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SB: Gabi Novickas is the SEC Freshman of the Week

Infielder Gabi Novickas was tabbed as the Southeastern conference’s freshman of the week for her performances last weekend in the series against No. 8/6 Florida.

Novickas was active offensively and defensively all weekend in Georgia’s series win over the No. 8/6 Gators. After tallying a hit in the series opener, Novickas was a perfect 3-3 at the plate with a run and two RBI in the game two, walk-off win. She sparked the Bulldog comeback driving in the first run of the fifth inning that saw Georgia climb from down 2-7 to up 9-7. In the rubber match, Novickas blasted her second grand slam of the season to clinch the walk-off, run-rule win over the Gators, 9-1. Defensively, Novickas recorded a co-team-high 13 put-outs and fielded one double play with a perfect fielding percentage. She remains the only freshman SEC first baseman to start every conference game, as well as one of five conference first basemen with a 1.000 fielding percentage.

Georgia will travel this week to Lexington, Kentucky for the 2026 SEC Softball Tournament at the John Cropp Stadium. The Bulldogs begin play in the second round as the No. 9 seed against the eighth-seeded LSU Tigers on Wednesday night at approximately 8:00 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.

Tickets for the 2026 SEC Softball Tournament can be found on Ticketmaster or by contacting the University of Kentucky Athletics Ticket Office.

BSB: Henry Allen Out For Season

Georgia sophomore outfielder Henry Allen will miss the remainder of the 2026 baseball season due to a right knee injury.

Allen, a 6-4, 210-pound native of Auburn, Ala., injured his knee running to first base during this past Friday’s win over Missouri. 

Allen, who appeared in 46 games including 42 starts this year, batted .321 with 13 home runs and 41 RBI. He posted a .635 slugging percentage and a .443 on base percentage. Allen started 40 games in left field, one at first base, one at second base plus saw action at third base this year.

He has hit the longest and hardest home runs this season, measuring 477 feet at No. 14 Arkansas and 459 feet versus No. 3 Georgia Tech at Truist Park in Atlanta. The exit velocity on the home run at Truist was 112 miles per hour (mph) while earlier this season, he hit a home run against East Tennessee State that measured 116 mph.

The fifth-ranked Bulldogs are 38-11 overall and lead the Southeastern Conference with an 18-6 mark. Georgia plays host to LSU in an SEC series starting Friday at 6 p.m.

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