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GYM: Georgia Travels To Oklahoma Today

Media Information
TV: SEC Network
   Play-by-play: Bart Conner
   Analyst: Bridget Sloan
Streaming: ESPN app / ESPN.com
Live Stats:GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter/X:@UGAGymnastics

The Warm-Up Period
No. 5 Georgia Gymnastics is back on the road this Friday, Jan. 23, traveling to Norman, Oklahoma, for a top-five showdown against No. 2 Oklahoma. The meet will begin at 3 p.m. ET at the Lloyd Noble Center and will air live on SEC Network.

The start time of Friday’s meet has been moved up to 3 p.m. ET due to inclement weather expected to impact much of the region.  Admission to Friday’s meet in Norman is FREE for all fans.

Follow the Bulldogs
– Friday’s meet will air live on the SEC Network. Bart Conner (play-by-play) and Bridget Sloan (analysis) will be on the call.
– Friday’s meet can be streamed live on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
– Live results links, provided by Virtius, can be found on the gymnastics schedule on GeorgiaDogs.com.
– Twitter/X updates will be available all season long on the official page of the Bulldogs, @UGAgymnastics.

BULLDOGS BULLETIN
Series History
Oklahoma
– Georgia trails the all-time series 18-20
– The GymDogs are 1-4 against the Sooners in Norman in the series; the lone win was on Jan. 30, 1988
– Georgia’s last win against Oklahoma was in the NCAA Championship prelims in 2009 in Lincoln, Nebraska
– Despite Georgia’s home loss to OU last season, the GymDogs recorded their season-best score of 197.975 in the regular season finale at Stegeman

A Look at What’s Ahead
Georgia is back at Stegeman Coliseum next week, hosting a pair of meets. First, the GymDogs welcome Central Michigan, Temple, and Fisk in a Quad Meet on Friday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. It’ll be Alumni Night, and the first 500 UGA students and the first 250 kids, 12 and under, will get a free red shirt. Georgia then hosts No. 11 Auburn at Stegeman on Sunday, Feb. 1. The meet will air on SEC Network at 6 p.m. The first 250 UGA students will get a GymDogs sweatshirt for Hairy Dawg’s birthday.

GymDogs in the Rankings
The GymDogs improved their national ranking in week three, moving into fifth place with a 197.100 team average. It’s Georgia’s first top-five ranking since debuting at No. 5 in week one in 2019. Georgia holds the top spot in the nation on floor (49.475) and is in the top 10 on beam (6th, 49.350) and bars (8th, 49.238). Individually, three Bulldogs appear in the top 10 nationally on floor (Lily Smith, Nyla Aquino, and CaMarah Williams) while Smith is eighth on bars and Holly Snyder is eighth on beam.

Recapping the Last Meet
Georgia defeated No. 2 LSU 197.200-196.850 in its home opener in front of a sold-out crowd on Jan. 16 at Stegeman Coliseum. It marked the first win over LSU since Feb. 13, 2016, and the first top-five win at home since March 11, 2017 (Utah). Lily Smith captured event titles on bars (9.950) and floor (9.950). Georgia totaled eight scores of 9.900 or better en route to the upset. The GymDogs matched or improved 13 scores from the previous week’s meet at Ohio State.

Schedule Change for ITA Kickoff Weekend, Georgia to Face Boise State Friday

Due to the impending winter storm, the ITA Kickoff Weekend for the Georgia men’s tennis team has been rescheduled.  The Bulldogs are set for the TCU Regional in Fort Worth, Texas, and will now face Boise State on Friday at 11 a.m. CT, instead of Saturday.  The championship and consolation matches are TBD.  

ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND
TCU, Georgia, Boise State, UTSA
Friday, Jan. 23
11 AM CT: Georgia vs. Boise State
2 PM CT: TCU vs. UT Arlington
Championship and consolation rounds TBD
Live Stats: https://gado.gs/dzg
Streaming: https://gado.gs/dzf
Instagram: @UGATennis | X: @UGATennis | Facebook: UGAMensTennis

BULLDOG BULLETIN
Fresh From the Start: Since 2000, Georgia is 24-3 in season openers. The Bulldogs defeated Georgia Tech in the 2026 season opener to extended the all-time series to 75-18, including a 15-match winning streak dating back to 2011.  

New Faces, New Places: The Bulldogs have welcomed four new faces to Athens for the 2025-26 season, including three transfers: Derrick Chen, Santiago Giamichelle, and Will Jansen, as well as freshman Noah Johnston.  Additionally, head coach Jamie Hunt announced that Salvador Price, from Bogotá, Colombia, will join the team for the current season. 

Chen, a Cambridge, United Kingdom native, comes to Athens as a graduate transfer after spending the last four years with the California Golden Bears, where he put together a 54-30 dual singles record and grabbed 25 dual doubles wins. In 2025, Chen mainly played on lines four and five, going 15-4 across the two courts. 

Throughout his collegiate career, Chen was named an ITA Scholar-Athlete following the 2023-24 campaign and was selected to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll that same year. He was a Pac-12 Honorable Mention following his freshman season with two match-clinching victories over UNLV and No. 47 Washington. 

Giamichelle, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, arrives in Athens after spending the last two seasons at the University of Central Florida. Prior to his time with the Knights, the Argentine played one season for the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks. Over the course of his career, Giamichelle has recorded a 57-28 singles record along with a 54-33 mark in doubles. Last season for UCF, he played primarily on courts four and five, posting 9-1 and 6-4 records, respectively. Overall, in dual match play in 2025, Giamichelle went 15-5 and helped the Knights reach a super regional against TCU.

The rising senior was named to the 2025 Big-12 All-Tournament Doubles Team will holding team captain honors for the season. As a sophomore, Giamichelle was crowned doubles champion of the ITA Southeast Regional Championship. He holds a career-high doubles ranking of No. 20 and defeated the No. 13-ranked duo of Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (Florida State) in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. 

Jansen, a native of London, England, stepped onto campus as a rising senior with one year of experience with the Buckeyes after spending his first two collegiate seasons at the University of North Carolina. As a Tar Heel, he compiled a 15-6 dual singles record during his freshman season, including two ranked victories, before an injury-riddled sophomore campaign held him to just a 7-8 dual singles mark with three ranked victories. In doubles for North Carolina, Jansen posted a 20-11 record, primarily alongside Karl Poling. In one season for Ohio State, Jansen posted a 12-10 overall singles record, going 10-6 in the spring and totaled 21 doubles wins, three of which were ranked victories. He helped the Buckeyes to a 28-4 record this past spring and reached the super regional against No. 12 Mississippi State.

The London native has been ranked as high as No. 35 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 23 in the ITA doubles rankings. Jansen was named a 2024-25 ITA Doubles All-American after reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA doubles championships in November 2024. 

The First Serve: The Bulldogs enter the spring season after several strong performances in the fall. 

Headlined by Will Jansen’s run in the NCAA Singles Championships, where he advanced to the round of 16 and earned the program’s 56^th All-American accolade.  

The Bulldogs culled together 48 singles wins in the fall, seven of which were over ranked opponents. In doubles, Georgia had 14 total wins. The Bulldogs individual records from the fall are compiled below:

Arda Azkara: 3-2
Derrick Chen: 6-5
Santiago Giamichelle: 13-4
Will Jansen: 7-4
Cooper Johnson: 6-7
Noah Johnston: 6-2
Gabriele Vulpitta: 7-3

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