STATESBORO - Georgia Southern scored nine runs in the fifth inning to blast past Georgia State and claim not only a Sun Belt Series win over the Panthers, but a berth in the upcoming 2019 Sun Belt Conference Tournament with a 10-1 win Friday night at Eagle Field.
The Eagles (22-27, 8-17 SBC) will finish ahead of Georgia State (8-45, 5-21 SBC) and South Alabama in the standings after tomorrow's final day of league play. Georgia Southern will either be the seventh or eighth seed, depending on what happens in the final game of the Eagles' series with Georgia State, a doubleheader between ULM and Louisiana as well as South Alabama's final game with Troy.