THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball 2023 season and single-game tickets are now on sale and can be purchased HERE.
Season tickets are located in the reserved chairback sections of Mewborn Field and cost $100 per seat. Season ticket members enjoy every game in the same seat for a discounted rate. Single-game tickets are also available as detailed below. More ticketing information, including the steps to become a member of the Mew Crew and the benefits of joining, can be found on the official Georgia Tech Softball Tickets page.
Single-Game Pricing:
Reserved Chairback: $5
Adult GA Bench: $3
Youth/Senior GA Bench: $2
Group (10+) GA Bench: $2
Standing room only tickets will be sold for $2 each if all other sections are sold out. Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff can receive free admission to regular season home games while seats remain available by showing a valid BuzzCard at the entrance.
Tech’s 56-game 2023 regular season schedule is highlighted by 33 home games and four Atlantic Coast Conference series at Mewborn Field. The Yellow Jackets will also host three home tournaments, most notably the ACC/B1G Challenge, as well as a pair of SEC schools, including this season’s edition of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. The White and Gold are slated to face six ranked opponents throughout the year, hosting four of them for eight total games. Georgia Tech opens the 2023 season hosting the annual Buzz Classic, beginning its action with a doubleheader against UConn on Feb. 10 at 4:30 p.m. at Mewborn Field. Fans wishing to view Tech’s schedule in its entirety may click HERE.
2023 Home Schedule and Season Highlights
- The Yellow Jackets (RV) open the season with the 24th Buzz Classic, including UConn, North Texas (RV), Saint Francis and UIC.
- Georgia Tech welcomes 2022 Gainesville Regional foe Wisconsin, Illinois and Louisville for a highly-contested ACC/B1G Challenge on The Flats as one of four campus host sites. The Jackets will only face B1G adversaries in the Badgers and Fighting Illini during the challenge. Later in the season, Tech will also take on Penn State.
- The Jackets host another edition of the I-75 Tournament, including UNI, Southern Miss and Brown.
- Tech will welcome eight 2022 NCAA Regional participants to The Flats, four of which are ranked heading into 2023, in North Texas, Saint Francis, Wisconsin, Illinois, No. 15 Georgia, No. 21 Auburn, No. 11 Virginia Tech and No. 10 Clemson.
- The White and Gold will take on a total of 10 Regional squads from a season ago, also hitting the road for weekend series late in the season visiting the final two current ranked opponents on tap in No. 5 Florida State and No. 16 Duke.
- Georgia Tech will battle five in-state foes in seven different games, including rival Georgia, Kennesaw State (home and home), Georgia State (home and home), Georgia Southern and Mercer.
- The Jackets, who finished No. 23 in RPI, will face 10 top 50 RPI squads from a season ago, including Wisconsin, Illinois, Charlotte, Georgia, Auburn, Virginia Tech, North Texas, Clemson, Florida State and Duke. Among the 10, five were ranked inside last season’s final top 25 RPI in Georgia, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Florida State and Duke. The Hokies led the pack, being tabbed second and advancing to host their own Super Regional.
- The White and Gold will host four ACC series this season, including Virginia Tech (March 17-19), Clemson (March 24-26), Boston College (April 7-9) and North Carolina (April 28-30).
- Georgia Tech enters its sixth season under coach Aileen Morales, bringing back 18 returners from last season’s squad.
- The White and Gold received votes in the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 preseason poll entering 2023. Tech received votes for five weeks during the 2022 season, including votes from both USA Today/NFCA and ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate polls in three of those weeks. The Jackets received votes from each of the aforementioned publications in the remaining two weeks.
- Most notably during the 2022 season, Georgia Tech received its first ranking on record of No. 25 by Extra Inning Softball since being tabbed No. 24 by ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate at the conclusion of the 2011 season.
- Chief among the notable returners is NFCA Southeast Second Team All-Region and First Team All-ACC catcher Emma Kauf.
- Kauf has been named Preseason All-ACC, the No. 8 catcher and No. 85 player in the nation by D1Softball and the No. 10 catcher and No. 81 overall player in the country by Extra Inning Softball heading into the 2023 season.
- The ACC’s two-time top catcher in the league is joined by a dynamic duo of right-handers in the circle in Blake Neleman and Chandler Dennis as well as the “walking web gem” serving as Tech’s vacuum in the middle, shortstop Jin Sileo.
- Also returning from last season’s regular starting lineup is leadoff mainstay and third baseman Mallorie Black along with ACC All-Freshman Team left fielder Auburn Dupree and fellow former freshman center fielder Ella Edgmon.
- The stable of returners is bolstered by the Yellow Jackets’ recent recruiting class, composed of six highly-touted new Jackets. The class consists of five newcomers joining the collegiate ranks along with Texas A&M transfer Cayden Baker, who carved out a starting role with the Aggies while batting .261 as a freshman in the SEC.
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