University of Georgia Athletics
University of Georgia
47-12
Long Island University
30-21
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | 18 | 20 | 1 |
Georgia Defeats LIU, 18-2, in NCAA Athens Regional
May 30, 2026 | Baseball
Athens, Ga. – Georgia defeated Long Island 18-2 in its NCAA Athens Regional opener at Foley Field.
Fast Facts
- Georgia tied a school record with nine home runs in a game, and it marked the second time this season it had done that (24-6 win at No. 13 Arkansas on Apr.18). The nine home runs against LIU was the most in an NCAA postseason game for the Bulldogs.
- Game two of the Athens Regional was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday night due to inclement weather and was resumed at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning with Georgia leading 15-1.
- Joey Volchko (10-2) started on the mound for Georgia, a six-inning hitless outing with 10 strikeouts, to earn his tenth win on the year. Long Island's Nicholas Finarelli (8-3) took the loss after four innings, allowing nine runs off nine hits with one strikeout.
- The Bulldogs were the first on the board in the bottom of the third, bringing in a total of six runs. Kenny Ishikawa put the ball in play and drove in Brennan Hudson with an RBI single, while Rylan Lujo and Daniel Jackson also scored following an error.
- In the same inning, Jack Arcamone capped the inning with a two-run homer to right-center field, bringing home Ryan Wynn and adding to the Bulldogs' lead.
- Ryan Black added another long ball to Georgia's total, breaking the single-season home run record for the Bulldogs.
- In the bottom of the fifth, Daniel Jackson knocked his 28th homer of the year, tying Gordon Beckham for the second-most home runs in a single season in Georgia history.
- Hudson also homered in the fifth, his 18th of the season.
- Lujo struck his 10th home run of the season in the sixth with a double RBI, scoring Jackson.
- When play resumed Saturday, Hudson smacked a solo homer to right field, followed by another homer from Wynn.
- In the next inning, Cole Johnson hit his third long ball of the season to further the Bulldogs lead and round out the game.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
Opening Statement…
"I thought when Joey [Volchko] came out yesterday, he was really good and set the tone early. Anytime you're in a regional, it doesn't matter who you're playing, there needs to be a lot of energy to start the first game or you'll see things get sideways. I thought Joey did a phenomenal job of coming in and attacking the strike zone there. Offensively, I thought Jack [Arcamone] had got off good swings to really get us going. That one homer he hit looked like it was shot out of a cannon. We thought our offense did a really good job of staying in their approach, attacking the strike zone. I'm really proud of the way our guys came out after the delay this morning. Brennan Hudson obviously got the restart going with a nice swing and Ryan Wynn got another one, and there was a lot of good offensive things that we did. I thought Teddy Brennan was really good out of the pen there in the seventh."
#37 Joey Volchko | Jr. | RHP
On his start setting the tone for the regional for the team...
"My job is to set the tone and get us as deep into the game as possible. Giving us a good chance to continue to play our best baseball throughout the entire regional was my main focus and getting one guy at a time. Especially in the postseason, you have a lot of eyes and attention on you, but you have to stay in the moment, stay present, get the guy in front of you out and just go from there."
#7 Jack Arcamone | Jr. | C/OF
On how he's become more comfortable in the box this season...
"Me and Coach [Wes Johnson] talk about being the hero of your own imagination, telling yourself before you go to bed every night that you're going to go out there and compete and be the best player you can. Then taking that into the game with all the confidence. I feel like I'm super prepared, and ready for the moment."
Up Next: Georgia will take on Liberty in game four of the NCAA Athens Regionals Saturday at 5 p.m. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Volchko, Joey (10-2)
L: Nicholas Finarelli (8-3)
Batting:
2B: Cord Dobrinski 1
RBI: Mason Breton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Noah Sorensen 1 ; Nick Matson 1
HBP: Noah Sorensen 1
Batting:
HR: Johnson, Cole 1 ; Jackson, Daniel 1 ; Lujo, Rylan 1 ; Hudson, Brennan 2 ; Wynn, Ryan 2 ; Arcamone, Jack 1 ; Black, Ryan 1
RBI: Johnson, Cole 1 ; Jackson, Daniel 2 ; Lujo, Rylan 2 ; Hudson, Brennan 2 ; Ishikawa, Kenny 1 ; Wynn, Ryan 4 ; Arcamone, Jack 2 ; Branch, Kolby 1 ; Black, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Phelps, Tre 1 ; Johnson, Cole 1 ; Jackson, Daniel 3 ; Lujo, Rylan 2 ; Hudson, Brennan 4 ; Ishikawa, Kenny 1 ; Wynn, Ryan 4 ; Arcamone, Jack 1 ; Black, Ryan 1
SB: Lujo, Rylan 1
HBP: Phelps, Tre 2 ; Hudson, Brennan 3 ; Wynn, Ryan 1
