Georgia’s regular season was cut short when its season finale against Missouri was canceled due to positive COVID-19 cases. Despite the shortened season, the Bulldogs have grown closer over the course of this year.

Georgia soccer fell to Auburn 2-1 in double overtime on Sunday evening after a 101st minute winner in the second round of the SEC tournament.

To highlight conference and university updates as well as other developments within Georgia athletics, The Red & Black sports offers the Sunday reads series, recapping this week’s top sports stories.

With just two days before its debut in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Georgia soccer is without 13 players due to positive COVID-19 tests, subsequent contact tracing and various injuries. 

Nov. 11 marked the first day of the 2020-21 signing period for non-football and basketball recruits from the class of 2021. The Red & Black has compiled a list of athletes who have signed with Georgia.

Ahead of Georgia soccer’s appearance in the SEC tournament next week, the Bulldogs have an important component of the game to improve on: set pieces. Of the eight goals conceded by the Bulldogs in the regular season, five were the direct results of set pieces in and around the box.

To highlight conference and university updates as well as other developments within Georgia athletics, The Red & Black sports offers the Sunday reads series, recapping this week’s top sports stories.

Georgia's game against Missouri will not be rescheduled due to the SEC tournament starting in Orange Beach, Alabama, on Nov. 13. 

Georgia soccer’s 2020 regular season will come to a close Friday night when the Bulldogs host Missouri before the SEC tournament. The final home game of the year will feature different faces both on the field and on the sideline as Georgia tries to end its three-game losing streak.

Lesesne is expected to return to the pitch by Nov. 10 in time for the Bulldogs’ appearance at the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama.

A last minute Ole Miss goal gave Georgia soccer its third-straight loss, falling 4-3 on Saturday night in Oxford, Mississippi. Prior to the match, Georgia had allowed just four goals across six games played.

With just two regular season games and the SEC tournament ahead of it, Georgia soccer is using a vengeful attitude as fuel to succeed after suffering back-to-back losses. 

Senior defender Kayla Bruster has been ruled out for Saturday’s match against Ole Miss following a 28th minute exit against Vanderbilt on Sunday, head coach Billy Lesesne said in a virtual press conference on Tuesday.

For the second time in as many games, the No. 15 Georgia soccer team was shut out in a 1-0 loss, this time to Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee.

While Georgia football had a bye week, sports in Athens didn’t stop as Georgia's equestrian, tennis and swimming and diving teams were in action.

For the first time this season, the No. 12 Georgia soccer team was shut out in a 1-0 loss to Auburn, the Bulldogs’ first loss of the season. 

Georgia soccer fell to Auburn 1-0 at Jack Turner Stadium on Sunday night to take its first loss of the 2020 season. The Tigers capitalized on a penalty kick opportunity in the second half, despite playing with only ten players after their goalkeeper earned a red card minutes earlier.

The Georgia soccer season is at its halfway point with the Bulldogs going 2-0-2 for the program’s best-ever start to conference play. The No. 12 ranked Bulldogs are currently tied with Mississippi State for third place in the SEC with eight points.

This week in Georgia sports was highlighted by No. 3 Georgia’s loss to No. 2 Alabama. Georgia volleyball lost its season opener and men’s basketball began practice to prepare for the 2020 season.

Aside from being a starting player on the Georgia soccer team and shutout-earning defender, junior Cecily Stoute has her sights set on graduating from the field to the studio