2020 Georgia Southern Eagles softball team

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles softball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	14–10 (2–1 SBC)
Head coach	Kim Dean (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Brock Van Faussien Dani Price
Home stadium	Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex
Seasons ← 2019 2021  →

2020 Sun Belt Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Louisiana  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			18	–	6		.750
Texas State  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			15	–	9		.625
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			14	–	10		.583
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			12	–	13		.480
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			8	–	17		.320
Troy  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			16	–	6		.727
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			13	–	8		.619
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			13	–	9		.591
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			10	–	14		.417
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			7	–	16		.304
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 13, 2020 [1] Rankings from NFCA

The 2020 Georgia Southern Eagles softball team represented Georgia Southern University during the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Eagles played their home games at Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex. The Eagles were led by third year head coach Kim Dean.

On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including softball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2] On March 16, the Sun Belt formally announced the cancelation of all spring sports, thus ending their season definitely.

Preseason

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on January 29, 2020. Georgia Southern was picked to finish seventh in the Sun Belt Conference with 36 votes. ^[3]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Louisiana	100 (10)
2	Troy	85
3	UT Arlington	77
4	Texas State	74
5	Coastal Carolina	56
6	Appalachian State	47
7	Georgia Southern	36
8	South Alabama	31
9	Louisiana-Monroe	26
10	Georgia State	18

Preseason All-Sun Belt team

• Summer Ellyson (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Megan Kleist (LA, SR, Pitcher)
• Julie Rawls (LA, SR, Catcher)
• Reagan Wright (UTA, SR, Catcher)
• Katie Webb (TROY, SR, 1st Base)
• Kaitlyn Alderink (LA, SR, 2nd Base)
• Hailey Mackay (TXST, SR, 3rd Base)
• Alissa Dalton (LA, SR, Shortstop)
• Jayden Mount (ULM, SR, Shortstop)
• Whitney Walton (UTA, SR, Shortstop)
• Tara Oltmann (TXST, JR, Shortstop)
• Courtney Dean (CCU, JR, Outfield)
• Mekhia Freeman (GASO, SR, Outfield)
• Sarah Hudek (LA, SR, Outfield)
• Raina O'Neal (LA, JR, Outfield)
• Bailey Curry (LA, JR, Designated Player/1st Base)

National Softball Signing Day

^[4]

Player	Position	Hometown	Previous Team
Madi Campbell	Outfielder/Infielder	Warner Robins, Georgia	Houston County HS
JJ Darley	Infielder	Byron, Georgia	Tattnall Square Academy
Anna Feil	Pitcher	Pickerington, Ohio	Pickerington Central HS
Sydney Harris	Outfielder	Dacula, Georgia	Hebron Christian Academy
Aniston Johnson	Infielder	Alma, Georgia	Bacon County HS
Dejah Mills	Outfielder	Powder Springs, Georgia	Hillgrove HS

Roster

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles roster
	Pitchers 4 Jess Mazur - Sophomore 12 Rylee Waldrep - Junior 19 Harlee Rewis - Junior 23 Ashleigh Morton - Sophomore 31 Kyleigh Richardson - Freshman 77 Aaliyah Garcia - Freshman Outfielders 3 Ellington Day - Senior 6 Mekhia Freeman - Senior 10 Alisha House - Freshman 15 Ashleigh Duty - Freshman 25 Mary Grace Howard - Sophomore		Catchers 14 Linzie Lafavor - Freshman 16 Sydney Horton - Senior 20 Janai Conklin - Freshman 91 Allyssah Mullis - Junior Infielders 1 Shayla Smith - Senior 2 Shelby Barfield - Sophomore 5 Olivia Creamer - Freshman 7 Bailee Wilson - Freshman 22 Ashlynn Gunter - Sophomore 24 Alia Booth - Senior 43 Faith Shirley - Sophomore

Coaching staff

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles coaching staff
Kim Dean – Head Coach – 3rd year Dani Price – Assistant Head Coach – 2nd year Brock Van Faussien – Assistant Head Coach – 2nd year Kelsea Cichocki – Graduate Assistant Coach – 2nd year Olivia Clark-Kittleson – Graduate Assistant Coach – 2nd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Georgia Southern win
	Georgia Southern loss
	Postponement/Cancellation/Suspensions
Bold	Georgia Southern team member

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles softball game log
Regular season (14-10)
February (11-8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Bash in the Boro Feb. 7 East Tennessee State Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Game cancelled Feb. 7 Hartford Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 10-2 (6 inn) Waldrep (1-0) Card (0-1) None True Blue Live 219 1-0 Feb. 8 East Tennessee State Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 9-3 Morton (1-0) Boling (0-1) None True Blue Live 232 2-0 Feb. 8 Rutgers Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 9-1 (5 inn) Garcia (1-0) Vickers (1-1) None True Blue Live 208 3-0 Feb. 9 Army Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA L 5-7 Grete (1-1) Morton (1-1) Duong (1) ESPN+ 176 3-1 Feb. 12 Mercer Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 5-3 Garcia (2-0) Byrd (0-2) None True Blue Live 192 4-1 Citrus Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Feb. 14 vs. Saint Joseph's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Orlando, FL W 5-1 Garcia (3-0) Herr (0-1) None 50 5-1 Feb. 14 vs. Lehigh ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Orlando, FL L 0-1 Boyd (1-0) Waldrep (1-1) None 75 5-2 Feb. 15 vs. Bethune–Cookman ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Orlando, FL W 5-1 Garcia (4-0) Enriquez (0-1) None 50 6-2 Feb. 15 vs. Charleston Southern ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Orlando, FL W 4-0 Waldrep (2-1) Heinrich (0-1) None 50 7-2 Feb. 16 vs. Charleston Southern ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex • Orlando, FL W 9-4 Richardson (1-0) Junge (1-1) None 50 8-2 Eagle Round Robin Feb. 21 Evansville Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA L 8-14 Vetter (2-4) Garcia (4-1) None True Blue Live 104 8-3 Feb. 22 Monmouth Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 13-2 (5 inn) Waldrep (3-1) Gletow (1-2) None True Blue Live 107 9-3 Feb. 23 Maryland Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA L 2-4 Wyche (2-3) Garcia (4-2) None ESPN+ 235 9-4 Feb. 23 Furman Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 5-1 Richardson (2-0) Smith (1-7) None ESPN+ 187 10-4 Feb. 26 at No. 16 South Carolina Carolina Softball Stadium • Columbia, SC L 3-5 Heath (2-0) Waldrep (3-2) Betenbaugh (1) SECN+ 1,244 10-5 Auburn Tigers Invitational Feb. 28 vs. Binghamton Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 8-2 Waldrep (4-2) Bienkowski (0-3) None 11-5 Feb. 28 at Auburn Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL L 4-5 (9 inn) Yarbrough (3-0) Garcia (4-3) None SECN+ 11-6 Feb. 29 at No. 18 Minnesota Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL L 3-14 (6 inn) Fiser (7-5) Waldrep (4-3) None 11-7 Feb. 29 vs. Binghamton Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL L 1-2 (8 inn) Gibson (1-3) Garcia (4-4) None 11-8
March (3-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 at Auburn Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL L 0-6 Yarbrough (5-0) Waldrep (4-4) Swindle (1) 1,615 11-9 Mar. 4 Boston College Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Game Cancelled Mar. 6 Louisiana–Monroe Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 9-6 Richardson (3-0) Coons (4-2) None ESPN+ 127 12-9 1-0 Mar. 7 Louisiana–Monroe Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA W 4-3 Waldrep (5-4) Chavarria (0-1) None ESPN+ 182 13-9 2-0 Mar. 8 Louisiana–Monroe Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA L 3-6 Williams (5-2) Barfield (0-1) Watts (1) ESPN+ 217 13-10 2-1 Mar. 8 at College of Charleston Patriots Point Athletic Complex • Charleston, SC W 6-1 Garcia (5-4) Sparkman (2-4) None 155 14-10 Mar. 13 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 14 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 15 at Troy Troy Softball Complex • Troy, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 17 at Furman Pepsi Stadium • Greenville, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 20 at Coastal Carolina St. John Stadium–Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 21 at Coastal Carolina St. John Stadium–Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 22 at Coastal Carolina St. John Stadium–Charles Wade-John Lott Field • Conway, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 25 at Kennesaw State Bailey Park • Kennesaw, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 27 UT Arlington Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 28 UT Arlington Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 29 UT Arlington Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
April (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 3 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 4 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 5 at Texas State Bobcat Softball Stadium • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 9 South Alabama Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 10 South Alabama Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 11 South Alabama Eagle Field at GS Softball Complex • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 17 at No. 8 Louisiana Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 18 at No. 8 Louisiana Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 19 at No. 8 Louisiana Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 24 at Appalachian State Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 25 at Appalachian State Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 26 at Appalachian State Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 30 at Georgia State Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
May (0-0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at Georgia State Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 2 at Georgia State Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Post-Season (0-0)
SBC tournament (0-0) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 6 TBD Robert E. Heck Softball Complex • Atlanta, GA Championship Series canceled to COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule source: ^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA/USA Softball poll.

References

1. "2020 Softball Standings". SunBeltSports.org. Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
2. Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions". sunbeltsports.org.
3. Rodgers, Scottie (January 28, 2020). "Louisiana, Ragin' Cajuns' Dalton, Ellyson Top Softball Preseason Honors". sunbeltsports.org.
4. "Softball Inks Six In Early Signing Period For 2020-21". Georgia Southern University Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
5. "2020 Softball Schedule". Georgia Southern University Athletics. Retrieved December 13, 2020.