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BSB: Georgia Sweeps Columbia
With a 9-7 victory, fifth-ranked Georgia completed a sweep of Columbia Sunday at Foley Field and extended its winning streak to 15 games.
Fast Facts
• Graduates Ryland Zaborowski and Nolan McCarthy plus senior Robbie Burnett (2-3, HR, career-high 5 RBI) hit home runs as part of a seven-run first inning. Columbia responded in the third with a pair of home runs in a six-run outburst.
• Georgia’s 15-game winning streak is the second longest in school history, the record is 20 by the 1908 Southern Championship team that went 20-2, and the two losses came to professional teams in exhibitions.
• Senior Tyler McLoughlin improved to 2-0 with 2.2 scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts.
• Burnett and Tre Phelps have reached base in all 19 games this year.
• Junior Matthew Hoskins started and pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Junior DJ Radtke pitched 1.1 scoreless innings while Brian Curley collected his second save by taking care of the final two innings.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On having depth and the early part of the schedule with already playing 19 games…
“I think it puts a lot of pressure on the other team. We can do some different things when they try to match up with our hitters, and we can do some different things when they try to match up with our pitchers. It’s good to see the guys have to persevere with our schedule, it’s like 19 games in 20-something days. After that first inning, it is easy to just coast, and I thought we threw the ball well today, minus the one inning.’”
On Tyler McLoughlin
“He’s another guy who is going to throw a lot for us. “It’ll be really surprising for me if we have a guy go seven, eight innings in a game in league play. We’ll do a lot of matching up, and you see what Tyler and Matthew (Hoskins) did today. We know Brian Curley can go multiple innings. Tyler is working himself into a lot of innings with us.”
Nolan McCarthy | Gr. | OF
On pre-conference play
“You really figure out who your guys are, and we have a lot of depth, so you have to get a lot of guys in early in the season. Then when SEC play comes around, it’s a normal game for us. It’s been a lot the past four weeks, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
On the team’s depth
“It’s awesome because even Ryland Zaborowski was in the eight-hole yesterday, and it doesn’t matter wherever you are in the lineup, you can put it out of the ballpark. We don’t just have nine good hitters, we have 15,16,17, 18 good hitters. Everyone we could put in can produce at this level. It’s just really impressive.”
Up Next
Fifth-ranked Georgia (18-1) plays host to East Tennessee State Tuesday with first pitch at 3:02 p.m.
Box Score
WTEN: UGA Sweeps No. 6 Tennessee
The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (12-1, 5-0 SEC) earned its fifth top 10-ranked victory of the season as it swept the No. 6 Tennessee Lady Volunteers (9-3, 3-2 SEC), 4-0, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Sunday.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs now lead the all-time series 57-9 against the Lady Volunteers, improving their win streak to 18 matches against Tennessee.
- Georgia also improved its SEC regular season winning streak to 20 matches dating back to the 2021-22 season.
- The Bulldogs are off to an 11-1 start in the spring for the first time since the 2020-21 season.
- Georgia opened the scoring with doubles point. #25 Dasha Vidmanova and Mell Reasco struck first with a 6-3 win over Elza Tomase and Maeve Thornton on court one followed by #75 Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry knocking off Saray Yli-Piipari and Conley Raidt, 6-2, on court three for the clinch.
- In singles, #82 Guillermina Grant was a force on court five as she cruised past Vanesa Suarez, 6-3, 6-3 to double Georgia’s lead at 2-0.
- #1 Vidmanova earned her 20th victory of the season to get the Bulldogs their third point of the match following a 6-4, 1-6, 2-0 result over #8 Elza Tomase via default.
- #41 Mert secured the clinch for the Bulldogs, taking a 6-2, 7-6(4) win over Thornton on court four for the sweep.
Results
Doubles:
1. #13 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Elza Tomase/Maeve Thornton (TENN) 6-3
2. #70 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #52 Catherine Aulia/Leyla Britez Risso (TENN) 5-3, unfinished
3. #75 Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Saray Yli-Piipari/Conley Raidt (TENN) 6-2
Singles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. #8 Elza Tomase (TENN) 6-4, 1-6, 2-0
2. #48 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #36 Catherine Aulia (TENN) 6-4, 2-6, 1-1, unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. #103 Leyla Britez Risso (TENN) 1-6, 6-4, 1-0, unfinished
4. #41 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Maeve Thornton (TENN) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
5. #82 Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Vanesa Suarez (TENN) 6-3, 6-3
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) vs. Conley Raidt (TENN) 1-6, 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,1,4)
Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will go back on the road for the weekend where they will face No. 8 LSU on Friday, March 14 at 6 p.m. ET at the LSU Tennis Complex in Baton Rouge, La.
Match 14 – No. 1 Georgia vs No. 8 LSU
Date: Friday,March 14, 2025
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Site: LSU Tennis Complex
SB: Tennessee Takes Opening SEC Series with Sunday Win
The 13th-ranked Georgia softball team fell to the seventh-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols on Sunday afternoon, 5-2. Georgia had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the seventh but ultimately fell in Sunday’s rubber game.
Georgia is now 19-4 on the season and 1-2 in SEC play.
FAST FACTS
- Lilli Backes pitched four scoreless innings in her start, allowing just one hit. Randi Roelling was tabbed with the loss, allowing five runs on four hits.
- Tyler Ellison continued her hot hitting, scattering two of Georgia’s five hits on the afternoon. Her RBI double in the first put Georgia on the board.
- Georgia used back-to-back walks and a single from three pinch hitters in the bottom of the seventh to load the bases with no out. Dallis Goodnight grounded out to second to score a run and cut the lead to 5-2. After a pop up, Jaydyn Goodwin, representing the tying run, put a charge into one, ultimately going for a loud near the warning track in right to end the game.
KEY QUOTE
Head coach Tony Baldwin
“I thought we came out of the box really well, and I thought we were in a good spot. I thought Lilli [Backes] was competing. I thought we had a good plan that we were executing in the batter’s box. Then, in the middle innings, we just kind of got away from it. I think we lost a little bit of the momentum, and they capitalized in the inning there. That was the name of the game. I’m proud of the way we responded at the end and put some pressure on them. At the end of the day, in this league, you have to play all seven innings. You have to stick to a game plan. You have to execute, or you get beat. That’s what happened today. We didn’t execute a game plan quite well enough. We’ll get back to work on Tuesday and be ready for Georgia Southern on Wednesday.”
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UP NEXT
Georgia is back in action on Wednesday in its first home midweek contest of the season when Georgia Southern comes to Athens. The game will begin at 6 p.m. It’s Western Wednesday at Jack Turner Stadium. The first 500 fans will take home an LED cowboy hat. The first 100 UGA students will receive free food from Texas Roadhouse, and kids can run the bases after the game.
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