KENNESAW, Georgia - February 21, 2006 - After beginning the season on the road, the Owls are finally back at home in the friendly confines of Owls Field as they begin the home schedule by hosting the 2006 KSU Classic.

The two-day, eight-game event begins on Friday at noon and concludes on Saturday evening with the championship game. Joining the Owls in this year's field will be Tennessee Tech, from the Ohio Valley Conference, Toledo from the Mid-American Conference and UNC Greensboro from the Southern Conference.

UNC Greensboro and Toledo are making their first trips to Kennesaw State while the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech will be making their second regular season trip to campus. The Owls are 2-0 against Tech all-time, sweeping a doubleheader from the Golden Eagles in 1999. Last season the Golden Eagles finished second in the OVC, five games behind Jacksonville State.

The Owls will be playing their second OVC team this season, earlier this season KSU split a pair of games against Samford. UNC Greensboro is the second Southern Conference team the Owls have faced this season, KSU swept Georgia Southern on Opening Day. This will be the first meeting between Kennesaw State and a school from the MAC.

Recent Results
Kennesaw State enters the tournament with a 5-3 record after a 2-2 weekend at the Lady Panther Invitational in Atlanta. KSU defeated Georgia Tech (5-4) and Eastern Kentucky (5-4) on the first day of the tournament before falling to Georgia State (1-9) and EKU (4-7) in the consolation game.

Toledo enters the game with a 1-2 record after having last defeated Minnesota in the Triangle Classic hosted by North Carolina. The Rockets dropped a 10-2 decision to Minnesota after being blanked by UNC, 7-0, on Opening Day.

UNC Greensboro currently has a 0-5 record. The Spartans have lost a pair of games to Atlantic Coast Conference teams, North Carolina State and Virginia Tech. They will play Radford in a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon.

Tennessee Tech arrives with a 3-3 record and has split their last four games. The Golden Eagles defeated Texas Tech (5-2) and Pacific (2-1) and lost games to No. 3-ranked Arizona (1-5) and NC State (0-8).

Players To Watch
Kennesaw State's top two players, catcher Cambria McKay and first baseman Keri McKee have gotten off to blistering starts this season. Both are hitting over .400 and each has hit safely in all eight games this year.

For Toledo, the Rockets bring their own rocket arm into the circle in pitcher Stephanie Moore. Toledo's ace is coming of a complete game, four-hitter against Minnesota.

Tennessee Tech features hard-throwing hurler, Bonnie Bynum. Bynum enters the weekend with a 2-1 record, but most impressively she has allowed just 13 hits in 20 innings while posting 23 strikeouts.

UNC Greensboro's offense revolves around their top hitter, Krista Judge. Judge, the only player hitting over .200 this season, is batting .294 and is leading the Spartans in stolen bases, runs, hits and doubles.

2006 KSU Classic
Tournament Schedule

Friday, February 24
12:00 - UNC Greensboro vs Kennesaw State
2:00 - Toledo vs Tennessee Tech
4:00 - UNC Greensboro vs Toledo
6:00 - Tennessee Tech vs Kennesaw State

Saturday, February 25
10:00 - Tennessee Tech vs UNC Greensboro
12:00 - Kennesaw State vs Toledo
2:00 - Consolation Game
4:00 - Championship Game