TOURNAMENT NOTES | LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO (GEORGIA SOUTHERN GAME ONLY)
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State softball team is prepped for its final regular season tournament, the 2013 Eagle Classic, hosted by Georgia Southern on Friday through Sunday, March 1-3, at Eagle Park in Statesboro, Ga.
Kennesaw State (10-2) opens the tournament against Alabama State (1-9) on Friday at 11:30 a.m. (ET), followed by a 1:30 p.m. contest versus Florida International (10-6). On Saturday, KSU is set to face South Carolina (8-3) at 11:30 a.m., before meeting the host Eagles (7-7, 0-2 Southern Conference) at 3:30 p.m. The Owls finish up the tournament on Sunday with a 10 a.m. game against Alabama State.
Live stats will be available for all five KSU contests via KSUOwls.com, as well as live video for the Kennesaw State-Georgia Southern game on Saturday. Fans can also follow the action by following Kennesaw State softball on Twitter, @
KSUOwlsSoftball.
KSU is coming off of a 1-1 record in the Phyllis Rafter Memorial held Feb. 23-24 at Bailey Park. The Owls first defeated Bowling Green 5-0 on Saturday behind senior pitcher
Abbey Mixon’s (Canton, Ga./Cherokee HS) three-hit, five-strikeout performance. KSU then fell to Southeastern Conference foe Virginia Tech 4-3 on the international tiebreaker rule in the eighth inning.
For their early season success, the Owls are receiving a vote in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top-25 poll, joining Atlantic Sun Conference rivals USC Upstate and Florida Gulf Coast.
In the 12 games the Owls have played in 2013, seven have been decided by a single run. KSU holds a 5-2 record in one-run games, including a pair of eighth inning victories over Coastal Carolina and SIU Edwardsville.
Kennesaw State is the top A-Sun team in the circle in terms of earned run average at 1.14. Junior pitcher
Amanda Henderson (Covington, Ga./Eastside HS) and Mixon are ranked second and eighth, respectively, in the conference for ERA, with Henderson owning an ERA of 0.75 and Mixon posting a 1.43 ERA. The pair have collected a combined 97 strikeouts in 76 innings, with Henderson’s 61 strikeouts leading the league in that category.
The Owls next host UAB in a doubleheader on Tuesday, March 5, at Bailey Park. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. (ET).
Keep up with Owls softball this year by following KSU on Twitter at @
KSUOwlNation and @
KSUOwlsSoftball, or by liking Kennesaw State Owls on
Facebook.
Kennesaw State is celebrating 30 years of intercollegiate athletics during the 2012-13 academic year.
