University of Georgia Athletics
Saturday, March 19
Athens, Ga.
1:00 p.m.
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Dawgs Beat Dartmouth, Illinois Saturday
March 19, 2022 | Softball
ATHENS, Ga. – The 16th-ranked Georgia softball team earned victories over Dartmouth and Illinois to open the UGA Classic Saturday at Jack Turner Stadium.
The Bulldogs routed the Big Green in five innings 11-2 to begin the day. A four-run sixth inning provided key insurance in the second game of the day as Georgia shut out Illinois 5-0.
Georgia improves to 24-4 on the season.
No. 16 Georgia 11, Dartmouth 2 (5 inn.)
The Dawgs scattered 11 hits for 11 runs in the first tilt of the day. Jayda Kearney and Jaiden Fields each picked up two hits with three RBI in the middle of Georgia's lineup. Freshman Lyndi Rae Davis also had a pair of hits with an RBI.
Freshman Kylie Macy (6-1) picked up the victory in the circle. Macy worked three innings in her start, allowing one run on two hits with six strikeouts. Freshman lefty Sydney Osada made her collegiate debut with an inning in relief. Sophomore Riley Orcutt closed the game in the fifth for the Bulldogs.
The Big Green (2-11) struck first in the contest on a two-out RBI double to right center to go ahead 1-0 on the Bulldogs.
Georgia wasted no time bouncing back in the bottom of the inning. The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no out. The game was tied on a wild pitch then a Lacey Fincher RBI fielder's choice plated the go-ahead run. A two-RBI double off the bat of Kearney plugged the left center gap. Fields followed with a two-run home run to go ahead 6-1 in the opening frame.
The Bulldogs fired up the two-out production to plate three runs in the bottom of the second to widen the lead to 9-1. The scoring was highlighted by a solo home run by Kearney and an RBI single off the bat of Lyndi Rae Davis.
The second run of the game for the Big Green came in to score on a two-out base hit in the top of the fourth, 9-2.
Fields' second hit of the game went for an RBI double to left center in the fourth to bring Georgia's lead back to eight, 10-2. On the play, Fields took third and immediately scored on a sac fly off the bat of Sydney Kuma to bring the tally to 11-2.
Orcutt worked a scoreless fifth to secure the run-rule victory over the Big Green.
No. 16 Georgia 5, Illinois 0
Georgia completed the Saturday sweep with a 5-0 shutout of the Illinois Fighting Illini (12-10) in game two.
Junior Sara Mosley was responsible for three of Georgia's seven hits in the game and drove in three of its five runs.
Sophomore Madison Kerpics (9-1) earned the complete-game shutout in the circle, going the distance and allowing just four hits and striking out three. Kerpics took a no-hit bid into the fourth inning.
A leadoff home run to right off the bat of Kuma broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth, 1-0 Georgia.
The Illini threated in the top of the sixth, loading the bases on a couple Bulldog errors; but Kerpics wiggled out of the jam to preserve the shutout.
A four-spot jump started by a three-run home run off the bat of Sara Mosley added insurance for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the inning. An RBI base hit from Fields drove in Georgia's fourth run of the inning to widen the lead to 5-0 going to the seventh.
Kerpics held the Illini in the seventh to secure the shutout and the victory for the Bulldogs.
Georgia will take on Illinois and Mercer Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium. The Bulldogs and Fighting Illini square off at 1 p.m. followed by the Bulldogs and Bears at 3:30 p.m.
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the team's resilience….
"I think that's been one of our strengths all year is just the bounce back and the resilience. Sometimes what we've talked about is bouncing back and recovering from success can be just as hard as recovering from failure. We talk all the time about recovering and getting back to neutral. While that was disappointing and hats off to [Georgia Tech] for getting the win, we had to get right back to a place in neutral that's just staying in our process and doing what we do. Really excited to get out there and play today and kind of get that behind us. Really proud of the way we competed today."
On the momentum shift against Illinois…
"It felt like an SEC-type of game where you just got to keep fighting the fight. [Illinois is] a good team, they have a good coaching staff and they're making things hard on us. At the end of the day that's what competition is. Keep staying in the fight, make adjustments, and believing that the next one's going to be the one to get you going. I thought we did that, I thought Jaiden [Fields] had a really good at bat there at the end. Sara [Mosley] obviously came through with the big hit. But we took some walks and I thought we did a lot of good things to keep putting ourselves in position to bust the game open and then finally we did."
On Madison Kerpics….
"So proud of her. We've been talking about it's a team game and it's a collective; it's our defense and our pitcher working together to try to put a zero on the board. There were some tough breaks, there were a couple of tough balls in there, and we made a couple mistakes on defense, but she just stayed in it. She kept commanding her pitches and kept being unpredictable with what she was throwing and gave us a chance to get out of it. I thought she was outstanding today of locating. I thought she was working all the different parts of the zone, changing speeds, and when she does that, she's awfully tough to hit."
The Bulldogs routed the Big Green in five innings 11-2 to begin the day. A four-run sixth inning provided key insurance in the second game of the day as Georgia shut out Illinois 5-0.
Georgia improves to 24-4 on the season.
No. 16 Georgia 11, Dartmouth 2 (5 inn.)
The Dawgs scattered 11 hits for 11 runs in the first tilt of the day. Jayda Kearney and Jaiden Fields each picked up two hits with three RBI in the middle of Georgia's lineup. Freshman Lyndi Rae Davis also had a pair of hits with an RBI.
Freshman Kylie Macy (6-1) picked up the victory in the circle. Macy worked three innings in her start, allowing one run on two hits with six strikeouts. Freshman lefty Sydney Osada made her collegiate debut with an inning in relief. Sophomore Riley Orcutt closed the game in the fifth for the Bulldogs.
The Big Green (2-11) struck first in the contest on a two-out RBI double to right center to go ahead 1-0 on the Bulldogs.
Georgia wasted no time bouncing back in the bottom of the inning. The Bulldogs loaded the bases with no out. The game was tied on a wild pitch then a Lacey Fincher RBI fielder's choice plated the go-ahead run. A two-RBI double off the bat of Kearney plugged the left center gap. Fields followed with a two-run home run to go ahead 6-1 in the opening frame.
The Bulldogs fired up the two-out production to plate three runs in the bottom of the second to widen the lead to 9-1. The scoring was highlighted by a solo home run by Kearney and an RBI single off the bat of Lyndi Rae Davis.
The second run of the game for the Big Green came in to score on a two-out base hit in the top of the fourth, 9-2.
Fields' second hit of the game went for an RBI double to left center in the fourth to bring Georgia's lead back to eight, 10-2. On the play, Fields took third and immediately scored on a sac fly off the bat of Sydney Kuma to bring the tally to 11-2.
Orcutt worked a scoreless fifth to secure the run-rule victory over the Big Green.
No. 16 Georgia 5, Illinois 0
Georgia completed the Saturday sweep with a 5-0 shutout of the Illinois Fighting Illini (12-10) in game two.
Junior Sara Mosley was responsible for three of Georgia's seven hits in the game and drove in three of its five runs.
Sophomore Madison Kerpics (9-1) earned the complete-game shutout in the circle, going the distance and allowing just four hits and striking out three. Kerpics took a no-hit bid into the fourth inning.
A leadoff home run to right off the bat of Kuma broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth, 1-0 Georgia.
The Illini threated in the top of the sixth, loading the bases on a couple Bulldog errors; but Kerpics wiggled out of the jam to preserve the shutout.
A four-spot jump started by a three-run home run off the bat of Sara Mosley added insurance for the Bulldogs in the bottom of the inning. An RBI base hit from Fields drove in Georgia's fourth run of the inning to widen the lead to 5-0 going to the seventh.
Kerpics held the Illini in the seventh to secure the shutout and the victory for the Bulldogs.
Georgia will take on Illinois and Mercer Sunday at Jack Turner Stadium. The Bulldogs and Fighting Illini square off at 1 p.m. followed by the Bulldogs and Bears at 3:30 p.m.
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the team's resilience….
"I think that's been one of our strengths all year is just the bounce back and the resilience. Sometimes what we've talked about is bouncing back and recovering from success can be just as hard as recovering from failure. We talk all the time about recovering and getting back to neutral. While that was disappointing and hats off to [Georgia Tech] for getting the win, we had to get right back to a place in neutral that's just staying in our process and doing what we do. Really excited to get out there and play today and kind of get that behind us. Really proud of the way we competed today."
On the momentum shift against Illinois…
"It felt like an SEC-type of game where you just got to keep fighting the fight. [Illinois is] a good team, they have a good coaching staff and they're making things hard on us. At the end of the day that's what competition is. Keep staying in the fight, make adjustments, and believing that the next one's going to be the one to get you going. I thought we did that, I thought Jaiden [Fields] had a really good at bat there at the end. Sara [Mosley] obviously came through with the big hit. But we took some walks and I thought we did a lot of good things to keep putting ourselves in position to bust the game open and then finally we did."
On Madison Kerpics….
"So proud of her. We've been talking about it's a team game and it's a collective; it's our defense and our pitcher working together to try to put a zero on the board. There were some tough breaks, there were a couple of tough balls in there, and we made a couple mistakes on defense, but she just stayed in it. She kept commanding her pitches and kept being unpredictable with what she was throwing and gave us a chance to get out of it. I thought she was outstanding today of locating. I thought she was working all the different parts of the zone, changing speeds, and when she does that, she's awfully tough to hit."
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Macy, Kylie (6-1)
L: Plonka, Brooke (1-7)
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Batting:
2B: McFadyen, Billie 1
RBI: McFadyen, Billie 1 ; Hennessy, Leila 1
SH: Katona, Maddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kam, Izzy 1 ; McFadyen, Billie 1
SB: McFadyen, Billie 1 ; Brown, Jenna 1
HBP: McFadyen, Billie 1 ; Beaupre, Kelly 1
PO: Brown, Jenna 1
Batting:
2B: Kearney, Jayda 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 1
HR: Kearney, Jayda 1 ; Fields, Jaiden 1
RBI: Fincher, Lacey 1 ; Kearney, Jayda 3 ; Fields, Jaiden 3 ; Kuma, Sydney 1 ; Davis, Lyndi Rae 1
SF: Kuma, Sydney 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sikes, Savana 1 ; Chambley, Sydney 1 ; Mosley, Sara 1 ; Fincher, Lacey 1 ; Eaton, Hayley 1 ; Kearney, Jayda 2 ; Fields, Jaiden 3 ; Kuma, Sydney 1
SB: Fincher, Lacey 1
HBP: Sikes, Savana 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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3
H
2
RBI
3
AB
3
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2
RBI
1
AB
1
R
1
H
1
RBI
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