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WTennis: Georgia is set to host the ITA Kickoff Weekend on Jan. 26-27 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex

Despite a season-opening loss to No. 1 North Carolina on Sunday, the Bulldogs will look to bounce back in their first home competition under first year head coach Drake Bernstein.

The weekend will see South Florida, South Carolina and Arizona join Georgia as all four teams will compete in a tournament-style bracket matches on Friday followed by a consolation match and a championship match on Saturday.

Friday’s matches will begin with the Gamecocks facing off against the Wildcats at 11 a.m. followed by the Bulldogs taking on the Bulls at 2:30 p.m. Moving on to Saturday, the losing program from both of Friday’s dual matches will compete in a consolation match at 11 a.m. while the winners will meet in the championship match at 2:30 p.m.

Live scoring and video for all matches can be found here. ITA Kickoff Weekend action in Athens will also be streamed through Cracked Racquets’ CrossCourt Cast coverage on ESPN+ starting at 1 p.m. ET.

ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND

Dates: Friday, Jan. 26 and Saturday, Jan. 27

Time: 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Location: Athens, Ga.

Venue: Dan Magill Tennis Complex

Live scoring/video: https://gado.gs/bag / ESPN+

GYM: Dawgs meet Kentucky tonight in Rupp

The Georgia gymnastics team travels to Lexington to face the Kentucky Wildcats in Rupp Arena on Friday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. This will be the GymDogs’ first appearance on the SEC Network’s Friday Night Heights this season. 

SERIES HISTORY

The GymDogs hold a 90-4-1 record against the Wildcats.

LAST MEETING

Georgia’s lone conference win last season came against the Wildcats in Athens on January 20th with a final score of 197.225-196.575.

LILY SMITH SCORES A PERFECT 10 ON BARS

In her third meet as a GymDog, freshman Lily Smith scored a Perfect 10 on bars. 

Lily Smith is only the fourth freshman in Georgia gymnastics history to record a Perfect 10 on bars and the tenth to achieve a 10.0 in their rookie season- marking the first since 2001.

Smith’s 10.0 is the first from a GymDog since Rachel Baumann on floor in 2022 and the first on bars since Marissa Oakley in 2019. 

Freshmen Perfect 10’s:

Marline Stephens- floor- 2001

Cory Fritzinger- bars- 2001

Karin Lichey- vault (2x), bars, beam, floor- 1996 *

Kim Arnold- vault (3x)- 1995

Julie Ballard- vault- 1995

Leslie Angeles- floor- 1994

Leah Brown- vault (3x)- 1994

Lori Strong- bars (2x)- 1993

Hope Spivey- floor (2x)- 1991

* Karin Lichey scored a Perfect 40 in 1996 as a freshman

STRONG START FOR THE BEAM SQUAD

Georgia’s beam lineup ranks seventh in the country after week three, which is the highest ranking since week one of 2021, when the GymDogs also ranked seventh.  Georgia ranked in the top-10 in the final weeks of 2020, hitting a high of fifth in week three that year.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Four freshmen have competed 10 routines in Georgia’s three meets this season. 

Ady Wahl competes in all four events, scoring a 9.900 on bars and floor with a high all-around score of 39.375 after week three.

Lily Smith notched a Perfect 10 in week three on bars and contributed a 9.950 on beam and a 9.925 on floor.  She has two SEC Freshman of the Week accolades under her belt and ranks second in the country on bars.

Anya Turner leads the team with a 9.867 average on beam. 

Jaydah Battle has competed on vault and beam, notching a season-high score of 9.775 on vault and 9.875 on beam against Missouri.  She ranks second on the team in beam average with a 9.858.

T&F: UGA will compete in Razorback Invitational beginning today

The Bulldogs will travel this week to the site of this year’s Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., for the Razorback Invitational.

The two-day meet runs Friday and Saturday in Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center.

When Do The Bulldogs Start?: Kelsie Murrell-Ross starts the action in the women’s weight throw at 4:20 p.m. ET on Friday.  Connor Rutherford begins on the track in the 3000 meters 6:22 p.m.

On Saturday, Kaila Jackson, Karsen Phillips and Autumn Wilson will take their places in the starting blocks for the 60m prelims at 11:15 a.m. to begin Georgia’s day.

Where To Catch The Razorback Invite: There will be ESPN streaming coverage on Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (12 p.m.) for the action.

SEC Network+ info:

Day One – Friday, January 26

SEC Network+ – http://gado.gs/baa

Day Two – Saturday, January 27

SEC Network+ – http://gado.gs/bab

Live Results: For results throughout the weekend, please visit: http://gado.gs/bac

Coach Caryl’s Comments: “It was important to compete in the NCAA Indoors facility in Boston, and this meet is just as pivotal for our teams to get an opportunity in Arkansas’ facility because SEC Indoors will be there in a month,” said Bulldog head coach Caryl Smith Gilbert.  “We saw more promising signs at last weekend’s meets.  This crew traveling to Fayetteville will be matched up with some of the country’s other top talent so it will be a good measuring stick.  As usual, our goal is to come out of the weekend healthy and with more performances that will help get as many Bulldogs as possible to Nationals.  GO DAWGS!”

What Bulldogs Are Competing?: For the Lady Bulldogs,Charlotte Augenstein, Sophia Baker,Aaliyah Butler, Daszay Freeman,Eddiyah Frye, Kieley Gayle,Lorel Golden,Kimberly Harris, Sydney Harris, Kaila Jackson, Elena Kulichenko, Kelsie Murrell-Ross, Dominique Mustin,Karsen Phillips, Zoe Pollock,Haley Tate, Autumn Wilson and Bella Witt traveled to compete.

On the men’s side,Andrew Balogh, Gavin Beverage, Brody Buffington, Mekhi Gammons, Jehlani Gordon, Hossam Hatib, Cole Heron, Wesley John,Chance Jones, Alex Kolesnikoff,Jordan McKenzie,Christopher Morales Williams,Ryan Olree,Alon Rogow, Conner Rutherford, Zack Truitt, Nikolai van Huyssteenand Zavien Wolfewill represent Georgia.

LAST WEEK’S FLASHBACK – The Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown, Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 19-20): Georgia sent a large contingent to compete in Boston at the Showdown while another group of distance runners traveled to Nashville to run at the Vanderbilt Invite.  The teams combined for 12 wins and made nine revisions to Georgia’s all-time top-10 lists.  The performances included national records for Murrell-Ross (Grenadian national shot put record), Morales Williams (Canadian under-23 national 400m record) and Hatib (Moroccan national 400m record).  Kolesnikoff also took control of the 2024 NCAA lead in the shot put with the second-longest effort in school history.

Dawg Debut: Twenty-seven Georgia competitors battled in the red and black for the first time at the season-opening Clemson Invitational.  That number included 18 true freshmen, four transfers, three graduate transfers and two redshirts.

Last weekend, another pair of distance runners competed for Georgia for the first time indoors.

UGA to revitalize Sanford’s hedges

 The University of Georgia football team has played “Between the Hedges” since Sanford Stadium’s dedication in 1929. This year, the hedges will be revitalized to protect one of college football’s greatest traditions. 

The most recent hedges — which last a typical lifespan of 20-40 years — were installed during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The current hedges were propagated four years before that, giving them a total life of 31 years. 

The University has been growing replacement hedges to support repairs and continued growth. The University of Georgia Athletic Association will begin work in February to proactively revitalize the current hedges with the same lineage of hedges that have graced the Georgia sidelines for 95 years.

This work will not only include a full soil replacement, irrigation, and drainage work but will also replant the hedges for continued growth into the future. This work will be ongoing throughout the spring and will be completed by the 2024 G-Day Game.

Georgia’s current hedges have witnessed some of the greatest moments in Bulldog history, boasting an impressive 144-28 home record — an 84 percent win percentage — over the last 27 years. Georgia has captured four Southeastern Conference titles, a pair of College Football Playoff National Championships and enters the 2024 season riding a FBS-leading 25-game home win streak. 

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