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GYM: Five Seed UGA To Open SEC Conference Gymnastics Championships

Date: Saturday, March 21
Start Time: 3:00 p.m. ET (Session I)
Location: Tulsa, Okla.
Arena: BOK Center

Media Information
TV: SEC Network
   Play-by-play: John Roethlisberger
   Analyst: Samantha Peszek, Aly Raisman
   Reporter: Taylor Davis
Streaming: ESPN app
Live Stats:GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter/X:@UGAGymnastics

The Warm-Up Period
Nationally ranked No. 6 Georgia Gymnastics will hold the 5 seed in Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Gymnastics Championships held at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The GymDogs will face (6) Arkansas, (7) Missouri, (8) Auburn, and (9) Kentucky in the first session of the SEC Championships, beginning at 3 p.m. ET. Seeding for the SEC Championships is based on final regular-season Team National Qualifying Scores (NQS). The championships consist of a one-day team and all-around competition which includes all nine teams. Georgia will begin the meet on a rotation bye before opening on bars in the second rotation.

Follow the Bulldogs
– The SEC Gymnastics Championship will air live on SEC Network. John Roethlisberger, Samantha Peszek, and Aly Raisman will be on the call with Taylor Davis reporting.
– Saturday’s meet can be streamed live on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
– Live results links, provided by Virtius, can be found on the gymnastics schedule on GeorgiaDogs.com.
– Twitter/X updates will be available all season long on the official page of the Bulldogs, @UGAgymnastics.

BULLDOGS BULLETIN
A Look at What’s Ahead
Georgia will await its seeding and placement in the 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Championship. Four regionals consisting of nine teams will be conducted at predetermined campus sites. The first round will consist of two teams, second round will consist of eight teams, and the regional final will consist of four teams. The predetermined sites for the 2026 championship are Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Corvallis, Oregon, Lexington, Kentucky, and Tempe, Arizona. The top two teams each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships in Fort Worth, Texas.

Series Histories
Arkansas
– Georgia leads the all-time series 38-13-1; the GymDogs are 21-6-1 at a neutral site in the series.
– The Razorbacks beat Georgia in Fayetteville on Feb. 6, 197.050-197.450.
– Georgia is 16-4 against Arkansas in the head-to-head at the SEC Championship
Missouri
– Georgia leads the all-time series 24-13; Georgia is 13-6 against Missouri at a neutral site.
– Since Missouri joined the league in 2012, Georgia has gone 18-12 against the Tigers.
– The GymDogs snapped an 11-meet losing streak to the Tigers at home on March 6 with a 197.600-197.300 win over the Tigers.
– Georgia is 7-3 against Missouri in the head-to-head at the SEC Championship
Auburn
– Georgia leads the all-time series 86-17-1. Georgia is 38-7-1 against Auburn at a neutral site.
– The GymDogs defeated Auburn in Athens on Feb. 1, 197.550-196.050, and again at Elevate the Stage in Huntsville on March 8, 198.075-197.200.
– Georgia is 36-5-1 against Auburn in the head-to-head at the SEC Championship
Kentucky
– Georgia leads series against Kentucky, 92-6-1; the GymDogs are 44-4 in the series at a neutral site.
– Georgia beat the Wildcats in the regular season in Lexington, 197.275-197.025, on Feb. 27.
– Georgia is 38-3 against Kentucky in the head-to-head at the SEC Championship

SEC Championship at a Glace
– Georgia has won the most SEC Championships in league history with 16, most recently in 2008 in Duluth, Georgia
– Georgia has 17 all-around champions, 22 vault champions, 28 bars champions, 17 beam champions, and 17 floor champions
– Georgia holds SEC Championship team event records on vault (1997, 49.800) and floor (2004, 49.725)
– Georgia’s complete SEC Championship history begins on page 38 of the notes packet

BSB: Dawgs Down TAMU

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. – The sixth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs used a 15-hit attack, including three home runs, to hand No. 21 Texas A&M its first home loss Friday, beating the Aggies 9-4 in front of 7,870 at Blue Bell Park.

Fast Facts

• Junior Justin Byrd (1-1) provided 4.1 scoreless innings of relief after coming in for starter Joey Volchko in the second inning. Byrd allowed just two hits, a walk and struck out four to earn a win.
• Sophomore Henry Allen gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead with a two-out, three-run blast in the first inning. It was his eighth home run of the year. Ryan Black and Tre Phelps were on base after back-to-back singles to start the contest.
• Georgia (18-4, 3-1 SEC) went up 4-0 in the second on a two-out, run-scoring single by Phelps.
• After the Aggies cut it to 4-2 in the second, Michael O’Shaughnessy put Georgia in front 5-2 when he led off the third inning with his sixth home run of the season.
• With two outs in the seventh, freshman Cole Johnson delivered a two-run single to make it 7-2.
• With a single to lead off the fifth inning, junior Daniel Jackson extended his hitting streak to 20 games.
• For the second time this season, Jordy Oriach smashed a pinch-hit home run, smacking a two-run shot in the top of the ninth for a 9-2 advantage.
• Graduate Caden Aoki provided 2.0 scoreless innings, freshman Joe Nottingham made his SEC debut, and Grant Edwards got the final two outs.
• Coming in Friday, the Aggies were 14-0 at home this season.

Key Quotes

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

On Georgia getting a win in its first SEC road game…

“Justin Byrd came on in relief of Joey (Volchko) and was really good. It helped in the first that Henry got on that ball and hit it off the scoreboard to give us a 3-0 lead. Jordy Oriach and Michael O’Shaughnessy hit home runs too. You look all around, and it takes a lot of guys to contribute to win Friday night in this league. We knew it was going to be a grind. Their crowd was loud, and I thought our guys were focused and had some good at bats. Caden followed Justin out of the bullpen and was good and then we got Joe (Nottingham) out there and Grant Edwards closed it out for us.”

 Justin Byrd | RHP | Jr. 

On a Friday night win in the SEC…

“This is what the SEC is, and it was cool coming in in this environment and guys chanting my name. I didn’t really listen to it. My job is to come in and fill up the zone. Hopefully, we can carry this over for the rest of the weekend. We didn’t come here just to win one. The bullpen needs to come out and pitch with confidence and attack their hitters.” 

Up Next

Georgia (19-4, 3-1 SEC) continues the SEC series against the Aggies (17-4, 1-3 SEC) on Saturday with first pitch set for 3 pm ET. The game will be available to stream on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.

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