Georgia softball (39-18, 12-12 SEC) earned the 3-seed — 10-seed overall in the 64-team field — in the NCAA Athens Regional, the first step to the Women's College World Series, and defeated the College of Charleston, 5-2, in the opening round Friday night.

The standard and the expectation for Georgia softball are two different things, head coach Tony Baldwin emphasized after sweeping the NCAA Athens Regional.

Georgia softball's shortstop Emily Digby is on a hot streak this postseason, and she's not letting the newest intimidating foe Tennessee shake her.