ATHENS, Ga. | No. 11 Georgia put up multiple runs each of the first three innings and Randi Roelling (6-3) held South Alabama hitless as the Bulldogs defeated the Jags, 8-0 in five innings Friday on day one of the 17th Annual Bulldog Classic at Turner Softball Complex.

Quotable – head coach Becky Clark
- On the game: "Tonight has to be a learning experience for us. There are a lot of adjustments on both sides of the ball going into tomorrow. We will bounce back and be ready to go tomorrow."

Key Moments
•    Georgia (14-5) jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead on Sarah Gordon's two-out home run to left center (UGA, 2-0), scoring Jaydyn Goodwin (single)
•    The Bulldogs added to their lead with some more two-out production in their half of the second as Bailey Lindermuth doubled off the top of the wall in center to plate Emily Digby (UGA, 3-0)
•    UGA added its second run of the inning one batter later on a RBI-single to center by Keirstin Roose (UGA, 4-0)
•    Goodwin led off the Georgia third with her second hit of the contest and Gordon walked to put a pair on, and with one out, Emma Castorri launched the Bulldogs' second home run of the game, this one to right center (UGA, 7-0) 
•    Tyler Ellison led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo shot to left center, her sixth of the spring, to end the game (UGA, 8-0)

Key Stats
•    Presley Lively was the lone Jaguar (11-6) to reach base with her leadoff walk to start the game 
•    After issuing the walk to Lively, Roelling retired the next 15 Jaguar batters, and in her five innings of work, struck out seven
•    Goodwin was 2-for3 with a pair of runs scored, while Gordon reached base twice, scored twice and drove in a pair
•    Castorri also drove in three in the win for the Bulldogs
•    Three players – Goodwin, Gordon and Ellison – homered for Georgia

Postgame Notes
•    The meeting marked the fifth in the all-time series and the fourth in Athens
•    South Alabama had its four-game win streak snapped with the loss
•    Lively extended her reached base safely streak to 17 games with a leadoff walk to begin the game, but had her career-best eight-game hit streak come to an end
•    In her first 12 outings, Harrison had allowed just 13 earned runs before surrendering eight in the loss
•    Last time South was no-hit by an opponent came last season at Arizona (2/3/25)
•    The three home runs allowed by Jaguar pitching were the most this spring and the most since allowing three vs. Marshall (4/13/25)

Up Next
•    South Alabama will continue play at the Bulldog Classic with a pair of games on Saturday versus UNC Wilmington at 9:30 am (CT) and versus Georgia at 12 pm (CT).

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