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BSB: Vandy Sweeps Dawgs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fifth-ranked Georgia dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 19 Vanderbilt Saturday as the Commodores swept the series at Hawkins Field.
Fast Facts
.• The Bulldogs (33-9, 10-8 SEC) claimed a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Robbie Burnett (2-for-4) smacked his team-leading 17th home run of the year. It was Georgia’s first hit of the day The Commodores took a 3-1 lead with a two-out, two-run home run by Riley Nelson in the fifth.
• Senior Slate Alford (2-for-4) smashed his 12th home run in the sixth inning to extend his on-base streak to 25 games this season. The home run cut the deficit to 3-2.
• Georgia junior right-hander Leighton Finley provided five innings and allowed three runs on five hits with a walk and eight strikeouts but fell to 2-1. VU starter Connor Fennell (4-0) struck out 11 and allowed two runs in 5.2 innings for a win. The Bulldog pitching staff registered 12 strikeouts on the day.
• Georgia catcher Henry Hunter threw out two Commodores trying to steal including Rustan Rigdon who entered the game 12-for-12 on the season.
• Georgia’s leading hitter, Ryland Zaborowski, missed his second straight game due to injury.
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Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the game
“It’s really hard to win when we put their guy in the stretch three times total today. We didn’t get on base. I thought we threw the ball fine for the most part. They had three or four infield hits and made the most of it. It’s kind of crazy as you’ve heard me talk about 0-2, 1-2 counts, and they got three big hits in those counts. Against good teams in tight ball games, that’s going to be the difference, and it was today. At the plate, we weren’t very competitive with two strikes, and we have to work on that. That’s the good news; we’re going to roll up our sleeves and go to work and get better. We’ve been here before. It’s the nature of the game. It’s who is next. Nobody is going to feel sorry for you in this league. We’ll get after it and get ready for Clemson and then Oklahoma.”
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Up Next
Georgia returns to action Tuesday at No. 3 Clemson with first pitch at 8:02 p.m. EDT on ESPNU.
SB: Georgia Drops Ole Miss Series
SOFTBALL | vs. No. 17 OLE MISS | L, 5-3
Winning pitcher: Brianna Lopez (10-2)
Losing Pitcher: Randi Roelling (8-7)
Season Record: 28-17, 6-14 SEC
ATHENS, Ga. – The 23rd-ranked Georgia Bulldogs dropped Saturday’s series finale against No. 17 Ole Miss, 5-3, at Jack Turner Stadium.
Georgia is now 28-17 on the season and 6-14 in SEC play.
FAST FACTS
- Seniors Lilli Backes, Lyndi Rae Davis, Rachel Gibson, and Dallis Goodnight were honored before the game as part of Senior Day.
- Goodnight paced the offense with two of Georgia’s five hits on the day.
- Randi Roelling suffered the loss in her five-inning start. She allowed five runs, three earned, on six hits. She struck out three and walked six.
- Backes pitched two scoreless innings in relief, allowing just one hit.
- Georgia concludes the regular season home schedule 20-10. The Bulldogs set a new season attendance record in 2025 as 52,704 fans attended games at Jack Turner Stadium this season.
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KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On what comes next…
“Right now, we’re going to enjoy Easter. That’s a bigger day than this whole softball thing anyway. We’re going to take advantage of the opportunity to celebrate that with our families and friends. We’ll get to work on Monday and then be ready to go play a really tough Georgia Tech team. They’re having a great year, and, on the road, we know it’s going to be tough. We’re going to have to play good softball. Right now, we had an opportunity today and we just didn’t get it done.”
On the seniors in the program and Senior Day…
“I’m disappointed that we didn’t get it done for them today. At the end of the day, it’s a great group. I’ll put our environment and locker room up with anybody in the country, and that starts with the people you have in the room. We have a great group of seniors that have led us through this, and hopefully we can finish this out the right way.”
UP NEXT
Georgia hits the road to Atlanta for an in-state rivalry game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Tuesday, April 22. The in-state showdown will begin at 8 p.m., live on ACC Network.
Georgia Equestrian Wins Eighth National Title
OCALA, Florida — The University of Georgia equestrian team earned its eighth National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) national title Saturday afternoon at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida.
The seventh-seeded Bulldogs upset the No. 2-seeded Auburn Tigers, 13-4, in the quarterfinals on Thursday, the No. 6-seeded Texas A&M Aggies, 16-4, in the semifinals Friday and the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Ponies, 12-8, to secure their National Champion title.
Fast facts
• The Bulldogs earned their eighth national Championship and second in five years.
• Head coach Meghan Boenig and alum Carly Anthony were inducted into the 2025 NCEA Hall of Fame Friday afternoon.
• The Bulldogs completed the Reining competition 3-2. Kennedy Buchanan recorded a career-high 72.2 on Chloe and earned a point for the Bulldogs, and Cadence Eger rode to a season high in Reining competition with a score of 72.7 on Boss.
• In the Horsemanship competition, Abbey Zawisza racked up a career-high score of 77.3 on Hector. Jordan Davis also earned a career-high with a 77.5 on Charlie.
• Georgia swept the Flat competition for the second straight meet in a row with its 5-0 score against the Ponies
• Catalina Peralta rode to a season-high score of 91.7 on Celcius and earned a Flat point for the Bulldogs
• The Bulldogs secured the victory with Tessa Brown’s Fences score of an 86 on MJ.
• Georgia finished the English competition 8-2.
• 11 riders collected awards following the victory.
Awards
• Kennedy Buchanan, Dual Discipline Western MOP, Reining All-Championship Team
• Catalina Peralta, Dual Discipline Jumping Seat MOP, Flat All-Championship Team
• Sophia Pilla, Flat All-Championship Team
• Isabella David, Flat All-Championship Team
• Jordan Toering, Flat All-Championship Team
• Tessa P. Brown, Fences All-Championship Team
• Tessa Downey, Fences All-Championship Team
• Alyvia Dixon, Horsemanship All-Championship Team
• Jillian Stopperich, Horsemanship All-Championship Team
• Jax Bound, Reining All-Championship Team
• Raegan Shepherd, Reining All-Championship Team
Quotes
Head coach, Meghan Boenig
Overall thoughts following the meet today..
“It’s just grateful, gratitude, it’s that final breath, it’s the realization of a dream, it is a legacy continued. This means we have another class again, not leaving without a championship ring. These ladies, these two seniors sitting beside me, they’ve set a tone for this postseason that was just absolutely phenomenal and coming in here and just laying down ride after ride. In some ways, I don’t feel surprised. The foot that’s been on the gas at the end of this tournament here, but in other ways, the work that goes into it, the dedication that these guys have brought, I just would sum it up with so much gratitude.”
Student Athlete, Catalina Peralta
On her ride today…
“I rode Celcius today on the flat, and he’s a lovely horse from Texas A&M, and when I got on him, I was very pleased and I knew that I was going to love riding him because I’ve ridden him once before in a meet last year, he was just so lovely and I really felt like I could show off. I wanted to kind of seal the deal for that first point in flat and set the tone for points coming in for that second rotation. So I was really grateful to be able to do that, and then I got to ride a lovely horse from Auburn named Rico in fences as well, and he was great.”
Student Athlete, Jordan Davis
On her ride today…
“I got to ride a really special horse named Charlie from OSU [Oklahoma State University], and he’s actually the horse that I’d had my previous high score on, so it was a really special full circle moment to get to ride him again today, and he truly is so special, and I let it all out there and I came out with the biggest smile on my face, and I don’t think I’ve ever been happier with a ride.”
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