along with All-America 12. South Carolina - 30 Office Phone ...........................................(706) 425-3350 status in 2017, the Missouri City, Texas native was 13. Mississippi State - 28 Office Fax................................................(706) 425-3352 named NFCA First Team All-Region and First Team All-SEC. She ranked fourth in the league with a .426 Student First HISTORY batting average and hits (80), seventh in runs scored A total of 13 softball student-athletes earned a spot First Year of Softball .............................................. 1997 (49), and her 43 stolen bases led the league while also on the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll All-Time Record .................................................927-431 ranking 10th in the nation. for the Fall 2017 semester. Six posted a 3.5 GPA or All-Time SEC Record .........................................316-251