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. In the 2024 SEC tournament, the Bulldogs defeated Auburn in the second round, before falling to the eventual champions, Florida, in the quarterfinals. 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.
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: 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 coachReference:
Schedule 2025 Georgia Bulldogs softball game logRegular season (30–19)February (16–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord SECRecordFebruary 6 vs. NC StateBlack and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball ComplexOrlando, FL 9–05 Backes (1–0) Inscoe (0–1) — — 1–0 –February 6 at UCFBlack and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 4–0 Roelling (1–0) Lopez (0–1) — 580 2–0 –February 7 vs. IllinoisBlack and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 7–4 Backes (2–0) Nuechterlein (0–1) — — 3–0 –February 8 vs. James MadisonBlack and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 10–05 Gibson (1–0) Fleet (0–2) — — 4–0 –February 9 vs. CSU BakersfieldBlack and Gold Classic No. 12 UCF Softball Complex 8–05 Roelling (2–0) Ramirez (0–2) — — 5–0 –February 13 MichiganRed and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner StadiumAthens, GA 3–2 Backes (3–0) Derkowski (2–1) Roelling (1) 1,501 6–0 –February 14 Michigan StateRed and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 10–25 Gibson (2–0) Guidry (0–2) — 1,665 7–0 –February 15 MichiganRed and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium Cancelled February 15 Michigan StateRed and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium CancelledFebruary 16 LongwoodRed and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 11–5 Roelling (3–0) Chapin (1–3) — 1,818 8–0 –February 16 Western CarolinaRed and Black Showcase No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 12–6 Troutt (1–0) Juett (0–4) — 1,818 9–0 –February 20 BuffaloGeorgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 11–35 Backes (4–0) Russ (1–2) — 503 10–0 –February 20 BuffaloGeorgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium CancelledFebruary 21 Appalachian StateGeorgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 5–4 Backes (5–0) Varadi (0–2) — 1,516 11–0 –February 22 SyracuseGeorgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 8–2 Backes (6–0) Jackson (0–1) — 1,710 12–0 –February 23 SyracuseGeorgia Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 3–1 Roelling (4–0) Knight (4–1) — 1,604 13–0 –February 23 Utah ValleyGeorgia 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 StadiumClemson, SC 3–5 McCubbin (3–2) Roelling (4–1) — 1,623 14–1 –February 28 StetsonBulldog Classic No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 5–2 Backes (7–0) Arnold (4–3) — 1,546 15–1 –February 28 UMBCBulldog 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 OverallRecord SECRecordMarch 1 StetsonBulldog Classic No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium 1–0 Gibson (4–0) Kulczyski (1–3) — 1,881 17–1 –March 1 Ohio StateBulldog Classic No. 9 Jack Turner Stadium 7–6 Backes (8–0) Kay (3–2) — 1,881 18–1 –March 2 Ohio StateBulldog 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 0–1March 8 No. 7 Tennessee No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 4–39 Roelling (5–1) Pickens (6–3) — 2,316 19–3 1–1March 9 No. 7 Tennessee No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 2–5 Mardjetko (7–1) Roelling (5–2) — 2,198 19–4 1–2March 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 StadiumColumbia, SC 7–3 Roelling (6–2) Lamb (5–1) — 1,160 21–4 2–2March 15 at No. 9 South Carolina No. 13 Carolina Softball Stadium 3–4 Gress (4–2) Backes (9–2) — 1,579 21–5 2–3March 16 at No. 9 South Carolina No. 13 Carolina Softball Stadium 2–3 Gress (5–2) Roelling (6–3) — 992 21–6 2–4March 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 2–5March 22 No. 3 LSU No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 2–106 Heavener (8–1) Backes (9–3) — 2,297 22–8 2–6March 23 No. 3 LSU No. 13 Jack Turner Stadium 11–35 Roelling (7–4) Berzon (13–1) — 2,478 23–8 3–6March 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 StadiumTuscaloosa, AL 4–3 Backes (10–3) Winstead (6–2) Roelling (2) 3,916 25–8 4–6March 29 at Alabama No. 15 Rhoads Stadium 4–5 Riley (7–1) Roelling (8–5) Briski (2) 3,886 25–9 4–7March 30 at Alabama No. 15 Rhoads Stadium 5–8 Winstead (7–2) Backes (10–4) Briski (3) 3,791 25–10 4–8April (4–7) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord SECRecordApril 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 4–9April 5 No. 4 Texas A&M No. 16 Jack Turner Stadium 5–12 Leavitt (3–0) Backes (10–5) — 2,478 25–13 4–10April 7 No. 4 Texas A&M No. 16 Jack Turner Stadium CancelledApril 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 FieldAuburn, AL 10–11 Rainey (5–3) Backes (11–6) — 1,851 26–14 4–11April 12 at Auburn No. 18 Jane B. Moore Field 10–5 Gibson (6–2) Geurin (17–8) Roelling (3) 2,316 27–14 5–11April 13 at Auburn No. 18 Jane B. Moore Field 4–8 Rainey (6–3) Backes (11–7) — 1,758 27–15 5–12April 17 No. 17 Ole Miss No. 23 Jack Turner Stadium 11–20 Lopez (8–2) Howard (0–1) Binford (2) 1,720 27–16 5–13April 18 No. 17 Ole Miss No. 23 Jack Turner Stadium 6–4 Backes (12–7) Binford (8–2) – 1,937 28–16 6–13April 19 No. 17 Ole Miss No. 23 Jack Turner Stadium 3–5 Lopez (10–2) Roelling (8–7) — 2,072 28–17 6–14April 22 at Georgia Tech No. 24 Mewborn FieldAtlanta, GA 5–2 Backes (13–7) Voyles (11–6) — 752 29–17 –May (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord SECRecordMay 1 at Missouri Mizzou Softball StadiumColumbia, MO 2–4 McCann (10–11) Backes (13–8) Pannell (2) 2,363 29–18 6–15May 2 at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium 3–2 Roelling (9–7) Pannell (5–9) – 3,209 30–18 7–15May 3 at Missouri Mizzou Softball Stadium 0–1 Harrison (10–8) Backes (13–9) Pannell (3) 3,223 30–19 7–16Postseason (5–4) (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord SECTRecord 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 (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record May 16 vs. Coastal Carolina Duke Softball StadiumDurham, 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) — — 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 (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Super Reg.record May 23 at No. 8 Florida Gainesville, FL 1–6 Rothrock (15–5) Roelling (11–9) — 1,980 34–22 0–1 May 24 at No. 8 Florida 2–1 Backes (16–10) Rothrock (15–6) Roelling (4) 2,658 35–22 1–1 May 25 at No. 8 Florida 2–5 Rothrock (16–6) Backes (16–11) – 2,146 35–23 1–2
Record vs. conference opponents
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