Statesboro, Ga. --- The Georgia Southern baseball team (1-0, 0-0 SBC) defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) 10-2 on Opening Day this past Friday night (February 14th) at J.I. Clements Stadium in what was the second-highest attended home opener in program history with 2,862 fans, just behind last year's opener against Maryland.
Out of the gate, it was Western Carolina who struck the scoreboard first, scoring two runs in the opening frame off of a Cole Jones ground out to score the Catamounts leadoff man Mason Holton. Later that inning, Brayden Corn drove in WCU's final run of the game with a single through the middle infield.