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BSB: Dawgs Sweep Gators with 15-4 Run-Rule Sunday Win
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Fourth-ranked Georgia completed an SEC road sweep with a 15-4 run-rule win in seven innings over No. 13 Florida Sunday at Condron Ballpark in front of a crowd of 7,579.
Fast Facts
• Georgia (24-2, 5-1 SEC) swept the Gators in Gainesville for the first time since 2006, and the first time in the series since 2019 in Athens.
• For the second straight day, Georgia smashed six home runs and now have an NCAA-best 70 on the year.
• Graduate Christian Adams (3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI) made it 4-0 with a three-run home run in the second inning. A two-out, two-run blast by Slate Alford made it 6-1 in the fourth. Adams smacked his second home run of the day in the fifth, a solo shot. In the sixth, Ryland Zaborowski and Nolan McCarthy added three-run home runs for a 13-1 lead. Robbie Burnet hit the sixth home run of the day, a two-run blast in the seventh for a 15-4 lead.
• Junior Leighton Finley (2-0) earned the win, going five innings and allowing one run on two hits with three strikeouts.
• Burnett and Tre Phelps have reached base in all 26 games this year.
• Graduate Ryland Zaborowski extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI-double in the first.
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Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the SEC road sweep
“Everybody was locked in, and I’m proud of our guys. We had a lot of guys contribute. You look at Christian Adams, coming back to his home state and what a weekend he had, to put up those kind of numbers (8-for-14, 3 doubles, 3 home runs, 7 RBI) that was awesome. It feels good, but you guys know we haven’t done anything yet. You have to hook it up every weekend in this league. We got West Georgia Tuesday and then a really good Auburn team coming to town next, and they just won a road series with Kentucky where we know it’s a tough place to play. We’ll enjoy it on the bus ride home, but once we get back to Athens, it’s right back to work and get ready for West Georgia on Tuesday.”
On Leighton Finley’s start
“I thought Leighton today was outstanding. We’ve worked really hard, and he got his command back today. What was exceptional today was that he had command of his fastball. He was able to locate his change-up and his slider, and when he’s able to do all those things, he’s hard to hit.”
Christian Adams| Gr. | INF
On his series and the sweep
“I’ve played in this stadium before, but I didn’t’ do as well as I did this weekend. I was locked in and something about coming back home. I had a lot of family here this weekend. We’ve all put a lot of work in, and we have to be ready when we’re in the lineup. We work on our hitting, our defense. Every day, every game counts, and we try to win them all.”
Box Score
Up Next
Georgia (24-2, 5-1 SEC) returns home for its next five games starting with a Tuesday contest against West Georgia. First pitch at Foley Field will be at 5:02 p.m. (SECN+).
SB: Georgia Run-Rules LSU, Avoids Sweep
SOFTBALL | vs. #3 LSU | W, 11-3 (5 inn.)
Winning pitcher: Randi Roelling (7-4)
Losing Pitcher: Sydney Berzon (13-1)
Season Record: 23-8, 3-6 SEC
ATHENS, Ga. – The 13th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs run ruled the third-ranked LSU Tigers 11-3 in five innings on Sunday in front of a record crowd of 2,478 fans at Jack Turner Stadium.
Georgia improves to 23-8 on the season and 3-6 in SEC play.
FAST FACTS
- The top-three win is Georgia’s first since beating then-No. 1 Oklahoma on April 20, 2021, and it’s Georgia’s first top-five win since April 2, 2022 at then-No. 4 Alabama.
- Sunday’s attendance of 2,478 fans broke the previous single-game attendance record of 2,457, set three times. This weekend’s series attendance of 7,098 also sets a new series attendance record at Jack Turner Stadium.
- Randi Roelling pitched the complete game, working five innings, allowing three runs on six hits with a strikeout to improve to 7-4.
- Freshman Mua Williams highlighted the day, knocking her first career grand slam. Jaydyn Goodwin (2 hits, 3 RBI) and Tyler Ellison (2 hits, 1 RBI) paced the offense towards the top of the lineup. Lyndi Rae Davis drew two walks.
- A seven-run bottom of the third put Georgia up 7-2. Three-straight RBI singles off the bats of Ellison, Goodwin, and Sarah Gordon put the Dogs ahead 3-2. Williams stepped in and blasted a grand slam, her third home run of the season, to left center to go up 7-2.
- Goodwin added to her RBI tally with a two-RBI single in the bottom of the fourth.
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KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the team’s bounce-back performance in game three against LSU…
“The thing that we talked about beforehand is, this is what you signed up for when you came to the SEC. Every weekend is a Super Regional type of games. That’s as good an LSU team as we’ve played in a minute, and I’ve been in the league for a while. That’s a really good team. They’re complete, athletic, pitching, the offense is really, really good, so we knew we were going to have our work cut out for us. I thought we battled really well on Friday night. Yesterday, we got off to a good start and got a little sideways at the end. We just talked about like, it’s about coming out and representing all the women that have built Georgia Softball. And, that’s been on competitiveness, it’s not on outcomes or being perfect. It’s just about when we show up, we’re going to compete. I’m really proud of the way they did that today.”
On Randi Roelling’s pitching this weekend…
“She’s a Bulldog now. She loves to compete, and sometimes she can let her foot off the gas a little bit, but, when she’s in compete mode, she’s as good as anybody.”
On Mua Williams’ grand slam and growth this season…
“She’s awesome. She’s just a great kid. She’s humble. She’s a hard worker. She spends more time in the indoor, working on her own, than anybody, and you can just keep seeing it. The thing we keep talking about is, sometimes the outcomes can mask the progress. When the outcomes aren’t going your way, it makes you feel like you aren’t really progressing, but she has been progressing. It’s just fun to see her get to reap the benefits.”
#8 Mua Williams | Fr. | UT
On her impact on the team as a true freshman…
“It has definitely been a lot of ups and downs. I mean, that’s just how softball is. I think you just have to learn how to persevere through a lot of those things, and the team has helped me a lot with that because I know they got my back, the coaches especially.”
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will host Oklahoma State in a top-25 midweek game on Wednesday. The first pitch is set for 7 p.m. on SEC Network. Fans are encouraged to wear red, and the first 250 fans will take home a red t-shirt. The first 100 students will receive free food courtesy of Texas Roadhouse, and kids in fifth grade and younger can run the bases after the game.
WTEN: Georgia (#1) Handles Oklahoma (#10) 4-0
The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (16-1, 9-0 SEC) earned its 10th ranked victory of the season after sweeping No. 12 Oklahoma (12-5, 5-4 SEC), 4-0, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Sunday.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs now lead the all-time series 5-0 against the Sooners.
- Georgia earned its 10th ranked victory of the season.
- The Bulldogs extended their SEC regular season winning streak to 24 matches dating back to the 2021-22 season.
- The Bulldogs have now outscored opponents 72-14 through 17 matches in the spring.
- Georgia opened the afternoon with a win in doubles. #75 Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata struck first with a 6-2 win over Chloe Noel and Salakthip Ounmuang on court two followed by Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry clinching doubles point with a 6-3 victory over Ava Catanzarite and Gloriana Nahum on court three.
- In singles, #1 Dasha Vidmanova was the first on the board for the Bulldogs as she knocked off #26 Alina Shcherbinina, 6-2, 6-3, on court one to double Georgia’s lead to 2-0.
- Sofia Rojas followed up soon after to put Georgia one point from victory after defeating Nahum, 7-6(5), 6-4, on court six.
- #52 Mert sealed the deal for Georgia as she came back from a set down to defeat #70 Emma Staker, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on court four to clinch the match for the Bulldogs.
Results
Doubles:
1. Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Julia Garcia Ruiz/Alina Shcherbinina (OU) 5-3, unfinished
2. Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) def. Chloe Noel/Salakthip Ounmuang (OU) 6-2
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Ava Catanzarite/Gloriana Nahum (OU) 6-3
Singles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. #26 Alina Shcherbinina (OU) 6-2, 6-3
2. #55 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #19 Julia Garcia Ruiz (OU) 0-6, 6-3, 0-4, unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. #103 Salakthip Ounmuang (OU) 7-6 (15-13), 1-4, unfinished
4. #52 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. #70 Emma Staker (OU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
5. #100 Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. Ava Catanzarite (OU) 2-6, 6-3, 4-3, unfinished
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Gloriana Nahum (OU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (1,6,4)
Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will travel for their second-to-last road weekend of the regular season, starting off with a date against No. 25 Alabama on Friday, March 28 at 6 p.m. ET in Tuscaloosa, Ala., followed by No 64 Mississippi State on Sunday, March 30 at 1 p.m. ET in Starkville, Miss.
Match 18 – No. 1 Georgia vs No. 25 Alabama
Date: Friday,March 28, 2025
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Site: Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility
Live Video/Stats: TBA
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: TBA
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