Game 1 vs. Western Kentucky | Starkville, Miss. | 12:30 p.m. ET
Game 2 at Mississippi State | Starkville, Miss. | 3:00 p.m. ET
Georgia State Panthers
Overall: 0-0 Sun Belt: 0-0
H: 0-0 A: 0-0 N: 0-0
Streak: 0 Last 10: 0-0
2016: 33-28 Sun Belt: 13-10
H: 15-9 A: 10-10 N: 8-9
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Overall: 0-0 Sun Belt: 0-0
H: 0-0 A: 0-0 N: 0-0
Streak: 0 Last 10: 0-0
2016: 17-30 C-USA: 8-13
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Overall: 0-0 Sun Belt: 0-0
H: 0-0 A: 0-0 N: 0-0
Streak: 0 Last 10: 0-0
2016: 26-31 SEC: 3-21
Game Info
Live stats for both games available on GeorgiaStateSports.com.
Game vs. Mississippi State can be seen on SEC Network+/WatchESPN.
LEADING OFF
• Georgia State begins the 2017 season Friday against Western Kentucky and Mississippi State at the Bulldog Invite in Starkville, Miss.
• The Panthers are coming off their 10th straight 30-win season. GSU finished third at the 2016 Sun Belt Tournament.
• Junior Ivie Drake needs just one home run to break GSU's career home run record of 38 set by Callie Alford in 2015.
• Ivie Drake was named to every major preseason Top 50 list including Flo Softball, D1 Softball and USA Softball.
• Ivie Drake, Mandy Blackwell and Megan Litumbe were named preseason All-Sun Belt. Only Louisiana had more players named to the team.
• Georgia State was voted to finish fourth in the Sun Belt this season.
• The Panthers return 16 letterwinners from 2016 and welcome nine newcomers including seven freshmen.
• For the past two seasons, GSU has opened up against a team ranked in the top-25. Georgia State last won its season opener in 2014 when they defeated Indiana.
• GSU and WKU spent one year together in the Sun Belt Conference (2014). The Panthers took two out of three from the Hilltoppers that season.
