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GYM: Dawgs Punch Ticket to the 2026 National Collegiate Championship Semifinal
TEAM SCORES
No. 6 Georgia: 197.750
No. 3 Florida: 198.050
No. 11 Michigan State: 197.000
No. 14 Cal: 196.975
Georgia’s Season Record: 23-9, 5-3 SEC
GymDogs Event Scores:
Vault: 49.425 | Bars: 49.525 | Beam: 49.250 | Floor: 49.550
TEMPE, Ariz. – The sixth-seeded Georgia gymnastics team scored a 197.750 in the NCAA Tempe Regional final to finish second in the meet and punch its ticket to the 2026 National Collegiate Championship Semifinal at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
This is Georgia’s first appearance in the National Championship Semifinal since 2019 and the first under the direction of Co-Head Coaches Cécile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts.
FAST FACTS
- Georgia’s 197.750 is the program’s fifth-best team score in a regional in program history.
- The GymDogs event scores finished top 10 in their regional history: tied fourth-best floor (49.550), sixth-best bars (49.525), tied 10th-best vault (49.425).
- Georgia posted its second-best bars score of the season to begin the meet with a 49.525, led by a 9.975 from freshman Autumn Reingold, tying a career high. Junior Holly Snyder tied a career-best 9.925 in her first bars routine since March 8 (Elevate the Stage). Senior Ja’ Free Scott also added a 9.900 in the lineup.
- A pair of 9.900s on beam from sophomore Brooke Gleichowski and freshman CaMarah Williams led the GymDogs to a 49.250 on the event. The mark was a season high for Gleichowski.
- Three-straight scores of 9.950 to close out the floor lineup lifted Georgia to a 49.550 on the event. Sophomores Harley Tomlin and Nyla Aquino, along with C. Williams, all scored a 9.950. It tied Tomlin’s career best.
- A pair of 9.900s from junior Ady Wahl and Aquino followed by a 9.925 from C. Williams in the anchor spot on vault, officially punched the Bulldogs’ ticket to Fort Worth. A 49.425 was Georgia’s third-best vault score of the season.
KEY QUOTES
Co-Head Coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi
On what makes her proud of this team….
“They set a goal, and they achieved it. Today is a big day for this team. I’m super excited for the seniors. It’s been a rough four years for some of them. They’ve seen a lot of changes, so to finish their career in Fort Worth is meaningful for all five of them to experience before they move onto regular life.”
On what today means to her…
“People say I’ve done a lot in club. I have, but today I shed a couple of tears because it’s been a lot. It means a lot. I’ve said it before — Georgia is that team, and we are back.”
UP NEXT
The National Collegiate Championship Semifinal will take place on Thursday, April 16, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The top two teams from each semifinal session will advance to the National Collegiate Championship Final on Saturday, April 18.
For all the latest on the GymDogs, follow the team on Instagram (@UGAgymnastics), Twitter (@UGAGymnastics), and Facebook (Georgia Gymnastics).
BSB: Georgia Sweeps Mississippi State (#4)
STARKVILLE, MISS. –Michael O’Shaughnessy’s three-run home run in extra innings capped fourth-ranked Georgia’s historic sweep of fifth-ranked Mississippi State Saturday in front of 10,256 fans at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium.
Georgia won 8-5 in 10 innings Saturday after posting 10-9 and 3-1 wins the previous two days as State fell to 25-7, 7-5 SEC. MSU was 18-0 at home this season coming into the series.
Fast Facts
- Georgia (27-6, 10-2 SEC) has won each of its four SEC series this year and is in first place in the league. It swept a series in Starkville for the first time since 2004 and swept a top five SEC road series for the first time in records dating to 1990.
- Juniors Tre Phelps and Daniel Jackson (3-for-6) extended their hitting streaks in the first on a double and single. After Jackson stole his 16th base of the season, they were stranded in scoring position as MSU starter Duke Stone struck out the next three Bulldogs and finished with 10 in four innings.
- Sophomore Rylan Lujo (3-for-5, HR, 4 RBI) made it 3-1 with a two-out run-scoring single in third, but Stone escaped further trouble as the Bulldogs left the bases loaded. Lujo gave Georgia a 4-3 lead in the fifth with a three-run blast, his fifth of the year.
- For the seventh time this season, Georgia smashed back-to-back home runs. In the fifth, Lujo had a three-run shot followed by a solo blast by Brennan Hudson, his 12th of the year.
- Graduate Thomas Ellisen provided 2.1 scoreless innings of relief. Senior Matt Scott entered a 5-5 game with one out in the sixth and pitched 2.2 innings with three strikeouts. In the seventh, State put a runner at second with nobody out and Scott came back to send it to the eighth at 5-all.
- The Bulldogs employed seven pitchers on the afternoon, same as State, and graduate Caden Aoki improved to 3-0 with 2.1 scoreless innings and three strikeouts.
- O’Shaugnessy’s 10th-inning home run was his eighth of the season. The Bulldogs lead the nation with 92 home runs.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On Saturday’s road sweep…
“I told our guys after the game that they played like Big Leaguers today. It’s a tough day, right when you consider the long game last night and then turn around and pack up, load the bus, check out of the hotel and come play a 10 am game today. We came out and were focused. We got punched a little early, but I told them, there’s no pressure, just go play the game. You look at our bullpen; I tip my cap to what they were able to do again today. They were massive again. I told the hitters, hang in there, be ready if they make a mistake, and Michael O’Shaughnessy just crushed it. Don’t forget the batters before that, Tre got on with a hard out and was running down the line and then Daniel Jackson reaches to set it up for Michael.”
Michael O’Shaugnessy, 3B, Sr,
On Saturday’s road sweep of No. 5 MSU…
“This was amazing, it shows our team is a family. My home run yesterday was big, but it was because everyone worked and battled for us to get in that position and the same is true today. To beat them both times like that, it shows we had nothing to lose and we came in and played loose and free. This team is unbelievable. This place is awesome, the top place I’ve ever played. We made a statement that we’re the real deal.”
Up Next
Georgia (27-6, 10-2 SEC) returns to Foley Field for its next five games starting Tuesday when it faces Presbyterian. First pitch on Tuesday will be at 3 p.m. and be available on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.
WTEN: Number 1 Dawgs Sweep Tenessee
The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (15-4, 10-3 SEC) swept No. 15 Tennessee (11-8, 6-7 SEC) 4-0 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, extending its home winning streak to 17 matches.
Fast Facts
- No. 7 Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert opened the match with a 6-4 victory over Tennessee’s Catherine Aulia and Leyla Britez-Risso on court two.
- Hayden Mulberry and Emma Dong clinched the doubles point for Georgia with a 6-4 win over Katrina Scott and Maeve Thornton, marking their first victory as a pair this season.
- In the singles session, No. 7 Mert grabbed the first singles point on court two with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over No. 85 Vanesa Suarez.
- Patricija Paukstyte pushed Georgia’s lead to 3-0 with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Maeve Thornton on Court 6, marking her second SEC singles victory of the season.
- No. 101 Dong secured the sweep for the Bulldogs with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Francesca Mattioli on court five.
Results
Doubles:
1. #15 Anastasiia Lopata/Patricija Paukstyte (UGA) vs. Vanesa Suarez/Francesca Mattioli (TEN): 3-5, unfinished
2. #7 Deniz Dilek/Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Catherine Aulia/Leyla Britez-Risso (TEN): 6-4
3. Emma Dong/ Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Maeve Thornton/Katrina Scott (TEN): 6-4
Singles:
1. #31 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #28 Katrina Scott (TEN): 5-7, 4-2, unfinished
2. #7 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. #85 Vanesa Suarez (TEN): 6-1, 6-1
3. #61 Deniz Dilek (UGA) vs. #21 Leyla Britez-Risso (TEN): 3-6, 7-5, unfinished
4. #46 Anastasiia Gureva (UGA) vs. Catherine Aulia (TEN): 3-6, 6-1, 1-4, unfinished
5. #101 Emma Dong (UGA) def. Francesca Mattioli (TEN): 6-4, 6-2
6. Patricija Paukstyte (UGA) def. Maeve Thornton (TEN): 7-5, 6-1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3) ; Singles (2, 6, 5)
Key Quotes:
Head Coach Drake Bernstein
On the team’s performance…
“Great match, great home atmosphere here in Athens. Again, really proud of the team. I’m not sure that we were as sharp as we could have been in the beginning of the doubles. We had some mistakes, but they kept fighting and they worked their way through, likewise in singles. So, great day in Athens.”
Freshman Patricija Paukstyte
On what was working for the team today…
“I would say I’m really happy with my team’s energy. I think even at the start of the singles matches, the result was not showing our way, but we were competing hard and we made it turn around and we got a win in the end, so that’s what I’m most proud of.”
Up Next
No. 1 Georgia travels to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for its final road match of the season, facing Alabama on Thursday, April 9 at 6 p.m. ET at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
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