Greenville, S.C. – The Furman softball team returns to Southern Conference play this weekend when it visits Macon, Ga., to take on the Mercer Bears in a three-game series on Saturday and Sunday at Sikes Field.
The series begins with a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday at Sikes Field and concludes with a 1 p.m. first pitch on Sunday. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+. Links for the live streams and live statistics are available on the softball schedule page at FurmanPaladins.com.
Furman enters the weekend at 7-31 overall and 1-8 in conference play, but the Paladins have won two of their last three games. Last Sunday, Furman salvaged the final game of its three-game series at first-place UNC Greensboro. Freshman
Kristyn Embler, who captured SoCon Pitcher of the Week honors, tossed a complete-game shutout to power the Paladins to a 3-0 win.
On Tuesday, Presbyterian downed the Paladins, 5-1, in the opening game of a midweek doubleheader before Furman rallied from a 6-3 deficit in game two to claim a 7-6 win on
Katie Peeler's walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh. The victory over the Blue Hose marked the first collegiate win for freshman righthander
Jamison Noonan, who held PC to three earned runs over seven innings in the circle.
This weekend's series opener will mark the 55
th all-time meeting on the diamond between the Paladins and Bears with Mercer holding a 33-21 series edge. The Bears dominated last season's regular season series in Greenville, S.C., by posting three consecutive shutouts. Mercer finished the season sweep by rallying for an 11-7 victory in the opening game of the SoCon Softball Championship on its way to earning the league title and NCAA Regional bid.
The Bears are 16-21 overall and 4-5 in league play coming into this weekend's series. Mercer dropped two-of-three games versus Chattanooga last weekend before falling 4-1 in midweek action at Georgia Southern on Wednesday.
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