SB: UGA Begins SEC Tournament Play Today vs. Arkansas

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SB: UGA Begins SEC Tournament Play Today vs. Arkansas

Ciara Bryan
Ciara Bryan

First Pitch Time: 6:30 p.m., ET

Location: College Station, Texas

Stadium: Davis Diamond

 

 

 

 

Media Information

TV: SEC Network

     Play-by-play: Beth Mowins

 

 

 

 

     Analysis: Michele Smith

     Sideline: Holly Rowe

Streaming Video: SEC Network+

Satellite Radio: Sirius XM SEC Radio Channel 374

Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com

Twitter Updates: @UGAsoftball

SEC Tournament Central Page

#13/17 Georgia softball opens 2019 Southeastern Conference Tournament play Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., ET, against ninth-seeded Arkansas. The tournament will play out at Davis Diamond in College Station, Texas.

Georgia, who finished the regular season in a four-way tie for sixth at 12-12, will carry the No. 8 seed in this season’s tournament.

Tyler Armistead
Tyler Armistead

Follow the Bulldogs

» The SEC Tournament will air nationally on the networks of ESPN. Wednesday and Thursday’s games will air on SEC Network with Friday and Championship Saturday appearing on ESPN 2.

» All games will be streaked live via Watch ESPN and the ESPN app.

» All games of the SEC Tournament will air on Sirius XM SEC Radio Channel 374.

» Live stats will be available for the SEC Tournament. Live stat links can be found on the softball schedule at GeorgiaDogs.com.

» Live Twitter updates will be available at the official Twitter page of Georgia softball, @UGAsoftball.

BULLDOGS BULLETIN

Series History

» Georgia leads the all-time series with Arkansas 37-19

» Georgia has won five of the last six meetings

» In the SEC Tournament, the Bulldogs are 1-1 against the Razorbacks; winning 2-0 in 2006 and falling 8-3 last season

» The Bulldogs and Razorbacks met in Athens in the regular season in 2018; Georgia swept the series to begin SEC play

» Since 2015, Georgia has won eight of 10 meetings

SEC Tournament Tidbits

» Georgia’s all-time SEC Tournament record is 20-21 (.488) in 18 total appearances

» Lone tournament title came in 2014 in Columbia, South Carolina

» This will be Georgia’s fourth time as the #8 seed in the tournament (1998, 1999, 2016); Georgia is

» Georgia’s 20 SEC Tournament wins ranks fifth in tournament history while its .500 percentage ranks fourth-best

» Georgia has reached the tournament finals five times, fourth most in league history

» The Bulldogs rank second with four Championship runner-up finishes (2002, 2004, 2005, 2011)

» Lu Harris-Champer is the fourth-winning-est coach in tournament history at 20-17 (.541)

» Georgia is set to host the SEC Tournament in Athens in 2023

Mahlena O'Neal
Mahlena O’Neal

A Look Back

Georgia concluded the regular season at Jack Turner Stadium hosting the Ole Miss Rebels over the weekend. The opener was a nail biter as the game was scoreless going into the bottom of the seventh. The Bulldogs clinched the opening-game victory when Tyler Armistead knocked an RBI triple to drive in the winning run, 1-0. Game two started Saturday but was suspended in the bottom of the first due to weather with the Rebels up 1-0. Down 5-3 with three outs left, Mahlena O’Neal tied the game with a two-RBI single in the seventh then freshman Savana Sikes drove the go-ahead run for the second-straight walk off. The offense put up four-run innings in the first and second of the finale and held the Rebel offense for an 8-0 run rule, securing the Bulldogs’ first sweep of SEC play and fifth series win of the conference slate.

Georgia in the Polls

The Bulldogs climbed a spot to #14 in the week 12 USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll while jumping two spots to #19 in the USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll.

 

 

 

 

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Greg is closing in on 15 years writing about and photographing UGA sports. While often wrong and/or out of focus, it has been a long, strange trip full of fun and new friends.