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BSB: Charlie Condon hits his 27th, Dawgs fall to TAMU
Top-ranked Texas A&M hit four home runs to beat 17th-ranked Georgia 5-2 Friday at Olsen Field in front of a crowd of 7,968.
Fast Facts
• Redshirt sophomore Charlie Condon smashed his NCAA-leading 27th home run Friday to give him 52 for his career. It traveled 444 feet and put the Bulldogs up 1-0 in the first.
• Sophomore RHP Leighton Finley started and struck out a career-high seven over five innings, allowing two runs on three hits for a no decision.
• Graduate Dylan Goldstein tied the game with his 12th home run with two outs in the fifth. It was the 42nd of his career.
• Graduate Clayton Chadwick made a leaping catch at the centerfield wall to take a home run away from Jace LaViolette to end the fifth frame in a 2-2 contest.
• Graduate Charlie Goldstein dropped to 4-1, allowing a two-run home run to Jackson Appel in the sixth that put the Aggies in front 4-2.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
“Both teams had six hits but theirs counted for more than ours did. We executed okay on the mound, but when we missed we got in trouble. You tip your hat to them. They didn’t miss in the middle of the plate that much. We’re going to get back on the horse, and tomorrow is another day and get after it.”
Up Next
The Texas A&M series will now conclude Saturday with a doubleheader due to impending inclement weather on Sunday. First pitch will be at 2:02 p.m. ET, and the series finale will follow an hour after the first game concludes. Both games will be available on SECN+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
Box Score
NFL Draft: Four more Dawgs picked in second and third rounds
Another four Bulldogs were selected during the second and third rounds of the NFL Draft Friday, including three defensive backs.
With the final four rounds to go on Saturday, the Bulldogs have already had at least six picks in every draft since 2018. Georgia’s three second round picks are the most for the program after having four other instances with two picks in the round.
Junior wide receiver Ladd McConkey was selected by the L.A. Chargers as the 34th overall pick (second pick of the second round), marking the top Georgia receiver taken since A.J. Green in 2011 (fourth overall pick, Cincinnati Bengals). Next up was junior defensive back Kamari Lassiter, who went 42nd overall to the Houston Texans as the first Georgia defender to be selected, marking the Texans’ first Bulldog selected since 2012. Lassiter’s backfield teammate, junior Javon Bullard, went to the Green Bay Packers with the 58th pick later in the second round.
Senior defensive back Tykee Smith was next off the board for the Bulldogs as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Smith 89th overall in the third round.
On Thursday, junior tight end Brock Bowers was selected 13th overall by the Las Vegas Raiders five picks before junior offensive tackle Amarius Mims went to the Cincinnati Bengals to extend the program’s streak to seven consecutive years with a first-round pick.
McConkey, a native of Chatsworth, Ga., finished his career with 119 catches for 1,687 yards (14.2 avg.) and 14 receiving touchdowns while starting 21 of 39 games played. He added 13 carries for 216 yards (16.6 avg.) and four scores, including a 27-yard touchdown run in his final game during Georgia’s 63-3 rout of No. 5 Florida State in the 2023 Capital One Orange Bowl. Thanks in part to McConkey’s contributions, the Bulldogs ranked fifth in 2023 in both Scoring Offense (40.1 points/game) and Total Offense (496.5 yards/game).
McConkey was also a threat on special teams with 21 punt returns for 279 yards (13.3 avg). The 2023 Wuerffel Trophy winner and 2022 All-SEC Second Team selection was an Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team member and honored as a National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete last season after earning his degree in Finance.
This marks the ninth Bulldog picked by the Chargers since 1960. Georgia has had three players selected by the Chargers since 2021, including offensive lineman Jamaree Salyer in 2022. McConkey is the first Bulldog receiver to be selected in the second round since George Pickens in 2022 (Pittsburgh Steelers, 52nd).
Lassiter, a native of Savannah, Ga., started 29 of his 43 career games and finished with 86 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, a sack and an interception in three seasons. The All-SEC Second Team selection led the team with eight pass breakups in 2023. Lassiter was a pivotal part of the backend of a defense that ranked fifth nationally in Scoring Defense (15.6 points/game).
The Texans last Bulldog selection was Ben Jones in 2012 (99th pick in the fourth round). Lassiter marked the 10th Georgia defensive back taken since the first NFL Draft in the Kirby Smart era in 2017, including having at least one selected in the last four drafts in a row.
Bullard, a native of Milledgeville, Ga., was a 2023 All-SEC Second Team selection after compiling 114 tackles, 3.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss, four interceptions and a fumble recovery during his three years as a Bulldog. Starting 22 of 40 career games, he was named the Defensive MVP of both the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship Game and CFP Semifinal during Georgia’s run to its second straight national title in 2022. Bullard helped the Bulldogs rank ninth in both Total Defense (289.1 yards/game) and Passing Yards Allowed (175.4) last season.
Bullard is the 20th Georgia player selected by the Packers since the 1938 selection of Pete Tinsley. Bullard is the seventh consecutive UGA defender that Green Bay has picked. Multiple Bulldog defensive backs have now been selected in four straight drafts.
Smith, a native of Philadelphia, led the Bulldogs with 70 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and four interceptions in his final season, which marked his third with the Bulldogs. Smith piled up 215 tackles, including 21.5 tackles for loss and five sacks, eight interceptions and two forced fumbles during two years at West Virginia (2019-20) and three with the Bulldogs (2021-23). The 2019 Freshman All-American and 2020 First Team All-American overcame injuries to help lead Georgia’s defense during their recent historic run. He finished his Georgia career with 16 starts.
The Buccaneers have now drafted eight Bulldogs dating back to 1976. Before selecting punter Jake Camarda in 2022, Tampa Bay last took another UGA defensive back in Jermaine Phillips in 2002.
The NFL Draft continues with the final four rounds of the Draft beginning Saturday at noon.
MGOLF: UGA advances to match play at SEC Championships
The No. 23 Georgia men’s golf team finished tied for fourth after it concluded the stroke play portion of the Southeastern Conference Championships after an even par, 280 result on Friday morning on the Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club.
Five Fast Facts
• The team was paced by Ben van Wyk on Friday, carding a one-under 69 with a pair of birdies on the final three holes to close out the rounds. The graduate student also shot 68 during the first round, upping his number of rounds in the 60s this season to 14 which leads the team.
• Camden Smith earned 15 birdies across the three rounds, which ties him with Matthew Ridel for the second-most of any golfer in the field.
• Georgia leads the field in scoring average on par 5s at 4.47 per hole, good for 16-under across the three rounds of stroke play. Smith earned the best average in the statistic for the Bulldogs at an average of 4.17 per par 5, totaling five-under.
• Buck Brumlow finished tied for the second-most pars in the field with 41. With five birdies, the junior earned par or better in 46 of the 54 holes in stroke play.
• Georgia has now advanced to match play for the fourth time in the past five SEC Championships and will be looking to earn a spot in the semifinals for the first time since the tournament added match play in 2017.
Key Quotes
“We accomplished what we wanted to, and that was to play solid for three straight days and make it to match play,” head coach Chris Haack said. “Now, it’s one match at a time. We’ll stay focused and won’t get ahead of ourselves. We’ll be competing against a really good Arkansas team that’s played well this year, so we will have our hands full in every match. We need to go out and execute so we can get the victory.”
“Heading into tomorrow, I’m just going to go out there, my play game and do my thing,” Smith said. “I told Coach Haack and Coach DeMoss I’m ready to go out there and lock in. I’m pretty confident in myself, so I plan to go out there and rack up that birdie count. That’s the one thing I’m focused on. You make a birdie, you make a double bogie, whatever – it’s just one hole. I want to go out there and play the best guys to prove to everyone that I can accomplish what I set my mind to.”
Up Next
Georgia will tee off on hole number 10 at 7:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 27 to begin its match play quarterfinal competition against fifth-seeded Arkansas. The winner will advance to the semifinals and compete against the winner of top-seeded Auburn and eighth-seeded Alabama, which will be live-streamed on ESPN+ on Saturday at 1 p.m.
2024 SEC Championship
Sea Island Golf Club
St Simons Island, Ga.
Par 70, 7,005 Yards
Third Round Results
Team Leaderboard
t-1. No. 1 Auburn 274-276-276=826 (-14)
t-1. No. 7 Tennessee 277-274-275=826 (-14)
3. No. 3 Vanderbilt 269-276-282=827 (-13)
t-4. No. 23 Georgia 270-279-280=829 (-11)
t-4. No. 11 Arkansas 279-278-272=829 (-11)
6. No. 15 Florida 279-270-281=830 (-10)
7. No. 22 Texas A&M 276-278-278=832 (-8)
8. No. 9 Alabama 283-272-283=838 (-2)
9. No. 5 Ole Miss 281-280-288=849 (+9)
10. No. 36 Mississippi State 288-281-284=853 (+13)
11. Kentucky 283-287-289=859 (+19)
12. South Carolina 287-278-296=861 (+21)
13. No. 35 LSU 293-286-295=874 (+34)
14. No. 38 Missouri 290-292-297=879 (+39)
Individual Leaderboard
1. Jackson Koivun, Auburn 66-66-66=198 (-12)
t-2. Matthew Riedel, Vanderbilt 67-69-68=204 (-6)
t-2. Hunter Logan, Mississippi St. 68-67-69=204 (-6)
t-2. Daniel Rodrigues, Texas A&M 67-68-69=204 (-6)
t-2. Jack Turner, Florida 68-65-71=204 (-6)
6. Bryce Lewis, Tennessee 69-66-70=205 (-5)
t-8. Caleb Manuel, Georgia 67-69-70=206 (-4)
t-8. Camden Smith, Georgia 67-69-70=206 (-4)
t-8. Jake Hall, Tennessee 69-70-67=206 (-4)
t-8. Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt 66-69-71=206 (-4)
Georgia Scores
t-8. Caleb Manuel 67-69-70=206 (-4)
t-8. Camden Smith 65-71-70=206 (-4)
t-28. Ben van Wyk 68-72-69=209 (-1)
t-20. Connor Creasy 72-67-72=211 (+1)
t-40. Buck Brumlow 70-72-71=213 (+3)
WBB: UGA signs tranfer Nyah Leveretter
Nyah Leveretter, a former four-star, top-100 prospect who spent the past four seasons at Kentucky, has signed with the Georgia women’s basketball team, head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson announced Friday.
The 6-foot-2 forward from Blythewood, S.C., is the SEC-best fifth top-100 prospect to ink with the Lady Bulldogs in the 2024 class. She will have two years of eligibility remaining at Georgia.
Leveretter is an experienced SEC player, who saw action in 65 games with 32 starts during her time with the Wildcats. As a shot blocker and a rebounder, she averaged close to four rebounds and totaled 15 blocks during her junior campaign, before suffering a season-ending injury.
She also boasts an impressive resume off the court. A member of the SEC Leadership Council, Leveretter was the UK SAAC Vice President, a three-time selection to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and a member of the NCAA DI Student-Athlete Engagement Group.
Leveretter was a highly-recruited prospect coming out of high school. Named an all-state performer by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association, she put together a decorated prep career at Westwood High School. She was named a McDonald’s All-America nominee after leading Westwood to back-to-back Final Four seasons. Both ESPN.com and ProspectsNation.com ranked her as a four-star prospect, while ESPN named her the 20th best forward in the class.
Georgia has signed five players in the 2024 class, including incoming freshmen Indya and Summer Davis, Mia Woolfolk and Trinity Turner. The Lady Bulldogs are the only program in the SEC to have four or more signees ranked in the ESPN top-100.
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