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BSB: Dawgs Fall To Troy
No. 8 Georgia (6-2) suffered a 6-5 loss to Troy in a 12-inning thriller Wednesday afternoon at Foley Field.
Fast Facts
- Junior Tre Phelps (2-3, 2 RBI) extended his hitting streak to 22 games, dating back to last season.
- Junior Daniel Jackson (1-5, 1 RBI, HR) hit his fifth home run of the season and the 31st of his career, a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh inning.
- In the bottom of the eighth, Georgia rallied for two runs on three hits, highlighted by a two-RBI single from Phelps that drove in senior Kolby Branch (1-3) and junior Ryan Wynn to give the Bulldogs a late lead.
- Georgia’s pitching combined for 13 strikeouts over 12 innings, with multiple relievers working out of pressure situations to keep the game within reach into extra innings. However, Troy pushed across the winning run on a bases-loaded wild pitch to even its record at 4-4.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On what stood out about Troy…
“They’re a good club. I told everybody they were going to be a good club coming in. Their record doesn’t indicate what they’re doing. They’re capable. They’re picked along with Southern Mississippi to be at the top of their league. Southern Mississippi is twelfth in the country right now. These two teams are going to be in regionals.”
#1 Tre Phelps | Jr. | INF/OF
On what the team can learn from this game…
“I feel like it kind of shows every out is important, every pitch, either side of the ball is important. So, just being able to go back to the drawing board and see what we can learn from what we did wrong today to be able to not have this happen again this year.”
Up Next
No. 8 Georgia (6-2) will face Oakland in a four-game series beginning Friday afternoon, with first pitch set for 3 p.m. The game will be available to stream on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.
WTEN: No. 1 Georgia (6-1, 1-0 SEC) Opens Home Slate
The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (6-1, 1-0 SEC) opens its home slate this weekend, hosting No. 32 Ole Miss (6-1, 1-0 SEC) on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. ET before welcoming No. 9 LSU (7-2, 0-1 SEC) on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. ET at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The matches mark Georgia’s first home competition of the season and its SEC home opener. Due to the weather, Thursday’s match will be played indoors at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility. Admission is free and open to the public.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 46-10 against the Rebels, winning each of the last 7 meetings, with the most recent result a 4-1 road decision last season in Oxford, Miss.
- Against the Tigers, the Bulldogs lead the all-time series 52-4, with the most recent win coming 4-2 last season on the road.
- Georgia enters the weekend with seven Bulldogs listed in the latest ITA player rankings. In singles, Aysegul Mert heads the top of the list at No. 7, followed by Anastasiia Gureva at No. 30, Deniz Dilek at No. 41, Anastasiia Lopata at No. 48, Sofia Rojas at No. 52, and Patricija Paukstyte at No. 91.
- In doubles, the Turkish duo of Dilek and Mert slot in at No. 8, followed by Dilek and Emma Dong at No. 35, Gureva and Mert at No. 46, and Lopata and Paukstyte at No. 77.
Scouting the Opponents
- No. 32 Ole Miss travels to Athens with a 6-1 overall record and a 1-0 mark in SEC play, matching Georgia’s record entering the weekend.
- The Rebels feature one ranked singles player in No. 11 Emily Welker. In doubles, the tandem of Andrea Nova and Welker is ranked No. 71 nationally.
- No. 9 LSU arrives in Athens with a 7-2 overall record and an 0-1 conference mark.
- The Tigers boast three ranked doubles teams: No. 40 Ella McDonald and Kayla Cross, No. 51 McDonald and Kenna Erickson, and No. 80 Alexia Marginean and Kinaa Graham.
- In singles, LSU has six players in the national rankings. No. 51 Cross, No. 75 Cadence Brace, No. 96 Graham, No. 107 Erickson, No. 114 Carolina Kuhl and No. 115 Addison Lanton.
Match 8 – No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 32 Ole Miss
Date: Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Live Video/Stats: https://gado.gs/indoorlive
Match 9 – No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 9 LSU
Date: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Live Video/Stats: https://gado.gs/outdoorlive
BSB: Nolan McCarthy and Brian Zeldin Signed Minor League Free-Agent Contracts
Former Georgia standouts Nolan McCarthy and Brian Zeldin recently signed minor league free-agent contracts as 2026 Spring Training continues in Florida and Arizona.
McCarthy, a 6-0, 196-pound native of Kalamazoo, Mich., signed with the Detroit Tigers organization. Zeldin, a 5-11, 196-pound pitcher from Atlanta, Ga., signed with the Minnesota Twins.
McCarthy spent the 2025 season with the Bulldogs as a graduate transfer after an impressive career at Kentucky. He batted .276 with 10 doubles, 11 home runs and 42 RBI in 59 starts for the Bulldogs as they finished 43-17 and advanced to an NCAA Athens Regional as a No. 7 national seed. In his final season at Kentucky, McCarthy earned a finance degree and led the 2024 Wildcats to their first College World Series and final ranking of No. 3. He made 56 starts for UK that season and posted a .480 slugging percentage.
Zeldin, who earned a degree in healthcare markets and finance from the University of Pennsylvania in 2023, played two seasons for the Bulldogs as a graduate transfer. He appeared in 42 Georgia games and posted a 5-4-mark, 5.67 ERA and six saves in 87.1 innings. Zeldin was a part of two NCAA Regional teams, including the 2024 squad that advanced to a Super Regional and the 2023 Penn squad that made it to the NCAA Auburn Regional.
Last summer, after concluding their collegiate careers with the Bulldogs, McCarthy signed with the Ottawa Titans of the independent Frontier League, while Zeldin signed with the Lexington (KY) Legends, an independent team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. McCarthy played in 29 games and batted .320 with 11 doubles, three home runs, 20 RBI and 15 stolen bases. Zeldin made 15 appearances and posted a 0-0 record and 2.61 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 20.2 innings for the Legends.
McCarthy is the first Bulldog to join the Tigers organization since shortstop Gordon Beckham played for them in 2019. Zeldin joins former 2025 Bulldog teammates and pitchers Eric Hammond and Kolten Smith in the Twins system. Georgia had 10 players selected in the 2025 MLB Draft last June, and now there have been six additional players who signed free agent contracts from last year’s club.
Currently, Georgia has nine former players in Major League Spring Training camps. Pitcher Jonathan Cannon (Chicago White Sox), pitcher Will Childers (Milwaukee), first baseman Charlie Condon (Colorado), infielder Kyle Farmer (Atlanta), pitcher Emerson Hancock (Seattle), pitcher Dylan Ross (New York Mets), infielder Aaron Schunk (Atlanta), pitcher Ryan Webb (Cleveland) and pitcher Cole Wilcox (Seattle).
The 2026 MLB season features Opening Night on March 25 (New York Yankees at San Francisco) and Opening Day on March 26 (14 games scheduled), the earliest start in MLB history. The 2026 Minor League Baseball (MiLB) opening dates vary by league, beginning in late March and early April.
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