Gamecocks Journey to Sam Houston to End Common Season Schedule

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — The Jax State softball workforce is ready to journey to Huntsville, Texas, to tackle the Sam Houston Bearkats (29-33, 13-11 CUSA) for the ultimate three video games of the common season schedule, starting on Thursday night time at 6 p.m.

The Gamecocks (39-13, 21-3 CUSA) enter the weekend in first place in Conference USA by a three-game margin and clinched the convention’s common season title this previous Saturday with a victory over Middle Tennessee. Additionally, Jax State is trying to have its first 40-win season since 2017, in head coach Julie Boland‘s second 12 months on the helm.

Boland’s squad is coming off its most up-to-date collection win over the Blue Raiders this previous weekend at house, profitable the primary two contests earlier than dropping the ultimate one on Sunday. The Gamecocks have gained each collection in convention play to this point, and have gained 10 of their final 11 video games.

This weekend’s collection will likely be a battle between a number of of the league’s hottest hitters from each squads, together with Jax State’s Amber Reed and Emma Elrod and Sam Houston’s Sophia Lundstrom and Veronica Harrison. Both Reed and Elrod have mixed for 29 hits within the final ten video games, with Reed presently holding a 29-game reached-base streak. On the opposing facet, Lundstrom ranks within the prime 5 within the convention in batting common (.400, 5^th), hits (70, 2^nd), runs scored (45, 3^rd) and doubles (16, 2^nd), whereas Harrison leads the league in house runs with 17 and holds a 15-game hitting streak.

The Gamecocks have 5 batters hitting over .330 this season, led by Elrod’s .364 clip on the plate, and have tallied at the very least 10 hits in seven of their final 9 video games. Alongside the junior outfielder is senior Morgan Nowakowski who hit her 22^nd double of the season to steer Division I.

Jax State’s pitching workers has been crimson scorching just lately as properly, holding opponents to 4 runs or much less in 9 of their final 11 video games and have solely allowed a workforce to attain 5 or extra runs in simply 4 of their final 19 video games. Leading this cost has been senior Jaliyah Holmes who has tallied 20 strikeouts in her final 19.1 innings of motion. Holmes presently leads the convention in runs allowed with 15 in league video games.

The Bearkats have dropped their final 4 video games, together with being swept by FIU this previous weekend on the highway and sit in seventh place in Conference USA. However, Sam Houston holds a 15-8 file on its house area, profitable eight of its final 9 video games at house.

Following the weekend, Jax State will await its first opponent of the Conference USA Tournament, beginning subsequent Tuesday.