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BSB: Kentucky Evens the Series
Fourth-ranked Georgia fell to No. 23 Kentucky 10-7 at Foley Field Saturday, snapping the team’s 17-game winning streak and evening the SEC series.
Fast Facts:
- Senior Slate Alford (2-4, 2HR, 2RBI) hit his fifth home run of the season in the first inning, joining senior Robbie Burnett as the only two Bulldogs to lead off a game with a home run this season.
- Senior Robbie Burnett (2-5) and sophomore Tre Phelps (1-4) both extended their current on-base streak to 22 games, while reaching base in the 3rd inning with a single to right field for Burnett and Phelps being walked in the 5th inning.
- Graduate Ryland Zaborowski (2-3, 2 RBI) hit his 12th home run of the season and his 44th career home run in the fifth inning.
- Senior Henry Hunter hit his second home run of the weekend in the eighth inning making it his fifth this season, while driving in two runs making it his 12th RBI this season.
- Georgia’s 20-2 start is the second best in school history, trailing only the 1908 Southern Champions squad that went a perfect 20-0.
Key Quotes:
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the pitching today including Zach Brown’s performance in relief…
“We’ll find the right guys who want to get in there and get in the fire and throw strikes and execute pitches. We have to make pitches and make plays. I thought Zach threw the ball fine. He kept us in the game and allowed us to save our bullpen. He did things well. They’re a good club and got off some good swings.”
Up Next: Fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs will play rubber the game of the series against the Wildcats on Sunday with first pitch at 1:02 p.m. (SECN+).
Box Score
SB: Dawgs Fall to ‘Cocks, 4-3
SOFTBALL | at #9 South Carolina | L, 4-3
Winning pitcher: Sam Gress (4-2)
Losing Pitcher: Lilli Backes (9-2)
Season Record: 21-5, 2-3 SEC
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Despite a three-run rally in the sixth inning, the 13th-ranked Georgia softball team fell to ninth-ranked South Carolina, 4-3, on a gusty Saturday in Columbia, S.C.
Georgia’s record stands at 21-5 overall and 2-3 in SEC play.
FAST FACTS
- Entering the sixth inning trailing, 3-0, Jaydyn Goodwin blasted a solo shot to right center to put the Bulldogs on the board in the top of the sixth. She took a share of the team lead with her sixth home run of the year.
- Marisa Miller sparked a two-out rally later that inning with a double to the wall in left center, scoring pinch runners Emma Castorri and Tyah Charlton to tie the game at three runs apiece. Miller has 13 RBIs on the season, good for fifth on the team.
- South Carolina used a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded to score the winning run in the bottom of the seventh, forcing a rubber game between the Bulldogs and Gamecocks.
- Lilli Backes (9-2) went the distance in the circle for the Bulldogs, allowing four runs on eight hits while striking out three in just her second loss of the season.
UP NEXT
Georgia will return for the series-deciding game against South Carolina at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The game will air live on SECN+.
Georgia Women’s T&F Team Takes Second At NCAA Indoor Championships
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Georgia women posted their third consecutive top-five finish at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships to finish second at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday.
The Oregon women tallied 55 points to grab top honors ahead of Georgia (39), USC (35), Oklahoma (31), Washington (31) and Arkansas (31).
The Lady Bulldogs capped the two-day meet by setting a school record (3:26.07) in the 4×400-meter relay for second place. Junior Dejanea Oakley, freshman Michelle Smith, junior Haley Tate and junior Aaliyah Butler became the No. 7 all-time collegiate performer to deliver the Georgia women its third second-place team indoor finish in history.
Earlier in the day, senior Elena Kulichenko continued to develop into one of the school’s all-time greats by winning her second NCAA high jump title (first indoors) and scoring at the seventh NCAA Championships of her career.
Georgia had seven scorers on Saturday to complete the meet, including the aforementioned relay:
- Kulichenko complemented her 2024 NCAA outdoor title by winning her first national indoor crown in the women’s high jump. Scoring for the fourth time in her career indoors, Kulichenko’s 1.94 meters/6 feet, 4 ½ inches mark gave her a tie for the NCAA championship with Texas Tech’s Temitope Adeshina.
- The Lady Bulldogs tallied a monstrous 14 points in the 400m final with a 2-3 finish. Junior Aaliyah Butler ran her second sub-50 in the last two weeks to secure a silver medal finish, which is the best of her career. Fellow junior Dejanea Oakley made a 13-spot improvement from her 2024 while suiting up for Texas and won bronze in the 400m for Georgia.
- Sophomore Riyon Rankin, a native of Brunswick, Ga., recovered from a third attempt clearance a round before in the men’s high jump to soar over 2.19m/7-2.25 in the next round on his first try to lock down runner-up honors. This marked Georgia’s third silver in the event but first since Dothel Edwards took second in 1986. Georgia had never gone 1-2 in the women and men’s high jump in the same meet.
- Junior Kaila Jackson scored for the third consecutive time in the 60m at the NCAA Indoor Championships, this time earning bronze in the middle straightaway. She returned less than an hour after the 60m to score for the third time in a row in the 200m, taking seventh.
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