Sports Page Atlanta

As mentioned below, the Georgia Bulldogs won the Athens Regional by defeating Georgia Tech in the final game by the score of 18-6.  After losing the first game in the regional to Lipscomb, the Dawgs won 4 straight and now will face NC State at home starting on Friday.  Georgia is now 15-0 in elimination games at Foley Field in NCAA Tournament action.

It was the offense that exploded that helped Georgia succeed.  Collectively the Dawgs batted .398 and averaged over 11 runs during the 5 games.  Of the 82 total hits they got, 8 were hit for home runs.  

But check out how these averages improved from the beginning of the region to the end.  Remember it is hard to increase averages by a lot after playing 57 games, so some of these are quite impressive…

                                           Started at                Finished                  Increased

Matt Olson                         .294                          .333                           .039

Matt Cerione                     .273                          .295                            .022

Bryce Massanari               .330                          .346                            .016

Role players such as Miles Starr and David Thoms contributed as well…

Miles Starr entering the region: 2-fo-18 in the region went 2-for-7

David Thoms entering the region: 6-for-32 in the region went 3-for-12