WEEK 12 | VS. NORTH CAROLINA | SATURDAY, MAY …

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. 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.

2 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. 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.

3 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. 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 .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.

4 350 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 ..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 ..NRGeorgia tech Name Pos.

5 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, 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.

6 Four Yellow Jackets hit home runs as the Jackets outscored NC State, 17-13, on the weekend. 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. if 13 innings wasn t enough, 30 minutes after that 13-inning game, the Jackets played another extra-inning game against the Orange, this one going to eight six other NCAA Division I softball teams have played a 13-inning game this season. DINGERZThe Yellow Jackets split a pair of games at Syracuse in which Georgia tech hit six home runs.

7 tech blasted four home runs in game one, two by Courtney Ziese, and hit a pair in game two - another by Ziese and the go-ahead run in the eighth inning from Colleen Darragh. Ziese (10) and Samantha Pierannunzi (6) have combined for more than half of Georgia tech s total home runs (27).WALK OFF WINSG eorgia tech and Virginia tech took a 0-0 tie to the bottom of the seventh in Atlanta. Maddie Lionberger stepped to the plate and roped a leadoff home run to left for the walk-off home run was the first of the season for Lionberger and 11th of her career. The win saved the sweep after the Jackets fell to the Hokies 1-0 and 5-0. The Jackets did it again vs. Virginia. Georgia tech earned an 8-6 walk-off win in 11 innings against Virginia. Tied 6-6 in the bottom of the 11th inning, freshman Jordan Deep drew a two-out, pinch hit walk to extend the inning for Samantha Pierannunzi whose home run to center secured the 8-6 victoryEarlier in the game, Colleen Darragh s 3-run home run tied the game at six to keep tech THIS WAYS amantha Pierannunzi leads the team with 28 walks; doing her job as the leadoff batter to get on base.

8 Those 28 walks are tied for seventh in the ACCD oing her job as a leadoff batter, Pierannunzi had a 14-game reached base streak from Feb. 28-March During that time she hit .395 with 15 hits in 38 at bats. She scored 11 runs with three home runs to go along with 10 walks. WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORKF riday s game against Boston College on 3/11 kicked off a 12-game stretch over a 10-day period for the Yellow Jackets. tech played:Friday, March 11 - Boston College (1 game)Saturday, March 12 - Boston College (2)Monday, March 14 - NC Central (1)Tuesday, March 15 - NC Central (1)Wednesday, March 16 - Tennessee St. (2)Thursday, March 17 - Travel DayFriday, March 18 - at USF Tournament (2) 2016 GEORGIA tech SOFTBALL 3 Saturday, March 19 - at USF Tournament (2)Sunday, March 20 - at USF Tournament (1)In that stretch, Georgia tech went SACRIFICESThe Yellow Jackets have 41 sacrifice bunts, which is second in the Kelsey Chisholm is second in the ACC with 10 sacrifice bunts.

9 - The Jackets put down 4 against Southern Utah, which ties Pitt for the league high this season. 500 CAREER WINSHead coach Shelly Hoerner earned her 500th career head coaching win in a 2-0 victory against Southern Utah on Saturday, Feb. 27 in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was honored pregame against Boston College on March 12. SOLID SLATE The Georgia tech softball team s schedule features 25 games against 12 2015 NCAA Tournament participants and 27 home games at Mewborn Field. Twelve of the teams tech plays this season advanced to a 2015 NCAA Regional (St. John s, South CAROLINA , Louisville, Chattanooga, NORTH -western, UCF, Virginia tech , Georgia, Kansas, Pitt, NORTH CAROLINA and NC State), and NC State made it to the Super Regionals. TEAM BONDING - NAVY SEAL TRAININGThe Jackets kicked off spring practices with a team building, leadership, and physical training session with Stonewall Solutions, run by two Navy SEALs. Georgia tech has the fastest tire flip time of any NCAA women s team in any sport that Stonewall Solutions has worked with, coming in at 1 YELLOW JACKETSThe Jackets return six position starters in 2016 and add five newcomers in pitcher Jenna Go-odrich, catcher Kaylee Ellebracht, infielder/out-fielder Katie Krzus, speedster infielder/outfielder Sydney Stavro and infielder Jordan tech returns its top three hitters to the plate this season in Samantha Pierannunzi who led the team with a.

10 306 average a year ago, Mad-die Lionberger and Courtney Ziese, who blasted a team best seven home runs with 26 RBI. The Jackets are a fairly young team with 16 roster members, 10 of which are underclassmen. PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. No. Name AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SLG1. CF 52 Sam Pierannunzi .252 52-52 155 28 39 6 0 7 15 28 36 .4262. SS 15 Kelsey Chisholm .239 52-52 163 17 39 6 1 3 15 13 37 .3443. DH 27 Courtney Ziese .314 52-51 153 21 48 4 1 11 33 12 34 .5694. 1B 20 Katie Krzus .274 40-39 113 15 31 6 0 1 13 11 16 .3545. 2B 2 Maddie Lionberger .269 52-52 130 21 35 7 2 1 10 12 26 .3776. LF 24 Colleen Darragh.