GAMEDAY CENTRAL
TOP STORYLINES
• No. 15 Georgia Tech baseball readies for its first midweek contest in a nationally televised matinee against in-state foe Mercer on Wednesday.
• Mercer is Georgia Tech’s fourth-most played opponent in school history with the series currently standing at 170 since 1897. Mercer is Tech’s second-oldest opponent still around by seven days to Auburn.
• Georgia Tech leads 114-56 in the all-time series against the Bears from Mercer, Ga.
• The Jackets are coming off winning Opening Weekend against Eastern Kentucky in which it hit .280 for 5 home runs and 22 RBI, reaching base .402 as a team.
• Drew Compton and Luke Waddell led the way offensively, hitting .625 and .417, respectively. The pair combined for three home runs and each struck out once.
Christo Lamprecht and
Connor Howe all fired rounds under 70 in Sunday’s final round, and Georgia Tech posted an 11-under-par score of 277 to pull away for a seven-stroke victory at the Wyoming Desert Classic. It was the first victory for the Yellow Jackets in four events this spring and the 65
th under head coach
th year heading the program.
TECH LINEUP – Tech began the day four strokes clear of Charlotte and shot the best round of the day on the strength of a 5-under-par 67 from Norton, a 4-under-par 68 from Lamprecht and a 3-under-par 69 from Connor Howe. Sophomore
Luka Karaulic (Dacula, Ga.) provided the Yellow Jackets’ fourth counting score with a 73.
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (5-6) came up short in a pair of heartbreakers against Clemson on Sunday, losing both contests by a combine three runs. The Yellow Jackets trailed by a run going into the bottom of the sixth before falling game one, 5-3. Tech ignited a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh of game two to trim Clemson’s lead to one, but the comeback bid fell shy, resulting in a 5-4 loss. The Jackets made a number of notable defensive plays throughout the day, highlighted by freshman shortstop
Jin Sileo’s triple play.
Game One: Clemson got on the board first in game one, scoring three runs on an RBI single and a two-run homerun to follow in the bottom of the first. Georgia Tech responded in the following inning, scoring a run of its own. Junior shortstop
THE FLATS – A late charge by the Georgia Tech baseball hitters wouldn’t be enough as its miscues were too much to overcome in the 9-6 setback to Eastern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.
The Yellow Jackets (1-1) made two uncharacteristic errors and walked 11 batters in the tough outing, while the Colonels (1-1) used extended innings to their advantage to score and drive up pitch counts.
Leading the way offensively for Tech were three multi-hit Jackets.
Drew Compton finished the day 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, while
Luke Waddell finished 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Sophomore
McKenzie Campbell set a new school record in the 200 fly, while five women in total advanced to finals. Fellow sophomore
Ruben Lechuga qualified for the platform event finals, marking the third diving event that he has reached the finals in this year at ACCs.
“Today was a great way to finish off the week with another school record by McKenzie Campbell in the 200 fly,” said Toni M. and Richard L. Bergmark Swimming & Diving Head Coach
Courtney Shealy Hart. “I am so proud of the way the team competed. They had great focus and fantastic energy. We scored more points than we ever have before at ACCs. We had multiple B cuts and many life-time best times. We fought hard, and I look forward to the future with these ladies.”