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2017 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team

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2017 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record38–21 (18–12 SBC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJ. I. Clements Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolinax ‍‍‍ 22 7 1   .750 37 19 1   .658
No. 26 South Alabamay  ‍‍‍ 22 8 0   .733 40 21 0   .656
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 38 21 0   .644
Troy  ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 31 25 0   .554
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 22 33 0   .400
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 19 36 0   .345
West Division
UT Arlingtonx  ‍‍‍ 20 10 0   .667 30 25 0   .545
Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 19 10 1   .650 35 21 1   .623
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 13 16 0   .448 28 27 0   .509
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 29 30 0   .492
Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 11 18 0   .379 21 34 0   .382
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 6 24 0   .200 12 43 0   .218
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Eagles played their home games at J. I. Clements Stadium.

Schedule and results

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Georgia Southern announced its 2017 football schedule on October 20, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 29 home and 27 away games in the regular season. The Eagles hosted Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Little Rock, Louisiana–Monroe, and South Alabama and will travel to Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Texas–Arlington Mavericks, and Troy.[1]

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by the Eagles.[2]

Georgia Southern finished 3rd in the east division of the conference which qualified the Eagles to compete in the tournament as the 5th seed for the team's 1st Sun Belt Conference tournament title.

2017 Georgia Southern baseball game log
Regular season (36–20)
Post-season (2–1)

References

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  1. ^ "Eagle Baseball Announces 2017 Schedule" (Press release). Georgia Southern Eagles Department of Athletics. October 20, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Coming to Statesboro" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2017.