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SB: Dawgs Lose Rubber Game vs. Kentucky

The seventh-ranked Georgia softball team fell to the Kentucky Wildcats in Sunday’s series finale 6-2 at John Cropp Stadium.

Fast Facts

• Sarah Gordon scattered a season-high three hits in the game, going 3-for-4.

• Jayda Kearney knocked her team-leading 15^th home run of the season. She is now tied for the SEC lead with Mississippi State’s Madisyn Kennedy.

• Kearney’s home run, a solo blast in the top of the seventh, was the 55^th of her career, tying her for fifth all-time.

• With two hits on Sunday, Kearney now co-leads the team with 14 multi-hit games.

• Dallis Goodnight extended her hitting streak to five games, currently the longest on the team.

Up Next

Georgia returns home to host USC-Upstate on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Georgia’s final midweek game of the season. 

Box Score

SEC Women’s Golf Championships: UGA Faces Auburn in Quarterfinals Today

Georgia carded an 8-over 288 in Sunday’s final round of stroke play qualifying at the SEC Women’s Golf Championships at Pelican Golf Club. The Bulldogs earned the No. 7 seed for a bracketed match play competition to determine the SEC Champion and will face No. 2 seed Auburn in the quarterfinals today.

Fast Facts

• Georgia completed stroke play at 17-over 860 as a team and in seventh place on the team leaderboard.

• Napat “Jenny” Lertsadwattana was Georgia’s top individual finisher, wrapping up 54 holes tied for 11th at 2-over 212.

• Junior LoraLie Cowart and freshman Natachanok “Drive” Tunnwannarux shot even-par 70 to lead Georgia on Sunday, the third and fourth Bulldogs to post par-or-better tallies this weekend.

• Georgia advances to match play for the third time since the format was introduced in 2018. The Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals of the SECs in 2018 and 2019.

• Monday’s quarterfinals feature (by national rankings) No. 2 South Carolina vs. No. 4 LSU and No. 29 Mississippi State vs. No. 32 Kentucky on one side of the bracket and No. 10 Auburn vs. No. 23 Georgia and No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 16 Texas A&M in the other quarterfinals. 

Key Quotes

“When you come down here, you’re playing to make match play first,” head coach Josh Brewer said. “That box is checked. We would’ve liked to do it a little easier than we did but the way we look at it, we did our job. We finished seventh and probably didn’t play our best golf on day one and day three. Now, we’re in match play, and it’s a whole new start.”

“Every match is 18 different battles,” Brewer said. “You’re just trying to win as many as you can, and it doesn’t really matter what your score is on a hole. You could have a great score and lose that hole or you could have a bad hole and win that hole. You’re just trying to win as many as you can and stack them together and try to get to the end before the other team.”

“I think my round was a lot better than the days before,” said LoraLie Cowart. “I hit the ball well like I have been all week, I just finally got some putts to drop. That helped when I needed to get up and down or even if I was 10 feet after a shot. I was able to make a lot of putts. That helped a lot.”

“We’re really excited about match play,” Cowart said. “We know that anything can happen in match play. We know that we’re one of those teams that we can go out there and fight and battle. We’re tough, we’re mentally tough and we’re ready. I think it will be a lot of fun and something we can remember for years to come.”

Up Next

Georgia will face second seed and No. 10-ranked Auburn in the quarterfinals of SEC Match Play on Monday morning, teeing off from No. 10 between 8:50-9:30 a.m. ET. The semifinals also will be contested on Monday, beginning at approximately 12:30 p.m. Live scoring will be available via www.golfstat.com.

SEC Match Play Quarterfinal Matchups (by seed)

8:00 – No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 8 LSU

8:00 – No. 4 Mississippi State vs. No. 5 Kentucky

8:50 – No. 2 Auburn vs. No. 7 Georgia

8:50 – Natachanok “Drive” Tunwannarux (UGA) vs. Katie Cranston (AU)

9:00 – LoraLie Cowart (UGA) vs. Megan Schofill (AU)

9:10 – Caterina Don (UGA) vs. Anna Davis (AU)

9:20 – Savannah De Bock (UGA) vs. Anna Foster (AU)

9:30 – Napat “Jenny” Lertsadwatanna (UGA) vs. Casey Weidefeld (AU)

8:50 – No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 6 Arkansas

WTEN: Georgia Sweeps Kentucky, Clinches Share of SEC Regular Season Title

The No. 6 Georgia women’s tennis team clinched a share of the 2024 Southeastern Conference regular season championship after earning a 4-0 sweep over No. 65 Kentucky at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Sunday.

What a day for the Dawgs 🏆

Relive our fourth-consecutive sweep and the moments leading up to our SEC regular season championship-clinching victory over Kentucky! 👏#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/IUO2eHpmao

— Georgia Women's Tennis (@UGAWomensTennis) April 15, 2024

Fast Facts

• The win clinched the 12^th SEC regular season title for Georgia, tallying its 21^st SEC title including regular season and tournament titles.

• Drake Bernstein became the first Georgia women’s tennis head coach to win an SEC title in their first season at the helm.

• Georgia earned its sixth consecutive doubles point.

• Anastasiia Lopata and Mell Reasco earned the doubles clinch for the second time on the weekend on court three.

• The back end of the singles lineup all earned victories on the day, marking the seventh time this season the Bulldogs have seen wins on courts 4-6 in the same match.

Key Quote

Head Coach Drake Bernstein: “It’s been a heck of a year with this whole group and this team. Obviously, championships are won out here on the courts with the players playing, and it’s a total team effort with the support staff. I feel like we have the best support staff in the country that’s put us in a position to get out there and play on match days. It’s a total team effort and exciting for the team. It was a terrific year. I’m just happy for them.”

Up Next

Georgia will now prepare to host the 2024 SEC Women’s Tennis Tournament, where it will compete as the No. 1 seed in the competition. The Bulldogs’ first match will be on Friday, April 19 at 3 p.m. ET, where they will face the winner of Thursday’s second round matchup between No. 8 seeded LSU and No. 9 seeded Arkansas.

MTEN: Georgia Beats Vandy And Tennessee State in Nashville Doubleheader

NASHVILLE – The No. 38 Georgia men’s tennis team capped off the regular season with wins over No. 44 Vanderbilt and Tennessee State during a doubleheader on Sunday at the Ensworth Tennis Center.

Five Fast Facts

• The Bulldogs earned the doubles point against the Commodores by winning on courts three and one, with No. 27 Freddy Blaydes and Niels Ratiu clinching the point for the fifth time together. Georgia has now won the doubles point in nine of its last 10 matches.

• Ratiu earned his second career match-clinching win in singles after he beat Joubert Klopper 7-6(4), 6-7(2), 7-5. The freshman has now won six of his last eight completed singles matches. 

• No. 54 Thomas Paulsell won his sixth ranked singles match of the year in a 5-7, 7-6(10), 6-2 decision against No. 60 Danil Panarin on court one. 

• After winning 4-3 in a four-hour, nine-minute match, Georgia is now 60-5 since 1961 against Vanderbilt. 

• Georgia’s 4-2 victory over Tennessee State marked the first match the programs have played against each other. 

Key Quote

“I’m very proud of our team for winning such a long and physical match,” head coach Manuel Diaz said. “At moments, we had a lot of momentum, but it went back and forth a lot. Our guys showed a lot of resolve and fight, but toward the end, we almost seemed out of it. Thomas Paulsell did a fantastic job today and Niels Ratiu has played at a high level in the last two matches. We’ve continued to grow as a team. While we’ve lost a lot of close ones this spring, we’ve also had nothing but incredible effort from our guys as they’ve continued to grow.”

Up Next

The Bulldogs begin in postseason action at the Southeastern Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament in Baton Rouge, La. on Thursday, April 18. Georgia, the eight-seed, will take on Arkansas at 7 p.m. ET at the LSU Tennis Complex. The teams played in Athens this season on March 24, with the Bulldogs earning a 4-0 sweep over the Razorbacks.

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