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Georgia baseball team sweeps Auburn in weekend series, takes final game 9-3

Georgia’s baseball team was able to bring out the brooms for the first time in over two months. The Diamond Dogs (28-20, 12-12 SEC) beat Auburn 9-3 on Sunday at Foley Field to complete the three-game sweep. The last time they swept a conference opponent was April of last year, against Mississippi State. Georgia head [...]

Diamond Dogs capitalize on fluky sixth-inning, ride uneven effort to 5-2 victory over Auburn Tigers

It wasn’t the bats, but Georgia’s discipline at the plate that brought home the runs on Friday night. The Diamond Dogs (26-20, 10-12 SEC) beat the Auburn Tigers 5-2 at Foley Field, as starter Alex Wood earned his sixth win of the season. Georgia head coach David Perno said it was business as usual for [...]

Redshirt sophomore overcomes surgery, inconsistency, to become team ace

Surgery is never a good thing in sports. But in baseball, “Tommy John” elbow surgery has shown that players can come back even better than before. This was certainly the case for Georgia starting pitcher Alex Wood. In 2010, he had to watch from the dugout for almost his entire freshman season as he rehabilitated [...]

Junior swimmer brings home Open Water National Championship

Rising junior Andrew Gemmell took first place in the 10-kilometer Open Water National Championship last Friday. Gemmell finished with a time of one hour, 58 minutes and 3.87 seconds. The Bulldog standout was nearly nine seconds ahead of the runner-up, Janardan Burns. Gemmell placed third in the race a year ago, improving to first this [...]

Diamond Dogs looking to stay within ‘striking distance’ in weekend matchup against LSU Tigers

The Georgia baseball team hasn’t won a game on Sunday since Feb. 26 against Winthrop. Tonight marks the start of the weekend series match up against LSU, and will be the Diamond Dogs second consecutive conference series on the road. Baton Rouge, La., is home to Alex Box Stadium, which seats more than 10,000 fans, and pitcher [...]

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK: Perno says Diamond Dogs ‘have got to ride’ starting pitching duo for remainder of season

By this point in the season, the only thing that Georgia’s baseball team has proven is that it is an enigma. With a single play separating the series at No. 1 Florida last weekend, Georgia head coach David Perno believes his guys then moved backwards Tuesday night with the 4-3 loss to Georgia Tech. “I [...]

Former Lady Bulldog swimmer qualifies for 2012 Olympic Games, set to represent South Africa

Former Georgia swimmer Wendy Trott won the 800-meter freestyle on Sunday in the South African National Championships to clinch a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Trott finished with a time of 8:30.61 in the finals. Her preliminary time was the 11th-fastest in the world in the event this year, stopping the clock [...]

Diamond Dogs undone by ninth inning rally, fall to Yellow Jackets 4-3 at Turner Field

ATLANTA – It came down to which team would have the final say in the matter, and on Tuesday night, Georgia’s baseball team fell silent in the final inning. The Diamond Dogs (24-18) fell 4-3 to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Turner Field in the second of three season matchups with their in-state rivals. [...]

Four-run sixth inning by top-ranked Gators doom Diamond Dogs, fall to arch-rival 6-3 on the road

Missed opportunities plagued Georgia’s baseball team yet again, after playing 25 innings in two days. The Diamond Dogs (24-17, 8-10 SEC) lost Sunday’s rubber match 6-3 against the No. 1 Florida Gators in Gainesville, Fla. The team from Athens stranded a total of nine runners, with six of those nine in scoring position. “At some [...]

Freshman outfielder ‘scary’ at the plate

It’s hard to turn down a Major League Baseball contract when you’re only 18 years old. But that’s exactly what freshman outfielder Hunter Cole did. Selected by the Washington Nationals in the 49th round, he turned down a salary and decided to come play college baseball in Athens. “It was definitely an honor and a privilege and [...]

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