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BSB: Dawgs Begin Final Home Series Today vs. LSU
Fifth-ranked and SEC-leading Georgia (38-11, 18-6 SEC) opens its final home SEC series against LSU (29-21, 9-15 SEC) Friday on SECN+. First pitch will be at 6 p.m. ET and be available on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
Game two of the series will be Saturday at 7 pm ET (SEC Network) as the Bulldogs honor their senior players in a pregame ceremony while Sunday’s action begins at 3 pm ET (SEC Network).
The Bulldogs have a 2.5 game lead in the SEC ahead of Texas A&M and Texas who are both 15-8. Georgia is 9-3 in SEC road action and 9-3 at home in league play. Georgia last won the SEC in 2008, going 20-9-1. Georgia’s best SEC mark came in 2019 when it finished second at 21-9 as Vanderbilt claimed the crown at 23-7. LSU leads the Georgia series 73-26-2 and last visited Foley Field for a series in 2003, winning two games to one. Georgia’s last series win over the Tigers came in 2019 in Athens (2-1). Then, Georgia beat LSU at the 2021 SEC Tournament, lost a 2022 series in Baton Rouge 2-1. The teams last met at the 2024 SEC Tournament with the Tigers taking that contest.
The Bulldogs won their first four SEC series (2-1 over #21 UT, 2-1 @ #21 Texas A&M, 3-0 over USC, 3-0 @ #5 MSU) and then dropped one at home to No. 21 UF (2-1). The second half of the SEC slate began with a road series win over No. 14 Arkansas (2-1) followed by another over No. 17 Ole Miss (2-1). Then, Georgia swept Mizzou here and now finish with LSU followed by No. 6 Auburn on the Plains.
Georgia leads the NCAA with 131 Home Runs and a .622 Slugging Percentage while it is third in Scoring at 9.5 runs/game. The Bulldogs have an SEC-best .325 Batting Average that ranks fourth nationally. Also, Georgia has a .983 Fielding Percentage, which is seventh nationally. Georgia has a 4.83 ERA with six shutouts and tallied 513 strikeouts and 213 walks in 417 innings pitched. For all the talk about their hitting and home runs, the Bulldogs have won eight of their 18 SEC games by holding opponents to two runs or less. Last week in the sweep of Missouri, Georgia limited the Tigers to seven runs in the series.
Bulldog Hitters To Watch
*Junior catcher Daniel Jackson (.373-23-67, 23 SB) ranks in the top six nationally in Home Runs (23), Total Bases (152), RBI (67) and Runs Scored (65). He is on the Midseason Watch Lists for the Golden Spikes Award and the Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award. At #14 Arkansas, he tied a school record by hitting three home runs in a game. He hit .429 with seven RBI in the road series win over the Razorbacks to earn SEC Co-Player of the Week honors. He followed that up by hitting .400-1-3 plus 3 SB in a road series win over #17 Ole Miss. In SEC action, Jackson is batting .350-7-23.
*Junior 3B Tre Phelps (.372-17-47) ranks second in the nation with a school record 28 Hit-By-Pitches. He is seventh in Runs Scored (64). Phelps is on the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List. Earlier this year, Jackson had a team-best 21-game hitting streak while Phelps carried one over from last year that stretched to 27, one game shy of the school record.
*Sophomore CF Rylan Lujo (.352-7-30) leads the league with a .393 batting average in SEC games, and he’s got a .667 slugging percentage in SEC action too.
*Junior 2B Ryan Wynn (.366-5-25) and senior 1B/C Brennan Hudson (.295-16-38) have more extra base hits than singles this year. Wynn’s ratio is 16/10 while Hudson is 20/13.
About LSU
*The Tigers, coached by Jay Johnson, are batting .286 with 80 home runs and 37 stolen bases in 49 attempts. LSU is fielding .965. The Tigers have a 5.05 ERA with 592 strikeouts and 236 walks. Opponents are batting .228. Last week, they swept South Carolina, outscoring them 20-4 to snap a nine-game SEC losing streak. This past Tuesday, they defeated Tulane to run their winning streak to five games.
Georgia-LSU Rotation
Game 1: Joey Volchko (7-2, 3.75 ERA), RHP, Jr., vs. William Schmidt (5-4, 3.90 ERA), RHP, So.
Game 2: Dylan Vigue (4-1, 2.35 ERA), RHP, Jr., vs. Marcos Paz (1-2, 6.08 ERA), RHP, Fr.
Game 3: TBA vs. TBA
Quotes From Thursday Media Session
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On finishing the season strong…
“You always want to finish strong. You want to stay focused. You need to be playing really good baseball this time of year. It doesn’t always mean you can win, just because the league is so tough. You can run into a guy or have a hiccup here or there. If you look, there have been some games where we have hit a lot of balls over 100mph and haven’t scored. You want to be playing good ball. We are not going to talk about the race or the standings. That is for everybody else. You get caught up looking at that stuff, then you lose focus of what’s at hand, which is Friday night.”
#3 Daniel Jackson | Jr. | C
On the upcoming series against LSU…
“You can’t really look at what the past has been like for them. They’re going to give all they have to give us their best baseball this upcoming weekend. They’re fighting for their own playoff chances. So, we just have to want it more.”
#8 Rylan Lujo | So. | OF/INF
On his successful performance against conference opponents…
“I feel like I’ve always performed against better competition, so maybe that’s why I’ve always kind of been a little bit under the radar. That’s where I feel like I kind of thrive is when the competition is best. I’m not really the best showcase player. I don’t have the most power and don’t have the best arm or speed, but everything I do is above average, and you can really see that when it comes to better competition.”
Links To Follow The Bulldog Series
Friday @ 6 pm ET
Radio/TV: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=5003&type=Live
SECN+ (Matt Stewart & David Toms):
Live Stats: https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=631903
Saturday @ 7 pm ET
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=5004&type=Live
SEC Network (Dave Neal & Todd Walker): https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401847293?gameId=401847293&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=631904
Sunday @ 3 pm ET
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=5005&type=Live
SEC Network (Dave Neal & Todd Walker): https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401847294?gameId=401847294&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn%3Aglobalsearch%3Aresults
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=631905
Foley Field In 2026
· Foley Field Gates Open 1 hour before first pitch
· Tickets –Limited Availability; Also Available on SeatGeek: https://seatgeek.com/georgia-bulldogs-baseball-tickets
· UGA STUDENTS: Free Admission and please enter at 3rd Base Gate
· Promotions For LSU Series:
· Friday: First 1,000 fans receive a Jonathan Cannon shirsey
· Saturday: First 1,000 fans receive a Tre Phelps designed t-shirt; Senior Recognition, Senior Parents First Pitch
· Sunday: First 750 fans receive a pack of Georgia senior baseball player cards
WTEN: UGA Hosts UCLA Today in NCAA Super Regional
The top-seeded Georgia women’s tennis team (20-5) will host No. 18 UCLA women’s tennis in the NCAA Super Regional on today at 4 p.m. ET at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Fast Facts
- Georgia leads the all-time series against UCLA Bruins women’s tennis, 8-5, though UCLA won the most recent meeting, 4-1, in the 2015 NCAA Championship semifinals.
- A victory over UCLA would send Georgia to the NCAA quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive season.
- UCLA advanced with back-to-back 4-3 wins over San Diego State and No. 16 seed Arizona State in Tempe, Arizona, while Georgia earned two 4-0 sweeps against Alabama State and Charlotte in Athens. The winner will advance to the NCAA Championship final site, also hosted in Athens.
- The Bulldogs will look to make another deep run in the NCAA Tournament after back-to-back appearances the past two seasons, including last year’s national title.
- Georgia enters the remainder of the NCAA Championships at home with a 20-match home winning streak.
Dawgs in the Polls
- Georgia features six players in the latest ITA singles rankings: No. 7 Aysegul Mert, No. 19 Anastasiia Lopata, No. 61 Anastasiia Gureva, No. 64 Deniz Dilek, No. 81 Sofia Rojas and No. 93 Emma Dong.
- In addition, Georgia has four ranked doubles teams: No. 4 Dilek and Mert, No. 19 Lopata and Patricija Paukstyte, No. 58 Mert and Gureva, and No. 90 while Dilek and Dong.
Scouting the Opponent
UCLA
- The Bruins feature two ranked singles players in No. 15 Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer and No. 34 Mayu Crossley, along with the No. 24 doubles pair of Olivia Center and Kate Fakih.
- Junior Ahmani Guichard clinched UCLA’s spot in the NCAA Super Regional in back-to-back seasons, earning both victories in third sets.
- UCLA has won two NCAA championships, in 2008 and 2014, with the 2014 title coming in Athens, Georgia.
Match 27 – No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 18 UCLA
Date: Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Location: Athens, Georgia
Site: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Live Video/Stats: LINK HERE
Tournament Central Page: LINK HERE
Ticket Information
Tickets for this weekend’s matches are on sale online at Georgia Bulldogs | Online Ticket Office | Event Groups (evenue.net). Fans can also purchase tickets at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex beginning one hour prior to the start of the first match each day (based on availability). Tickets are $5.
SB: Georgia Topples No. 1 Oklahoma in SEC Softball Tournament
Freshman Presley Harrison’s career-high 10 strikeouts and 10 unanswered runs powered No. 13 (9-seed) Georgia to a 10-5 win over the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the quarterfinals of the 2026 SEC Softball Tournament. Georgia moves to 38-17 on the year, and the Sooners slide to 48-8.
SOFTBALL | vs. No. 1 (1-seed) Oklahoma | W, 10-5
Winning Pitcher: Presley Harrison (4-0)
Losing Pitcher: Audrey Lowry (21-3)
Fast Facts:
- LHP Randi Roelling made the start in the circle before RHP Presley Harrison entered to pitch with one away in the bottom of the first. She finished the game with a career-high seven strikeouts, 6.2 innings pitched, no walks and one earned run in her fourth win of the season.
- The Sooners opened the scoring plating four in the bottom of the first frame. Oklahoma added a solo shot in the second to take a 5-0 lead.
- The Bulldog offense came alive in the fourth inning blasting three home runs – two solo shots from senior Jaydyn Goodwin and freshman Gabi Novickas and a three-run shot by junior Emily Digby marking her second consecutive game with a three-run home run.
- Georgia continued its scoring prowess plating three more runs in the sixth off RBI hits from Keirstin Roose and Goodwin. Marisa Miller and Digby added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh. All told, after falling behind by five runs, the Bulldogs rattled off 10 unanswered runs.
- Tonight’s five-run comeback marked the largest comeback win in SEC Softball Tournament history.
- Bailey Lindemuth, Miller and Goodwin all mustered two hits in the win.
- This marks Georgia’s first win over the No. 1-ranked team since defeating the Sooners in Athens during the 2021 season.
- Georgia moves to 5-7 all-time against Oklahoma.
Key Quotes:
Georgia Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the win…
“Exciting game and just really proud of the way that we responded to what we’ll call not our best start. I really thought that we answered back. We talked early about, this being like a prize fight, and Oklahoma is so good at bullying you into the corner. I mean that in the most flattering way, but they just are really good at the ‘bum-rush,’ and then they get you on the heels. They’re so darn good offensively that when you get there, sometimes it’s just hard to get them off of you. I thought we did a really good job of kind of bobbing and weaving, we’ll say there. Then, ultimately, got the fight back in the middle of the ring. That’s where we were able to get some punches off ourselves. At the end of the day, Oklahoma’s Oklahoma because how good they are and how they go at you. I really just thought that we answered the bell, and we fought really hard and put together good at-bats. Again, we talk a lot about the game is an erosion. You’re just trying to wear them down to get to the place where you get good pitches to hit or they make some mistakes. Obviously, these two [Emily Digby and Keirstin Roose] had a big part in it, but Presley Harrison was a star of the show tonight and just could not be more proud of a South Georgia girl that grew up wanting to be a ‘Dawg’ and going out there and do it in this stage is as good as it gets.”
#22 Emily Digby | Jr. | INF
On the Bulldog comeback…
“We just told ourselves that we have nothing else to lose. Give them, give Oklahoma our best fight. At the end of the day, if we do that, there’s no complaints. That whole inning, everybody passing the bat, doing what they do, the dugout was amazing. That whole inning just sparked a momentum boost for us, and it was really big.”
#42 Keirstin Roose | Gr. | INF
On her emotions after the win…
“I feel like the ‘Dawgs’ are getting hot at the right time. It’s really fun to play right now. I think we’re all just so grateful to be here. We take a lot of perspective moments and just try to take it all in because as little girls, this is where we wanted to be. Coach Tony reminds us of that all the time. You want it to be in the spot that you’re in right now, so enjoy it and fight really hard while you do it.”
Up Next:
No. 13 Georgia (9-seed) will take on No. 6 (4-seed) Texas in the semifinals tomorrow evening at approximately 8:00 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.
Tickets for the 2026 SEC Softball Tournament can be found on Ticketmaster or by contacting the University of Kentucky Ticket Office.
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