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SB: Dawgs Face Tennessee in Knoxville This Weekend
The 10th Georgia Bulldogs are on the road to face the seventh-seeded Tennessee Volunteers this weekend in Super Regional action at the Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.
10-Seed Georgia
at 7-Seed Tennessee
Location: Knoxville, Tenn.
Venue: Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Date: May 21-23, 2026
First Pitch: 7:00 p.m. ET; 3:00 p.m. ET; 11:00 a.m. ET*
Media Information
Streaming: Thursday & Friday – ESPN2; Saturday – ESPN
PxP: Courtney Lyle; Analyst: Danielle Lawrie
Live Updates: GeorgiaDogs.com
X Updates: @UGASoftball
Media Hub (With Links to Press Conferences): https://gado.gs/esw
Leading Off
The 10th-seeded Bulldogs went 3-0 in the 2026 NCAA Athens Regional to advance to play the No. 7-seed Volunteers in Super Regional play this weekend.
Series History
Tennessee
– Georgia and Tennessee have met on 87 prior occasions, and the Volunteers lead the series 46-41 all-time.
– The last time these two schools met was in series play during the 2025 season. Georgia dropped the series at home to Tennessee.
– The last time these two schools met in Knoxville, the home side took the series win with wins in games one and three.
– The last time these two schools met in postseason play was in 2018. Georgia hosted the Volunteers in Athens in Super Regional play, winning both games to advance to the Women’s College World Series.
– In all-time NCAA postseason play, the two schools are tied 3-3.
– This will be Georgia’s second trip to Knoxville for a Super Regional. The Bulldogs’ trek up for the occasion was during the 2012 postseason when the Volunteers took game three to advance to the WCWS.
Georgia in the Polls
Georgia in the Polls:
– NFCA/GoRout: 16
– ESPN/USA Softball: 11
– D1Softball: 12
– Softball America: 14
Opponent Outlook
The Volunteers finished the regular season with a 42-9 record. Tennessee dropped its opening game of the SEC Tournament before sweeping it’s regional home last weekend to now sit at 45-10.
Tennessee has boasted one of the nation’s best pitching staffs this season, with four pitchers boasting a sub-2.00 ERA at this stage of the season. Senior All-SEC and All-American pitcher Karlyn Pickens leads the staff with 30 appearances this season to go with a 1.56 ERA, 14-7 record and 170 punch outs. Junior righty Sage Mardjetko, the 2026 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year, has made 27 appearances with a 1.11 ERA, 13-2 record and 156 strikeouts. Freshman Erin Nuwer leads the team with a 1.00 ERA and a team-high 15 wins. She has 88 strikeouts on the season. The staff has 18 shutouts on the season, and opponents have batted at a .142 clip against them.
Junior outfielder Sophia Knight leads the Volunteers offensively with a .412 average and 63 hits. Junior Alannah Leach boasts a team-high 12 home runs, and redshirt-sophomore Ella Dodge owns a team-best 46 RBI. As a team, the Volunteers are batting .290 with 69 home runs and 281 RBI.
Head coach Karen Weekly has led the Volunteers to nine Super Regional championships during her tenure as head coach.
Dawg Bites for the Knoxville Super Regional
– This year’s tournament marks the 24th NCAA tournament appearance for the Bulldogs
– This also marks Georgia’s 24th-consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament
– This year’s Super Regional marks a rematch of two prior Super Regional – 2012 in Knoxville and 2018 in Athens.
– Georgia holds an all-time record of 91-51 in the NCAA tournament
– Last season, Georgia won the Durham Regional at No. 14-seed Duke.
– Georgia last hosted a regional in Athens during the 2024 season. The Bulldogs were victorious after welcoming Liberty, Charlotte and UNC Wilmington to Athens.
– In regional play in Athens, Georgia holds a 46-8 all-time record.
– Georgia last hosted a Super Regional during the 2018 season, defeating Tennessee to advance to the WCWS.
– Last season, the Bulldogs fell in the Gainesville Super Regional with a game three loss to Florida.
– In super regional play, Georgia holds a 14-17 record. In super regional play outside of Athens, the Bulldogs are 7-14.
Conference Stat Leaders (as of Tues, May 19)
Jaydyn Goodwin
The junior from Paris, Ky., is among the top ten in the conference in four statistical categories:
Average: Tied-Fifth – .416
Doubles: Tied-Sixth – 16
Hits: Tied-Third – 79
Triples: Tied-Seventh – 3
Sarah Gordon
The senior from Louisville, Ky., is among the top ten in the conference in one statistical category:
Doubles: Tied-Third – 17
Presley Harrison:
The freshman from Baxley, Ga., is in the top ten in the conference in two statistical categories:
Holds: Tied-First – 3
Saves: Tied-Seventh – 3
Bailey Lindemuth:
The sophomore from Burleson, Texas, is in the top ten in the conference in two statistical categories:
Assists: Sixth – 107
Fielding Double Plays: Tied-10th – 15
Marisa Miller
The senior from Suwanee, Ga., is in the top ten in the conference in one statistical category:
Caught Stealing By: Second – 10
Gabi Novickas:
The freshman from Chicago, Ill. is in the top ten in the conference in one statistical category:
Fielding Double Plays: Third – 26
Randi Roelling:
The junior from Modesto, Calif. ranks in the top ten in the conference in two statistical categories:
Wins: Sixth – 18
Innings Pitched: Ninth – 144.2
Keirstin Roose:
The graduate from Wolcottville, Ind., ranks in the top ten in the conference in one statistical category:
Fielding Double Plays: Tied-Eighth – 19
Dawgs on Defense
The Bulldogs remain one of the nation’s best defensive teams with a .979 team fielding percentage – ranked eighth in the nation.
Three Dawgs rank inside the top 10 in the SEC in doubles plays fielded. More, 10 Georgia players with a minimum of 25 chances have committed five or less errors this season.
Further, Georgia’s team fielding percentage entering the weekend is on pace for the second-best season total in program history. The Bulldogs have already set a single-season program record for double-plays turned (33).
A Look at the Offense
Georgia’s .354 team batting average is well on pace for the best in school history (with the previous record for the team being .343). Moreover, the Bulldogs’ 409 runs already rank inside the top 10 in single-season program history.
The Bulldog batters set the record for the most doubles in a single season (105; previous best was 102). Moreover, the team is on pace for a top 10 RBI total in single-season program history.
Impressively, seven Georgia players who have made 30 or more starts currently are batting .350 or better at this stage of the season.
Transfers in the Mix
Several members of Georgia’s 2025 transfer class are starring for the Bulldogs this season.
In the circle, RHP Addisen Fisher sits at 12-5 with a team-best 2.50 ERA. She has two shutouts on the season, as well as two saves. Through 92.1 innings pitched, she’s surrendered just 33 earned runs with 65 strikeouts.
In the order, Keirstin Roose has impressed in the lead-off role for the Bulldogs. She has a team-best 15 home runs on the season while also driving in 39 runs. Delani Sullivan, while being a threat at the plate, has been a consistent presence in outfield recording 42 put-outs this season with a perfect fielding percentage. Bailey Lindemuth has flashed her glove at the hot corner this season with just four errors through 56 games and a team-best 107 assists. Natalie Ray is batting .375 overall.
Roelling is Rolling
LHP Randi Roelling is on pace for her best season as a Bulldog through 35 appearances – two more than her season total last year. She currently has allowed 63 earned runs. In 2025, she had allowed 78 earned runs – a 19% decrease at this stage.
More, her 139 strikeouts this season surpasses her 105-strikeout mark last season – a 24% increase. Further, she has dropped her walks from 100 last season to just 55 this year – a 45% decrease.
SEC Baseball Tournament Schedule Changes
Due to possible inclement weather in the Hoover area on Thursday, Game 9 of the SEC Baseball Tournament between Mississippi State and Georgia will begin at 1 p.m. ET.
Game 10 between Florida and Alabama will begin approximately 30 minutes after Game 9 concludes. No other changes have been made to the tournament schedule at this time.
The new schedule follows (All Times Central):
Tuesday, May 19 – SEC Tournament First Round
Game 1: [16] Missouri 10, [9] Ole Miss 8
Game 2: [12] Vanderbilt 8, [13] Kentucky 5
Game 3: [10] Tennessee 11, [15] South Carolina 6
Game 4: [14] LSU 6, [11] Oklahoma 2
Wednesday, May 20 – SEC Tournament Second Round
Game 5: [8] Mississippi State 12, [16] Missouri 2 (7 inn.)
Game 6: [5] Florida 8, [12] Vanderbilt 3
Game 7: [7] Arkansas 8, [10] Tennessee 4
Game 8: [14] LSU vs. [6] Auburn – 8:10 p.m. [SECN]
Thursday, May 21 – SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
Game 9: [8] Mississippi State vs. [1] Georgia – 12 p.m. [SECN]
Game 10: [5] Florida vs. [4] Alabama – TBD [SECN]
Friday, May 22 – SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
Game 11: [7] Arkansas vs. [2] Texas – 3 p.m. [SECN]
Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. [3] Texas A&M – TBD [SECN]
Saturday, May 23 – SEC Tournament Semifinals
Game 13: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 – 12 p.m. [SECN]
Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 – TBD [SECN]
Sunday, May 24 – SEC Tournament Championship Game
Game 15: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14 – 1 p.m. [ABC]
All Times Central
Note: The second game of each session will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
MBB: Georgia Signs Three
Georgia has signed a trio of premier prep prospects – Mading Kuany, Hakeem Weems and Donovan Williams Jr. – to continue their basketball careers at the collegiate level with the Bulldogs, head coach Mike White announced on Wednesday. They will join the roster as freshmen for the 2026-27 season.
Kuany (pronounced muh-ding kuh-wah-nee) is a 6-8, 190-pound forward originally from Melbourne, Australia, who played at Iowa United Prep last season. Weems is a 6-10, 215-pound forward from Atlanta who was a member of the IMG Academy’s postgraduate team during the 2025-26 season. Williams is a 6-3, 180-pound guard from Orlando, Fla., who played at Oak Ridge Academy as a senior.
Kuany was a member of Australia’s National Team at the 2024 FIBA U117 and 2025 FIBA U19 World Cups, as well as the 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Cup. Before moving to Iowa United Prep, Kuany played for the Centre of Excellence in the NBL1 in 2024 and 2025.
Kuany debuted with the Australian National Team at the 2023 U16 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar. He helped the Australians capture the Gold Medal while averaging 5.7 points and 2.5 boards per outing. The following year, he contributed 6.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per contest at the 2024 U17 World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey. Kuany played in seven games at the 2025 U19 World Cup in Lausanne, Switzerland, contributing 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game for Australia, which finished sixth at the tournament.
Kuany also represented Victoria at the 2023 and 2024 U18 Australian Championships, winning a Silver Medal in 2023 and a Bronze in 2024. After averaging 4.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in the 2023 tournament, he upped those efforts to 8.0 points, 8.3 boards and 1.3 blocks the following year.
In addition to his season at IMG, Weems previously played at Monteverde Academy (2024-25), Osborne High School (2023-24) and WD Mohammed School (2021-23). He is a consensus three-star prospect who is ranked among the nation’s top-40 prospects at his position, including No. 32 by 247Sports.com and No. 36 by both On3.com and in the 247Sports.com composite.
Last season at IMG, he helped IMG finish 27-2 and reach the quarterfinals of the National Prep Championship. Weems averaged 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds at Monteverde, which finished 19-8 and ranked No. 11 in the final edition of the ESPN.com SCNext Top 25 national rankings.
Weems earned All-Region honors during his sophomore and junior seasons at WD Mohammed and Osborne, respectively. He was a second-team choice for Class 1A-Region 7 in 2023 and a first-team and all-defensive selection for Class 7A-Region 5 in 2024. Weems averaged 19.0 points, 13.0 rebounds, 5.5 blocks, 2.3 assists and 2.0 steals per game in his season, Osborne.
A three-star recruit, Williams is rated as the nation’s No. 21 point guard by On3.com, the No. 25 combo guard by 247Sports.com and the No. 39 shooting guard by ESPN.com. Last season, Williams averaged 17.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game at Oak Ridge, leading the Pioneers to a 20-10 finish while advancing to the semifinals of Florida’s Class 7A State Tournament. He also played at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia in 2024-25, at Edgewater High School in 2023-24 and at The First Academy in 2022-23.
Williams started 10 of 11 games in NIKE EYBL Scholastic League action for Oak Hill during 2024-25 and contributed 10.5 points, 5.7 boards, 2.1 assists and 1.7 steals. As a sophomore, he averaged 16.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.2 steals for an Edgewater Eagles squad that compiled a 23-8 record and was runner-up in Florida’s Class 6A state tourney.
Williams was a two-time first-team All-State performer in Florida, earning such status from Source Hoops in Class 7A in 2026 at Oak Ridge and in Class 6A in 2024 at Edgewater when he was the only sophomore on the first-team ledger.
Georgia’s 2026-27 roster now features 15 players. The Bulldogs will welcome back six letterwinners, including Brandon Klatsky, Markel Jennings and 80 percent of their starting lineup in:
• Blue Cain, a 6-5, 195-pound rising senior guard from Knoxville, Tenn., who became Georgia’s 49th 1,000-point scorer – but first since 2017 – in the regular-season finale and is currently the Bulldogs’ career record holder for best free throw percentage (.846).
• Kanon Catchings, a 6-9, 220-pound rising junior forward from Brownsburg, Ind., who was the Bulldogs’ second-leading scorer in SEC play at 13.7 points per game and was named SEC Player of the Week on March 9 after averaging 27.5 points in key late-season wins over No. 16 Alabama and Mississippi State to lock up an NCAA Tournament bid.
• Marcus “Smurf” Millender, a 5-11, 175-pound rising senior guard from Houston Texas, who led the Bulldogs in assists and became the ninth player in school history with 100 assists and 50 3-pointers in the same season.
• Kareem Stagg, a 6-8, 230-pound rising sophomore forward from Chesapeake, Va., who emerged as a starter and key contributor during Georgia’s late-season surge to earn an NCAA bid by averaging 6.9 points per game over the final 10 contests of the season.
Georgia has now signed nine newcomers, Kuany, Weems, Williams and:
• Freddie Dilione V, a 6-5, 195-pound senior guard from Fayetteville, N.C., who was Penn State’s leading scorer both overall and in Big Ten play last season while averaging 14.0 ppg in 32 outings and 14.1 ppg in league action.
• Brady Dunlap, a 6-7, 200-pound redshirt junior forward from Studio City, Calif., who was the top 3-point shooter in the Atlantic 10 Conference (.451) and helped St. Louis reach the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament last season.
• David Ugonna Ike, a 7-0, 235-pound freshman post player from Owerri, Nigeria, who prepped at the NBA Academy Africa in Senegal. Earlier this year, Ike averaged 24.3 points and 12.3 rebounds while helping NBA Academy Africa compile a 3-0 record at the Advance Global Cup.
• Kemauri “Kemo” Millender, a 6-0, 180-pound junior guard from Houston, Texas, who helped New Mexico Junior College advance to the Round of 16 of the 2026 NJCAA DI Tournament last season while averaging 9.5 points per game. Millender is the older brother of current Bulldog “Smurf” Millender.
• Andrew Osasuyi, a 6-9, 211-pound sophomore center from Magenta, Italy, who led St. Bonaventure in field goal percentage and blocks last season and helped Italy earn a Gold Medal at the 2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket tournament.
• James Scott, a 6-11, 225-pound senior forward from Fayetteville, N.C., who owns the highest career field goal percentage (.759) among all players slated to play NCAA Division I basketball next season and ranked among the nation’s top-25 in dunks in both 2024 and 2025.
Georgia established new school records for regular-season wins (22), total points (2,951) and scoring average (89.4 ppg) during the 2025-26 season. The Bulldogs posted their third consecutive 20-win season, just the third time in 121 seasons they have done so. Georgia earned NCAA Tournament bids in 2025 and 2026, marking the program’s fourth consecutive “March Madness” appearance.
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