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Baseball Takes on Georgia State in Atlanta this weekend
March 14, 2013
ATLANTA, Ga. - Old Dominion University baseball begins a three-game series on Friday at Georgia State for their final CAA series against the Panthers. The teams square off on Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. ODU comes into the weekend with a 9-6 overall record and is 2-1 in league play while GSU is 11-6 overall and 2-1 in the CAA. ODU junior Ben Verlander received national accolades for his performance last week, earning Louisville Slugger's National Player of the Week, along with CAA Player of the Week. The right fielder/first baseman leads the Monarchs with a .444 batting average and four home runs. Austin McGowan (.340) and Ben Slaton (.333) are also batting above .300 while Josh Eldridge leads the club with 16 RBI.
The Last Meeting
May 19, 2012
Bud Metheny Complex
Pitching Matchups
ODU leads the all-time series over the Panthers, 13-11, while GSU took 2-of-3 from the Monarchs last season at the Bud.
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NORFOLK, VA-- ODU seniors Chris Baker(Chesapeake, VA.) and Brandon Shelton (Chesapeake, VA.) each drove in two runs, but the Monarchs lost the season finale
to Georgia State, 8-4 in 12 innings at the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex on senior
day. This was the eighth extra inning game this season for ODU and second 12 inning contest. ODU finishes the season at 19-34/9-21) and Georgia State finishes at 24-31/14-16).
