What You Need to Know:
* Georgia State hosts Coppin State for a four-game series beginning Friday at 4 p.m.
* Left fielder Jaylen Woullard is leading the team with a .400 average.
* All-Sun Belt catcher Joey Roach is hitting .357.
GEORGIA STATE (1-2) vs. COPPIN STATE (1-2) at GSU Baseball Complex
Friday, 4 p.m.
Saturday DH, 1 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m.
COVERAGE
Live Stats on GeorgiaStateSports.com, GSU mobile apps
Live audio steam on GeorgiaStateSports.com, GSU mobile apps for Friday and Sunday games
PITCHING ROTATION
Friday: Sr. RHP Cole Uvila (0-0, 0.00)
Saturday, Game 1: So. RHP Bryan White (0-0, 10.12)
Saturday, Game 2: Sr. RHP Marc-Andre Habeck (0-0, 0.00) or Jr. LHP Devin Vainer (0-0, 9.00)
Sunday: Jr. RHP Bryce Conley (0-0, 1.50)
LEADING OFF
• After opening the season with a 3-2, 12-inning victory over Western Michigan, Georgia State dropped close games to VCU (8-6) and Purdue (5-3) in the Atlanta Challenge.
• Georgia State is facing Coppin State for the first time.
• GSU's early-season schedule features 19 of the first 20 games at home, with a short trip to Georgia Tech sprinkled in. The Feb. 23 game at USC Upstate was rained out.
• Three Panthers were tabbed to the Preseason All-Sun Belt team in catcher Joey Roach, center fielder Ryan Blanton and shortstop Justin Jones.
• Roach and Blanton are returning first-team all-conference picks, while Jones was a Freshman All-American in 2015. That trio combined to hit .309 with 14 homers, 89 RBI and 105 runs scored while providing strong defense up the middle.
• Roach ranks second among active Sun Belt players in career hits (145), third in RBI (88) and fifth in homers (14).
• Senior left-hander Wayne Wages, who takes over as the closer, was named to the NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.
• This year's roster features 18 returning letterwinners and 17 new players, including five freshmen, two redshirt freshmen and 10 transfers.
• In his 10th season at the helm, head coach Greg Frady enters his 10th season has 284 wins. He needs just 10 victories to become the winningest coach in Georgia State history.
NOTABLES FROM THE OPENING WEEKEND
• Freshman Israel Zackery's first collegiate at-bat came in the bottom of the 12th inning vs. Western Michigan on Opening Day. After entering the game as a defensive replacement, the shortstop from Conyers, Ga., came to the plate in the 3-3 game with two outs and Jarrett Hood at second base. He fell behind 0-2 in the count, then fouled off two pitches and took ball one before singling up the middle to bring home Hood with the winning run.
• Georgia State's outfielders combined for four assists in the first three games, including three runners thrown out at the plate. All-Sun Belt center fielder Ryan Blanton had two of the assists.
• GSU got quality starts from senior Cole Uvila (7 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts vs. WMU) and junior college transfer Bryce Conley (6 innings with 9 strikeouts and 1 run allowed vs. Purdue).
• Panther pitchers collected 26 strikeouts in the three games.
• Nine position players and four pitchers, including two of the three starters, made their Georgia State debuts.
