Upstate Hosts Mercer in Final Regular Season Games with Title Hopes on the Line
4/26/2013 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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Spartanburg, S.C. – Looking to get back on the winning track after a pair of midweek losses of things and playing for the A-Sun regular season championship, the USC Upstate softball team plays host to Mercer in the regular season finale and a key three-game A-Sun series Saturday and Sunday at Cyrill Stadium. This weekend is Senior Weekend as Upstate will honor seniors Ericka Harris and Sam Poarch.
Upstate enters the weekend with a 37-9 overall record and is in first place in the A-Sun with a 17-6 record. The Spartans, though, are being pursued by three teams with title hopes of their own as North Florida is 1 1/2 games back and tied with Upstate in the loss column, while Lipscomb and Florida Gulf Coast can get to first place as well depending. Mercer enters the weekend with a 24-29 overall mark and is 10-14 in the A-Sun. The Bears still have postseason hopes alive heading into the weekend and would need a sweep of the Spartans and some help from other teams losing to secure one of six spots in the A-Sun Tournament which runs May 8-11 in Nashville, Tenn.
Upstate is 7-4 all-time against Mercer with all games being played since the Spartans made the move to Division I and the A-Sun in 2008. Upstate also owns a 41-33 lead in scoring in the all-time series. The Bears, though, have won two of the last three meetings in the series and those games were played in Spartanburg at Cyrill Stadium.
Fans can follow the action online at upstatespartans.com. Links to free live stats and video, as well as complete postgame coverage with a game recaps and statistics will be available.
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