NEWBERRY - The Newberry College softball team hits the road for the first time this spring, as the Wolves travel to take on the Jaguars of Georgia Regents University Augusta on Tuesday.

WHO: Newberry College at GRU Augusta
WHERE: GRU Augusta's Jaguar Field (3910 Wrightsboro Rd., not on the main campus)
DATE: Tuesday, February 10
TIME: First game to start at 1 p.m., Second game 20 minutes afterwards
RECORDS: Newberry is 3-1. This is GRU Augusta's season-opening doubleheader
LIVE AUDIO: www.NewberryWolves.tv, with Newberry's Evan Nicely on the call
LIVE STATS: www.JaguarsRoar.com
WEATHER FORECAST: High of 59 degrees. Cloudy early, transitioning to sunny.

LOOKING AT NEWBERRY

The Wolves started the season with a split with Francis Marion and a sweep of Chowan over the weekend. 

Catcher Jeri Loffler (Weekie Wachee, Fla.) was the Wolves' leading hitter in the opening weekend, hitting .571 (4-of-7) with a team-best five RBIs and a 1.143 slugging percentage on a homerun and a double. She has a .700 on-base percentage with a pair of walks.

Third baseman Cassie Harrell (Williamston, N.C.) had 21 chances in the field without an error and also went 4-for-10 at the plate. Mallory Gerndt (Burke, Va.) hit a two-run double to win the season opener against FMU and is hitting .385. Ashlen Ayres (Kennewick, Wash.) is hitting .333 in the leadoff spot and has two steals.

In the circle, Madison Burnett (Pickens, S.C.) went 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in the opener of each doubleheader. She went the distance in both games, going 14 innings and allowing only three earned runs. Brittany Middleton (Lizella, Ga.) is projected to start the second game. She has an 0-1 record with a 3.41 ERA in two starts. Hannah Blakley (Manning, S.C.) got the win in relief in the second game against Chowan, going 2.2 innings allowing only one hit and striking out four.

THE JAGUARS
GRU Augusta went 22-34 last season and finished ninth in the strong Peach Belt Conference, but the Jaguars are returning 12 letterwinners while only losing one.

GRU was picked ninth in the Peach Belt Conference preseason coaches poll on Jan. 23. Head coach Melissa Brocato returns two starting pitchers in junior-duo Haley Birkle and Paige Deschaine for the upcoming year, as well as Kristen Mills who was sidelined last year with an injury. Deschaine was named second-team Peach Belt All-Conference in 2014. She recorded a team-high 247 strikeouts, 196 more from her freshman season.