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BSB: Dawgs Take TAMU Series with 7-5 Saturday Victory

Tenth-ranked Georgia posted a 7-5 win over Texas A&M to claim the final SEC series of the regular season Saturday in front of another sold-out crowd at Foley Field.

Fast Facts:

• Slate Alford gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead with his 17th home run of the year, tying his total from a year ago.  Senior Henry Hunter was on base after getting hit by a pitch.
• Sophomore Tre Phelps extends his hitting streak to 10 games after hitting a single down the third base line in the fifth inning. Junior Ryan Black put the Bulldogs in front 5-4 with an RBI single in the seventh.
• Graduate Ryland Zaborowski (2-4, 2 RBI) returned to the lineup after missing the past nine games due to an elbow injury. His two-run single came in the seventh to make it 7-4. 
• In the bottom of the sixth inning, Hunter hit his ninth home run of the season to put the Bulldogs in front 4-2. The Aggies hit four home runs on the afternoon.
• Junior Leighton Finley struck out seven in six innings but got a no-decision. Relief pitcher Junior Kolten Smith (5-3) got the win with two scoreless innings and five strikeouts. Junior Zach Harris picked up his fourth save by pitching the ninth.

Key Quotes:

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the game and what it means…
“ We started at Athens Academy, practiced there in the fall. I don’t mean that negatively. We didn’t start playing on our field until January 24th. We’ve got the third hardest SEC schedule inside the league. I’m very proud of our guys. It takes a lot of resilience. Having 18 wins in this league is really, really hard. It doesn’t happen every year and when you get there it’s good. “

#16 Kolten Smith | Jr. | RHP
On his mindset coming out of the bullpen versus starting…
“I just try to keep the same mindset, and at the end of the day, the job’s the same: to get 27 outs. I try to get as many as I can and then let the next guy go.”

# 20 Ryland Zaborowski | Sr. | INF/OF
On returning to action
“Mentally it was tough, just staying with my process, staying with my stretching routine and staying with my breathing work. Just being able to do the things that I can do really helped my recovery. Just being able to go out and take fly balls. It was huge from a mentality standpoint, still being able to do some things and not being able to do some things. Just being around the guys was huge for me.”

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2025 SEC Baseball Tournament Schedule

Tuesday-Sunday, May 20-25, Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.

Tuesday, May 20 – First Round        

Game 1: [9] Alabama vs. [16] Missouri – 9:30 a.m. [SECN]

Game 2: [12] Oklahoma vs. [13] Kentucky – TBD [SECN]

Game 3: [10] Florida vs. [15] South Carolina – 4:30 p.m. [SECN]

Game 4: [11] Mississippi State vs. [14] Texas A&M – TBD [SECN]

Wednesday, May 21 – Second Round         

Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. [8] Tennessee – 9:30 a.m. [SECN]

Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. [5] Georgia – TBD [SECN]

Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. [7] Ole Miss – 4:30 p.m. [SECN]

Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. [6] Auburn – TBD [SECN]

Thursday, May 22 – Quarterfinals  

Game 9:  Winner Game 5 vs. [1] Texas – 3 p.m. [SECN]

Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. [4] Vanderbilt – TBD [SECN]

Friday, May 23 – Quarterfinals        

Game 11:  Winner Game 7 vs. [2] Arkansas – 3 p.m. [SECN]

Game 12: Winner Game 8 vs. [3] LSU – TBD [SECN] 

Saturday, May 24 – Semifinals       

Game 13:  Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 – 12 p.m. [SECN]

Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 – TBD [SECN]

Sunday, May 25 – Championship Game    

Game 15:  Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14 – 2 p.m. [ESPN2]

All Times Central; Note: The second game of each session will begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.

 Fourth-ranked Georgia will be the fifth seed in the upcoming SEC Baseball Tournament and play its opening game on Wednesday at approximately 2 pm ET at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex.

The Bulldogs (42-14, 18-12 SEC), now in their second season under Ike Cousins’ head baseball coach Wes Johnson, earned a first-round bye with their top-eight finish in league play. Georgia will face the Oklahoma-Kentucky winner as they square off in the opening round on Tuesday. Teams are seeded based on winning percentage in regular-season conference competition. The Georgia/OU-UK game winner would face No. 4 seed Vanderbilt on Thursday night; the exact time is TBD.

Georgia claimed both series over the Sooners and Wildcats, winning two games to one at Foley Field. OU is the 12th seed with a 14-16 league mark while Kentucky is the No. 13 seed after going 13-17 in the SEC.

Georgia’s tournament opener will be 30 minutes after the conclusion of Wednesday’s first game of the day, which starts at 10:30 a.m. ET. The 2025 SEC Tournament format is single elimination. Games one through 14 will air on SEC Network, with Sunday’s championship to be featured on ESPN2.

The Bulldogs will be making their 30th appearance at the SEC Tournament, where they are 31-51. Georgia’s best finish at the event was in second place three times. The Bulldogs’ last win at the tournament came in 2021 when they posted a 1-2 mark. The past three seasons, Georgia has dropped its opening game.

Meanwhile, the 2025 NCAA Tournament field of 64 will be announced on Memorial Day, May 26. With its overall record, league finish, RPI and strength of schedule, the Bulldogs are in position to again be a top-eight national seed for the second consecutive year.

WTEN: Dawgs Play for National Championship Today

WACO, Texas — The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (28-3, 13-2 SEC) advanced to the NCAA Championship title match for a second-consecutive season after a 4-0 sweep over No. 5 North Carolina (27-5, 11-1 ACC) in the NCAA semifinal round at the Hurd Tennis Center on Saturday.

Fast Facts

• Georgia has now reached back-to-back NCAA finals for the second time in program history, doing so for the first time since 1999-2000. The Bulldogs fell 5-4 to California in the 1999 final before prevailing 5-4 over Stanford in 2000 for the program’s second NCAA title.
• The Bulldogs will play in their seventh NCAA title match in program history, entering with a 2-4 record in previous NCAA finals.
• Georgia snapped a six-match losing skid against North Carolina, earning their first NCAA Tournament win against the Tar Heels and fifth overall victory in series history.
• The Bulldogs remain undefeated in tournament-style competition this spring, improving to 12-0 between winning the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championships (four wins), the 2025 SEC Tournament (three wins) and the opening five rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
• Georgia earned its 18th sweep of the season and has now won four out of five rounds at the NCAA Tournament via sweep, outscoring opponents 20-1 heading into Sunday’s final.
• The Bulldogs opened the morning by winning the doubles point for the 27th time this season.
• On court one, the #1 tandem of Dasha Vidmanova and Mell Reasco struck first with a 6-4 victory over #16 Susanna Maltby and Carson Tanguilig, earning them their third win of the tournament and 12th-straight victory in finished matches. The result also tallied Vidmanova and Reasco’s 60th and 70th dual doubles victories, respectively.
• On court two, #68 Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata capitalized on a late string of games to defeat Tatum Evans and Theadora Rabman, 6-2, and clinch the doubles point for the Bulldogs. The win is the duo’s third of the tournament and second doubles clincher after earning the team’s first point against No. 19 California in the Super Regional.
• In singles, Reasco produced a strong display on court three, dominating from start to finish in route to defeating Alanis Hamilton, 6-2, 6-3, to double Georgia’s lead at 2-0. Reasco earns her first win of this NCAA tournament, good for her 50th-career dual singles win while snapping a four-match skid of unfinished singles matches through the first four rounds.
• #74 Grant came back for more in singles, following up with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Claire Hill on court five to bring the Bulldogs to a 3-0 lead. Grant now extends her singles winning streak to eight matches while improving to 5-0 this NCAA tournament in singles.
• With a race to finish on courts one and two, #2 Vidmanova sealed the deal on court one as she defeated #24 Theadora Rabman, 6-0, 6-4, to secure the clinch and the sweep to send the Bulldogs to the NCAA title match. Vidmanova has now won back-to-back matches after three unfinished outings through the opening three rounds of competition this tournament.

A rematch of last year's championship is set for Sunday in Waco 🏆

🐶 No. 1 @UGAWomensTennis vs. 👍 No. 2 @AggieWTEN #NCAATennis pic.twitter.com/KKSiifWgqP

— NCAA Tennis (@NCAATennis) May 17, 2025

Key Quotes:
Head Coach Drake Bernstein
On today’s result:
“Across the board, I feel like it was very similar to our last time out on Thursday where we just showed up and we were poised, and we were ready to play. The team is having a lot of fun; the team has momentum. We feel like we’re prepared. We feel like we’ve done the hard yards throughout the year. And now we just get to go have some fun one more day.”

On reaching the NCAA Tournament final for a second consecutive year:
“It’s really a testament to this team and they’ve been challenged. They’ve had the bar up high for them, and they’ve just done the work every day. And I think that all of the recognition goes to the ladies in the locker room and the way that they’ve gone about their business for the last two years.”

Results
Doubles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) def. #16 Susanna Maltby/Carson Tanguilig (UNC), 6-3
2. #68 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Tatum Evans/Theadora Rabman (UNC), 6-2
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) vs. Alanis Hamilton/Lindsay Zink (UNC), 3-5, unfinished

Singles:
1. #2 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. #24 Theadora Rabman (UNC), 6-0, 6-4
2. #17 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #63 Tatum Evans (UNC), 6-3, 5-1, unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Alanis Hamilton (UNC), 6-2, 6-3
4. #42 Aysegul Mert (UGA) vs. #43 Carson Tanguilig (UNC), 4-6, 4-4, unfinished
5. #74 Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Claire Hill (UNC), 6-4, 6-1
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) vs Alana Boyce (UNC), 6-4, 3-5, unfinished

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,5,1)

Up Next
No. 1 Georgia will face the winner of Saturday afternoon’s semifinal between No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 3 Michigan in the NCAA Championship final on Sunday, May 18, at 5 p.m. ET at the Hurd Tennis Complex in Waco, Texas.

Match 32 – No. 1 Georgia (28-3, 13-2 SEC) vs No. 2 Texas A&M/No. 3 Michigan (NCAA Championship Final)
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time: 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT
Location: Waco, Texas
Site: Hurd Tennis Center
Live Video: https://gado.gs/d7y (ESPN+)
Tournament Central Page: https://gado.gs/d7f

SB: Georgia Advances to Regional Final

SOFTBALL | at (14) Duke | W, 8-2
   Winning pitcher: Randi Roelling (10-8)
   Losing Pitcher: Dani Drogemuller (17-9)

Season Record: 33-20, 7-16 SEC

DURHAM, N.C. – The Georgia softball team defeated regional host and 14 seed Duke University on Saturday, 8-2, to advance to Sunday’s regional final game.

Randi Roelling pitched a complete game in the circle, and the offense blasted three home runs en route to the Bulldogs’ 33^rd win of the season.

FAST FACTS

• Randi Roelling pitched the complete game en route to her 10^th win, allowing one earned run on seven hits. She struck out two and walked three.
• Lyndi Rae Davis scattered a season-high three hits, including two doubles and a home run, and drove in two runs.
• The offense’s three home runs tied a season high, and seven of Georgia’s 12 hits went for extra bases.
• Dallis Goodnight and Jaydyn Goodwin each had two hits. Mua Williams and Goodnight hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the second inning to widen the Georgia lead to 4-0. It was Williams’ fifth home run of the season and Goodnight’s second. Goodnight’s first home run came in Georgia’s first at-bat of the season on Feb. 6.
• Georgia used four hits to score three runs in the fifth to widen the lead to 7-1. RBI hits came from Davis, Tyler Ellison, and Emily Digby in the inning.

KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On Saturday’s game…
“I’m proud of the way we came out and from start to finish competed. That was the goal: to continue to be resilient and relentless from start to finish. I thought Lyndi [Rae Davis] was huge today at the plate. She got us off to a good start there in the first inning, then had the big home run in the last inning to keep the momentum on our side. I thought Randi [Roelling] really buckled down and made pitches when she needed to. And ultimately, defensively, between Randi and our defense, we minimized their damage. We weren’t perfect on the defensive side, but I thought we made some big plays, and Randi pitched her best when she needed it. She’s such a competitor. Ultimately, I thought the difference for her today was her changeup. She was throwing the changeup for a strike, and that forced them to try and manage more speeds. When she can do that, she’s pretty tough to beat.”

UP NEXT
Georgia advances to Sunday’s regional final in Durham. The Bulldogs’ opponent will be determined Saturday evening. First pitch on Sunday is set for 2:30 p.m., streaming live on ESPN+.

T&F: UGA Women Won the SEC Outdoor Championships on Saturday

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Georgia women’s track & field team earned its third Southeastern Conference title in program history and first since 2006, while the Bulldog men took second with their best finish since 1940 at the SEC Outdoor Championships on Saturday. 

The women left Lexington with 103 points while the men tallied 87 points over the course of the three-day meet. Between the two teams, Georgia tallied six event wins, 17 podium finishes, and 26 scoring performances in a successful weekend for the Bulldogs.

Fast Facts

• Aaliyah Butler and Dejanea Oakley finished first and fourth in the 400-meter dash, respectively, posting times of 50.36 and 51.34 in the finals to secure a collective five points for the Bulldogs. Butler’s win helped her sweep the indoor and outdoor 400m titles in 2025.
• Riyon Rankin cleared a personal-best 2.29 meters/7 feet, 6 inches to clinch the outright long jump title on his last attempt. The mark helped him improve his own No. 3 in the Georgia record books.
• The men’s 4×400-meter relay team of Shemar Chambers, Will Floyd, Xai Ricks, and Ervin Pearson ran the fifth-fastest time in school history (3:02.06) to cap off the meet with an SEC title. 
• Michelle Smith clocked a time of 55.34 in the finals to finish second in the 400m hurdles. The freshman was competing in her first SEC meet outdoors and came away with some hardware to open the postseason.
• The women’s 4x400m relay team of Michelle Smith, Dejanea Oakley, Haley Tate, and Aaliyah Butler flew to silver in the final women’s event of the night, crossing the finish line in 3:24.85. The time ranks second in program history.
• Skylynn Townsend recorded a personal-best jump of 13.50m/44-3.50 to place third in the triple jump. The medal marked the first of her collegiate career, bettering her seventh-place finish indoors.
• The men’s 400m quartet of Ervin Pearson, Will Floyd, Shemar Chambers, and Xai Ricks all scored in the open 400m, crossing the finish line in third (45.58), fourth (45.74), sixth (46.21), and seventh (46.39). Pearson earned the first podium finish of his career with his bronze medal placement, helping the Bulldogs tally 16 total points in the event.
• Kaila Jackson earned points in both the 200m and 100m, finishing the events in third and fourth place, respectively. She crossed the finish line in 22.26 in the 200m and 11.19 in the 100m to earn 11 total points as an individual.
• Brody Buffington added six points across the 100m and 200m, clocking personal bests in both event finals to finish sixth in each race. Buffington posted times of 10.10 in the 100m and 20.24 in the 200m.
• The women’s 4×100-meter relay team of Kaila Jackson, Reign Redmond, Sole Frederick, and Dejanea Oakley earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 43.19, scoring five points and moving to No. 5 in program history in the event.
• Ryan Olree clocked a personal-best time of 13:57.74 in the 5,000m, breaking his own personal best to move to fifth in Georgia history while finishing one place shy of the points in ninth overall.

🏆 2025 SEC WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPS

🐶 @UGATrack #SECTF x #SECChampionship pic.twitter.com/S4MwhWuAF9

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) May 18, 2025

Up Next
Georgia will continue postseason competition at the NCAA East Regionals in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 28-31 before wrapping up the outdoor season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 11-14.

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