STATESBORO, Ga. - Heading into a key week of road games, Georgia Southern Baseball will do so with the program's first regular season national-ranking since 1996. The Eagles were ranked 26th in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll released Monday (April 6).

Georgia Southern ranked as high as seventh during the 1996 season, and was preseason ranked heading into the '97 campaign but dropped its first six games that year. According to head coach Rodney Hennon the recognition is nice but his team has an important stretch of games ahead.

"Earning the national ranking is great recognition for our program. We have an important road trip starting this week against very good programs," said Hennon. "We just have to stay focused on the next game and see if we can continue the momentum from last week."

The Eagles will face another nationally-ranked team this week, two games at ninth-ranked Georgia Tech. Tuesday's game (April 7) is a scheduled 6 p.m. first pitch with Wednesday's slated for 4 p.m.