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Herd Softball Travels to Georgia Southern For Penultimate SBC Series
4/24/2025 9:30:00 AM | Softball
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Marshall's softball team (26-21, 10-8 SBC) travels to Statesboro, Ga. to face Georgia Southern (27-20, 11-7 SBC).Â
First pitch Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Series Information
Dates: Apr. 25-27, 2025
Opponent: Georgia Southern
Place: Statesboro, Ga.
Stadium: Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex
Watch (G1): ESPN+
Stats (G1): Live Stats
Twitter: @HerdSB
Coach Morgan Zerkle
- Marshall is in its second season under Head Coach Morgan Zerkle. The 2017 All-American for the Herd led the team that season with a .476 average en route to a NCAA Tournament appearance. The Herd has made two NCAA Regionals in its history (2013 & 2017). Â
- Zerkle - the Milton, West Virginia native - has been drafted to the AUSL's Bandits this past January, alongside Assistant Coach Sydney McKinney.Â
- Zerkle earned her 50th win as the Herd's head coach on Tuesday over Radford.Â
MARSHALL NOTES
- The Herd pitched its third shutout of the season in the second game of a midweek doubleheader sweep over Radford. Sophomore Kaleea Washington retired 11 straight hitters to finish her five-inning outing in the win.Â
- Redshirt junior Brooklyn Ulrich drove in six runs on four hits in the doubleheader. The Preseason SBC Player of the Year is second on the team with a .329 average and is one of three players on the team with seven home runs.Â
- With two weeks remaining in the regular season, Marshall is tied for fifth in the league standings. For the full SBC league schedule for week five, view HERE.Â
- For Marshall Weekend Game Notes, view HERE.
ABOUT GEORGIA SOUTHERN
- Georgia Southern is 27-20 overall, and 11-7 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Eagles are on pace to continue its trend of getting better each season under fourth-year head coach Sharon Perkins.Â
- GS is statistically the top team in the conference in pitching (2.31 ERA) and fielding (.980 FLD%). Leading the strong staff is freshman Maddie Johnson with a Sun Belt-best 1.64 ERA across 141.0 IP.
- Marshall leads the all-time series, 23-8. The two sides last met in a 10-inning thriller in the SBC Tournament last season, with the Herd coming away with a 3-1 win.Â
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