No. 13 Bulldogs Run Rule Panthers, 8-0

Wednesday, March 19

Athens, Ga.

6:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

22-6

Georgia State

8-22

Georgia State

Georgia

March 19, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

SOFTBALL | vs. GEORGIA STATE | W, 8-0 (5 inn.)
Winning pitcher: Rachel Gibson (5-1)
Losing Pitcher: Emily Hodnett (2-6)

Season Record: 22-6, 2-4 SEC

ATHENS, Ga. – The 13^th-ranked Georgia softball team run ruled the Georgia State Panthers on Wednesday evening at Jack Turner Stadium, 8-0 in five innings.

Georgia climbs to 22-6 on the season.

FAST FACTS

Senior Rachel Gibson pitched her third complete game of the season and her third shutout, working five innings. She allowed just two hits and struck out three batters.
The Bulldogs plated five runs in the fifth en route to the run-rule victory. With bases loaded, an error at the plate on a fielder's choice plated two runs, then Mua Williams contributed a two-RBI single to right to bring the score to 7-0. Paislie Allen plugged the right-center gap to drive in Williams and walk off the Panthers, 8-0.
Tyler Ellison's fifth home run of the season was a two-out, two-run shot to center in the bottom of the first to put Georgia on the board, 2-0.
Williams and Allen paced the offense with two hits apiece. Lyndi Rae Davis drew three walks, tying a career-high.

KEY QUOTES
Head coach Tony Baldwin
On the team's performance...
"I thought Rachel [Gibson] really commanded the ball in the circle, only one walk, and really was in control of the strike zone. I thought our hitters on the other side did a good job of controlling the strike zone. It was a little bit slower-paced game, and it just felt like it was hard to really get the momentum. I just kept challenging them, to somebody be the spark. And I thought Sarah [Gordon] got us off to a good start there in that last inning, and then we were able to put together some at-bats. We still aren't where we want to be or need to be, but I like the progress and the intent that we're making."

On what he hopes to take from this game into the weekend series against LSU...
"I thought the poise that we showed in the batter's box was good. I thought the way that we attacked the strike zone, and, really, we've got to control the strike zone on both sides of the ball. I thought we did that tonight and that'll certainly be important this weekend."

UP NEXT
Georgia welcomes No. 3 LSU to Jack Turner Stadium this weekend for a three-game SEC series. The series begins Friday at 6 p.m. between the Bulldogs and Tigers. The first 500 fans through the gate on Friday will take home a free t-shirt and the first 100 UGA students will receive free food courtesy of Texas Roadhouse.