2012 GEORGIA BULLDOGGEORGIA SOFTBALL SOFTBALL CLASSIC FEBRUARY 17-19 UGA SOFTBALL STADIUM ATHENS, GA. Jen Galas, Sports Communication GA Whitney Tarpy, Sports Communication GA GEORGIA Office: 706.542.9368 • Cell: 336.509.8819 Office: 706.542.6306 • Cell: 615.430.1495 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SOFTBALL RECORD: OVERALL: 4-1 SEC: 0-0 TWO COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES TWO SEC TITLES 11 NCAA APPEARANCES Date Opponent Result/Time • Red and Black Showcase (Athens, Ga.) General Information 02.10 Army W, 12-0 (5) Dates ..........................Feb. 17-19 02.11 Utah State W, 8-0 (5) Location .................... Athens, Ga. St. John’s W, 2-1 (8) Stats/Audio .......georgiadogs.com 02.12 Campbell W, 10-1 (6) Georgia’s Record ....................4-1 NC State L, 3-2 Connecticut’s Record .............0-0 Georgia Softball Classic (Athens, Ga.) Western Illinois’ Record ..........2-2 02.17 Connecticut 7 p.m. Buffalo’s Record .....................2-3 02.18 Western Illinois 11 a.m. No. 14/14 Georgia (4-1, 0-0 SEC) Tennessee Tech’s Record ......1-4 Ninth Annual Georgia Softball Buffalo 1 p.m. BULLDOGS Winthrop’s Record ..................2-2 CLASSIC 02.19 Tennessee Tech 1 p.m. Winthrop 3 p.m. Cathedral City Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) A LOOK AT Georgia 02.23 Arizona 6:30 p.m. Georgia softball game notes are interactive - logos, rosters and QR codes are linked to webpages for your convience Cal State Fullerton 9 p.m. • The Bulldogs improved to 13-3 in season openers and 11-1 in the Lu Champer-Harris era with its win over 02.24 Washington 4 p.m. Army on Friday. Georgia also moved to 23-2 in the Red and Black Showcase, as it went 4-1 over the UCLA 8:30 p.m. weekend with wins over Army, Utah State, St. John’s and Campbell. 02.25 Oklahoma 1 p.m. • Each of Georgia’s five newcomers started each of the five games over the weekend. Junior transfer Tess 02.29 Gardner Webb 6:30 p.m Bulldog Invitational (Athens, Ga.) Sito led the way, hitting .467 and earning a win in the circle. Gracie Goulder finished with a .455 average, 03.02 Cleveland State 7 p.m. followed by Niaja Griffin with a .417 batting average. Anna Swafford and Paige Wilson recorded batting 03.03 Ohio 11 a.m. averages of .357 and .273, respectively. Minnesota 1 p.m. • Tess Sito hit for the cycle over the course of the opening three games of the season. The Elyria, Ohio native 03.04 Rutgers 1 p.m. hit a double and triple in game one, a single and a home run against St. John’s and a single and a double Mercer 3 p.m. against Campbell. She also scored eight runs and drove in four. 03.07 Furman 6:30 p.m. • Ashley Pauly became the first player since Megan Wiggins in 2011 against Florida State to hit two 03.09 at Mississippi State* 6:30 p.m. doubles in a game. The senior hit both of her two-base hits in the same inning against Army. The Bulldogs 03.10 at Mississippi State* 2 p.m. went on to win that game 12-0 in five innings. The last time Georgia scored more than 10 runs in a game 03.11 at Mississippi State* 2 p.m. was May 29, 2011 when Georgia scored 14 against No. 14 Baylor in the Athens Super Regional. 03.14 at Georgia Tech 7 p.m. • Senior Kristyn Sandberg earned a .583 batting average and slugged at a 1.250 clip in Georgia’s five games 03.16 Auburn* 6:30 p.m. over the weekend. Sandberg recorded seven hits in 12 at bats, scored five runs, drove in nine and belted a 03.17 Auburn* 2:30 p.m. pair of home runs. She also had an on base percentage of .706. 03.18 Auburn* 2:30 p.m. • The Georgia pitching staff held its own during the opening weekend, combining for a 0.68 ERA. Senior Erin 03.21 Georgia State 6:30 p.m. Arevalo leads the way with a 2-0 record, an ERA of 0.54 and recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts vs. St. 03.23 at Ole Miss* 7 p.m. 03.24 at Ole Miss* 3 p.m. John’s. Tess Sito left her mark with a 0.00 ERA, allowing just two hits in a complete game performance. 03.25 at Ole Miss* 2 p.m. Morgan Montemayor is 1-1 and struck out eight vs. Utah State. 03.28 Georgia Southern 6:30 p.m. • Georgia is ranked among the nation’s best, coming in at 14th in both the USA Today/NFCA and 03.30 Florida* 6:30 p.m. ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25. 03.31 Florida* 2:30 p.m. • Georgia is seeing some familiar faces this weekend. UGA is 2-0 against both Connecticut and Buffalo. 04.01 Florida* 1:30 p.m. Georgia faced Buffalo last season, but hasn’t met UConn on the diamond since 2003. The Bulldogs own a 04.04 at Tennessee* (Game One) 5 p.m. 16-2 record against the Winthrop Eagles, with their last win coming last season when Georgia won 14-0. at Tennessee* (Game Two) 7 p.m. UGA hasn’t faced Tennessee Tech since the 2005 season, when it won 7-3. Georgia is 1-0 against Western 04.10 USC Upstate 6:30 p.m. Illinois, which the Bulldogs have seen since 2004. 04.11 South Carolina* (Game One) 5 p.m. • The Bulldogs will face 10 opponents ranked in the top-25 this season, including five in the top- South Carolina* (Game Two) 7 p.m. five spots: Florida - 1/3; Alabama - 2/2; Oklahoma - 4/4; Washington - 7/9; Tennessee - 10/7; UCLA - 12/8; 04.13 at Kentucky* 6 p.m. Arizona - 16/16; Kentucky - 22/24; Georgia Tech - 23/20; LSU - 25/24. 04.14 at Kentucky* 1 p.m. 04.15 at Kentucky* 1 p.m. SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS 04.18 Georgia Tech 6:30 p.m. 04.20 Alabama* 6:30 p.m. Eastern Division 04.21 Alabama* 2:30 p.m. Rk. School SEC Pct. Overall Home Away Neutral Streak 04.22 Alabama* 1:30 p.m. 1 Florida* 0-0 .000 5-0 0-0 1-0 4-0 W5 04.25 Kennesaw State 6:30 p.m. 2 Tennessee 0-0 .000 5-1 0-0 1-0 4-1 W4 04.27 at LSU* 7 p.m. 3 Georgia 0-0 .000 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 L1 04.28 at LSU* 5 p.m. 4 South Carolina 0-0 .000 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 W3 04.29 at LSU* 2 p.m. 5 Kentucky 0-0 .000 1-3 0-0 0-3 1-0 L2 05.05 Arkansas* (Game One) 2:30 p.m. Western Division Arkansas* (Game Two) 5 p.m. 1 Auburn 0-0 .000 5-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 W5 05.06 Arkansas* 1:30 p.m. 05.10-12 SEC Tournament 2 Alabama 0-0 .000 4-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 W4 05.18-20 NCAA Regionals 3 Mississippi State 0-0 .000 4-0 0-0 1-0 3-0 W4 05.25-26 NCAA Super Regionals 4 Arkansas 0-0 .000 4-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 W3 05.31-06.06 NCAA Women’s College World Series 5 Ole Miss 0-0 .000 3-2 0-0 0-2 3-0 L1 All times are Eastern Standard 6 LSU 0-0 .000 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 W2 Asterisk (*) denotes Southeastern Conference game * denotes preseason conference champion selection Bold indicates home game • www.georgiadogs.com • @UGAAthletics • @UGASoftball • 2012 GEORGIA BULLDOG SOFTBALL PRO-NUN-CEE-A-SHUN GUIDE No. Name Ht. Pos. Cl. Hometown/Previous School Erin AREVALO ....................... are-UH-vaul-oh 1 Tiesha Reed 5-3 OF So. Elberton, Ga./Elbert County 3 Maya Branch 5-5 OF Jr. Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia MAYA Branch ........................................my-uh 10 Ashley Pauly 5-8 IF Sr. Kennesaw, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain Macie COUEY ...................................COO-ee 11 Brittney Hubbard 5-7 IF Sr. Victorville, Calif./Serrano High School Lu Harris-CHAMPER .....................CHAMP-er 12 Anna Swafford 5-9 IF Fr. Dallas, Ga./Darlington School GERRY Glasco .......................................Jerry 14 Macie Couey 5-7 OF Jr. Milledgeville, Ga./John Milledge Academy 18 Ashley Razey 5-11 C Sr. Lawrenceville, Ga./Buford Gracie GOULDER .............................gold-ER 19 Christine Olney 5-6 UT Jr. Rome, Ga./Calhoun NIAJA Griffin .......................................ny-Asia 21 Gracie Goulder 5-8 IF Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Cactus Shadows Morgan MONTEMAYOR .. mon-TEE-may-OR 22 Niaja Griffin 5-2 OF Fr. Orlando, Fla./Wekiva Christine OLNEY .............................. ALL-nee 23 Kristyn Sandberg 5-8 C/IF Sr. Island Park, N.Y./West Hempstead 25 Paige Wilson 5-6 IF Fr. Chicago, Ill./Wheaton North Ashley RAZEY ...................................raze-EE 27 Erin Arevalo 5-10 P So. Lathrop, Calif./East Union TIESHA Reed ..............................Ty-EE-Shuh 33 Tess Sito 5-9 P/UT Jr. Elyria, Ohio/Elyria Tess SITO .........................................SEE-Toh 42 Shelby Altman 5-9 IF So. Alma, Ga./Bacon County 44 Morgan Montemayor 6-0 P So. Phoenix, Ariz./Centennial THE UNIVERSITY School ........................... University of Georgia Head Coach: Lu Harris-Champer Asst. Coaches: Gerry Glasco, Tara Archibald Volunteer Coach: Tony Balwin Athletic Trainer: Brandon Platt Location .......................................Athens, Ga.