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BSB: Dawgs Extend Streak, Defeat Kentucky 12-6 in Series Opener

Fourth-ranked Georgia extended its win streak to 17 games, defeating No. 23 Kentucky 12-6 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,633 Friday at Foley Field. 

Fast Facts

• Senior Robbie Burnett (2-3, HR, 4 RBI) hit his 10th home run of the season in the sixth inning while Tre Phelps was hit by a pitch as both extended their on-base streak to 21 games. 
• Coming off Co-SEC Player of the Week honors, graduate Ryland Zaborowski hit his 11th home run of the season in the fifth inning. He added two RBIs to lead the team with 38.
• While facing his former team, graduate Nolan McCarthy (1-3, 2 RBI) extended his 11-game hit streak with a single in the first inning. 
• Senior Henry Hunter hit his third home run of the season in the sixth inning while driving in two RBI.
• The bullpen combined for 6.2 scoreless innings with the win going to junior DJ Radke (3-0). 
• Georgia scored 10 unanswered runs after falling behind 6-2 in the third inning and took its first lead in the sixth inning on an RBI-single by Burnett

Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On falling behind early in the game… 
“Obviously, we don’t want to fall behind and we want to get off to a better start. We dealt with what I’d label as adversity in the first. We’ve got to overcome those things and we did. I told our guys, it’s a long game, we know this. We don’t panic here. We’ve got to keep leaning on them. We’ve got to keep putting pressure on them and if we do, eventually something is going to break and go out way.”

Henry Hunter | Sr. | C
On how the team continues to fall behind early but rally back… 
“It’s not something we want to continue to do. We’d like to jump out and get on somebody early, but like Wes (Johnson) always talks about, just not panicking, just trusting what we’ve got going on offensively and who we’ve got rolling out on the mound to follow it up and get us outs. It’s a long game. Giving up three runs early doesn’t mean the game’s over. We’ve got a veteran team, a group that’s been through a lot. We’re just battle-tested, and we feel like we don’t panic.”

Robbie Burnett | Sr. | INF/OF
On managing emotions in the game…
“We just play with energy and not emotion. It’s baseball, you might go 0-2 in your first two at-bats and then you could hit two home runs. We just keep that level headspace and play with energy instead of emotion.”

Up Next
Fourth-ranked Georgia (20-1, 1-0 SEC) continues a weekend series against Kentucky (13-3, 0-1 SEC) on Saturday with first pitch at 2:02 p.m. (SECN+).

SB: Georgia Takes Opener vs. South Carolina, 7-3

SOFTBALL | at #9 SOUTH CAROLINA | W, 7-3
   Winning pitcher: Randi Roelling (6-2)
   Losing Pitcher: Nealy Lamb (5-1)

Season Record: 21-4, 2-2 SEC

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The 13^th-ranked Georgia softball team defeated No. 9 South Carolina, 7-3, to open the weekend series between the two teams on Friday.

Sarah Gordon and Mua Williams led the Bulldogs on offense with multi-hit performances, including a home run each, while Randi Roelling went the distance in the circle as Georgia improved its record to 21-4 overall and 2-2 in SEC play.

FAST FACTS

• Gordon led the Bulldogs on offense, hitting 2-of-3 with a two-run triple in the second inning and a solo home run in the sixth to power the Georgia bats in Columbia.
• With the Bulldogs leading, 4-2, heading into the fourth inning, Williams blasted a solo shot to left field for the first home run of her career. Williams went 2-of-4 on the day for her third multi-hit performance of the season.
• Roelling earned the win in the circle to improve to 6-2 on the season, pitching a complete game and allowing three runs on seven hits while recording a strikeout.
• Dallis Goodnight crossed home plate three times in four at-bats to help the Bulldogs put seven runs on the board. She recorded a double, walk, and stolen base while batting in the leadoff position.

UP NEXT
Georgia will continue its series against South Carolina on Saturday at 3 p.m., with live streaming provided on SECN+.  

WTEN: No. 1 Bulldogs Knock Off No. 9 LSU

 The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (13-1, 6-0 SEC) earned its sixth top 10 ranked victory of the season after knocking off No. 9 LSU (14-2, 5-1 SEC), 4-2, at the LSU Tennis Complex on Friday.

Fast Facts

• The Bulldogs now lead the all-time series 52-4 against the Tigers, winning each of the last 46 meetings.
• Georgia also improved its SEC regular season winning streak to 21 matches dating back to the 2021-22 season.
• The Bulldogs are off to a 13-1 start in the spring for the first time since the 2020-21 season.
• After dropping the doubles point to trail 1-0, #1 Dasha Vidmanova quickly leveled the match in singles play as she dominated #54 Cadence Brace, 6-0, 6-1, on court one.
• #41 Aysegul Mert earned Georgia’s first lead of the night as she took a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Kinaa Graham on court four.
• Sofia Rojas quietly propelled the Bulldogs to their third point of the match on court six, battling her way to a 6-3, 7-6(4) straight-set win over Kenna Erickson.
• Following an LSU singles win on court five, Mell Reasco sealed the deal for Georgia as she came back from a set down to defeat #65 Tilwith Di Girolami, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, on court three and secure the clinch for the Bulldogs.

Results
Doubles:
1. #11 Cadence Brace/Kayla Cross (LSU def. #13 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA), 6-3
2. #25 Tilwith Di Girolami/Anita Sahdiieva (LSU) def. #70 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA), 6-0
3. #75 Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) vs Kenna Erickson/Gaby Rivera (LSU), 3-3, unfinished

Singles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. #54 Cadence Brace (LSU), 6-0, 6-1
2. #48 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs #63 Kayla Cross (LSU), 4-6, 7-5, 5-4, unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) def. #65 Tilwith Di Girolami (LSU), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
4. #41 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Kinaa Graham (LSU), 6-3, 6-2
5. Anita Sahdiieva (LSU) def. #82 Guillermina Grant (UGA), 7-6(6), 6-1
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Kenna Erickson (LSU), 6-3, 7-6(4)

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,4,6,5,3)

Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will remain on the road for the weekend and face No. 42 Ole Miss on Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m. ET at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss.

Match 15 – No. 1 Georgia vs No. 42 Ole Miss
Date: Sunday,March 16, 2025
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Location: Oxford, Miss.
Site: Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center 
Live Video/Stats: https://gado.gs/csy

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