2017 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team

2017 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
Record	38–21 (18–12 SBC)
Head coach	Rodney Hennon (17th season)
Home stadium	J. I. Clements Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolina x† ‍‍‍	22	–	7	–	1		.750			37	–	19	–	1		.658
No. 26 South Alabama ‡y ‍‍‍	22	–	8	–	0		.733			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			38	–	21	–	0		.644
Troy  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			22	–	33	–	0		.400
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			19	–	36	–	0		.345
West Division
UT Arlington x ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	1		.650			35	–	21	–	1		.623
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	0		.448			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Texas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			29	–	30	–	0		.492
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			21	–	34	–	0		.382
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			12	–	43	–	0		.218
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Eagles played their home games at J. I. Clements Stadium.

Schedule and results

Georgia Southern announced its 2017 football schedule on October 20, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 29 home and 27 away games in the regular season. The Eagles hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Little Rock, Louisiana–Monroe, and South Alabama and will travel to Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Texas–Arlington Mavericks, and Troy. ^[1]

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by the Eagles. ^[2]

Georgia Southern finished 3rd in the east division of the conference which qualified the Eagles to compete in the tournament as the 5th seed for the team's 1st Sun Belt Conference tournament title.

2017 Georgia Southern baseball game log
Regular season (36–20)
February (3–4) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 17 Middle Tennessee J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 6–5 1,596 0–1 – Feb. 18 Middle Tennessee J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 7–6 982 1–1 – Feb. 19 Middle Tennessee J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 8–5 1,163 2–1 – Feb. 21 Georgia Tech J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 10–3 1,851 2–2 – Feb. 24 Georgia J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 4–3 2,670 2–3 – Feb. 25 Georgia J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 7–0 3,435 2–4 – Feb. 26 Georgia J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 2–1 1,857 3–4 –
March (13–6) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 College of Charleston J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 14–7 722 4–4 – Mar. 3 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN L 5–2 497 4–5 – Mar. 4 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 7–6 518 5–5 – Mar. 5 at Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN L 9–8 347 5–6 – Mar. 7 Campbell J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 8–2 648 6–6 – Mar. 8 Campbell J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 9–8 641 7–6 – Mar. 10 at Elon Walter C. Latham Park • Elon, NC L 8–6 7–7 – Mar. 10 at Elon Walter C. Latham Park • Elon, NC W 7–0 277 8–7 – Mar. 11 at Elon Walter C. Latham Park • Elon, NC W 5–1 184 9–7 – Mar. 17 South Alabama J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 8–5 611 10–7 1–0 Mar. 18 South Alabama J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 19–6 1,816 10–8 1–1 Mar. 19 South Alabama J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 5–0 712 10–9 1–2 Mar. 21 at The Citadel Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC W 7–3 442 11–9 – Mar. 22 The Citadel J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 1–0 723 12–9 – Mar. 24 at Texas–Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3–2 310 12–10 1–3 Mar. 25 at Texas–Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 4–3 474 13–10 2–3 Mar. 26 at Texas–Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 9–5 339 14–10 3–3 Mar. 28 at College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium • Mount Pleasant, SC W 8–4 321 15–10 – Mar. 31 Louisiana–Monroe J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 9–3 726 16–10 4–3
April (14–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record April 1 Louisiana–Monroe J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 5–4 547 16–11 4–4 April 2 Louisiana–Monroe J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 9–0 706 17–11 5–4 April 4 Savannah State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 11–7 725 18–11 – April 7 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 5–3 1,001 19–11 6–4 April 8 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 6–3 1,421 20–11 7–4 April 9 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 4–0 812 20–12 7–5 April 11 Kennesaw State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 8–4 808 21–12 – April 13 Appalachian State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 6–2 909 22–12 8-5 April 14 Appalachian State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 7–3 957 22–13 8–6 April 15 Appalachian State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 6–4 898 23–13 9–6 April 19 at Savannah State Tiger Baseball Field • Savannah, GA W 6–5 185 24–13 – April 21 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–5 1,970 24–14 9-7 April 22 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 7–6 1,858 25–14 10-7 April 23 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC W 3–2 1,678 26–14 11-7 April 25 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA W 15–7 1,068 27–14 - April 26 Mercer J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 4–3 845 28–14 - April 28 Little Rock J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 11–4 916 28–15 11-8 April 29 Little Rock J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 5–0 1,133 29–15 12-8 April 30 Little Rock J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 9–2 698 30–15 13-8
May (6–5) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBC record May 5 at Louisiana–Lafayette M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA L 3–0 5,095 30–16 13-9 May 6 at Louisiana–Lafayette M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 6–5 4,964 31–16 14–9 May 7 at Louisiana–Lafayette M. L. Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA W 9–1 4,998 32–16 15–9 May 10 at Kennesaw State Fred Stillwell Stadium • Kennesaw, GA W 6–0 805 33–16 – May 12 Arkansas State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 7–4 973 34–16 16–9 May 13 Arkansas State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 1–0 923 34–17 16–10 May 14 Arkansas State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 6–1 944 35–17 17–10 May 16 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA L 12–3 1,205 35–18 – May 18 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA L 9–7 301 35–19 17–11 May 19 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA L 7–6 321 35–20 17–12 May 20 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Atlanta, GA W 13–3 356 36–20 18–12
Postseason (2–1)
SBC Tournament (2–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Attendance Overall record SBCT record May 26 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 7–6 1,608 37–20 1–0 May 27 vs. Texas State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 11–5 1,148 38–20 2–0 May 28 vs. South Alabama J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 7–6 1,467 38–21 2–1

• Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

References

1. "Eagle Baseball Announces 2017 Schedule" (Press release). Georgia Southern Eagles Department of Athletics. October 20, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
2. "2017 Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Coming to Statesboro" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.