2008 Athens Super Regional Archive

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

ATHENS, GA – For the third time in the past five years, the Georgia Bulldogs are heading back to the College World Series. The seventh-ranked Bulldogs plated nine runs in the first inning and never looked back, crushing 15th-ranked N.C. State 17-8 to win the Athens Super Regional in front of 3,512 Sunday at Foley Field.

Georgia advances to the CWS for the sixth time in program history and the third time under head coach David Perno. The SEC Champion Bulldogs’ first game at Rosenblatt Stadium in the eight-team double-elimination field will be against either No. 1 national seed Miami or Arizona.
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NC State 10 Georgia 6

ATHENS, Ga. – NC State’s bats weren’t powerful Saturday afternoon, but they were productive.

The Wolfpack generated double-digit scoring with 10 singles, two doubles and nine walks and received strong pitching performances from freshman Jake Buchanan and sophomore Alex Sogard to beat Georgia 10-3 Saturday afternoon in Game 2 of the NCAA Athens Super Regional. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

Georgia 11 NC State 4

ATHENS, Ga. — Trevor Holder pitched a career-high 8.2 innings as seventh-ranked Georgia defeated 15th-ranked NC State, 11-2, in game one of the NCAA Athens Super Regional Friday before a crowd of 3,517 at Foley Field.

The Bulldogs (40-22-1) picked up their 40th win of the year while N.C. State dropped to 4-121. Georgia and NC State will meet in the second game of the best two-out-of-three series Saturday at noon ET (ESPN2).

NC State (41-21) grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the third, but Georgia answered with four runs of its own in the bottom half of the inning and a five-run outburst in the sixth put the game away as the Bulldogs cruised to their fifth straight win behind Holder.

Post Game Press Conference Video

Georgia Recap