No. 23 Georgia Levels Series with No. 17 Ole Miss, 6-4

Friday, April 18

Athens, Ga.

6:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

28-16, 5-13

Ole Miss

32-12, 8-9

Ole Miss

Georgia

No. 23 Georgia Levels Series with No. 17 Ole Miss, 6-4

April 18, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

SOFTBALL | vs. No. 17 OLE MISS | W, 6-4
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (12-7)
Losing Pitcher: Aliyah Binford (8-2)

Season Record: 28-16, 6-13 SEC

ATHENS, Ga. – The 23^rd-ranked Georgia Bulldogs evened its series against No. 17 Ole Miss on Friday evening with a 6-4 victory at Jack Turner Stadium.

Georgia improves to 28-16 on the season and 6-13 in SEC play.

FAST FACTS

Lyndi Rae Davis and Sarah Gordon each went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Gordon knocked her ninth home run of the season to move back into a tie for the team lead with Jaydyn Goodwin.
Freshman Esther White hit her fourth home run, a three-run shot off the video board in right, to put Georgia ahead 3-0 in the second.
After Ole Miss tied the game in the top of the fourth at 4-all, a Tyler Ellison sac fly and a Davis RBI hit put the Dawgs back in front and proved the difference makers in the game, 6-4.
Lilli Backes pitched the complete game, allowing four runs on seven hits. She struck out five and walked just one. She closed out the game, retiring six straight Rebel batters en route to her 12^th win of the season.

KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the team's overall performance today…
"I'm just really proud of the resilience, the way that we're playing for each other and sticking together, and when it's hard, that's when you need each other the most. And that's what's great about softball: it's a team sport. No one carries the burden on one player or one side of the ball. We're all in this together, and today I'm just really proud of the way that we fought until the end. Couldn't be more proud of the way Lilli [Backes] was so resilient and closed out the game with her best two innings of the game – six up, six down in a tight game. I'm just really proud of the way she competed, and I thought we strung together a lot of good at-bats."

UP NEXT
Georgia and Ole Miss will decide the weekend series on Saturday at 12 p.m. The series finale will air on SEC Network. Seniors Lilli Backes, Lyndi Rae Davis, Rachel Gibson, and Dallis Goodnight will be honored before the game as part of senior day.