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WTEN: Dawgs Travel to Arkansas and Oklahoma this Weekend
The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (12-3, 7-2 SEC) is set to travel for its second-to-last road weekend of competition, starting with No. 57 Arkansas (10-9, 1-8 SEC) on Friday, March 27 at 6 p.m. ET in Fayetteville, Ark. followed by a top-10 matchup against No. 8 Oklahoma (17-4, 7-2 SEC) on Sunday, March 29 at 1 p.m. ET in Norman, Okla.
Fast Facts
- Georgia leads the all-time series against Arkansas, 36-3. The Bulldogs’ last win came in a 5-2 decision at home in Athens last season.
- Against Oklahoma, Georgia is undefeated in the all-time series, 6-0. The Bulldogs’ last meeting ended in a 4-0 sweep at home.
- Georgia features five players in the singles rankings: No. 6 Aysegul Mert, No. 28 Anastasiia Lopata, No. 42 Anastasiia Gureva, No. 68 Deniz Dilek and No. 97 Sofia Rojas.
- The Bulldogs also have three ranked doubles teams. The top pairing of Dilek and Mert is ranked No. 7. Dilek and Emma Dong are No. 62, while Mert and Gureva are No. 69.
Scouting the Opponents
Arkansas
- Arkansas has one player in the singles rankings, No. 35 Carolina Gomez, and one doubles pair in the rankings, Gomez and Anet Koskel at No. 39.
- The Razorbacks will look to end their current five-match losing streak.
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma has three players in the singles rankings: No. 40 Julia Garcia Ruiz, No. 41 Evialina Laskevich and No. 72 Edda Mamedova.
- The Sooners also feature three ranked doubles pairs, including the nation’s No. 1 duo of Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum. Evialina Laskevich and Edda Mamedova are ranked No. 30, while Julia Garcia Ruiz and Oyinlomo Quadre are No. 51.
- Oklahoma will look to extend its current six-match winning streak.
Match 16 – No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 57 Arkansas
Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Location: Fayetteville, Ark
Site: Billingsley Tennis Center
Live Stats: https://gado.gs/efm
Live Stream: https://gado.gs/91e
Match 17 – No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 8 Oklahoma
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2026
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Norman, Okla
Site: Headington Family Tennis Center
Live Stats: https://gado.gs/ef9
Live Stream: https://gado.gs/efa
BSB: UGA Open Series with South Carolina Today
Fourth-ranked Georgia returns to SEC action today with South Carolina visiting Foley Field. First pitch will be at 6 p.m. ET and be available on SECN+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
Game two of the series will be Saturday at 2 p.m. ET (SECN+) and the final game of the series Sunday will begin at 1 p.m. ET (SECN+).
Georgia (20-6, 4-2 SEC), ranked as high as No. 4 in the national polls this week, is tied for the SEC lead with a 4-2 league mark. The Bulldogs and Gamecocks (13-13, 1-5 SEC) are coming off midweek losses. The Bulldogs fell to Kennesaw State 10-7 in Athens while No. 13 UNC defeated USC 9-1 in Charlotte. Georgia was leading the nation in fielding at .989 but made three errors Tuesday (two by pitchers, one by an INF) to drop to second overall at .987.
*Last weekend in the SEC, the Bulldogs went to No. 21 Texas A&M and registered their first ever series win in College Station. Also, the Aggies were 14-0 at home this year before the series with the Bulldogs. Georgia hit .283 with 11 home runs during the Texas A&M series with Sunday’s 18-5 loss skewing the pitching numbers after 9-4 and 8-2 wins in the first two games. Redshirt junior Justin Byrd (4.1 IP, 2H, 0R, 4K) and Matt Scott (5 IP, 5H, 1R, 6K) provided stellar relief to earn wins in the first two games.
*Meanwhile, USC dropped a home series to No. 4 Arkansas 2-1. After the Razorbacks 22-6 win last Friday, the Gamecocks made a leadership change as Paul Maineri and USC agreed to part ways. Monte Lee was named interim coach. In his first game in that role last Saturday, USC led 2-1 going to the ninth only to have Arkansas tie it up and then win 3-2 in 10 innings. USC avoided a sweep with a 9-4 win on Sunday.
*The Bulldogs are 17-5 at home this year. USC holds a slim 71-69 edge in the series over the Bulldogs that dates to 1896. The last series came in 2024 when Georgia posted a sweep in Columbia over the then No. 14 Gamecocks.
Georgia-USC Pitching Rotation
Game 1: Joey Volchko (4-0, 4.23 ERA), RHP, Jr., vs. Josh Gunther (2-1, 6.33 ERA), RHP, Jr.
Game 2: Dylan Vigue (3-1, 2.30 ERA), RHP, Jr., vs. Amp Phillips (2-2, 2.32 ERA), RHP, Jr.
Game 3: Kenny Ishikawa (1-1, 9.35), LHP, So., vs. TBA
*Georgia’s rotation will be the same for the third straight league series.
*The Bulldogs have a 4.29 ERA with 276 strikeouts and 98 walks. Opponents are hitting .233.
*Georgia ranks 3rd nationally with five shutouts and 11th nationally in strikeouts/nine innings (11.5).
*USC has a 4.65 ERA with 348 strikeouts and 125 walks. Opponents are hitting .259.
Georgia Leads Nation In Home Runs And Slugging Percentage
*Georgia has an NCAA-leading 82 Home Runs and .676 SLG% plus is second in Fielding% (.987). Also, the Bulldogs rank fifth in runs (258) and OB% (.460), sixth in HPB (62) and eighth in scoring per game (9.9) and batting average (.333).
*Junior C Daniel Jackson leads the team with 15 home runs followed by senior SS Kolby Branch with 13, senior 1B/C Brennan Hudson with 11 and junior 3B Tre Phelps with 10. Branch ranks tied for seventh in Georgia history with 43 home runs and has 49 for his career counting the six he had for Baylor in 2023.
*Georgia is averaging an NCAA-leading 3.15 Home Runs per Game (HR/G) in 2026. The 2025 squad averaged 2.40 HR/G while the 2024 team averaged 2.52 HR/G. Georgia’s past two squads ranked 1-2 in school history in HR, Last season, the Bulldogs had a school-record eight players with double-digit HR as the team finished with 144. In 2024 when Georgia set a school mark with 151 HR, the Bulldogs had six players with 10+ HR including an NCAA-best 37 by Golden Spikes Award winner Charlie Condon who was the third overall pick in the MLB Draft that year (Colorado Rockies).
*USC is batting .259 with 34 home runs and fielding .962. They average 5.5 runs per game.
Bulldog Quotes On The Upcoming Series
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the offense“We’ve talked a lot in post games about our approach in certain counts. This team has the ability to do a lot of things when it comes to power. But it also has to be very, very disciplined in how they approach and understand what’s going on. It’s like I say, the scoreboard’s real cool, but when the opposing team knows that Daniel Jackson is on deck and he has this cool .400 batting average and 15 homers and you’re hitting in front of Daniel, the other team is probably not going to try to walk you. You go back and look at 2024, what made Corey Collins and Charlie Condon so special is Corey really, really understood that. He understood that ‘hey, I’m hitting in front of this guy named Condon, who’s really good, and he’s hitting .500 and he’s got all these homers. They’re probably not going to put me on base intentionally to get to him.’ That’s what those are, the things that we need to ramp up offensively. Another example, let’s look at Kolby Branch. He is still a threat down there in the lineup. He has so many homers, he’s got a lot of big hits. Understanding where you are in the lineup and then taking that approach to the game is something we have to get better at.”
#1 Tre Phelps | 3B | Jr.
On what he continues to learn about the team after two conference series…
“We are resilient. No matter if it’s a series or a midweek, this team is never out of the fight. Though we did lose on Tuesday, the way we performed in that seventh inning, hats off to the offense and getting those six outs. Obviously, we needed that earlier in the game. I think it’s being able to look at the small things that you do and still be able to learn from that as well.“
#3 Daniel Jackson | C | Jr.
On the challenge of the upcoming series against South Carolina…
“It’s about taking care of business at home. You want to rack up your wins at home because you know going on the road is going to be harder. The important part is going in on Friday and taking care of business and going to each game from there.”
Links To Follow The Bulldogs
Friday @ 6 p.m. ET
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4983&type=Live
SECN+ (Matt Stewart & Jason Jacobs): https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/033a6072-a6a2-40f9-acd9-69b712058577
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=631897
Saturday @ 2 p.m. ET
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4984&type=Live
SECN+ (Matt Stewart & Jason Jacobs): https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/3d003fa9-8130-45e7-b132-f285d8c6f4d5
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=631898
Sunday @ 1 p.m. ET
Radio/TV: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4985&type=Live
SECN+ (Matt Stewart & Jason Jacobs): https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/33af8d43-a122-4511-8ce7-4d45b69b0aea
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=631899
Foley Field In 2026
- Foley Field Gates Open 1 hour before first pitch
- Tickets –Limited Availability; Also Available on SeatGeek: https://seatgeek.com/georgia-bulldogs-baseball-tickets
- UGA STUDENTS: Free Admission and please enter at 3rd Base Gate
- Promotions For USC Series:
- Friday: Paint It Black Night and t-shirt giveaway
- Saturday: It’s Saturday In Athens flag giveaway
- Sunday Pregame: Anthem Buddies; American Flag shirsey giveaway; Postgame: Kids Run The Bases
BSB: Kyle Farmer and Emerson Hancock Made Their Major League Baseball Teams’ Opening Day Rosters
Former Bulldog greats Kyle Farmer and Emerson Hancock have made their respective Major League Baseball teams’ 26-man Opening Day rosters.
An Atlanta native, the 35-year-old Farmer earned a spot with the Atlanta Braves as a utility infielder. He is in his 10th season in the Majors after making his debut as a catcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017.
A four-year starting shortstop for the Bulldogs from 2010-13, Farmer has played with five MLB teams in his career. Before joining the Braves, Farmer had been a member of the Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins and Colorado Rockies. He has appeared in 804 games with a .247 batting average, 102 doubles, 63 home runs and 285 RBI. Also, he has made a combined five relief appearances for the Reds, Twins and Rockies.
The 26-year-old Hancock, a first-round pick of the Seattle Mariners in 2020, will begin his fourth season in the Majors. A native of Cairo, Ga., he earned All-America and Academic All-America honors while a Bulldog from 2018-20. Hancock, who made his MLB debut in 2023, has served as a starting pitcher and reliever during his career in Seattle. Last season, he went 4-5 with a 4.90 ERA in 22 appearances covering a span of 90 innings in helping the Mariners reach the American League Championship Series. Overall, he is 8-9 with a 4.81 ERA in 37 games, including 31 starts.
Several former Bulldogs standouts with Major League experience will begin the season in Triple A. These include pitcher Jonathan Cannon (Chicago White Sox), pitcher Dylan Ros (New York Mets), infielder Aaron Schunk (Atlanta) and pitcher Cole Wilcox (Seattle). Also, former Georgia stars who could make their MLB debuts this season after reaching Double-A and/or Triple-A last year include pitcher Will Childers (Milwaukee), infielder/outfielder Charlie Condon (Colorado), pitcher Ryan Webb (Cleveland) and pitcher Jaden Woods (Pittsburgh).
MLB held 2026 Opening Night on Wednesday with a single game as the New York Yankees blanked San Francisco. There are 11 games scheduled on Thursday, including the Mariners home opener versus Cleveland, while the Braves’ first game will be Friday at home against Kansas City.
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