Schedule & RESULTS (49-9) Date Opponent Result/Time 201020102010 GeorgiaGeorgiaGeorgia USF Wilson-DeMarini Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.) Feb. 12 vs. Long Island Rained Out Feb. 13 vs. Canisius W, 9-0 (5) TechTechTech SoftballSoftballSoftball Feb. 13 vs. #3/5 Florida W, 3-0 Tech Softball Feb. 14 vs. East Carolina W, 3-0 Softball Contact: Seth Gerard • Office: (404) 894-5467 • Feb. 14 vs. Florida Gulf Coast W, 10-5 Cell: (774) 279-4461 • Fax: (404) 894-1248 Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) [email protected] Feb. 19 vs. #21/21 Northwestern W, 9-6 Feb. 19 vs. RV/RV BYU W, 10-9 (8) Feb. 20 vs. RV/-- Hawai’i W, 11-2 (6) Feb. 20 vs. Long Beach State W, 12-3 (5) Feb. 21 vs. #12/11 California L 1-4 Georgia Tech Softball Weekly Release Week #14 • May 17-23, 2010 • 2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional • Mewborn Field Feb. 24 Kennesaw State W, 8-3 NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.) Friday, May 21 Feb. 26 vs. Central Florida W, 1-0 Game 1: No. 2 Oregon (33-19) vs. No. 3 Auburn (31-24) 5:30 p.m. (ESPN2 HD) Feb. 26 vs. Nebraska L, 0-2 Game 2: No. 1 Georgia Tech (49-9) vs. No. 4 Jacksonville St. (30-17) 8 p.m. (ESPN HD) Feb. 27 vs. Arkansas W, 11-2 (5) Feb. 27 vs. #18/20 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 7-1 Feb. 28 vs. Iowa W, 9-8 (8) Saturday, May 22 Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 Noon (ESPN HD) Buzz Classic (Woodstock, Ga.) March 5 vs. Seton Hall W, 16-0 (5) Game 4: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 2:30 p.m. (ESPN HD) March 6 vs. James Madison W, 11-0 (6) Game 5: Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 5 p.m. (ESPN HD) March 6 vs. #RV/23 Kentucky W, 6-3 March 7 vs. Dartmouth W, 8-1 March 7 vs. Mississippi W, 1-0 Sunday, May 23 Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5 1 p.m. (ESPN HD) March 9 at Georgia State W, 7-3 Game 7: Same Teams (if necessary) 3 :30 p.m. (ESPN HD) Springhill Suites Buckhead Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) March 13 Mercer W, 8-2 TV: ESPN 2 HD (Game 1); ESPN HD (Games 2-7) March 13 #RV/-- Fordham L, 1-2 (8) Beth Mowins (play-by-play) and Jessica Mendoza (analyst). Casey Carter is the producer March 14 Georgia State W, 7-1 Audio: RamblinWreck.com. Kurt Hoyt (play-by-play) and Stephanie Morris (analyst) March 14 Mercer W, 10-5 Streaming Video: ESPN3.com March 20 at #20/16 UNC* (DH) W, 16-1 (5)/L, 3-8 Live Stats: RamblinWreck.com March 21 at #20/16 UNC* W, 5-0 Friday Weather: 40 % chance of thunderstorms, 82; Saturday Weather:30 % chance March 23 at Houston (DH) W, 7-1/L, 1-2 of thunderstorms, 84; Sunday Weather: 30 % percent chance of thunderstorms, 88 March 24 at #19/17 Texas A&M W, 4-0 March 27 Maryland* (DH) W, 9-8/W, 3-1 March 28 Maryland* W, 1-0 April 2 Virginia Tech* (DH) W, 15-1 (5)/W, 3-1 April 3 Virginia Tech* W, 9-1 (6) Probable Starting LINEUP April 7 #15/12 Georgia L, 4-5 # Pos Name Yr. AVG HR RBI SB-A Note April 10 RV/-- Virginia* (DH) W, 5-2/W, 5-3 10 2B Jen Yee R-Sr. .572 26 59 21-22 Reached base safely in EVERY game; 87 runs; 1.999 OPS April 11 RV/-- Virginia* W, 8-0 (5) 18 C Kate Kuzma So. .239 9 37 2-3 18 sacrifice bunts; .355 OB %; averages 6.4 pitches/AB April 13 Ga. Southern (DH) W, 14-2 (5)/W, 5-4 9 SS Kelsi Weseman So. .333 12 51 2-2 57 runs; .649 slg. pct.; .451 on-base pct.; 25 BB/19 SO April 14 at Kennesaw State W, 7-3 33 1B Kristine Priebe Jr. .340 15 57 0-0 48 RBI last 33 gm. (9 in first 25 gm.); 1.184 OPS April 17 Boston Coll.* (DH) W, 9-0 (5), W, 11-3 (5) 45 P Hope Rush Fr. .308 20 58 0-0 1.106 OPS; Team is 16-1 when she hits a home run April 18 Boston College* W, 4-0 23 DP Caitlin Jordan Fr. .339 7 31 0-0 .538 (7-for-13) as pinch hitter with 12 RBI; .952 OPS April 21 at #12/10 Georgia L, 3-6 8 3B Danielle Dike So. .276 7 18 0-0 Has started 21 of last 22 games (.318, 5 HR, .420 OBP) April 24 at #24/20 Fla. St.* (DH) W, 14-1/L, 2-6 2 LF Shannon Bear So. .179 1 3 0-0 Has started 12 games in left field; 14 runs scored April 25 at #24/20 Florida State* W, 5-2 4 CF Christy Jones Jr. .287 0 4 10-11 Batting .364 last 24 games; 29 runs scored April 28 at #4/4 Alabama L, 1-13 (5) 32 RF Kelly Eppinger Sr. .278 0 1 2-2 Has made 33 starts in the outfield; 15 runs scored May 1 at NC State* (DH) W, 11-4/W, 9-2 May 2 at NC State* W, 8-1 OFF THE BENCH 2010 ACC Tournament (Blacksburg, Va.) 7 OF Kelly Delashmit Fr. .000 0 0 3-3 One of top pinch runners; 13 runs scored May 14 vs. Boston College W, 8-0 (5) 9 C Jessica Weaver Jr. .147 2 14 0-0 Has made 26 starts behind the plate May 15 vs. North Carolina W, 8-0 (5) 14 RF Jessica Sinclair So. .203 9 31 0-0 Out for the season (torn ACL in practice, 4/30) May 16 vs. #24/25 Florida State (RSN) W, 8-4 21 LF Kristen Adkins Jr. .176 5 16 0-0 Can play third base or left field in addition to pitch 36 P/3B Rachel Glazebrook Fr .000 0 0 0 Walked in first career at bat; 0-2 as pinch hitter NCAA Regional (Atlanta, Ga.) 44 Util. Caroline Hilton Jr. .000 0 0 0 Out for year after breaking arm vs. Northwestern (2/19) May 21 vs. Jacksonville State (ESPN HD) 8 p.m. May 22 vs. Oregon/Auburn (ESPN HD) TBA PITCHERS May 23 vs. TBA (ESPN HD) TBA # Name Yr. ERA W-L SO ER BB Note 12 Jessica Coan So. 2.57 13-1 116 29 32 1.5 k’s/inning; 5-1 in ACC play May 28-30 NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites) 20 Emily Schreck Jr. -- -- -- -- -- Out rehabbing off-season wrist surgery June 3-9 College World Series (Oklahoma City) 21 Kristen Adkins Jr. 2.22 8-2 50 26 33 10.2 consecutive scoreless innings 36 Rachel Glazebrook Fr. 5.25 0-0 2 3 1 Has pitched 4 innings of relief * denotes Atlantic Coast Conference Game 45 Hope Rush Fr. 1.71 28-6 160 51 88 ACC Freshman of the Year; 3 no-hitters All times Eastern unless noted #/# represents NFCA/ESPN.COM polls ranking at time of game RV - Team is in the “also receiving votes” category 2010 GEORGIA TECH SOFTBALL GAME NOTES • 2010 NCAA ATLANTA REGIONAL 1 #8 Georgia Tech To Host NCAA Jackets by the NUMBERS Atlanta Regional Honors & AWARDS Overall: 49-9 | Home: 18-2 | Away: 11-5 | Neutral: 20-2 • Georgia Tech, the No. 8 overall seed in Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week ACC: 19-2 | Home: 12-0 | Away: 7-2 the NCAA Tournament, hosts the Atlanta Jen Yee (March 2 and April 20) Against ranked teams: 10-6 Regional, May 21-23, at Mewborn Field. When scoring first: 40-0 • The Yellow Jackets are the top seed in USA Softball Player of the Year Watch List When leading after first inning: 26-1 Jen Yee (Jan. 27), Kelsi Weseman (Jan. 27) the region. No. 2 Oregon (33-19), No. 3 When leading after five: 40-1 When leading after six: 32-1 Auburn (31-24) and No. 4 Jacksonville USA Softball Player of the Year Finalists (25) When tied after five: 1-3 State (30-17) will also compete at Mew- Jen Yee (April 7), Hope Rush (April 7) When tied after six: 0-2 born Field this weekend. When trailing after five: 5-4 • Every game from the double-elimination USA Softball Player of the Year Finalists (10) Jen Yee(May 12) When trailing after six: 5-5 tournament will be live on ESPN HD or Record in extra innings: 2-1 When scoring four runs or less: 9-9 ESPN 2 HD as well as streamed on ACC Player of the Year When scoring five runs or more: 40-0 ESPN3.com. Beth Mowins and Jessica Jen Yee (May 14) When holding opponents to four runs or less: 45-3 Mendoza have the call. Shutouts: 15-1 • The winner of the Atlanta Regional will ACC Freshman of the Year One-run games: 7-3 meet the winner of the Colombia, Mo. re- Hope Rush (May 14) Two-run games: 3-1 gional in the Super Regionals, May 28-30. Three-run games: 6-2 1st-Team All-ACC Four-run games: 5-1 No. 9 Missouri hosts Creighton, DePaul and Jen Yee, Kelsi Weseman (May 14) Five-plus run games: 28-2 Illinois. Kristine Priebe, Hope Rush (May 14) In February: 13-2 • For complete up-to-the minute informa- In March: 16-3 tion on the Atlanta Regional, please go to 2nd-Team All-ACC Kate Kuzma, Christy Jones (May 14) In April: 14-4 the tournament central page at Ramblin- In May: 6-0 Wreck.com.