Backes Guides No. 24 Bulldogs to Road Win at Georgia Tech, 5-2

Tuesday, April 22

Atlanta, Ga.

8:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Georgia Tech

Backes Guides No. 24 Bulldogs to Road Win at Georgia Tech, 5-2

April 22, 2025 | Softball

Box Score

SOFTBALL | at GEORGIA TECH | W, 5-2
Winning pitcher: Lilli Backes (13-7)
Losing Pitcher: Sophia Voyles (11-6)

Season Record: 29-17, 6-14 SEC

ATLANTA – Senior Lilli Backes pitched a complete game and struck out eight batters to lift the 24^th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs to a 5-2 win over Georgia Tech on Tuesday.

Georgia improves to 29-17 on the season.

FAST FACTS

Backes went the distance, working seven innings in her start. She earned her 13^th win of the season. She allowed two runs on six hits, striking out eight and walking two. She was one strikeout shy of tying a season high.
The Bulldog offense scattered seven hits, led by a pair of hits from Tyler Ellison and two RBI from Sarah Gordon. The top four in the Georgia order all had a hit.
Gordon's two-RBI triple in the fourth broke open a four-run inning for the Dogs. A squeeze bunt and a groundout pushed two more runs across in the inning to go up 4-0 on Tech.
Georgia has now won three straight over Georgia Tech.

UP NEXT
Georgia is back in action next Thursday at Missouri. The three-game series begins Thursday at 7 p.m. ET, streaming live on SEC Network+ from Columbia.