Georgia Southern holds off Mercer after 9th-inning rally

T.D. Davis broke open a 7-7 tie with a RBI double, and Georgia Southern scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning as the Eagles snapped a 14-game home winning streak for the Mercer Bears with a 10-7 win.

Eagles come crashing down

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - While Georgia Southern was busy beating Wofford on Friday in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center, No. 1 seed Davidson was resting. When GSU met the Wildcats Saturday afternoon, it was obvious. Davidson drained 10 first-half 3 pointers and turned a 23-point halftime lead into an 86-59 win over the Eagles to eliminate GSU in the quarterfinals. Georgia Southern (14-19) made ...

Richman quiets Wofford bats in Eagles' shutout win

Georgia Southern continued its good start in Southern Conference play, defeating Wofford by a score of 3-0 Saturday at J.I. Clements Stadium for its second win over the Terriers in as many days. The win marked the first shutout thrown by Georgia Southern since Chris Beck's 1-0 shutout of Samford in the championship game of the 2011 Southern Conference tournament. For the second consecutive game, the Eagles (8-6, 2-0 SoCon) got a ...

Sun Belt's Benson: New structure 'within 30 days'

Georgia Southern's wishes to make the jump to the Football Bowl Subdivision got a bit of a push in the right direction Saturday evening as Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson held a press conference discussing the latest meeting between he and the conference's school presidents. While no conference invitations were extended, Benson stated that the Sun Belt was in the process of determining whether it wants to have 10 or 12 football ...

Eagles survive and advance

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - After Eric Ferguson limped into the post-game press conference on Friday at the U.S. Cellular Center with his knee wrapped in ice, he said he felt like he was playing at about 50 percent. Half was good enough. Ferguson led all scorers with 17 points, and the No. 9 seeded Georgia Southern Eagles cruised past Wofford, 60-44, in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament. The Eagles ...

GSU women's basketball defeats WCU, set to take on Chattanooga

By MATT YOGUS myogus@statesboroherald.com ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Chris Vozab is 1-0 as a head coach in the Southern Conference tournament. Considering that her voice was nearly gone after her No. 8 seed Georgia Southern Eagles dispatched No. 9 Western Carolina, 68-51, in the first round of the tournament in Kimmel Arena on Friday, it wasn't easy. "I'll be alright," Vozab said. "It was an intense atmosphere, for sure. It was back and ...

Eagles get off to good SoCon start in beating Wofford

Sam Howard struck out eight batters over a career-high eight innings as Georgia Southern defeated Wofford 7-2 in the Southern Conference season opener. Howard (3-1) allowed 2 runs - 1 earned - on five hits and one walk to earn his third win of the season. The sophomore lefthander stranded the lead off runner in the second, fourth and eighth innings and struck out the side in the fifth. Georgia Southern (7-6, ...

GSU women take out WCU, advance to play Chattanooga

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Chris Vozab is 1-0 as a head coach in the Southern Conference tournament. Considering that her voice was nearly gone after her No. 8 seed Georgia Southern Eagles dispatched No. 9 Western Carolina, 68-51, in the first round of the tournament in Kimmel Arena on Friday, it wasn't easy. "I'll be alright," Vozab said. "It was an intense atmosphere, for sure. It was back and forth. ...

Eagles crash boards, cruise past Wofford at SoCon tourney

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – After Eric Ferguson limped into the post-game press conference on Friday at the U.S. Cellular Center with his knee wrapped in ice, he said he felt like he was playing at about 50 percent. Half was good enough. Ferguson led all scorers with 17 points, and the No. 9 seeded Georgia Southern Eagles cruised past Wofford, 60-44, in the first round of the Southern ...

Eagles begin against Wofford

Three games in March. Georgia Southern coach Charlton Young talks a lot about the importance of playing the best basketball at the end of the season, and after a disappointing year that started with three players removed from the team for disciplinary or academic reasons, saw injuries dot the regular season and ended with five fewer conference wins than the previous season, the Southern Conference tournament is here. "We're excited ...

GSU ladies tip off tourney vs. WCU

You can't ask for a more even matchup. Georgia Southern, the No. 8 seed in the Southern Conference women's basketball tournament, faces No. 9 Western Carolina, a team the Eagles split with during the regular season. Both teams are 7-22 overall. The last time they met was the 2012 SoCon tournament, when WCU won in overtime. They'll do it again today at 11:30 a.m., in the opening round in Asheville, ...

Kleinlein: Exceed expectations

It's fair to say that Tom Kleinlein, who took over as athletics director at Georgia Southern in January, has a clear vision.

Kennesaw State blanks GSU

KENNESAW - Steve Janas threw five scoreless innings as Kennesaw State defeats Georgia Southernm, 5-0, in a mid-week contest at Stillwell Stadium.

Looks like the ball's in your court, Sun Belt

There's more than a basketball tournament brewing this weekend in Hot Springs, Ark., where the Sun Belt Conference brass will converge.

Eric Ferguson earns All-SoCon media third team honors

SPARTANBURG - Eric Ferguson picked up All-SoCon Third Team honors from the SoCon Sports Media Association on Tuesday afternoon. The junior scored 13.8 points per game and grabbed 6.3 rebounds per contest en route to postseason honors for the third-straight year. An All-SoCon Preseason honoree to start the year, Ferguson has a team-high five double doubles and enters the league tournament with 1,262 career points. As a freshman, Ferguson picked up All-Freshman Team ...

GSU rests Friday, prepares for Elon in semis

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Georgia Southern coach Rodney Hennon has been ramming three concepts home all season -- pitching, defense and timely hitting. The Eagles (27-30), the seventh seed in the 2013 Southern Conference tournament, have needed every bit of all three. It's taken a complete-game shutout from Justin Hess, an unearned run, a handful of infield singles and a game-winning wild pitch to get the Eagles where they are - the semifinals ...

Eagles advance to semis with late, wild win over Furman

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The game didn't end until 12:45 a.m., but at least Georgia Southern got the rest of Friday off.

GSU opens with upset win

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Riding a seven-game losing streak into the Southern Conference baseball tournament, Justin Hess and the Georgia Southern Eagles decided enough was enough. The losing streak, which included with a three-game sweep against Charleston to cap the regular season, ended against those same Cougars with a 2-0 GSU win Thursday morning in a game that was rained out on Wednesday night at Fluor Field. Hess pitched the game of his ...

Eagles set to play in Cancun Challenge

Tournament officials announced Georgia Southern as one of the eight teams selected to compete in the 2013 Men's Cancun Challenge, played at the all-inclusive Aventura Palace resort near Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Eagles are part of the Mayan Division which features Bowling Green, Oral Roberts and Presbyterian College. Each contest in the Mayan Division will be televised on CBSsports.com ULive. The Rivera Division features Old Dominion, St. Louis, West Virginia and ...

Sun Belt delays expansion to 12 teams

NEW ORLEANS - The Sun Belt Conference is putting plans to expand to 12 teams on hold, probably until after the 2014 football season, league Commissioner Karl Benson said. Speaking after Wednesday's conclusion of conference meetings in Destin, Fla., Benson said Sun Belt members are comfortable with having 11 teams in 2014, and do not want to rush to add another school simply so the conference can hold a championship game for football. ...

GSU SoCon tournament opener postponed

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Georgia Southern's 2013 Southern Conference Opener against the College of Charleston was postponed until Thursday. The Eagles will now open the second day's action at Fluor Field at 10 a.m.

Report: Elon to CAA

SoCon Tournament Roundup: Top seeded WCU cruises in opener

GREENVILLE, S.C. -No. 1 seed Western Carolina hit five home runs, including a pair by Tyler White and back-to-back jacks by Aaron Attaway and Julian Ridings, to take a 13-7 win over No. 8 seed Samford on Wednesday at the Southern Conference Baseball Championship at Fluor Field.

Eagles take aim at SoCon tourney

Georgia Southern is opening the 2013 Southern Conference tournament the same way the regular season ended - by facing College of Charleston.

Up and down season leads into SoCon tournament

It's hard to imagine a season with a bigger gap between the lowest low and highest high than the 2013 Georgia Southern baseball regular season.

Expansion at Paulson begins

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Eagles beat Hampton, but bounced by South Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Four of Georgia Southern's last five games of the 2013 season came down to extra innings. It was only fitting that the season came to an end with two more bonus frames. South Florida scrapped across a fluky run in the top of the ninth inning to eliminate the Eagles with a 2-1 win in the NCAA Softball Gainesville Regional to advance to the finals and face the Florida ...

Eagles swept away

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The College of Charleston Cougars erased a solid outing from Josh Stevenson with a four-run sixth inning and swept the series with a 8-6 win on Saturday afternoon. Georgia Southern (25-30, 13-17 SoCon) held a 4-1 lead going into the sixth inning. College of Charleston sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the sixth and scored four runs off of three hits. Josh Stevenson allowed the first ...

Eagles stumble to 12th place finish

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Georgia Southern golf team capped a tough weekend at the NCAA Regionals by shooting a 309 in the third round at Ohio State's Scarlet Course Saturday as the Eagles placed 12th in the tournament. New Mexico shot a team low 283 to move from fifth to first (+18), while Auburn (+20) and South Carolina tied for second. UNLV (+26) and Texas Tech (+27) rounded out the top-5 to advance ...

USF walks off in extras against Eagles

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - South Florida edged the Georgia Southern Eagles in Gainesville Regional opener, winning 1-0 in eight innings on Friday.