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SB: Dawgs Top Missouri 3-2 to Even Series
SOFTBALL | at MISSOURI | W, 3-2
Winning pitcher: Randi Roelling (9-7)
Losing Pitcher: Taylor Pannel (5-9)
Season Record: 30-18, 7-15 SEC
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Georgia Bulldogs picked up a one-run victory on Friday evening at the Mizzou Softball Stadium, beating the Missouri Tigers 3-2 to even the weekend series.
Georgia is now 30-18 on the season and 7-15 in SEC play.
FAST FACTS
- Randi Roelling pitched a complete game on Friday, working seven innings en route to her ninth victory. She struck out eight Missouri batters and allowed one earned run on just three hits.
- The offense scattered nine total hits. Four batters had two hits each in the game: Dallis Goodnight, Tyler Ellison, Sarah Gordon, and Marisa Miller.
- Goodnight, Ellison, and Gordon all drove in a run each at the top of the Bulldogs’ order. Gordon’s RBI single in the top of the first put Georgia on the board. Goodnight and Ellison recorded back-to-back singles in the fourth inning to widen the lead to 3-1.
- The win if Georgia’s 30th of the season.
- Saturday’s game will be the sixth time this season the Bulldogs will square off in a rubber match in a series finale. The Bulldogs will look to capture their first SEC series win of the season.
UP NEXT
The season’s final series will be decided on Saturday when Georgia and Missouri square off at 2 p.m. ET in Columbia. The game will also be both teams’ regular-season finales.
BSB: Four Homers Lift Dawgs Over Missouri
COLUMBIA, M.O. – Junior Brian Curley fired seven shutout innings, and the ninth-ranked Bulldogs hit four home runs in a 9-2 win over Missouri Friday at Taylor Stadium.
Fast Facts
• Junior Brian Curley had the longest outing by a Bulldog starter this year, improving to 3-2, scattering four hits and no walks with six strikeouts over seven scoreless frames.
• Senior Slate Alford (2-5, HR, 2 RBI) extended his on-base streak to 31 games with an RBI-single in the seventh. He has reached base safely in 47 of 48 games this year. He hit his 14th home run of the year in the ninth.
• Graduate Nolan McCarthy put Georgia in front 1-0 with a solo home run in the third. Kolby Branch (3-5, HR, 3 RBI) made it 2-0 when he led off the sixth with his 11th home run and later added a two-run triple.
• Georgia added four home runs to its NCAA-leading total to give it 117 on the year.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the game
“Brian (Curley) was really good and set the tone. He had a couple of shaky innings but when you have that kind of stuff, and you’re attacking the strike zone, you’re going to get outs. He didn’t walk anyone, he did hit a few batters. We got the offense going later in the game after a couple of home runs. We had the three runs in the seventh and broke it open late. We’ll come out Saturday and it’s 0-0 on the scoreboard. We have to respect the game and show up and play tomorrow.”
Box Score
Up Next
Georgia (37-11, 13-9 SEC) and Missouri (13-32, 0-22 SEC) play game two of the series on Saturday with first pitch at 8:02 p.m. EDT on the SEC Network.
WTEN: Georgia Dispatches FAMU, Tech Next in NCAA Tournament
The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (24-3, 13-2 SEC) opened its NCAA Tournament run in dominant fashion, sweeping Florida A&M (11-11, 6-2 SWAC), 4-0, in the first round at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Friday.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs secured their 99th NCAA Tournament win all-time, marking a 25th-consecutive season in which they have advanced past the NCAA Regional first round.
- Georgia now leads the all-time series 2-0 against Florida A&M, winning both meetings in the NCAA Regional first round (2023 and 2025).
- The Bulldogs remain an undefeated 8-0 In tournament-style competition this season.
- Georgia earned the doubles point to open the afternoon as the #1 tandem of Dasha Vidmanova and Mell Reasco struck first with a 6-0 win over Sara Rakim and Genesis Whitelock on court one. With courts two and three racing for the clinch, Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry came out on top, defeating Veronica Rodriguez and Susan Salinas, 6-0, on court three to earn a doubles point for the Bulldogs.
- Sofia Rojas was the first to finish in singles, defeating Salinas, 6-0, 6-0, on court six to double Georgia’s lead to 2-0.
- #42 Mert was next to cross the finish line, earning a 6-0, 6-2 win over Reagan Harris on court four to put the Bulldogs one point away from victory.
- Coming off an SEC Tournament MVP run, #74 Guillermina Grant closed out the action once again, defeating Larissa Silva 6-0, 6-0 on court five for the clinch and the sweep.
Key Quotes:
Head Coach Drake Bernstein:
“It was a great start. I think that we took care of the things that we needed to take care of. First serves in doubles, first returns in doubles. We did a very good job with that. It’s been the focus of the week, playing from being ahead. Tomorrow is obviously a great team in Georgia Tech. It’s going to be a battle. We’ve played them already once this year. We know what the rivalry is like, and we’re going to keep paying attention to what we do. We’ll go again tomorrow in front of a great Athens crowd.”
Senior Guillermina Grant:
“It was really fun to play again in Athens. I really missed it. It’s been like a month, so it was awesome getting to play in front of our crowd. I think everyone was really excited to play, and I think we did a really good job.”
Results
Doubles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Sara Rakim/Genesis Whitelock (FAMU) 6-0
2. #68 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Reagan Harris/Larissa Silva (FAMU) 5-1, unfinished
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Veronica Rodriguez/Susan Salinas (FAMU) 6-0
Singles:
1. #2 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) vs. Sara Rakim (FAMU) 6-1, 5-0, unfinished
2. #17 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Veronica Rodriguez (FAMU) 6-0, 5-0, unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Genesis Whitelock (FAMU) 6-1, 3-1, unfinished
4. #42 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Reagan Harris (FAMU) 6-0, 6-2
5. #74 Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Larissa Silva (FAMU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Susan Salinas (FAMU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,4,5)
Up Next
Georgia will face in-state rival Georgia Tech in the NCAA Regional second round on Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. ET at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The winner will attend the NCAA Super Regionals held on May 9-10.
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