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Ryland Zaborowski Named the Dick Howser Trophy Player of the Month
Georgia’s Ryland Zaborowski has been named the Dick Howser Trophy Player of the Month for March, it was announced recently by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
In March, Zaborowski batted .467 (28-for-60) with 22 runs scored, four doubles, 12 home runs and 33 RBI. He added 15 walks, was hit by four pitches and posted a 1.133 slugging percentage and a .595 on-base percentage.
A 6-5, 250-pound native of Gilbert, Ariz., he ranks among the NCAA leaders in batting (.424), home runs (15), slugging percentage (.949) and RBI (51). He has appeared in 31 games with 30 starts at third base, first base or designated hitter for the Bulldogs. Last week, Zaborowski was named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List by USA Baseball as well as a Mid-Season All-American by multiple outlets.
Up next, the seventh-ranked Bulldogs (30-5, 8-4 SEC) face top-ranked Arkansas (31-3, 11-1 SEC) here starting Friday night at Foley Field.
Also, Florida State left-hander Joey Volini, who went 5-0 with a 1.09 ERA and two complete games in March, was named the National Pitcher of the Month. This marks the 10th consecutive year that the NCBWA has honored a national hitter and national pitcher of the month. Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball, www.ncbwa.com.
SB: Walk-Off Double Lifts Dawgs
SOFTBALL | vs. USC-Upstate | W, 3-2 (9 inn.)
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (11-5)
Losing Pitcher: Sophie Kardatzke (4-4
Season Record: 26-13, 4-10 SEC
ATHENS, Ga. – Sophomore Emily Digby’s ninth-inning walk-off double lifted the 16th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 3-2 win over USC-Upstate on Wednesday in front of 1,825 fans at Jack Turner Stadium.
Georgia improves to 26-13 on the season.
FAST FACTS
- Digby finished the game 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Her double in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Jaydyn Goodwin to walk off the Spartans.
- Digby launched a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to put Georgia ahead 2-0. It was her second home run of the season.
- Marsia Miller was the other Bulldog to scatter multiple hits, finishing 2-for-3 on the game.
- Lilli Backes improved to 11-5 in the circle, pitching six innings out of the pen. She allowed two unearned runs on three hits. She struck out four and walked three.
- Randi Roelling pitched three scoreless innings in her start, giving up just one hit to the Spartans.
- Wednesday’s game was Georgia’s second extra-inning game of the season, matching the Bulldogs’ nine-inning victory over Tennessee on March 8.
Video Highlights
KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On overall thoughts of the game…
“The game is always a test. It’s a challenge, and it will see where your mindset is. We’ve come through a little bit of a tough stretch here, and you know, USC-Upstate wasn’t going to give it to us tonight. We had to go out and earn it. I have a ton of respect for that team and their program and their coach, they are competitive year in and year out. I thought we did a lot of really good things. We just couldn’t get the momentum, couldn’t get the hit that really got the ball rolling. Hats off to them. I thought they made some unreal plays, and that’s the way that it goes. I thought Randi [Roelling] started and controlled the game really well. And Lilli [Backes] came in, and I thought that was a competitive outing for her. I thought she was sharp and really competed for us, so proud of the outcome. At the end of the day, the goal is to finish with more runs than they do, and we did that tonight.”
Sophomore Emily Digby
On going on the road this weekend…
“It’s really important any game, we really got to go there and take care of business, and do not shoot ourselves in the foot or anything like that. I thought we’ve get to go [to Auburn] and play hard.”
UP NEXT
Georgia hits the road for a three-game series at Auburn this weekend. The series will begin on Friday at 6 p.m. ET, live on SEC Network.
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