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BSB: Dawgs Take Game One of Auburn Series
Third-ranked Georgia beat No. 11 Auburn 4-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,633 Friday at Foley Field.
Fast Facts
- Senior Devin Obee (2-4, HR, 2 RBI) put Georgia on the board with a two-run shot in the second inning. His seventh blast of the season went for 454 feet, the second-longest home run on the team this season.
- Sophomore Dan Jackson (1-3, HR, 2 RBI) hit his seventh home run of the season, a two-run blast in the fourth inning. The Bulldogs lead the NCAA in home runs with 76.
- Graduate Nolan McCarthy was on base for both home runs tonight by way of a single in the first inning and a hit-by-pitch in the fourth inning.
- Junior Kolten Smith (2–0) secured the win with a season-high eight strikeouts in five scoreless innings. Graduate Charlie Goldstein started things off with three scoreless innings, while senior Brian Zeldin and redshirt-junior DJ Radtke finished out the ninth. Radtke collected his second save with a pair of strikeouts.
- The Bulldog pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the pitching performance tonight…
“We’ve been starving for it. To put the zeros up as long as we did tonight against the best offense we’ve seen this year was a credit to him (Kolten Smith). Even Charlie (Goldstein) he put himself in some jams, but executed those off-speed pitches.”
Devin Obee | Sr. | OF
On what it’s like playing in the SEC…
“The energy. It’s just different. Playing in the ACC, you had a lot of fans, a lot of energy and stuff like that, but the SEC is just a different feel. The pregame rituals and just everything. It’s hard to describe. You just feel a different energy when you’re in the stadium”.
Kolten Smith | Jr. | RHP
On what was going through his head tonight:
“Yeah, I mean, tensions were high. It’s a Friday night game in this league. So there’s obviously a lot of meaning behind that. So, just getting every out I could, I was just getting fired up for the team.”
Schedule Change
Due to inclement weather in the forecast for Sunday, third-ranked Georgia (26-2, 6-1 SEC) will wrap up the series with No. 11 Auburn (19-6, 4-3 SEC) Saturday with a doubleheader. The first game will be at 11 a.m. (SECN+). Th final game of the series will begin at 4:02 p.m. (SEC Network).
Fans holding tickets for Sunday’s game will be admitted to the 11 a.m. game. After the 11 a.m. contest concludes, the stadium will be cleared. Fans holding tickets for the regularly scheduled 4 p.m. game Saturday will be admitted to this game.
SB: Bulldogs Take Lead in Bama Series
SOFTBALL | at ALABAMA | W, 4-3
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (10-3)
Save: Randi Roelling (2)
Losing Pitcher: Emily Winstead (6-2)
Season Record: 25-8, 4-6 SEC
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The 15th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide Friday evening, 4-3, in the weekend series opener at Rhoads Stadium.
Georgia climbs to 25-8 on the season and 4-6 in SEC play.
FAST FACTS
- Lilli Backes pitched five and two-thirds innings in her start, allowing one earned run on seven hits. Backes held a shutout into the fifth inning. She struck out eight Tide hitters, walking just two. The win was her 10th of the season.
- Randi Roelling entered in the bottom of the sixth and got Georgia out of a jam. She closed the game, pitching the final inning and a third, en route to her second save of the season.
- Georgia scattered seven hits in the game, led by two from Jaydyn Goodwin. She scored a run and drove one in on a sac fly. Her sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh provided key insurance, widening Georgia’s lead to 4-2.
- Sarah Gordon, Lyndi Rae Davis, and Emily Digby all had a double while Dallis Goodnight picked up a triple.
- Alabama scored a run in each of the last three innings, but Georgia was able to hold the Tide en route to the series-opening win.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide will square off in game two of the series on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET in Tuscaloosa, streaming live on SEC Network+.
WTEN: Georgia Sweeps Alabama, 4-0
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (17-1, 10-0 SEC) earned its 10th sweep of the season after cruising past No. 32 Alabama (9-9, 3-7 SEC), 4-0, at the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility on Friday.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs now lead the all-time series 48-5 against the Crimson Tide, winning eight of the last nine meetings.
- The Bulldogs extended their SEC regular season winning streak to 25 matches dating back to the 2021-22 season.
- The Bulldogs have now outscored opponents 76-14 through 18 matches in the spring.
- Georgia opened the afternoon with a win in doubles. #74 Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata struck first with a 6-1 win over Klara Milicevic and Sara Nayar on court two followed by Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry clinching doubles point with a 6-0 victory over Margaux Maquet and Maria Andrienko on court three.
- In singles, #55 Lopata was the first on the board for the Bulldogs as she knocked off Milicevic, 6-3, 6-2, on court two to double Georgia’s lead to 2-0.
- #1 Dasha Vidmnova followed up soon after to put Georgia one point from victory after defeating #75 Petra Sedlackova, 6-1, 6-4, on court one.
- Sofia Rojas sealed the deal for Georgia as she defeated Maquet, 6-4, 6-2, on court six to clinch the match for the Bulldogs.
Results
Doubles:
1. #10 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Petra Sedlackova/Maria Martinez Vaquero (BAMA) 3-3, unfinished
2. #74 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) def. Klara Milicevic/Sara Nayar (BAMA) 6-1
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Margaux Maquet/Maria Andrienko (BAMA) 6-0
Singles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (GA) def. #75 Petra Sedlackova (UA) 6-1, 6-4
2. #55 Anastasiia Lopata (GA) def. Klara Milicevic (UA) 6-3, 6-2
3. Maria Andrienko (UA) vs. Mell Reasco (GA) 7-5, 2-1, unfinished
4. Maria Martinez-Vaque (UA) vs. #52 Aysegul Mert (GA) 6-0, 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
5. Sara Nayar (UA) vs. #100 Guillermina Grant (GA) 6-4, 5-2, unfinished
6. Sofia Rojas (GA) def. Margaux Maquet (UA) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,1,6)
Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will wrap up the road weekend against No. 64 Mississippi State on Sunday, March 30 at 1 p.m. ET in Starkville, Miss.
Match 19 – No. 1 Georgia vs No. 64 Mississippi State
Date: Sunday,March 30, 2025
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Starkville, Miss.
Site: A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre
Live Video/Stats: https://gado.gs/cwt
MBB: The Atlanta Tipoff Club Selected Mike White and Asa Newell as the State of Georgia’s College Coach and Player of the Year
Georgia’s Mike White and Asa Newell have been selected as the State of Georgia’s College Coach and Player of the Year for men’s basketball by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, the organization announced on Friday.
White and Newell helped led the Bulldogs to a record-setting season during the 2024-25 campaign, culminating with Georgia’s first NCAA Tournament bid in a decade. They are the first Georgia duo to sweep the Tipoff Club’s state awards since 2011.
White led the Bulldogs to their second-straight 20-win season, just the fifth time in program history that Georgia has reached the 20-victory plateau in back-to-back years. The Bulldogs opened the season with a 12-1 record, their best beginning since 1931, and climbed into the top-25 for the first time since 2011. Georgia finished 20-13 despite facing one of the nation’s most challenging schedules. The Bulldogs played a nation-leading eight regular-season games against AP top-10 teams and more than 60 percent of their outings – 20 of 33 – were versus teams that received NCAA Tournament bids. Within that list, the Bulldogs notched victories over teams seeded No. 1 (Florida), No. 2 (St. John’s) and No. 3 (Kentucky).
Newell became the first freshman to lead Georgia in scoring and rebounding in 27 seasons, since Jumaine Jones did so in 1997-98. Newell averaged 15.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. He also paced the Bulldogs in double-figure scoring performances (30), double-digit rebounding efforts (seven), 20-point outings (six) and double-doubles (seven). Newell was named to the SEC’s All-Freshman team, was tabbed first-team All-South Atlantic District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and was selected as one of the top-10 candidates for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award as the nation’s top center. He also was honored as the SEC’s Freshman of the Week four times, matching Anthony Edwards’ record for most FOTW certificates by a Bulldog.
White is the fifth Georgia coach named as the state’s Coach of the Year, joining Hugh Durham in 1984 and 1987, Tubby Smith in 1997, Jim Harrick in 2002 and Mark Fox in 2011. Ten Bulldogs have been named Player of the Year by the Tipoff Club a combined 12 times – Vern Fleming in 1984, Jones in 1999, Jarvis Hayes in 2002 and 2003, Rashad Wright in 2004, Trey Thompkins in 2011, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in 2013, J.J Frazier in 2016 and 2017, Yante Maten in 2018, Edwards in 2020 and Newell in 2025.
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