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SB: Dawgs Defeat Samford with 15 Hits

No. 12 Georgia defeated Samford, 14-8, on Wednesday night at The Jack to move to 10-2 overall on the season. The Bulldogs tallied 15 hits in the win for the most hits in a game since May 19, 2024, against Liberty.

SOFTBALL | vs. Samford | W, 14-8
Winning Pitcher: Addisen Fisher (6-0)
Losing Pitcher: Makinley Turner (2-2)

Fast Facts:

• Freshman LHP Ada Little made the start, going 3.2 innings with seven hits, six earned runs and two strikeouts. RHP Destin Howard pitched one relief inning, and RHP Addisen Fisher closed the game with 2.1 innings pitched with one earned run and three strikeouts to move to 6-0 on the season.
• Freshman Kierstin Roose scored right away for the Bulldogs, launching a lead-off home run in the bottom of the first. Roose is the first Georgia player to hit two home runs in a game since Sarah Gordon vs. Buffalo on February 20, 2025. 
• The Bulldogs went up big, scoring nine runs in the second inning. Emily Digby launched a two-run home run to go up 3-1 and start the scoring spree, which was quickly followed by Roose’s second homer of the night.
• The last time the Bulldogs scored nine runs in an inning was against Florida State on February 17, 2024. 
• Samford cut into the lead, scoring six runs in the fourth. Samford also had two home runs, one in the first and another in the sixth.

Key Quote:
On today’s game…
“Hats off to Sanford. I was really impressed with the competitiveness of their ball club. Their hitters were really aggressive. I thought the coaching staff did a really good job. Their players kept playing. That easily could have been a walk away game, and they didn’t allow it to be. I thought we came out really in a good place, and we started off the game well with the bats. Kiersten Roose doing what she’s been doing has been really exciting. Up and down the lineup, I thought we just had really good at bats and really did that for most of the night. Just didn’t come through there with a couple of the clutch opportunities to maybe put the game away. The benefit of tonight was we got everybody in. We got a lot of our reserves opportunities that’ll be important for us down the road and for their development and growth.”

Up Next:
The No. 12 Bulldogs will host the 23^rd Annual Georgia Classic at the Jack Turner Stadium beginning on Friday, Feb. 20, with Seton Hall, Utah State and Virginia Tech traveling to play in Athens. All Georgia games will be streamed live on SEC Network+, and tickets for all Bulldog home games can be found on GeorgiaDogs.com.

WBB: Georgia Hosts Second-Straight Top 25 Opponent – No. 11 Oklahoma visits Stegeman

Thursday, Feb. 19 || 6:30 p.m.
Stegeman Coliseum (10,523) || Athens, Ga.
SEC Network (Sam Gore, Anne O’Neil)
Listen to Jeff Dantzler on 960 AM The Ref, ESPN 103.7 FM or the Georgia Bulldogs Sports App.

SERIES VS. OKLAHOMA
OVERALL Georgia Leads, 5-3
IN ATHENS, Georgia Leads, 3-0
IN NORMAN, Oklahoma Leads, 2-1
NEUTRAL Series Tied, 1-1
LAST MEETING Oklahoma won 70-52 (3/6/25)

Opening Tip Storylines
» Georgia hosts its second-straight top 25 opponent when No. 11 Oklahoma visits Stegeman Coliseum this Thursday for a 6:30 p.m. ET tip on the SEC Network.

» Thursday’s contest is Georgia’s Go Red for Women Game in conjunction with the American Heart Association. The Lady Bulldogs will wear red, and fans are encouraged to don red to the game.

» It will also be Georgia’s Divine Nine Game, paying tribute to each of the nine sororities that are part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

» The Lady Bulldogs defeated No. 5-ranked Vanderbilt this past Sunday. The win marked Georgia’s first victory against a top-5 team at Stegeman Coliseum since 2010 (No. 3 Tennessee).

» Georgia boasts three wins against top 20 teams so far this year — already the most for the program in the regular season since the 2010-11 campaign. The Lady Bulldogs defeated then-No. 16-ranked Ole Miss, 82-59, and No. 11-ranked Kentucky, 72-67, in addition to Vanderbilt.

» This year’s Georgia team is the quickest Lady Bulldog squad to reach 20 wins in eight years (since 2017-18). The Lady Bulldogs own an 11-3 record at Stegeman Coliseum.

» Four of Georgia’s five leading scorers are underclassmen, led by a trio of sophomores that account for an average of 42 ppg as a group.

» Sophomore guard Dani Carnegie leads the Lady Bulldogs in scoring and is coming off a 29-point effort against the Commodores. Carnegie is fourth in the SEC in scoring during league games with 20.3 ppg. She is also third in the SEC with 75 made 3-pointers this season.

» Junior guard Rylie Theuerkauf has scored in double figures in six-straight contests, including back-to-back 20-point efforts at Missouri and Mississippi State. » Sophomore guard Trinity Turner is just two steals away from 100 with 98 in her career.

» Georgia leads the series against Oklahoma, 5-3, including a 3-0 mark in Athens. This is the first meeting between the two programs in Athens since 2020.

Bulldog Football Adds Five Offensive, Defensive Analysts

Georgia football has added three offensive analysts and two defensive analysts in preparation for the coming season.

Former Bulldog two-time All-Southeastern Conference running back Robert Edwards headlines the group of three analysts on offense.  A team captain in 1996 and teammate of now head coach Kirby Smart, Edwards led UGA in rushing in 1997 (908 yards) and 1996 (800) and had most recently served as head coach at his alma mater, Washington County High School, for the last four seasons.  He is joined by Jalen Harris and David Whitlow as the newest offensive analysts.

Harris has spent the last two seasons working for Georgia’s Player Development group after coaching wide receivers at UAB.  Harris played tight end for Auburn during his undergraduate days.  Whitlow came to Athens after coaching wide receivers at Kennesaw State in 2025 and at West Georgia in 2024.  The Alabama State graduate also served on the coaching staffs at Ole Miss and Auburn.  Both will join Edwards as analysts for the offense.

On the other side of the ball, Maurice “Mo” Smith and Gordon Redfield-Gale have been added as defensive analysts.  Smith transferred from Alabama to Georgia when Smart became UGA’s head coach in 2016 and played his final season for the Bulldogs.  Smith had previously served as a defensive student assistant for Georgia.  Redfield-Gale spent two seasons at USC as a defensive analyst after graduating from the institution in 2023.

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