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1 WEEK 12 | VS. NORTH CAROLINA | saturday , MAY 7 - SUNDAY, MAY 8 | ATLANTA, ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS | 34 NFCA ALL-REGION HONOREES | 11 NCAA APPEARANCES | 9 ALL-AMERICANS2016 SCHEDULEFeb. 17 at Georgia State L, 3-2 (12)ACC/Big 10 Challenge (Atlanta, Ga.)Feb. 19 Ohio State ESPN3 L, 6-0 Feb. 20 Ohio State L, 4-3 (8)Feb. 20 Purdue L, 3-0 Feb. 21 Purdue L, 4-3 Feb. 23 St. John s L, 5-4 (6)Santa Barbara Tournament (Santa Barbara, Calif.)Feb. 26 Cal Santa Barbara L, 6-4 Feb. 26 Southern Utah W, 5-1 Feb. 27 Cal Santa Barbara L, 4-0 Feb. 27 Southern Utah W, 2-0 (5)Feb.

2 28 South Carolina L, 3-1 march 2 Mercer (DH) W, 2-1 & W, 4-0 march 5 at Louisville* (DH) L, 12-3 (5) & W, 5-2 march 6 at Louisville* L, 5-4 march 11 Boston College* L, 8-4 march 12 Boston College* (DH) L, 4-1 (11) & L, 9-0 (5) march 14 NC Central W, 3-2 march 15 NC Central W, 7-0 march 16 Tennessee State (DH) W, 6-0 & W, 5-0 USF Tournament (Tampa, Fla.) march 18 Chattanooga W, 3-2 march 18 USF L, 8-0 (5) march 19 Hartford L, 4-3 march 19 LIU W, 4-0 march 20 Northwestern W, 3-2 march 23 at UCF L, 1-0 march 25 Virginia Tech* ESPN3 L, 1-0 march 26 Virginia Tech* (DH) ESPN3 L, 5-0 & W, 1-0 march 29 at Georgia SEC Network + L, 5-0 April 2 at Syracuse* (DH) L, 8-7 (13) & W, 6-4 (8)April 6 Georgia State W, 4-3 April 9 vs.

3 North Texas W, 8-4 April 9 at Kansas L, 10-0 (5)April 10 vs. North Texas L, 10-2 (5)April 10 at Kansas L, 12-1 (5)April 12 at Kennesaw State PostponedApril 13 Georgia ESPN3 L, 15-0 (5)April 16 at Pitt* (DH) L, 4-3 (10) & W, 9-8 April 17 at Pitt* L, 9-4 April 20 Troy W, 2-1 April 23 Virginia* (DH) L, 6-0 & L, 13-1 (5)April 24 Virginia* W, 8-6 (11)April 26 at Kennesaw State - Lexi s Day W, 4-0 April 30 at NC State* (DH) ESPN3 L, 7-5 & W, 7-3 May 1 at NC State* W, 5-3 May 7 North Carolina* 6:30 8 North Carolina* (DH) ESPN3 1 & 3 * Denotes ACC game | Home games are in bold, italicsAll times Eastern and subject to change#5 THINGS1.

4 Georgia Tech wraps up the regular season at home against North Carolina. saturday s single game is at 6:30 and Sunday s doubleheader at 1 is Georgia Tech s Senior Day on ESPN3. 2. North Carolina has a 35-34 edge in the all-time The Tar Heels won the teams last meeting 5-0 on April 12, 2015 in Chapel Hill, Tech is coming off a 3-1 week after blanking Kennesaw State 4-0, and taking two or three from NC State in Raleigh over the weekend. 5. Sunday is Senior Day and the Jackets will recognize their senior class prior to first pitch of the double-header. 2016 GEORGIA TECH SOFTBALLG eorgia Tech Athletic Communications & Public Relations 150 Bobby Dodd Way NW Atlanta, Ga.

5 30332 Director (SB Contact): Lauren Rupert O: 404-894-9737 E: @lauren_rupertGeorgia Tech Softball@GaTechSoftballGEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS2016 Record: 22-30, 7-13 ACCHead Coach: Shelly Hoerner (third season)NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS2016 Record: 27-22, 10-11 ACC Series Record: UNC leads 35-34 Last Meeting: April 12, 2015 in Chapel Hill, ; UNC won, 5-0 TALE OF THE TAPETeam ACC Record Win % Overall Record Win %1. Florida State 19-1-0 .950 42-5-0 .8942. Louisville 14-6-0 .700 33-12-0 .7333. Notre Dame 11-6-0 .647 37-9-0 .8044. North Carolina 10-11-0.

6 476 27-22-0 .5515. Virginia Tech 13-11-0 .542 28-27-0 .5096. Boston College 10-8-0 .556 28-21-0 .5717. Syracuse 9-14-0 .391 27-24-0 .5298. Pitt 7-12-0 .368 30-18-0 .6259. Georgia Tech 7-13-0 .350 22-30-0 .42310. Virginia 7-14-0 .333 18-33-0 .35311. NC State 5-16-0 .238 22-31-0 .4152016 ACC STANDINGS 2016 GEORGIA TECH SOFTBALL2 PRONUNCIATION GUIDEDARRAGH ..DARE-UHDRAVEN ..DRAY-VENKRZUS ..CRUISEKOWALEWICZ.

7 KAH-VUH- LOVE - ITCHMALEA ..MAH-LEAHPIERANNUNZI ..PEER AH NUN - ZEEZIESE ..ZEE-ZEEFACILITY INFORMATIONS tadium ..Mewborn FieldCapacity ..1,500 Outfield Dimensions ..190 ft. down the lines ..220 ft. at centerfieldSurface ..Grass2016 PREVIEWS tarters Returning/Lost ..6/3 Pitchers Returning/Lost ..1/2 Newcomers ..5 SOFTBALL HISTORYF irst Year ..1987 All-Time Record ..927-694-2 (.571)NCAA Tournament App/Last ..11/2012 NCAA Tournament Record ..19-222015 SEASON REVIEWO verall Record ..16-34 ACC Record/Place ..6-18/10thFinal USA Today/NFCA Ranking .. Softball Ranking.

8 NRGeorgia Tech Name Pos. Ht. YR B/T Hometown/Last School2 Maddie Lionberger 2B 5-9 SR L/R Austin, Texas/James Bowie7 Sydney Stavro OF/INF 5-3 FR L/R Buford, Malea Bell OF/INF 5-3 SO R/R Kennesaw, Mountain10 Kendall Chadwick INF 6-1 SO R/R Atlanta, School12 Jordan Deep INF 5-4 FR R/R Loganville, Jessica Kowalewicz INF 5-5 JR R/R Stone Mountain, Christian Academy14 Kaylee Ellebracht C 5-5 FR R/R Los Alamitos, Alamitos15 Kelsey Chisholm INF 5-8 SO R/R Jacksonville, Trail17 Morgan Taylor OF 5-3 SR L/L Jacksonville, Katie Krzus INF/OF 5-9 FR R/R Orland Park.

9 Sandburg24 Colleen Darragh OF 5-5 JR R/R Jacksonville, Courtney Ziese C/INF 5-6 SR R/R Canyon Country, Samantha Pierannunzi OF 5-11 JR L/R Suwanee, Ridge88 Emily Anderson P 5-7 SO R/R LaGrange, Jenna Goodrich P 5-8 FR R/R Davie, Heritage School99 Draven Sonnon OF 5-8 SO R/R Sugar Hill, GwinnettHead Coach - Shelly Hoerner Assistant Coach - Jake Jury Assistant Coach - Erin Wright Graduate Manager - Alyssa Ishibashi LAST TIME OUTThe Jackets took two of three games from NC State. Four Yellow Jackets hit home runs as the Jackets outscored NC State, 17-13, on the weekend.

10 With three games left in the season, the Jack-ets have six more wins than they did all of last season and one more win in conference Ziese is on an 11-game reached base streak in which she is hitting .342 with 13 hits, 10 runs, nine RBI, four home runs and four walks. THE LONG HAULG eorgia Tech has played seven extra-inning games, five of which have gone to 10+innings. In game one at Syracuse, the Jackets and Orange duked it out for 13 innings - officially the longest game in school history, beating the 12-inning game the Jackets played in their season opener at Georgia State on Feb.