JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 1, 2024) – Coming off its first Southern Conference road series of the season, the ETSU softball team returns home for a five-game homestand starting Tuesday afternoon when the Bucs host Gardner-Webb in a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. at Betty Basler Field.  
 
GAME INFO
Date: Tuesday, April 2
Time: 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Location: Johnson City, Tenn.   
Media Links: Game One Live Video | Game One Live Stats |Game Two Live Video | Game Two Live Stats

• Free admission to all ETSU home softball games

ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU dropped three at Chattanooga over the weekend and sits 5-22 on the season
• Brylee Mesusan leads the team with 31 hits and is 11-of-13 in stolen bases
• Mesusan has multi-hit games in four of her last seven contests and six of the last 12
• Riley Nayadley is right behind Mesusan with a .355 average … Nayadley has posted at least one hit in eight of her last nine games
• Since Sara Muir has been out of the Buccaneer lineup, ETSU has been held to 14 runs in those 11 contests … The Bucs have dropped 10 of those 11 games since March 11
• Muir was hitting .396 (19-48) with two doubles, one triple, four home runs and 14 RBI in 16 games … The Buccaneer hurler also accounted for three wins in the circle for the Blue & Gold
• Taylor Suchy leads the Blue & Gold in appearances (17), starts (10), innings (55.1) and strikeouts (33)

 ABOUT GARDNER-WEBB

• The Runnin' Bulldogs are 24-14 and coming off a 6-1 win over Charleston Southern on Saturday
• Annicka McLaughlin is hitting a team-best .344 (33-96), while Adrienne Visintine leads the club in home runs (7), RBI (30) and is tied with McLaughlin for the lead with 33 hits
• The Runnin' Bulldogs are outscoring their opponents, 182-124
• Andrea Lyon leads the team in the circle as she's 9-6 with a 1.76 ERA (25 ER/99.1 IP) with 88 strikeouts … Kalyn Kyle leads the team in wins (10)
• Gardner-Webb is 7-6 away from home

SERIES HISTORY

• ETSU leads the all-time series, 16-14
• This will mark the third and fourth times the two teams are playing this season with Gardner-Webb taking two from the Bucs in the season-opening tournament in Boiling Springs
• The Bucs have won six of the eight games played in Johnson City

UP NEXT
The Bucs bounce back into SoCon play this weekend when ETSU hosts Western Carolina beginning Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
 
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