JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State softball team will begin ASUN Divisional play on Saturday, when the Gamecocks begin a three-game series against an old rival in Eastern Kentucky at University Field.
The Gamecocks (20-15, 4-5 ASUN) will host the Colonels (7-25, 3-6 ASUN) for the three-game series that will begin with a 1 pm doubleheader on Saturday and will conclude with a 1 pm single game on Sunday. All three games will be broadcast on ESPN+, and admission is free for JSU students and all fans ages 18 and under.
JSU enters the weekend in a four-way tie for first place in the ASUN West Division with North Alabama, Central Arkansas and Lipscomb, but EKU is just one game out of first as division play gets underway.
The Gamecocks will be taking the field for the first time in six days after both of their midweek games against Alabama State and Alabama were canceled due to weather. JSU dropped two games at Florida Gulf Coast last weekend and return to the friendly confines of University Field, where the Gamecocks are 9-3 so far in 2022.
JSU has gotten solid production in the circle so far from its freshman duo of
Sarah Currie and
Kat Carter. Currie is fourth in the ASUN with a 2.08 earned run average, while Carter is tied for fourth in the league with 10 wins.
At the plate,
Megan Fortner is 10
th in the league with a .356 batting average, just ahead of teammate
Lindsey Richardson in 15
th with a .342 clip. Fortner, a junior from Cedar Hill, Mo., leads the ASUN with 14 doubles.
The Colonels are led at the plate by Sammi Miller, who boasts a .379 batting average, while Carly Robinson leads the team with seven home runs and 21 RBI. In the circle, Lauren Narvaez holds a team-best 2.82 ERA and is 3-3.
