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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss-Georgia Softball Game Notes
4/19/2002 | Softball
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April 20 - Games one & two, 1 & 3 p.m. ET
April 21 - Game three, 1 p.m. ET
Georgia Women's Athletic Complex (Athens, Ga.)
MEDIA: Live box scores of all three games will be available at www.georgiadogs.com.
REBELS HIT ROAD FOR GEORGIA
Ole Miss looks to end its SEC road woes this weekend in a three-game set with Georgia in Athens. The Rebels (24-21, 6-15 SEC) enter the series two games out of the eighth and final spot for the SEC Tournament and matched up with a Bulldog squad (45-11, 13-11 SEC) that sits fourth and ranked No. 25 in the nation. Ole Miss will be looking for its first conference road win of the year, falling to 0-9 after sweeps at Tennessee, Auburn and Mississippi State. However, the Rebels have been strong against the SEC Eastern Division, taking two of three East series (Kentucky and Florida).
SERIES INFO
The Rebel-Bulldog all-time series is one of the tightest in the league, with UGA maintaining a slight 6-5 advantage (more below). The visiting team has earned the series win the past three years. Georgia swept a 1999 doubleheader in Oxford and took two-of-three in 2001, while Ole Miss claimed both games of a 2000 twin bill in Athens, including a UM record-tying 11-inning contest. The Dogs captured the first two games of last year's set, but dropped the finale on a four-hit shutout by Rebel hurler Jennifer Hughes. Jessica Hamilton drove in two runs in the game.
LAST TIME OUT
The Rebels suffered their second home series loss of the season last weekend, dropping two-of-three to West-rival Arkansas. The lone Ole Miss victory came in game two on the heroics of Desiree Layman. With the game tied in the seventh inning, Layman doubled to right-center field, allowing Brooke Turner to score from first just ahead of the relay at the plate. The 3-2 victory ended a season-long seven-game skid. Lindsey Whatley hurled her third consecutive complete game in the win. In the opener, Ole Miss endured its third 1-0 loss in a week as Leslie Day came out on the short end against Heather Schlichtman. DeDe Justice's 10th homer of the year was not enough in the 5-2 game-three loss. Schlichtman registered her second win of the series, in addition to notching her first career homer as part of a UA three-run rally in the second inning.
SCOUTING REPORT
With a school-record 45 wins under its belt, Georgia returned home Sunday night from a six-day road trip that saw the Bulldogs split six games with SEC East rivals South Carolina and Florida. The Dogs, who have risen as high as 20th in the national rankings this year, took one-of-three in Columbia before beating Florida two-of-three at Gainesville. In game three at USC, Nichole Urban pitched a career-high 10 innings as Georgia salvaged the finale, 2-1. For the week Urban pitched two complete games, throwing 17 innings with 11 strikeouts and her first shutout since blanking Marshall, 6-0, on February 9. Nicole Barber hit .500 for the week with three stolen bases and two triples. With three steals in three attempts last week, Barber upped her season total of stolen bases to 54-for-54. Dating back to last season she has 65 consecutive successful stolen bases, just four off the all-time NCAA record. Urban leads the team at the plate with a .415 average.
