UGA Baseball: Georgia Opens SEC Tournament Tuesday Against LSU

ATHENS ——The Georgia Bulldogs open the SEC Tournament Tuesday against LSU at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala. First pitch is set for 5:32 p.m. ET and be available on the SEC Network and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.

Georgia (30-23, 13-17 SEC) enters the SEC Tournament as the No. 8 seed and will face the No. 9 seed LSU Tigers (34-21, 13-17 SEC). They did not play each other during the regular season. The last meeting came in Athens  in 2019 when Georgia claimed a series two games to one. LSU leads the all-time series 68-23-2 including 9-2 in the SEC Tournament. They last squared off in Hoover in 2009 as LSU won a pair of seven-inning affairs. The winner of the Georgia-LSU game advances to the double-elimination part of the event and will face No. 1 Arkansas, who is the top seed and SEC Champion, on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Georgia is 30-46 all-time at the SEC Tournament in 25 appearances, and its best finish is second three times (1985, 1986 and 1989). The Bulldogs are making their fifth consecutive SEC Tournament appearance, their longest stretch since making six in a row from 1985-90. Georgia finished tied for third at the 2019 event. The 2020 SEC Tournament was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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UGA Women’s Softball: NCAA Gainesville Super Regional Schedule Set

ATHENS, Ga. – The 2021 NCAA Gainesville Super Regional featuring the University of Georgia and nationally-seeded No. 4 Florida, has been set.

First pitch of the best-of-three Super Regional is slated for Friday, May 28 at 5 p.m., ET, at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium and will air on ESPNU. Game two is set for noon on Saturday on ESPN. Sunday’s if necessary game is slated for noon and will also air on ESPN.

Georgia and Florida met in Athens in the regular season. The Bulldogs won the series opener 4-2 behind a one-hitter by graduate Mary Wilson Avant. Then-No. 5 Florida bounced back to win the next two games to capture the regular-season series.

The Bulldogs and Gators have met three total times in the postseason. In 2016, then-No.16 Georgia traveled to Gainesville for a matchup with top-seeded Florida in the Super Regional round. Georgia stunned the Gators, first shutting them out in game one then walking it off with a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh of game two off the bat of senior Kaylee Puailoa.

Georgia and Florida matched up in Oklahoma City in 2018. Florida was victorious in the opening-round game. Georgia leads the postseason series 2-1.

The Bulldogs enter the weekend 32-21. Georgia swept the Athens Regional, beating Western Kentucky and nationally-seeded Duke to punch its ticket to this weekend’s Super Regional.

2021 Gainesville Super Regional
Friday, May 28 – 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Saturday, May 29 – 12 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, May 30 – 12 p.m. (ESPN) (if necessary)

Transfer Watch

Expect movement on Derion Kendrick and UGA soon (next week or two) from what I’ve been told.

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#3 Safety Not a Stone Cold Lock?

I haven’t posted much at all on in-state safety Caleb Downs mainly because his brother (Josh) is currently at UNC. Their uncle is also Dre Bly, cornerbacks coach for UNC.

With those two huge connections, most think he is a stone cold lock to UNC. That may not be the case. UGA is in a good spot here early and could end up making some noise here.

I don’t think UGA leads or anything like that and would still pick him to North Carolina if I had to right now, but this may be one to keep an eye on down the road.

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