UGA Men’s Tennis: Georgia Blanks No. 3 Ohio State 4-0, Diaz Earns SEC-Leading Win

ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia men’s tennis team lifted head coach Manuel Diaz to his Southeastern Conference-leading 707th career win, and doused him with a water cooler afterwards.

The Bulldogs took down No. 3 Ohio State 4-0 on Sunday afternoon as Diaz’s all-time win total surpassed that of his mentor, Dan Magill, at the tennis complex which bears his name. After the victory, Diaz was quick to recognize his players and Georgia tennis fans which made the wins possible.

“It was the energy that we needed to come out with, especially in doubles,” Georgia head coach Manuel Diaz said. “We knew it was going to be tough on each and every court. Philip [Henning] was down 5-1 at one point, but I just told him to find his game and rhythm. What an incredible effort by him and all our guys. We knew both matches this weekend would be tough, but we didn’t see ourselves as underdogs in any way. We expected to win. We knew it would be tough, but we were tough enough to make it through both matches. Hats off to our guys for a great team effort. The atmosphere we had out here was unique. This is why kids want to come play at Georgia. Yes, there’s great tradition but, more than anything, [Georgia has] the best fans in the nation.”

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UGA Softball: Bulldogs Toss First No-Hitter of 2020, Run Rule Western Carolina, 8-0

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Western Carolina 2-7
8
 Georgia 20-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Western Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Georgia 2 0 3 3 X 8 9 0

ATHENS, Ga. – The 14th-ranked Georgia softball team recorded its first no-hitter of the 2020 season in a five-inning, run-rule victory over Western Carolina Sunday afternoon at Jack Turner Stadium, 8-0.

Senior Mary Wilson Avant (9-3) started in the circle, making it her fourth start for the Bulldogs in seven games this week. Avant tossed four scoreless innings giving up no hits with seven strikeouts. Fellow senior Amanda Ablan pitched a three-up, three down fifth inning to secure Georgia’s first no-hitter of the season.

At the plate, the Bulldogs scattered nine hits, led by two-hit days from sophomore Lacey Fincher and senior Jordan Dogget. Fincher also contributed a pair of RBI thanks to a two-run home run in the fourth.

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UGA Women’s Basketball: Georgia Earns No. 9 Seed in SEC Tournament

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ATHENS — The Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team has earned the No. 9 seed in the 2020 Southeastern Conference Tournament and will play No. 8 seed Alabama this Thursday at noon ET. The action will take place at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.

The Lady Bulldogs enter the tournament after winning four of their last six regular season games, including a 76-75 overtime victory against the Crimson Tide on Feb. 16. Georgia defeated Florida on Sunday to earn the No. 9 seed in this year’s tournament.

Thursday’s winner will play No. 1 overall seed and SEC regular season champion South Carolina on Friday at noon ET in the quarterfinals.

Georgia is 48-36 (.589) all-time in the SEC Tournament and has won the title on four occasions (1983, 1984, 1986 and 2001).

UGA Men’s Basketball: Georgia Posts Win Over Arkansas, 99-89, With Record-Breaking Crowd

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Arkansas 18-11,6-10 SEC
99
 Georgia 15-14,5-11 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Arkansas 39 50 89
Georgia 47 52 99

ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday night, 99-89, in front of a sold-out Stegeman Coliseum.

This crowd officially breaks the program’s all-time total attendance record set in Coach Crean’s inaugural season in Athens, now up to 154,064 fans to surpass the 148,780 set last season. The Bulldogs drew a crowd of 10,000 plus for the 10th this season, surpassing the previous record of nine crowds of 10,000 or more in 2002-03.

“First off, I just can’t thanks the fans enough for setting this record,” Georgia Head Coach Tom Crean said. “I will thank the students again on Wednesday night when we set that student attendance record, and I just found out that we had our 10th game of 10,000 plus which is another school record. We don’t win this game tonight without the fans. We just don’t. Momentum was up for grabs so much inside of this game. We were rolling and then all of the sudden with the fouls it was like the air went out of the building. The air went out of us at the end of the first half. We regrouped and it was a game of runs. It was a game of adjustments. It was an exciting game, trying to figure out different things. At the end of the day, when we had to get the stops and we had to get the finishes, our crowd went to a different level. And that is the way it has been all year. That is what you envision when you have a desire to build a program. You envision fans doing that with you and I can’t thank them enough.”

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UGA Baseball: Bulldogs Sweep No. 17 Ga. Tech Again

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Ga. Tech 7-4
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 Georgia Bulldogs 11-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Ga. Tech 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6 1
Georgia Bulldogs 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 X 9 10 0

Lawrenceville, Ga. – Fourth-ranked Georgia completed a series sweep of No. 17 Georgia Tech Sunday 9-3 at Coolray Field, marking the third sweep of the Yellow Jackets in the past four years.

The Bulldogs (11-1), picked up the win in front of a sellout 10,299 fans, the third sellout crowd of the series. Freshman Jonathan Cannon earned his third win of the season after coming in to relieve starting lefthander C.J. Smith, who ended his day with six strikeouts. Zach Maxwell took his first loss of the season for Georgia Tech.

Georgia’s Tucker Bradley continued his streak of reaching base safely in all 12 games this season. Bradley also had his fifth three hit game of the season.  Ben Anderson continued a couple of streaks of his own, extending his hitting streak to seven and is right behind Bradley, having reached base safely in the last 11 games so far this season.

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