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SB: Dawgs Sweep ‘Cats

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs blanked Kentucky, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon at the John Cropp Stadium to complete the series sweep. Georgia improves to 27-8 (6-3) while the Wildcats fall to 21-16 (1-11).

SOFTBALL | vs. Kentucky | W, 5-0
Winning Pitcher: Randi Roelling (11-4)
Losing Pitcher: Abby Hammond (2-2)

Fast Facts:

• LHP Randi Roelling made her second start of the weekend in the circle, going 4.2 innings with three hits, no earned runs and two strikeouts, earning her 11^th win of the season. RHPs Presley Harrison and Destin Howard pitched in relief, combining for 2.1 innings of action with one hit and two strikeouts.
• Lead-off hitter Keirstin Roose went 2-4 on the afternoon with an RBI double. Tyler Ellison added two RBIs in a 1-4 performance. 
• Sophomore Bailey Lindemuth launched her second home run of the season in the fourth inning. She went 1-3 on the day with the RBI.
• This is the pitching staff’s fifth combined shutout of the season.
• The series result marks the first away conference series sweep since defeating Ole Miss on the road in 2024. Moreover, the three total runs given up in the series are the fewest in a conference series since the South Carolina series in 2023. 
• Georgia improves to 65-19 all-time against Kentucky.

Key Quote:
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the win and series sweep…
“Just really proud of the way that we put together at-bats. I thought Randi [Roelling] was really sharp in the circle and really excited the way Presley [Harrison] and Destin [Howard]came in and threw the ball. Defensively, we played clean. I thought we were really sharp all weekend on the defensive side of the ball, and we just won a lot of pitches. I thought today in the batter’s box we laid off some of the pressure pitches that they were trying to make and got better pitches to hit. We didn’t always get something to show for it, but at the end of the day, the process of winning pitches is going to help us be successful in this conference. I thought we did a good job of that all weekend. Excited for the sweep. Those are hard to come by in the SEC, and that means you have to do a lot of things right. We did that this weekend, and now we’ll rest up and get ready for a really good Texas A&M trip and an Easter weekend.”

Up Next:
No. 11 Georgia returns to action next Thursday, April 2, on the road at Texas A&M for the first game of the series. First pitch is set for 7:00 p.m. ET, and the game will be streamed live on the SEC Network+.

WTEN: No. 1 UGA Falls to Oklahoma

The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis (13-4, 8-3 SEC) fell 4-1 to No. 8 Oklahoma women’s tennis (19-4, 9-2 SEC) in a top-10 matchup Sunday afternoon at the Headington Family Tennis Center.

Fast Facts

• Georgia is no longer undefeated in the all-time series against Oklahoma, as the Bulldogs now lead the series 6-1.
• Oklahoma secured the doubles point with wins on courts two and one, marking its 20th doubles point of the season.
• No. 30 Evialina Laskevich and Edda Mamedova defeated No. 7 Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert, 6-2, on court two to give Oklahoma the early edge.
• The nation’s top-ranked pair of Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 victory over the Bulldog pair of Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Paukstyte on court one.
• No. 68 Dilek earned the lone point for the Bulldogs with a 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 40 Julia Garcia Ruiz on court three.
• Nahum extended Oklahoma’s lead with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 97 Sofia Rojas on court six.
• No. 72 Mamedova defeated No. 6 Mert, 6-1, 7-6(6), on court two to move the Sooners within one point of the win.
• No. 41 Laskevich clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over No. 28 Lopata on court one.

Results

Doubles:

1. #1 Roisin Gilheany/Gloriana Nahum (OU) def. Anastasiia Lopata/Patricija Paukstyte (UGA): 6-3

2. #30 Evialina Laskevich/Edda Mamedov (OU) def. #7 Deniz Dilek/Aysegul Mert (UGA): 6-2

3. Emma Dong/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) vs. Julia Garcia Ruiz/Salakthip Ounmuan (OU): 4-4, unfinished 

Singles:

1. #41 Evialina Laskevich (OU) def. #28 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA): 6-4, 6-2

2. #72 Edda Mamedova (OU) def. #6 Aysegul Mert (UGA): 6-1, 7-6(6)

3. #68 Deniz Dilek (UGA) def. #40 Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU): 6-3, 6-1

4. #42 Anastasiia Gureva (UGA) vs. Chloe Noel (OU): (6)6-7, 4-3, unfinished 

5. Emma Dong (UGA) vs. Salakthip Ounmuang (OU): 7-6(3), 3-1, unfinished

6. Gloriana Nahum (OU) def. #97 Sofia Rojas (UGA): 6-2, 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1) ; Singles (3, 6, 2, 1)

Up Next

No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis returns home to host the Kentucky Wildcats on Thursday, April 2 at 5 p.m. ET at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

BSB: Dawgs Earn First Conference Series Sweep

No. 4 Georgia defeated South Carolina on Sunday afternoon at Foley Field, 9-7, to secure its first conference series sweep of the season.

Fast Facts

• Georgia leads the nation in home runs and Sunday marked the first game this season that it didn’t hit one,  and the Bulldogs still produced nine runs on 14 hits for a victory.
• Sophomore left-hander Kenny Ishikawa got the start for the Bulldogs and pitched one inning, allowing three runs on two hits. Senior Justin Byrd earned his second win of the season, as he came in to close out the game with 1.1 scoreless innings.
• The Georgia bats started off strong with three consecutive hits to begin the bottom of the first. The Bulldogs tied the game, with two runs brought in by Michael O’Shaughnessy and Rylan Lujo.
• With two outs in the bottom of the fourth, Kolby Branch singled to right center to bring home Ryan Black from second base.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Tre Phelps scored from third off on a passed ball. 
•  Daniel Jackson brought in Black and Branch to tie the game at six apiece in the sixth. Phelps scored on a Bryce Callaway single to give the Bulldogs the lead. This inning alone had three hits and three runs from Georgia. 
• The South Carolina Gamecocks were held scoreless from the fifth inning through the seventh. Caden Aoki only allowed one run and seven hits with seven strikeouts in four innings pitched in relief.
• After the Gamecocks tied the game at seven in the eighth, Georgia scored the last two runs of the game off a Daniel Jackson double to left  to bring in Cole Johnson and Phelps.

Key Quotes

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach

Wes Johnson
On Kenny Ishikawa pitching…
“You look, you watch, and he didn’t have any big misses, right? You know, for me, a big miss is, a ball in another batter’s box or one to the screen. He’s just still a tick off with this command, and you go look at it as I will. When I get the strike zone report back, I’m going to say we’re about a ball off. We threw a lot of pitches that were a ball off. They’re balls, but good. It’s kind of like a hitter lining out to right field. They’re still out. Doesn’t produce anything, but it lets you know, some things are coming. And gosh, Kenny, he was close. I thought his breaking stuff today was better. That’s when we ended up getting in the strike. But his fastballs were about a ball off all day.”

#11Bryce Calloway | Graduate | 1B
On no homeruns hit in this afternoon’s game…
“Sometimes you can get a little ahead of yourself. Everybody loves homers, good for the crowd, good for the team morale. It is one of the greatest plays in baseball. But on a weekend like this, where the wind’s blowing straight in and you have to figure out a way to just play baseball. Take it back to wiffle ball, or you’re just trying to put the bat to the ball and make things happen. That’s exactly what we did today.”

#1Tre Phelps | Jr. | 3B
On not letting up and remaining focused… 
“Every single game in the SEC is worth it. If we were to go sweep Arkansas when we play them, it would be the exact same message as this weekend. Being able to focus on game-in and game-out no matter who we are playing, whether it’s an SEC game or a midweek game. We need to keep that focus. That is what will push us through the rest of the year.” 

Up Next

No. 4  Georgia  (21-6, 5-2 SEC) will return to Foley Field this Tuesday, March 31, to take on the Georgia State Panthers. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. and can be streamed on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network

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