#5 Bulldogs Face Ole Miss in Regular Season Finale

#5/6 Georgia (42-8, 15-6)
at Ole Miss (28-21, 5-16)
Dates: May 4-6, 2018
Times: 7/5/2 p.m., EDT
Location: Oxford, Miss.
Stadium: Ole Miss Softball Complex

Media Information
TV: SEC Network Bases Loaded (Saturday)
Streaming Video:SEC Network+
     Play-by-play: Seth Austin
     Analysis: Missy Dickerson
Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter Updates: @UGAsoftball

#5/6 Georgia travels to Oxford, Mississippi this weekend for the final regular-season series of 2018. The Bulldogs and Ole Miss will open the series Friday at 7 p.m., EDT. Saturday's game is set to begin at 5 p.m., ET, while the finale is start at 2.

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» This weekend's series will stream live on the SEC Network+. Seth Austin will provide play-by-play while Missy Dickerson will be the color analyst.
» Live stats will be available. Live stat links can be found on the softball schedule at GeorgiaDogs.com.
» Live Twitter updates will be available all season long at @UGAsoftball.

Bulldog Bulletin
Series History
Georgia leads 44-9
» Georgia leads the series in Oxford, 21-3; has won 14-straight road games, dating back to 2005
» Last series in Oxford was 2015
» Georgia once won 33-straight games (Apr. 10, 2004-Apr. 29, 2016) against the Rebels
» Last meeting was at the SEC Tournament in Starkville in 2016, Ole Miss won 4-2

A Look Back
Georgia completed its seventh SEC series win over the weekend, taking two-of-three from #17 Alabama. The Bulldogs took game one 5-3. Down a run going to the seventh in game two, Georgia plated two runs, capped by an RBI single by Mahlena O'Neal, to win the series against the Tide for the first time since 2005, snapping a 10-series losing streak. The Bulldogs plated three seventh-inning runs in the finale but the comeback fell short in the end, 7-4. Georgia finished the month of April 12-4.

A Look Ahead
Georgia will then set its sights on the SEC Tournament in Columbia, Missouri May 9-12. With a likely first-round bye, Georgia will open tournament play Thursday, May 10.

Georgia in the Top 25
The Bulldogs moved up to #5 in the week 12 USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll while also moving up to #6 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll.

In the latest RPI, Georgia comes in at number 8, the second highest-ranked SEC team behind Florida (4).

Emanuel Picks Up SEC Player of the Week
Emanuel native hit .778 last weekend against Alabama with an .833 on-base clip. Five of her seven hits never left the infield, bunting for a hit twice against the Tide. She added four stolen bases on the weekend; now has 46 on the season, a career best.
She scored the tying run in the bottom of the seventh of Saturday's comeback win over Alabama, clinching the series for the first time since 2005. Her RBI single to short Sunday put Georgia on the board in the bottom of the fourth with two out. This is Emanuel's second SEC Player of the Week award, winning it for the first time May 8, 2017.

Emanuel, DiCarlo Names Top 25 Finalists for USA Softball Player of the Year
Cortni Emanuel and Alyssa DiCarlo were named two of 25 finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award. 2018 is the second time Georgia has landed two on the finalist list, the other being 2015 (Alex Hugo, Paige Wilson). Georgia has had six top-25 finalists for the award in the program's history. Alisa Goler (2009) is Georgia's lone top-10 finalist. The 2018 season is Emanuel's second-straight season on the list.

Gray, Emanuel Selected in NPF Draft
Seniors Brittany Gray and Cortni Emanuel were drafted in the 2018 National Pro Fastpitch Draft Monday evening. Gray was selected by the Beijing Shougang Eagles as the 14th pick while Emanuel was selected as the 23rd pick by the USSSA Pride.

Gray and Emanuel become the 12th and 13th Georgia Bulldogs to be drafted in the NPF. Gray is the highest pick out of Georgia since Chelsea Wilkenson was taken as the 14th pick in 2016. 2016 was also the last time Georgia had two student-athletes drafted in the same year.

Shout-outs for Shutouts
The Georgia pitching staff has recorded 21 shutouts in 2018. UGA's record for shutouts in a season is 33 set in 2003. Georgia's 20 shutouts ranks tied for fifth-most all time. UGA had 20 in 2009 and 2015.

The Bulldogs recorded six-consecutive shutouts from Feb. 17-24, tying a program record set twice, first in 2003 then again in 2016.

DiCarLONG Ball
Junior Alyssa DiCarlo has knocked a team-leading 16 home runs this season, cracking Georgia's single-season top-10 list. In her career, she ranks 10th all-time with 40 home runs. She has recorded three two-home run games this season, bringing her career total to five. Her 16 is a career-high in a season for the Arizona native.

She has also cracked the career list with 182 RBI. With 55 this season, she is nine shy of reaching the single-season list. She is tied for seventh with 64 RBI last season.

Down But Not Out
Georgia has come back to win five games when trailing after six innings this season. Three wins have been on the road while comebacks at home have been against Florida and Alabama.

In the road series at Mississippi State, Georgia found itself down a run in the top seventh with two out in every game. The Bulldogs either tied or took a lead in each game with one out left, winning games Friday and Sunday.

Winning Series is Key
Georgia has won all seven Southeastern Conference series played. The Bulldogs are the lone team in the league to win all their series.

Georgia won all but one league series in 2006, a season after winning all 10 series in 2005. Game three of the series has been a rubber game in four of seven SEC series. Georgia has won the opening game of the series six times.

Emanuel Joins Greatness
In the Apr. 8 game against Missouri, Cortni Emanuel recorded her 300th career hit. She becomes only the third Georgia player with 300 career hits, joining Nicole Barber and Kim Wendland. She moved into second all-time during the Alabama series. She is also only one of four with over 200 runs scored at Georgia.

A Power-Packed Offense
At the plate, Georgia leads the SEC in five offensive categories including batting average (.339), slugging (.533), hits (449), home runs (55), and total bases (705).

In the country, Georgia's team batting average and slugging rank fourth and coming in ninth in on base pct. and 10th in scoring (6.3 runs/game).

There's No Place Like The Jack
Georgia has played 35 games at Jack Turner Stadium this season, winning 31 of said contests. 2018 is Georgia's first 30-win season at home since 2014 (35-6). It's the ninth 30-win home season.

The most wins at home was in 2011 when the Bulldogs won 38 games at Jack Turner Stadium.

Solid in the Circle
The Georgia pitching staff has been sharp this season, recording a 1.41 ERA. Georgia's ERA is third-best in the SEC and eighth in the nation. The staff has struck out 337 opposing hitters, and putting 21 shutouts in the books. Georgia's strikeout total ranks third in the league.

It Begins at the Top
The top of Georgia's lineup features two hitters batting north of .400 in Cortni Emanuel (.451) and Alysen Febrey (.408).

The first inning is the second-highest run producing inning for Georgia, scoring 57 runs in the opening stanza. The Bulldogs have scored in the first 25 times, winning 24 of those games.

The RUNdown
The Bulldogs have outscored opponents 315-89 this season. Nationally, Georgia ranks 10th in scoring with 6.3 runs per game. Georgia's .339 batting average is fourth-best in the NCAA.

Individually, Cortni Emanuel leads the team with 57 runs scored while Alyssa DiCarlo is second with 44. Emanuel ranks fourth in the nation with 1.14 runs scored per game.

Zoom, Zoom
Senior Cortni Emanuel tied a Georgia record with five stolen bases against Charleston, Feb. 24. Her mark tied Kellie Middleton's record vs. McNeese State on Feb. 11, 2007. Emanuel swiped 12 total bags in four games of the Georgia Classic.

Now in her fourth season, she has 167 stolen bases, a figure that ranks second all-time at Georgia. Her 0.92 stolen bases per game this season ranks fourth in the country. Her 46 stolen bags cracked the single-season top-10 list at Georgia and is a season-best for the senior.

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