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1 WEEK 8 | GEORGIA STATE | wednesday , APRIL 6 | 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 6 9 vs.

2 North Texas 12 9 at Kansas 5 10 vs. North Texas 10 10 at Kansas 12:30 12 at Kennesaw STATE 6 13 GEORGIA ESPN3 6 16 at Pitt* (DH) 1 & 3 17 at Pitt* 12 20 Troy 5 23 Virginia* (DH) 1 & 3 24 Virginia* 12 26 Kennesaw STATE 6 30 at NC STATE * (DH) 4 & 6 1 at NC STATE * 12 7 North Carolina* 5 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 and GEORGIA STATE rematch wednesday after a 12-inning marathon to open the 2016 season in Panthersville in which Geor-gia STATE prevailed, The Jackets have played 5 extra-inning games this season - three of which went to 11+ innings, including a school-record 13 innings at Syracuse on APRIL 2. 3. Samantha Pierannunzi has reached base in the last six GEORGIA tech leads the league with 32 sacrifice March 26 was GEORGIA tech s annual StrikeOut Cancer day. The Jackets donned pink jerseys and are auctioning off the jerseys online until APRIL 9 to support breast cancer GEORGIA tech SOFTBALLG eorgia tech Athletic Communications & Public Relations 150 Bobby Dodd Way NW Atlanta, Ga.

3 30332 Director (SB Contact): Lauren Rupert O: 404-894-9737 E: @lauren_rupertGeorgia tech Softball@GaTechSoftballGEORGIA tech YELLOW JACKETS2016 Record: 14-21 Head Coach: Shelly Hoerner (third season) GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS2016 Record: 19-18 Series Record: GEORGIA tech leads 45-22 Last Meeting: Feb. 17, 2016 in Panthersville, Ga.; GSU won, 3-2 (12)STAT LEADERSTeam ACC Record Win % Overall Record Win %1. Florida STATE 7-1-0 .875 27-4-0 .8712. Louisville 9-3-0 .750 24-8-0 .7503. Virginia tech 9-3-0 .750 19-16-0 .5434. Notre Dame 5-3-0 .625 26-6-0 .8125. Boston College 3-3-0 .500 19-13-0 .5946. North Carolina 5-7-0 .417 19-18-0 .5147. Pitt 5-7-0 .417 23-12-0 .6578. Syracuse 4-7-0 .364 17-16-0 .5159. NC STATE 3-6-0 .333 17-20-0 .45910. GEORGIA tech 3-8-0 .273 14-21-0 .40011. Virginia 2-7-0 .222 12-25-0 .3242016 ACC STANDINGSPINK AUCTIONTo bid visit: 2016 GEORGIA tech SOFTBALL2 PRONUNCIATION GUIDEDARRAGH.

4 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. 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.

5 GwinnettHead Coach - Shelly Hoerner Assistant Coach - Jake Jury Assistant Coach - Erin Wright Graduate Manager - Alyssa Ishibashi GOT EMFreshman Kaylee Ellebracht has started every game, but three, behind the plate this season. She is first in the ACC in runners picked off (4) and leads the league in runners caught stealing (10). THE LONG HAULG eorgia tech has played five extra-inning games, three of which have gone to 11+in-nings. 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 innings. DINGERZThe Yellow Jackets split a pair of games at Syracuse over the weekend in which GEORGIA tech hit six home runs. 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.

6 Ziese (6) and Samantha Pierannunzi (5) have combined for more than half of GEORGIA tech s total home runs (19)WALK OFF WING 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. EMILY ANDERSOND espite having two pitchers on the roster, Geor-gia tech is holding it down in the circle. Sophomore pitcher Emily Anderson struck out a career-best 14 batters in the 3-2 win against NC Central. - Her previous best was eight- She is third in the ACC with 114 strikeouts- She is fourth in the league, catching 32 bat-ters lookingTwo days after she threw a career-high strike-outs, she took a no-hitter to the seventh inning against Tennessee STATE and ended up pitching a one-hit shutout against the pitched all of innings last season and this season is third in the ACC with innings pitched.

7 Against Virginia tech , she allowed one run in 15 innings pitched with zero walks and 12 strikeouts. She had an ERA of and held the opposition to a .154 batting average to go 1-1 on the THIS WAYS amantha Pierannunzi leads the team with 19 walks; doing her job as the leadoff batter to get on base. - Those 19 walks are tied for eighth in the ACC- As a team, GEORGIA tech is eighth in the league with 89 walks. Doing 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) 2016 GEORGIA tech SOFTBALL 3 Saturday, March 12 - Boston College (2)Monday, March 14 - NC Central (1)Tuesday, March 15 - NC Central (1) wednesday , March 16 - Tennessee St.

8 (2)Thursday, March 17 - Travel DayFriday, March 18 - at USF Tournament (2)Saturday, March 19 - at USF Tournament (2)Sunday, March 20 - at USF Tournament (1)In that stretch, GEORGIA tech went SACRIFICESThe Yellow Jackets have 32 sacrifice bunts, which lead the Kelsey Chisholm is second in the ACC with nine sacrifice bunts. - 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. MARATHON The Yellow Jackets kicked off the 2016 season with a marathon game at GEORGIA STATE on wednesday , as the Panthers narrowly escaped with a 3-2 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.)

9 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 .306 average a year ago, Mad-die Lionberger and Courtney Ziese, who blasted a team best seven home runs with 26 RBI.

10 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 .284 35-35 102 20 29 3 0 5 8 19 27 .4612. SS 15 Kelsey Chisholm .241 35-35 108 11 26 4 1 2 12 8 24 .3523. 1B 20 Katie Krzus .317 23-22 63 8 20 2 0 1 10 6 8 .3974. DH 27 Courtney Ziese .273 35-34 99 9 27 1 0 6 19 8 24 .4655. RF 99 Draven Sonnon .174 35-31 86 9 15 3 1 2 9 10 25 .3026. LF 24 Colleen Darragh .211 29-18 57 3 12 1 0 1 2 4 14 .2817. 3B 13 Jessie Kowalewicz.