JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 27, 2025) – East Tennessee State University softball will conclude the month of March with its first home SoCon series against Furman.

Gameday Central vs. Furman
Game 1
DATE: Friday, March 28
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: Johnson City, Tenn.
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
TWITTER/X: @ETSUSoftball

Game 2
DATE: Saturday, March 29
TIME: 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Johnson City, Tenn.
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
TWITTER/X: @ETSUSoftball

Game 3
DATE: Saturday, March 29
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Johnson City, Tenn.
LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast
TWITTER/X: @ETSUSoftball

ETSU enters on a two game win streak after taking the series finale against Western Carolina 5-2, and routing Winthrop 13-1 on Tuesday. The Buccaneers, who scored 13 runs for the first time in the Milligan era, also scored 13 or more runs for the first time since a 15-6 run rule of St. Francis on Feb. 23, 2019. It was the third run-rule win in the Milligan era and the second run rule victory in the last three weeks.

Preseason SoCon Player of the Year Cameron Young has lived up to the honor through nearly two months of play. Young boasts the second best batting average and best on-base percentage in the conference, at a staggering .479 and .560, respectively. Those marks rank 20th and 25th nationally, and her 45 hits are tied for 27th in the country.

Gabrielle Fowler has led ETSU in the circle with a 3.14 ERA and 1.46 WHIP through a team-high 42.1 IP.

The Paladins' best hitters through the first half of the season have been Caitlin Goldwait and Sylvia Burroughs. Goldwait leads the squad with a .341 average and .426 OBP, while Burroughs has three homers, nine doubles and 15 RBI.

Emme Buzhardt, Angelina Ricciardi and Lauralee Scott have pitched the lion's share of the innings for Furman. Buzhardt and Ricciardi have 3.52 and 3.68 ERAs, respectively, while Scott has a team-high 49 strikeouts.

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