Wednesday, March 19
Carrollton, Ga.
5 p.m.
Mercer University
at
West Georgia
Bears Hit The Road For Rematch With West Georgia
3/18/2025 2:18:00 PM | Softball
MACON – The Mercer softball team will open up a 5-game road trip on Wednesday when the Bears pack up their show and head to Carrollton to lock horns with West Georgia for the second time this season. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m. at the University Softball Complex.
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Fans unable to make the trip to Carollton can still follow all of the action for free via a live statistics link provided by the UWG athletics department. The game will also be streamed live by the UWG athletics department.
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Mercer (15-14) has split its last 10 games and is fresh from a home series with Binghamton in which it dropped the bookends of the set against the visiting Bearcats. The Bears salvaged the series with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap of Friday evening's series-opening doubleheader behind a complete-game outing from sophomore Gabby Ellis.
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The Orange & Black is averaging 8.5 hits and 4.0 walks per game across its last four outings, but has stranded 32 runners on the base paths across that span as well. MU has also produced 11 extra-base hits over the last four games as well, led by senior third baseman Tori Hedgecock who belted a pair of home runs in MU's midweek victory at Georgia State last week.
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Mercer has been extremely effective from the circle while splitting its last six outings. MU's pitching staff is 3-3 with a 2.73 ERA over that stretch and has 20 batters in 41 innings pitched while yielding just 2.0 walks per game. Ellis and redshirt junior Hannah Pitts have both picked up wins in the middle over the last six contests, while sophomore Grace Roark has held opponents to a paltry .195 batting average in her last 10-2/3 innings pitched.
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Fans unable to make the trip to Carollton can still follow all of the action for free via a live statistics link provided by the UWG athletics department. The game will also be streamed live by the UWG athletics department.
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Mercer (15-14) has split its last 10 games and is fresh from a home series with Binghamton in which it dropped the bookends of the set against the visiting Bearcats. The Bears salvaged the series with a 3-1 victory in the nightcap of Friday evening's series-opening doubleheader behind a complete-game outing from sophomore Gabby Ellis.
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The Orange & Black is averaging 8.5 hits and 4.0 walks per game across its last four outings, but has stranded 32 runners on the base paths across that span as well. MU has also produced 11 extra-base hits over the last four games as well, led by senior third baseman Tori Hedgecock who belted a pair of home runs in MU's midweek victory at Georgia State last week.
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Mercer has been extremely effective from the circle while splitting its last six outings. MU's pitching staff is 3-3 with a 2.73 ERA over that stretch and has 20 batters in 41 innings pitched while yielding just 2.0 walks per game. Ellis and redshirt junior Hannah Pitts have both picked up wins in the middle over the last six contests, while sophomore Grace Roark has held opponents to a paltry .195 batting average in her last 10-2/3 innings pitched.
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| SERIES HISTORY |
| Mercer's 4-3 win over visiting West Georgia on February 12 at Sikes Field marked the first meeting between the two Peach State schools. The Wolves are in their first season as an NCAA Division I affiliate. |
| SCOUTING WEST GEORGIA |
| The Wolves (9-15) have now dropped six of their last seven contests following their Atlantic Sun Conference series loss to Queens on Friday and Saturday in Carrollton. West Georgia racked up 26 hits and scored 6.3 runs per game in the three-game set with the Royals, but also yielded 18 hits and five runs an outing. Queens used its last at-bat to take the final two games of the series. Â Sophomore Jenna Samuel (5-2, 4.70 ERA) has raked in five of GSU's nine wins from the circle this season, including a pair of complete game efforts. The six-armed staff will carry a collective 5.62 ERA into Wednesday's matchup and has surrendered 8.3 hits and 5.6 walks per 7 innings so far in 2025. |
| UP NEXT FOR THE BEARS |
| The Bears will lift the lid on the Southern Conference portion of their 2025 schedule this weekend when they trek to Birmingham, Ala., for a weekend set against league nemesis Samford (18-12, 0-0 SoCon). The squads will open up the series with a 2 p.m. ET Saturday doubleheader and close out the set with a lone 2 p.m. contest on Sunday. |
| STAY CONNECTED |
| Follow Mercer Softball on Twitter and Instagram and "Like" Mercer Softball on Facebook. |
| SUPPORT THE BEARS |
| Fans can help support the Mercer athletics department by making a gift to the Mercer Athletic Foundation. To find out more information about the Mercer Athletic Foundation, visit SupportMAF.com or email maf@mercer.edu. |
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