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Henley will have Georgia on his mind at NCAAs

Russell Henley will represent the Georgia men’s golf team this week at the 2010 NCAA Championships at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn. Henley qualified for the NCAAs by winning the NCAA South Central Regional in Bryan, Texas. Henley will be one of the six golfers competing as individuals Tuesday through Thursday. Henley will start [...]

Georgia softball opens World Series against Washington

The sixth-seeded Georgia Bulldogs will play against the third-seeded Washington Huskies in the fourth game of opening day at the 2010 Women’s College World Series on Thursday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. The 2010 WCWS will feature four games on Thursday with all eight participating teams in action. Thursday’s first session [...]

Silva Zamora wins Spanish Amateur

Georgia’s Marta Silva Zamora won the Spanish Women’s Amateur Golf Championship at La Manga Golf Club in Murcia, Spain, on Sunday. Silva Zamora finished the 72-hole event at 5-over 293, a shot better than both Natalie Escuriola and Ane Urchegui. Silva Zamora, a rising junior from Santiago de Compostela, Spain, was tied for ninth after [...]

UGA’s Gullickson wins NCAA singles title

Georgia sophomore Chelsey Gullickson captured the NCAA singles championship with a 6-3, 7-6(6) win over California’s Jana Juricova Monday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Gullickson’s road to the national championship featured six wins including over top-ranked Irina Falconi (Georgia Tech), second-ranked Juricova, fourth-ranked Hilary Barte and eighth-ranked Allie Will (Florida). Gullickson is ranked 12th [...]

Bulldog tandem falls in NCAA doubles semifinals

The Georgia sophomore tandem of Chelsey Gullickson and Nadja Gilchrist saw their NCAA Tournament run end in the semifinals, falling to the top-ranked Tennessee team of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota, 6-1 ,7-6(11) Sunday. “After the first set, we wanted to come back and fight hard, and we did, but we fell short in the [...]

Softball team moves to College World Series with sweep of Cal

Following their unforgettable run through the 2009 postseason, Georgia made 2010 a forgettable one — for their opponents Elon, Florida State, Radford and California. Made possible in large part to a highlight-reel performance from junior Megan Wiggins, sixth-seeded Georgia pummeled California 10-1 in the deciding game of the Athens Super Regional and advanced to the [...]

Track and Field finishes with 10 qualifiers for NCAA Championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgia’s track and field teams added another qualifier for the NCAA Championships during the third and final day of the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday. Georgia had a total of 10 team members qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which are in Eugene, Ore., on June 9-12, during [...]

NEWS NOTEBOOK: UGA profs earn awards

Two UGA professors from the College of Environment & Design were honored at the 2010 conference of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture recently. At the conference, which took place in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Bruce Ferguson was made a CELA Fellow and Amitabh Verma was presented the award for Excellence in Research and Creative [...]

Athletic Association OKs $2 million pledge for academic programs

The University Athletic Association has approved a $2 million contribution back to the University to assist academic programs. The money is an addition to the $6 million the athletic association has pledged to academic programs during the next three years. The $2 million allocates $500,000 for need-based scholarships, $500,000 for a merit-based scholarship program and [...]

UGA marine scientists lead oil plume research mission; blog from the Gulf of Mexico

A team of University marine scientists conducting research on the huge underwater oil plume that was discovered in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion is posting information on its research mission to a blog, www.gulfblog.uga.edu. The blog will provide regular updates and photos throughout a two-week research mission. The team, now on [...]

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