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Backes Guides No. 24 Bulldogs to Road Win at Georgia Tech, 5-2
April 22, 2025 | Softball
SOFTBALL | at GEORGIA TECH | W, 5-2
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (13-7)
Losing Pitcher: Sophia Voyles (11-6)
Season Record: 29-17, 6-14 SEC
ATLANTA – Senior Lilli Backes pitched a complete game and struck out eight batters to lift the 24th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 5-2 win over Georgia Tech on Tuesday.
Georgia improves to 29-17 on the season.
FAST FACTS
UP NEXT
Georgia is back in action next Thursday at Missouri. The three-game series begins Thursday at 7 p.m. ET, streaming live on SEC Network+ from Columbia.
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (13-7)
Losing Pitcher: Sophia Voyles (11-6)
Season Record: 29-17, 6-14 SEC
ATLANTA – Senior Lilli Backes pitched a complete game and struck out eight batters to lift the 24th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 5-2 win over Georgia Tech on Tuesday.
Georgia improves to 29-17 on the season.
FAST FACTS
- Backes went the distance, working seven innings in her start. She earned her 13th win of the season. She allowed two runs on six hits, striking out eight and walking two. She was one strikeout shy of tying a season high.
- The Bulldog offense scattered seven hits, led by a pair of hits from Tyler Ellison and two RBI from Sarah Gordon. The top four in the Georgia order all had a hit.
- Gordon's two-RBI triple in the fourth broke open a four-run inning for the Dogs. A squeeze bunt and a groundout pushed two more runs across in the inning to go up 4-0 on Tech.
- Georgia has now won three straight over Georgia Tech.
UP NEXT
Georgia is back in action next Thursday at Missouri. The three-game series begins Thursday at 7 p.m. ET, streaming live on SEC Network+ from Columbia.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Backes, Lilli (13-7)
L: Sophia Voyles (11-6)
Batting:
2B: Ellison, Tyler 1 ; Miller, Marisa 1
3B: Gordon, Sarah 1
RBI: Gordon, Sarah 2 ; Digby, Emily 1
SH: Digby, Emily 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Goodnight, Dallis 1 ; Ellison, Tyler 1 ; Goodwin, Jaydyn 1 ; Gordon, Sarah 1 ; Castorri, Emma 1
Batting:
RBI: Addison Leschber 1 ; Jayden Gailey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Paige Vukadinovich 1 ; Alyssa Willer 1
CS: Eliana Gottlieb 1
HBP: Grace Connelly 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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