If you visit the Internet and come across the conversations between Georgia Southern fans and Georgia State fans on the forums, it's pretty apparent - there's a football rivalry brewing there.
Georgia Southern sophomore Jasmin Walker defended her Southern Conference Outdoor Long Jump title Saturday with a mark of 5.82m (19'1.25") and the Eagles earned 17 points in the event to carry them into the second day of competition. Freshmen Alyssa Felton finished fourth (5.62m/18'5.25") and Ashleigh Rasheed seventh (5.36m/17'7") to add to Walker's winning total. Felton and Rasheed were named to the All-Freshman team for their efforts in the Long Jump while Kelsey Chandler earned ...
CULLOWHEE, N.C. -Jacob Hoyle drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning, and Preston Hatcher tossed a scoreless ninth inning as the Western Carolina Catamounts topped the Georgia Southern Eagles 9-8 on Saturday.
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Georgia Southern Softball got a mixed bag of results on the opening day of a three-game series with Western Carolina with a doubleheader split on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles won the opener 4-0 behind Sarah Purvis' second-straight complete game shutout in the circle. Western Carolina used a five-run second inning to take a 7-2 win in the second game of the day. The series will be decided on Sunday afternoon at 1 ...
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - A seven-run second inning lifted the Western Carolina Catamounts to a 9-3 victory over the Georgia Southern Eagles in the opener of a three-game Southern Conference series.
Georgia Southern is ready for the 2013 Southern Conference Outdoor Championships, being held at home today and Sunday Competition begins at 8 a.m. with the first half of the Decathlon events for the men and at 8:30 a.m. for four of the seven Heptathlon events. Admission is free.
Georgia Southern softball is back on the road this weekend for a three-game set against Western Carolina.
The Georgia Southern Eagles aren't eligible for the Southern Conference title in 2013.
Georgia Southern heads north for a three-game weekend series against Western Carolina in Cullowhee, N.C., opening with a 5 p.m. first pitch today and continuing on Saturday with a 4 p.m. game and a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday.
The Georgia Southern football team that takes the field on Aug. 31, against Savannah State in the 2013 season opener, won't likely resemble the squad that has practiced throughout the spring and took the field last Saturday for the Blue/White scrimmage.
The Kennesaw State Owls scored four runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Georgia Southern Eagles 8-3 at J.I. Clements Stadium Wednesday.
The Mercer Bears scored four runs over the first two innings and held on for a 5-3 mid-week win over the Georgia Southern Eagles at J.I. Clements Stadium.
Trent Wiedeman is reuniting with his former coach. Wiedeman, a 6-foot-8 forward who played three seasons at College of Charleston, requested to transfer after the 2012-13 season and has committed to play at Georgia Southern, where he will play for Mark Byington, GSU's first-year head coach. "I definitely think Georgia Southern made a really good move in hiring him," Wiedeman said about Byington during a phone interview on Tuesday. "I think the ...
Georgia Southern head men's basketball coach Mark Byington announced the addition Randy Peele, Larry Dixon and Andrew Wilson as assistant coaches and the hiring of Jason Slay as the director of GSU's basketball operations on Monday. Randy Peele With nine years of experience as a Division I head coach, Randy Peele will be an asset for the Georgia Southern coaching staff. Peele served four seasons at UNC Greensboro between ...
The Georgia Southern Eagles will look to bounce back from a three-game sweep by The Citadel, today at 6 p.m., when they host No. 28 Mercer.
It took a grand total of eight extra innings in the final two games of the Southern Conference championship for Georgia Southern to come out as the winner. Compared to what the Eagles are about to see, that was nothing. The Eagles will begin play in the 2013 NCAA tournament at the Gainesville, Fla., regional. They earned the No 3 seed in a bracket with South Florida, Hampton and the tournament's ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Jake Zokan allowed one run over 5.1 innings to help the College of Charleston Cougars to a 7-2 victory over the Georgia Southern Eagles at Patriots Point Field on Thursday night. Carl Wise plated five of the College of Charleston's (29-24, 16-11 SoCon) seven runs and led their offense with four hits. Wise finished the day with two singles, a double and a home run. Georgia Southern (25-28, 13-15 ...
It's become a yearly trip for the Georgia Southern Eagles - heading to a golf regional with a trip to the national championship on the line.
Though the end of the game was not without controversy, North Florida rattled off 12 hits and cruised to a 5-2 win in Georgia Southern's home finale on Tuesday at J.I. Clements Stadium.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Georgia Southern golfer Scott Wolfes fired a 2-under 70 to earn co-medalist honors in U.S. Open local qualifying action Monday at the Sawgrass Country Club East/West Course.
Two seasons. Two Southern Conference softball titles. Two trips to the NCAA regionals.
CLEMSON, S.C. - The Clemson Tigers got another strong outing from their starting pitcher this time by Matthew Crownover and took the non-conference series with a 7-0 win Saturday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The freshman Crownover (7-1) held Georgia Southern (25-25) scoreless over seven innings and helped Clemson (36-15) to their sixth-straight win. The lefthander allowed just three hits and three walks while striking out eight. The Tigers scored a run ...
CLEMSON, S.C. - Daniel Gossett held the Georgia Southern Eagles to one run and two hits in a 7-1 Clemson Tiger victory at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday night.
Kickoff of the 2013 Georgia Southern Football season is just over 100 days away, but Eagle fans can lock in key game dates on their 2014 calendars.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - It took 11 innings, but Georgia Southern Softball earned a return trip to the SoCon Championship Game with a 3-2 win over College of Charleston on Friday.
Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez missed Friday's game at San Francisco and will not be present today, as he is in Statesboro for his daughter Gigi's graduation from Georgia Southern University, the official website of the Atlanta Braves reports.
The top four slots in the Southern Conference baseball tournament are pretty much locked up. The last four slots are up for grabs primarily among five teams which, with two weekends left in the regular season, are separated by only 3.5 games. Georgia Southern (25-23, 13-14 SoCon) won't have a chance to improve its stock this weekend, as it gets set for a three-game, non-conference series against No. 25 Clemson. Meanwhile, ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Georgia Southern Softball earned a spot in the SoCon Tournament Semifinals with a 6-0 win over Western Carolina on Thursday afternoon. Alexa Lewis hit a leadoff home run to set the tone for a big Eagle win. Sarah Purvis tossed a two-hit shutout for her second win in as many days in the circle. The Eagles are in the drivers' seat in their bracket, needing one win from two games against ...
PHILADELPHIA -Cleon Roberts (Miami, Fla. / Miami Norland), who started all 32 games and averaged 8.5 ppg. as a freshman at Georgia Southern, has transferred to La Salle University and will play men's basketball, head coach Dr. John Giannini announced today. "Cleon gives us an athletic, scoring guard with excellent size," Giannini said. "He has a great deal of potential which I am confident he will reach because of his excellent work ethic. ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. - A pair of two-run home runs in the first two innings paved the way for Georgia Southern Softball to post a 6-2 win in the opening round of the 2013 SoCon Softball Tournament.