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Watch: Georgia baseball completes practice for 2021

The UGA baseball team completed its first practice on Friday for the 2021 season

Friday, the Georgia baseball team completed its first official practice of the 2021 season at Foley Field.

The Bulldogs will look to improve upon back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances in 2018 and 2019 after the 2020 season got cut short due to COVID-19.

Georgia lost its top two pitchers in Emerson Hancock and Cole Wilcox to the MLB Draft, but still has plenty of pieces to make a run at Omaha this season.

Make sure to follow along with us throughout the spring as we bring you the latest on everything Bulldogs baseball.

While counting down the days to first pitch, take a look at the official schedule here: 

Georgia baseball falls just outside Top 25

The Georgia baseball team will start the season just outside the Top 25

The Georgia baseball team will return to the diamond on February 19th at Foley Field.

After a strong start to the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, the Bulldogs lost top pitching aces Emerson Hancock and Cole Wilcox.

Now, the Dawgs will look to build off their strong 2018 and 2019 seasons with a less experienced starting pitching staff.

As a result, Georgia fell just outside the Top 25 in Southern Slams’ latest preseason poll. 

Rivals Florida, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Auburn and Tennessee all made the list, although the Dawgs did receive votes.

Let’s see if Georgia can climb into the Top 25 as the season progresses.

Look: Georgia baseball schedule for 2021 gets leaked

The 2021 Georgia baseball schedule appears to have been leaked

Things are looking up in Athens.

Wednesday, the Georgia basketball team earned its first victory over Kentucky since 2013 off a last-second basket for the win in Stegeman Coliseum.

Now, the 2021 schedule for baseball appears to have been leaked per Southern Slams Baseball.

If this list is official, the Bulldogs will play host to in-state foes Georgia State, Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech, while also welcoming nearby powers Auburn and Clemson to Athens.

Georgia will look to build off its postseason appearances in 2018 and 2019 after a promising 2020 season got cut short by the pandemic.

UGA Wire is still waiting to find out regarding capacity at Foley Field this season, but will keep you posted.

Notre Dame Baseball’s Jarrett Voted Underrated By Peers

Baseball America polled a group of 90 Division I coaches questions and first-year Irish head coach Link Jarrett voted as underrated.

Baseball America has been asking a group of 90 Division I head coaches a series of questions and today, one of them involved Irish Baseball Coach Link Jarrett. In his first season as leader of the program, an impressive 11-2 start to the abrupted season, which included winning their last 7 games, impressed everyone nationally.

The the coaches  were asked who they thought is the most underrated coach in the nation. Although Jarrett wasn’t the top pick, that honor went to Rutgers’ Steve Owens, who didn’t quite have the same start at his new location as Jarrett did, Baseball America found that other coaches are high on Jarrett’s ability.

Prior to matriculating to South Bend, Jarrett was the head coach at UNC-Greensboro, compiling an 215-164 (.567) record, winning at least 34 games the final four years and no lower than a 3rd place conference finish. The early season success led to the Irish being ranked #24 when the season was canceled, leading fans to dream about the future of the program. It seems like the Irish have found a coach with a ton of potential in Jarrett.

Notre Dame Baseball vs. Incarnate Word Canceled for Thursday Night

Notre Dame’s baseball team was supposed to start their second set of games Thursday evening in San Antonio against Incarnate Word but mother nature had other plans

Notre Dame’s baseball team was supposed to start their second set of games Thursday evening in San Antonio against Incarnate Word but mother nature had other plans as inclement weather has caused it to be canceled and will not be made up.

Notre Dame is set to play Incarnate Word in an already scheduled game Friday night with first pitch set for 7:00 p.m. ET before taking on Toldeo on Saturday afternoon and the University of Texas San Antonio on Sunday.

Notre Dame started the year last weekend taking two of three games at UAB.  Mitch Megias, Tommy Vail and Joe Boyle set down the final 17 batters of the series-deciding
game last Sunday and allowed just one baserunner and no hits over the final six innings that led new head coach Link Jarrett to his first series win at Notre Dame.

Watch: Highlights from Notre Dame’s Opening Day Win at UAB

Friday saw Notre Dame get the Link Barrett era as manager off to a positive start as the Irish won 4-2 over the Blazers after being led by Tommy Sheehan who threw seven innings of scoreless ball

On Saturday, game two of a three game set to start the 2020 baseball season starts at 2 p.m. ET in Birmingham, Alabama. Notre Dame will be looking to move to 2-0 on the new campaign.

Before that though, relive Opening Day quickly by checking out the highlights below!

Friday saw Notre Dame get the Link Barrett era as manager off to a positive start as the Irish won 4-2 over the Blazers after being led by Tommy Sheehan who threw seven innings of scoreless ball. See the highlights here:

The series will wrap up Sunday with the final of the three game series starting at 1 p.m ET.