The Red and Black

Issue date: 5/17/09 Section: Sports

Media Credit: DANIEL SHIREY Georgia baseball coach Dave Perno leads his struggling Diamond Dog team into the SEC Tournament, where it faces Ole Miss in the first round. [Click to enlarge]

The Georgia baseball team will open play in the SEC Tournament as the No. 6 seed and will face the third-seeded Ole Miss Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Eastern at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.

The Bulldogs (35-20, 15-15 SEC) will then face either second-seeded Florida or seventh-seeded Arkansas on Thursday. The double elimination tournament begins Wednesday and the championship game is slated for Sunday at 4 p.m.

This is Georgia's 18th appearance in the SEC Tournament where the Bulldogs are 23-34. Georgia faced Ole Miss in the opening game of the tournament last year, and the Rebels won 4-1.

Georgia finished second in 1985, 1986 and 1989 but has never won the tournament.

Justin Grimm is expected to start game one for the Bulldogs while Trevor Holder will get the start in game two.


2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT SEEDINGS
1. LSU*
2. Florida
3. Ole Miss*
4. Alabama
5. South Carolina
6. Georgia
7. Arkansas
8. Vanderbilt
*SEC Co-Champion

- Georgia Sports Communications

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