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PANTHER INVITATIONAL - SERIES BREAKDOWNS:

• This is the first meeting between the two programs.
• Northern Iowa enters the Panther Invitational 0-6 and searching for its first win.
• The Panthers are led by Faith Standerski who is hitting .357 with five hits, a home run and two RBI.
• The Northern Iowa pitching staff carries a 5.00 ERA and teams are hitting .315 against them.

• Western Carolina and Tennessee State meet for the third and fourth time this weekend. The Tigers hold a 2-0 record over the Catamounts.
• The two teams last met in 2007 with TSU winning the doubleheader 4-3, 6-1.
• The Tigers have opened the season 6-3 but have lost three of their last five.
• Tennessee State will tangle with its second-straight team from the Southern Conference when the Tigers meet Western Carolina this weekend. On Feb. 22 TSU lost to Chattanooga 3-2.
• Laila Armstrong is batting .423 for the Tigers with 11 hits, seven runs scored, a double and a triple.
• TSU's pitching staff has a .254 ERA while opponents are batting .271 against them.

• Western Carolina and Georgia State meet for the 19^th time on Saturday. The Panthers hold a 13-5 record over WCU.
• Georgia State halted the Catamounts' three game win streak over them in 2022 when it took the second game of a doubleheader, 2-1, in Cullowhee. Western Carolina won the first game 5-1.
• Georgia State enters their tournament 4-7 on the year.
• The Panthers will play California Baptist Thursday before hosting their tournament over the weekend.
• Bailee Richardson is leading the Panthers with a .414 batting average. She has 12 hits and 11 RBI to open the season.
• The Georgia State pitching staff has struggled in the circle with a team ERA of 6.67. The pitching crew has given up 107 hits and 70 runs on the year.

• Western Carolina is coming off a pair of mid-week losses to Presbyterian. The Catamounts, playing just their third and fourth games of the season, fell on the road to the Blue Hose 5-2, 6-5.
• Senior hurler Jayme Eilers saw her first action in the circle since Feb. 25, 2022, when she started game one against Presbyterian. She went five innings and struck out nine.
• Senior Samantha Reele is heating it up to open the season. The catcher is hitting .444 in the first four games with four hits, a run scored, three RBI and two doubles. The three RBI, in game two, by Reele is a career high.
• In game one against Presbyterian sophomore Bethany Dobias had a career-high two RBI in the game.
• After 11 days off, the Catamounts will now play seven games in five days.