Third-Seeded Georgia Set For NCAA Super Regional

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ATHENS, GA. --- The Georgia Bulldogs, the number three national seed for the NCAA Tournament, are set to face Mississippi State Saturday in an NCAA Athens Super Regional at sold-out Foley Field.

*Saturday's first pitch will be at 11:06 a.m. and be available on ESPN and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network. MSU is 43-17 and swept through its regional last week. Game two of the super regional series will be Sunday at noon on ESPN. If the best-of-three series goes to a third game, time and network designation for Monday's contest will be set late Saturday.

*Georgia (49-12, 23-7 SEC), ranked as high as No. 1 nationally this week, won the Southeastern Conference regular season title as well as the SEC Tournament title. The Bulldogs are in their third season under Ike Cousins head coach Wes Johnson and have been a national top eight seed each year in his tenure.

*Georgia leads the NCAA with a school record 165 Home Runs, ranks second with a .624 Slugging Percentage and fourth in Scoring at 9.4 runs/game. The Bulldogs have an SEC-best .326 Batting Average that ranks fourth nationally. Also, Georgia has a .983 Fielding Percentage, which is sixth nationally.

*Georgia has won 17 of its past 18 games. The Bulldogs are 34-7 at home this year. In school history, Georgia is 52-52 against MSU dating to 1916. The only time they have met in the NCAA postseason came in 1990 at the College World Series (CWS), a 3-0 win by Georgia. This season, Georgia is 4-0 against MSU, posting a sweep in three tight games in Starvkille as part of a top five showdown, and then a 5-3 win at the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala.

*Georgia is hosting an NCAA Super Regional for the second time in the past three years under Wes Johnson and fifth time in school history. This is the second time in school history that Georgia faces an SEC team in a Super Regional. In 2006, Georgia dropped the opener to South Carolina and came back to win the next two to advance to the CWS. Georgia fell in three games to N.C. State in 2024. Georgia's last trip to the CWS came in 2008 after beating N.C. State in three games in Athens.

*Junior All-SEC C Daniel Jackson (.396-29-83, 25 SB) ranks in the top five nationally in Home Runs (29), Total Bases (195), RBI (83), Slugging Percentage (.830) and Runs Scored (82). He is a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, the Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the Bobby Bragan Slugger Award and Baseball America College Player of the Year Award. Jackson was named the SEC Player of the Year and 1st Team All-SEC by the league coaches. Also, he was named the SEC Tournament MVP as well as to the All-Tournament team as the Bulldogs captured their first-ever SEC Tournament title.

*All-SEC junior 3B Tre Phelps (.370-19-57), a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, bats leadoff with a .490 on base percentage. He ranks second in the nation with a school record 34 Hit-By-Pitches. He will miss game one of the Super Regional due to being ejected after a home run in the Regional Final.

*Sophomore All-SEC CF Rylan Lujo (.373-11-42) ranked second in the SEC with a .394 batting average in league games. Lujo, Jackson plus 1B/C Brennan Hudson (.278-20-48) and OF/LHP Kenny Ishikawa (.346-2-17) were named to the SEC All-Tournament Team and then made the NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament too.

*The Bulldogs will start right-hander Joey Volchko (10-2, 3.87 ERA). Georgia's team ERA is 4.78 with 630 strikeouts and 265 walks in 519.1 innings. Opponents are hitting .2439 against the Bulldogs. MSU will be starting sophomore left-hander Tomas Valincius (11-2, 2.99 ERA).

*Georgia's SEC rotation featured junior right-handers Joey Volchko (10-2, 3.87 ERA) and Dylan Vigue (4-1, 4.42 ERA) while the game three starter of late has been graduate right-hander Caden Aoki (9-1, 3.86 ERA, 3 SV). The top relievers have been senior RHP Matt Scott (7-0, 3.38 ERA, 5 SV), redshirt sophomore RHP Paul Farley (8-1, 4.53 ERA, 1 SV), redshirt junior RHP Justin Byrd (4-2, 4.17 ERA, 7 SV) and junior RHP Zach Brown (2-0, 2.80 ERA, 2 SV).

Radio/TV/Live Stats
Saturday @ 11 a.m. ET (ESPN)
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston):
Saturday Link: https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=5033&type=Live
Sunday Link: https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=5034&type=Live
Monday Link: TBA

ESPN (Mike Monaco, Ben McDonald& Eduardo Perez):
Saturday Link: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/82ec1029-6a04-42a0-b094-97e60596451d
Sunday Link: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/a73004e0-46cf-40d8-9e72-3800b0f43001
Monday Link: TBA

Live Stats: Saturday Link: https://www.ncaa.com/game/6599762
Sunday Link: https://www.ncaa.com/game/6599763
Monday Link: TBA

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Players Mentioned

Caden Aoki

Zach Brown

Justin Byrd

Paul Farley

Brennan Hudson

Kenny Ishikawa

Daniel Jackson

Rylan Lujo

Tre Phelps

Matt Scott

Dylan Vigue

Joey Volchko

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