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Champaign, Ill. - No. 19 Georgia women's soccer opens its 32nd season of soccer with a contest at Illinois. Georgia sophomore goalkeeper Hannah Folliard will be the lone Bulldog to feel at home Thursday evening as she plays her first college match in her home state. Folliard is a native of Plainfield, Illinois, located over 100 miles from Champaign. Folliard attended Plainfield South High School and played for Galaxy Soccer Club in Naperville, earning a place on the Illinois All-State Team. Georgia collected a bevy of preseason honors entering the 2026 season. The Bulldogs were ranked 19th in the United Soccer Coaches poll and 25th in TopDrawerSoccer's rankings, earning a preseason ranking for the sixth time in program history (1998, '99, '08, '09, '24, '26).
After its season-opening trip to the Midwest, Georgia returns home for a historic evening in Athens. The Bulldogs will face James Madison in the "Soccer in Sanford" match on Thursday, Aug. 20 at Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium. The match will simultaneously honor the 30th anniversary of the United States women's national team's gold medal victory over China in the 1996 Summer Olympics at Sanford, along with looking to set a new NCAA attendance record. The women's record of 14,410 was set in the 1999 NCAA Championship in San Jose between North Carolina and Notre Dame.
ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia women's basketball has announced its 2026-27 schedule, featuring 15 home games at Stegeman Coliseum, a trip to the Cancun Challenge and a challenging SEC slate as the Lady Bulldogs enter the first season under head coach Ayla Guzzardo.
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