University of Georgia Athletics
Georgia Softball Travels to Miami for Season Opener
February 06, 2006 | Softball
Feb. 6, 2006
ATHENS, Ga. -- The No. 10-ranked Georgia Bulldogs travel to Miami on Thursday to participate in the Florida International University Diamond Sports Fun and Sun Classic. The Bulldogs first game of the tournament is set for Friday at 10 a.m. against the Arkansas Lady Razorbacks.
The Bulldogs' tournament schedule also includes games against FIU (Sat., 6 p.m.), No. 19 Iowa (Fri., noon), and North Carolina (Sat., 2 p.m.). The Tar Heels and the Hawkeyes each earned berths in the NCAA Regionals last season.
Live scoring for the tournament is available on www.fiusports.com.
Georgia has participated in three tournaments hosted by FIU in the last four seasons, winning all three with a combined 15-0 record.
Georgia returns 12 letterwinners from a squad that advanced to the championship game of an NCAA Super Regional in 2005. The Bulldogs return seven positional starters, including All-Southeast Region and All-SEC first baseman Megan McAllister who finished the 2005 campaign with a .324 batting average with 16 home runs and 56 RBI. The Georgia pitching staff returns three hurlers from last season. Junior pitchers Kasi Carroll (17-4, 2.13 ERA) and Katie Griffith (6-5, 2.91 ERA), along with sophomore right-hander Jessica Doucette (5-2, 1.75 ERA), return to pace the Bulldogs in the circle this season.
The Arkansas Lady Razorbacks enter the 2006 campaign looking to improve on the 19-43 record they posted in 2005. Junior outfielder Rachel LeMaster returns to pace the Lady Razorbacks' offense after tallying a .363 batting average with 27 stolen bases last season. Arkansas also returns two starting pitchers, led by Katy Henry who compiled a 7-17 record with a 3.14 ERA in 2005.
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