Brady Eeles and Nik Levensteins both went yard as the No. 30 University of North Georgia baseball team finished off the Peach Belt Conference series with Georgia Southwestern with a 5-2 win Sunday, March 8, at Bob Stein Stadium at Cottrell Park.

Brady Eeles

Eeles got things started in the fourth inning with a solo bomb to right center to give the Nighthawks the lead. Crews Taylor doubled the UNG lead in the fifth with a RBI single to right field that plated William Makes.

Levensteins earned his first RBI of the day in the sixth on a single up the middle that scored Eeles. GSW answered in the top of the eighth with a Tyler Skelton solo homer that cut the lead down to 3-1, but North Georgia came right back in the bottom of the frame to score twice. Bill LeRoy scored on a Hurricane error just before Levensteins hit his solo homer. GSW hit another home run in the ninth, but UNG was able to get the final out to earn the win.

Nik Levensteins

NOTES
– Parker Morrison (3-1) earned the win, going 7.0+ with just one run given up off six hits. He fanned eight Hurricanes along the way. Beau Jones earned his first save of the season, finishing the final two innings of work.

– Levensteins went 3-for-4, while Eeles had a 2-for-4 day at the plate.

NEXT UP
North Georgia will take on Southern Wesleyan in mid-week action Tuesday, March 10, at 3 p.m. in Dahlonega.