Steady Roelling Helps Georgia to Series Win over No. 12 Mississippi State in 7-4 Win

Sunday, March 22

Athens, Ga.

2:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

23-8, 3-3

Mississippi State

29-6, 2-4

Mississippi State

Georgia

LHP Randi Roelling during a game against No. 12 Mississippi State at the Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Ga. on Sunday, Mar. 22, 2026.

Steady Roelling Helps Georgia to Series Win over No. 12 Mississippi State in 7-4 Win

March 22, 2026 | Softball

Box Score

ATHENS, Ga. – No. 13 Georgia defeated No. 12 Mississippi State, 7-4, for its first conference series win of the season. Baldwin's team moves to 23-8 (3-3) on the season, and No. 12 Mississippi State slides to 29-6 (2-4) overall.

SOFTBALL | vs. No. 12 Mississippi State | W, 7-4
Winning Pitcher: Randi Roelling (8-4)
Losing Pitcher: Peja Goold (11-4)

Fast Facts:

LHP Randi Roelling made the start for the Bulldogs going 7.0 innings with four hits, one earned run, four walks and six strikeouts. It's her 10^th outing of the season with five or more strikeouts. RHP Presley Harrison made a brief relief appearance.
Graduate Keirstin Roose starred behind the plate going 3-4 with two runs. Senior Marisa Miller also tallied two hits with two RBIs while Sarah Gordon, Tyler Ellison, Gabi Novickas and Emily Digby also all added an RBI.
Mississippi State scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning before adding one late run in the top of the seventh.
The win marks the first series victory for Georgia since defeating No. 13 Missouri here in Athens in 2024.
Georgia moves to 37-33 all-time against the visiting Bulldogs.

Key Quote:
Georgia Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the atmosphere this weekend…
"I thought our event staff did an amazing job and just appreciate being here in front of our home crowd, them being a factor in the weekend. I thought they were awesome at all three games and fortunate to get good weather and bring people out. We appreciate their support, and we got three big home series left. We're going to need them the whole way."

On Randi Roelling's outing…
"She's a competitor. The analytics say that the third time through the lineup, the odds really shift, so we made a change there. She's such a competitor that she wanted the ball back. I thought her stuff was starting to go the wrong way when we took her out. When she came back in, it got better and was maybe throwing her best there at the end. She's just a competitor and always gives us a chance when she's out there."

On their offense today…
"I thought we executed our at-bats really well. We lost some poise there at the end, but a lot of that is a tribute to [Alyssa] Faircloth and how good she is. The change-up is really deceptive. We're not a bad change-up hitting team, but she made us look like we were not as good as we can be. I'll give more of the credit to her, and we'll be back to work this weekend."

Up Next:
No. 13 Georgia will host Mercer this Wednesday, Mar. 25 in a midweek non-conference clash before hitting the road to take on Kentucky this weekend in Lexington, Ky. at the John Crop Stadium.

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