Digby Lifts No. 16 Georgia to Extra-Inning Victory, 3-2

Wednesday, April 9

Athens, Ga.

6:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

26-13

USC-Upstate

29-11

USC-Upstate

Georgia

Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA

Digby Lifts No. 16 Georgia to Extra-Inning Victory, 3-2

April 09, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

SOFTBALL | vs. USC-Upstate | W, 3-2 (9 inn.)
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (11-5)
Losing Pitcher: Sophie Kardatzke (4-4

Season Record: 26-13, 4-10 SEC

ATHENS, Ga. – Sophomore Emily Digby's ninth-inning walk-off double lifted the 16^th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 3-2 win over USC-Upstate on Wednesday in front of 1,825 fans at Jack Turner Stadium.

Georgia improves to 26-13 on the season.

FAST FACTS

Digby finished the game 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. Her double in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Jaydyn Goodwin to walk off the Spartans.
Digby launched a two-out two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth to put Georgia head 2-0. It was her second home run of the season.
Marsia Miller was the other Bulldog to scatter multiple hits, finishing 2-for-3 on the game.
Lilli Backes improved to 11-5 in the circle, pitching six innings out of the pen. She allowed two unearned runs on three hits. She struck out four and walked three.
Randi Roelling pitched three scoreless innings in her start, giving up just one hit to the Spartans.
Wednesday's game was Georgia's second extra-inning game of the season, matching the Bulldogs' nine-inning victory over Tennessee on March 8.

KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On overall thoughts of the game...
"The game is always a test. It's a challenge, and it will see where your mindset is. We've come through a little bit of a tough stretch here, and you know, USC-Upstate wasn't going to give it to us tonight. We had to go out and earn it. I have a ton of respect for that team and their program and their coach, they are competitive year in and year out. I thought we did a lot of really good things. We just couldn't get the momentum, couldn't get the hit that really got the ball rolling. Hats off to them. I thought they made some unreal plays, and that's the way that it goes. I thought Randi [Roelling] started and controlled the game really well. And Lilli [Backes] came in, and I thought that was a competitive outing for her. I thought she was sharp and really competed for us, so proud of the outcome. At the end of the day, the goal is to finish with more runs than they do, and we did that tonight."

Sophomore Emily Digby
On going on the road this weekend...
"It's really important any game, we really got to go there and take care of business, and do not shoot ourselves in the foot or anything like that. I thought we've get to go [to Auburn] and play hard."

UP NEXT
Georgia hits the road for a three-game series at Auburn this weekend. The series will begin on Friday at 6 p.m. ET live on SEC Network.