2025 Georgia Bulldogs softball team

2025 Georgia Bulldogs softball
Durham Regional champion
Gainesville Super Regional, 1–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	35–23 (7–16 SEC)
Head coach	Tony Baldwin (4th season)
Assistant coaches	J.T. D'Amico (4th season) Chelsea Wilkinson (4th season) Mike Davenport (1st season)
Home stadium	Jack Turner Stadium
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y	17	–	7	–	0		.708			52	–	9	–	0		.852
No. 1 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	7	–	0		.696			48	–	11	–	0		.814
No. 3 Texas  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8	–	0		.667			54	–	11	–	0		.831
No. 7 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			47	–	17	–	1		.731
No. 4 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			44	–	14	–	0		.759
No. 8 Florida  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			48	–	17	–	0		.738
No. 14 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			44	–	16	–	0		.733
No. 18 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			39	–	19	–	0		.672
No. 11 LSU  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			42	–	16	–	0		.724
No. 20 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			40	–	23	–	0		.635
No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	11	–	13	–	0		.458			42	–	21	–	0		.667
Georgia  ‍‍‍y	7	–	16	–	0		.304			35	–	23	–	0		.603
Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	7	–	17	–	0		.292			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Auburn  ‍‍‍y	6	–	18	–	0		.250			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Missouri  ‍‍‍	6	–	18	–	0		.250			25	–	31	–	0		.446
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2025 [1] Rankings from NFCA/GoRout [2]

The 2025 Georgia Bulldogs softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Georgia during the 2025 NCAA Division I softball season. The team was coached by Tony Baldwin in his fourth season and played their home games at Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Georgia.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2024 season 43–19 overall, and 12–12 in the SEC, finishing in sixth place in their conference. ^[3] In the 2024 SEC tournament, the Bulldogs defeated Auburn in the second round, before falling to the eventual champions, Florida, in the quarterfinals. ^[4] Georgia was selected to host an NCAA regional as the No. 11 national seed in the 2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament. During the NCAA tournament, they won the Athens Regional and advanced to the Los Angeles Super Regional, where they were eliminated by UCLA. ^{[5] [6]}

Roster and personnel

Roster

2025 Georgia Bulldogs roster
	Pitchers 5 – Rachel Gibson – Senior 30 – Destin Howard – Junior 34 – Randi Roelling – Sophomore 77 – Ella Troutt – Freshman 99 – Lilli Backes – Senior Catchers 7 – Sarah Gordon – Junior 11 – Lyndi Rae Davis – Graduate 56 – Marisa Miller – Junior Outfielders 1 – Dallis Goodnight – Senior 2 – Jaydyn Goodwin – Junior		Infielders 3 – Tyah Charlton – Freshman 4 – Tyler Ellison – Junior 9 – Precious Bross – Freshman 22 – Emily Digby – Sophomore 24 – Paislie Allen – Freshman 27 – Hannah Davila – Sophomore Utility 8 – Mua Williams – Freshman 10 – Mollie Mitchell – Freshman 17 – Emma Castorri – Sophomore 20 – Esther White – Freshman
Reference: [7]

Coaching staff

2025 Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff
Tony Baldwin – Head coach J.T. D'Amico – Associate head coach Chelsea Wilkinson – Assistant coach Mike Davenport – Assistant coach
Reference: [8]

Schedule

2025 Georgia Bulldogs softball game log
Regular season (30–19)
February (16–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record February 6 vs. NC State Black and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex Orlando, FL 9–05 Backes (1–0) Inscoe (0–1) — — 1–0 – February 6 at UCF Black and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 4–0 Roelling (1–0) Lopez (0–1) — 580 2–0 – February 7 vs. Illinois Black and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 7–4 Backes (2–0) Nuechterlein (0–1) — — 3–0 – February 8 vs. James Madison Black and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 10–05 Gibson (1–0) Fleet (0–2) — — 4–0 – February 9 vs. CSU Bakersfield Black and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 8–05 Roelling (2–0) Ramirez (0–2) — — 5–0 – February 13 Michigan Red and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium Athens, GA 3–2 Backes (3–0) Derkowski (2–1) Roelling (1) 1,501 6–0 – February 14 Michigan State Red and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 10–25 Gibson (2–0) Guidry (0–2) — 1,665 7–0 – February 15 Michigan Red and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium Cancelled [9] February 15 Michigan State Red and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium Cancelled February 16 Longwood Red and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 11–5 Roelling (3–0) Chapin (1–3) — 1,818 8–0 – February 16 Western Carolina Red and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 12–6 Troutt (1–0) Juett (0–4) — 1,818 9–0 – February 20 Buffalo Georgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 11–35 Backes (4–0) Russ (1–2) — 503 10–0 – February 20 Buffalo Georgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium Cancelled February 21 Appalachian State Georgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 5–4 Backes (5–0) Varadi (0–2) — 1,516 11–0 – February 22 Syracuse Georgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 8–2 Backes (6–0) Jackson (0–1) — 1,710 12–0 – February 23 Syracuse Georgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 3–1 Roelling (4–0) Knight (4–1) — 1,604 13–0 – February 23 Utah Valley Georgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 10–06 Gibson (3–0) Sapp (3–5) — 1,604 14–0 – February 26 at Clemson No. 10 McWhorter Stadium Clemson, SC 3–5 McCubbin (3–2) Roelling (4–1) — 1,623 14–1 – February 28 Stetson Bulldog Classic No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 5–2 Backes (7–0) Arnold (4–3) — 1,546 15–1 – February 28 UMBC Bulldog Classic No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 10–25 Troutt (2–0) Matter (1–3) — 1,546 16–1 –
March (9–9) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 1 Stetson Bulldog Classic No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 1–0 Gibson (4–0) Kulczyski (1–3) — 1,881 17–1 – March 1 Ohio State Bulldog Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 7–6 Backes (8–0) Kay (3–2) — 1,881 18–1 – March 2 Ohio State Bulldog Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 0–7 Boutte (7–2) Gibson (4–1) — 1,730 18–2 – March 7 No. 7 Tennessee No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 1–6 Pickens (6–2) Backes (8–1) — 2,071 18–3 0–1 March 8 No. 7 Tennessee No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 4–39 Roelling (5–1) Pickens (6–3) — 2,316 19–3 1–1 March 9 No. 7 Tennessee No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 2–5 Mardjetko (7–1) Roelling (5–2) — 2,198 19–4 1–2 March 12 Georgia Southern No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 1–0 Backes (9–1) Johnson (8–4) — 1,854 20–4 – March 14 at No. 9 South Carolina No. 13 Carolina Softball Stadium Columbia, SC 7–3 Roelling (6–2) Lamb (5–1) — 1,160 21–4 2–2 March 15 at No. 9 South Carolina No. 13 Carolina Softball Stadium 3–4 Gress (4–2) Backes (9–2) — 1,579 21–5 2–3 March 16 at No. 9 South Carolina No. 13 Carolina Softball Stadium 2–3 Gress (5–2) Roelling (6–3) — 992 21–6 2–4 March 19 Georgia State No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 8–05 Gibson (5–1) Hodnett (2–6) — 1,546 22–6 – March 21 No. 3 LSU No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 3–5 Berzon (13–0) Roelling (6–4) — 2,323 22–7 2–5 March 22 No. 3 LSU No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 2–106 Heavener (8–1) Backes (9–3) — 2,297 22–8 2–6 March 23 No. 3 LSU No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 11–35 Roelling (7–4) Berzon (13–1) — 2,478 23–8 3–6 March 26 No. 17 Oklahoma State No. 15 Jack Turner Stadium 8–4 Roelling (8–4) Meylan (12–3) Backes (1) 1,682 24–8 – March 28 at Alabama No. 15 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 4–3 Backes (10–3) Winstead (6–2) Roelling (2) 3,916 25–8 4–6 March 29 at Alabama No. 15 Rhoads Stadium 4–5 Riley (7–1) Roelling (8–5) Briski (2) 3,886 25–9 4–7 March 30 at Alabama No. 15 Rhoads Stadium 5–8 Winstead (7–2) Backes (10–4) Briski (3) 3,791 25–10 4–8
April (4–7) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 2 Mercer No. 16 Jack Turner Stadium 2–5 Pitts (6–4) Gibson (5–2) Taylor (3) 1,584 25–11 – April 5 No. 4 Texas A&M No. 16 Jack Turner Stadium 0–86 Kennedy (12–3) Roelling (8–6) — — 25–12 4–9 April 5 No. 4 Texas A&M No. 16 Jack Turner Stadium 5–12 Leavitt (3–0) Backes (10–5) — 2,478 25–13 4–10 April 7 No. 4 Texas A&M No. 16 Jack Turner Stadium Cancelled April 9 USC Upstate No. 18 Jack Turner Stadium 3–29 Backes (11–5) Kardatzke (4–4) — 1,825 26–13 – April 11 at Auburn No. 18 Jane B. Moore Field Auburn, AL 10–11 Rainey (5–3) Backes (11–6) — 1,851 26–14 4–11 April 12 at Auburn No. 18 Jane B. Moore Field 10–5 Gibson (6–2) Geurin (17–8) Roelling (3) 2,316 27–14 5–11 April 13 at Auburn No. 18 Jane B. Moore Field 4–8 Rainey (6–3) Backes (11–7) — 1,758 27–15 5–12 April 17 No. 17 Ole Miss No. 23 Jack Turner Stadium 11–20 Lopez (8–2) Howard (0–1) Binford (2) 1,720 27–16 5–13 April 18 No. 17 Ole Miss No. 23 Jack Turner Stadium 6–4 Backes (12–7) Binford (8–2) – 1,937 28–16 6–13 April 19 No. 17 Ole Miss No. 23 Jack Turner Stadium 3–5 Lopez (10–2) Roelling (8–7) — 2,072 28–17 6–14 April 22 at Georgia Tech No. 24 Mewborn Field Atlanta, GA 5–2 Backes (13–7) Voyles (11–6) — 752 29–17 –
May (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 1 at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium Columbia, MO 2–4 McCann (10–11) Backes (13–8) Pannell (2) 2,363 29–18 6–15 May 2 at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium 3–2 Roelling (9–7) Pannell (5–9) – 3,209 30–18 7–15 May 3 at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium 0–1 Harrison (10–8) Backes (13–9) Pannell (3) 3,223 30–19 7–16
Post-season (5–4)
SEC Tournament (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 6 (13) Kentucky (12) Jack Turner Stadium 8–05 Backes (14–9) Fall (6–7) — — 31–19 1–0 May 7 (5) No. 7 Arkansas (12) Jack Turner Stadium 1–5 Herron (16–5) Roelling (9–8) — 1,984 31–20 1–1 Durham Regional (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 16 vs. Coastal Carolina Duke Softball Stadium Durham, NC 6–3 Backes (15–9) Picone (28–10) — — 32–20 1–0 May 17 at No. 21 Duke Duke Softball Stadium 8–2 Roelling (10–8) Drogemuller (17–9) — — 33–20 2–0 May 18 at No. 21 Duke Duke Softball Stadium 1–8 Curd (15–7) Backes (14–10) — — 33–21 2–1 May 18 at No. 21 Duke Duke Softball Stadium 5–28 Roelling (11–8) Curd (15–8) — 1,079 34–21 3–1 Gainesville Super Regional (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Super Reg. record May 23 at No. 8 Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium Gainesville, FL 1–6 Rothrock (15–5) Roelling (11–9) — 1,980 34–22 0–1 May 24 at No. 8 Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 2–1 Backes (16–10) Rothrock (15–6) Roelling (4) 2,658 35–22 1–1 May 25 at No. 8 Florida Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium 2–5 Rothrock (16–6) Backes (16–11) – 2,146 35–23 1–2
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Bulldogs team member Reference: [10] Rankings from NFCA: (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Record vs. conference opponents

. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC softball records v t e Source: 2025 SEC softball game results, 2025 SEC softball schedule
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	Tm	SR	SW
ALA	12–12		.	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	1–2	.	.	1–2	ALA	3–5	1–0
ARK	14–10	.		.	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	.	.	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	2–1	ARK	6–2	1–1
AUB	6–18	.	.		0–3	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	.	.	.	2–1	0–3	0–3	0–3	AUB	3–5	0–5
FLA	14–10	2–1	1–2	3–0		.	.	1–2	.	.	2–1	2–1	.	.	1–2	2–1	FLA	5–3	1–0
UGA	7–16	1–2	.	1–2	.		.	1–2	.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	0–2	UGA	0–8	0–0
KEN	7–17	.	0–3	1–2	.	.		0–3	1–2	3–0	.	2–1	0–3	.	0–3	.	KEN	2–6	1–4
LSU	12–12	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0		.	.	.	.	1–2	.	1–2	0–3	LSU	4–4	1–1
MSU	13–11	2–1	.	3–0	.	.	2–1	.		2–1	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	.	MSU	5–3	1–1
MIZ	6–18	0–3	.	.	.	2–1	0–3	.	1–2		1–2	1–2	.	.	0–3	1–2	MIZ	1–7	0–3
OKL	17–7	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	.	.	.	3–0	2–1		.	3–0	1–2	3–0	.	OKL	5–3	4–0
OMS	11–13	.	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	.		1–2	1–2	.	.	OMS	3–5	0–0
SCA	13–11	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1		.	.	.	SCA	5–3	1–1
TEN	15–9	.	1–2	3–0	.	2–1	.	.	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	1–2	TEN	6–2	1–0
TEX	16–8	.	.	3–0	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	.	.	1–2		.	TEX	6–2	3–1
TAM	16–7	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	.	3–0	.	2–1	.	.	.	2–1	.		TAM	6–2	2–0
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	Team	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. One game TAM @ UGA cancelled. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}
Tie breakers: ARK>FLA hd to hd, SCA>MSU KEN common, LSU>ALA hd to hd, MIZ>AUB TAM common.

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I softball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
NFCA / USA Today	12	10	9	10	13	13	13	15	16	18	23	24	—	—	—
Softball America	17	14	11	12	15	17	19	20	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
ESPN.com/USA Softball	14	11	9	11	14	13	15	17	16	20	23	24	24т	—	—
D1Softball	15	12	12	14	16	16	19	19	25	—	—	—	—	—	—

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