AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of North Georgia baseball player Crews Taylor was tabbed as the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year, earning first team honors in the process, the league office announced Thursday. Additionally, Jacob Lassiat was named the Elite 16 Award Winner, while Pierce Williams and Jake Arnold earned second team accolades. Taylor was an offensive machine for the Nighthawks. The senior […]
Read More »UNG softball named third seed in Southeast Regional
INDIANAPOLIS – The University of North Georgia softball team was named the No. 3 seed in the Southeast Regional and will head to Hickory, North Carolina for a Thursday start. North Georgia is the lone Peach Belt school to earn a bid to the postseason as the league’s automatic qualifier. The Nighthawks will open against sixth-seeded […]
Read More »UNG opens Southeast Regional, defeats Wingate
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The No. 7 University of North Georgia men’s tennis team opened up Southeast Regional play with a dominant 4-0 win over No. 22 Wingate Monday afternoon at the Flagler Tennis Center. The Nighthawks pushed out of the gates quickly, winning the doubles point with a pair of wins on the top two […]
Read More »UNG women’s tennis team earns 4th seed in NCAA Southeast Regional
PRESS RELEASE INDIANAPOLIS – For the fifth year in a row, the University of North Georgia women’s tennis team is in the NCAA Southeast Regional after being named the No. 4 seed on Tuesday night’s selection show by the national office. North Georgia will make their fifth trip to the postseason in program history and will […]
Read More »No. 8 UNG golf team earns NCAA Regional berth
PRESS RELEASE INDIANAPOLIS – For the second year in a row and the second time in program history, the No. 8 University of North Georgia men’s golf team has earned a bid to the NCAA South/Southeast Regional as announced by the national office Friday afternoon. North Georgia claimed the No. 4 seed out of the Southeast […]
Read More »UNG softball completes regular season with spotless home record, 24-0
PRESS RELEASE DAHLONEGA – The No. 19 University of North Georgia softball team completed the regular season Sunday with a 8-0 run rule win over Flagler, completing the regular season schedule at a perfect 24-0 inside Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium at Lynn Cottrell Park. The Nighthawks got on the board in the first as Haley […]
Read More »UNG puts up record numbers in sweep of Claflin
PRESS RELEASE DAHLONEGA – The University of North Georgia baseball team put up 47 runs over its Saturday doubleheader, sweeping Claflin to wrap up the regular season. GAME 1 – UNG 27, CU 0 (7 inn.) North Georgia sent 15 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first, plating 11 runs highlighted by a […]
Read More »UNG holds off USC Aiken, 9-7
PRESS RELEASE AIKEN, S.C. – The University of North Georgia baseball team jumped out quickly before holding on late to defeat USC Aiken Sunday, 9-7. The Nighthawks struck in the top of the first inning, scoring a run off a Josh Sosa single before adding a pair on a Justin Bailey double to take a 3-0 lead. Crews Taylor kept it going […]
Read More »Emmanuel sweeps doubleheader from UNG
PRESS RELEASE FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. – The No. 16 University of North Georgia softball team lost twice to Emmanuel Wednesday, falling 4-2 and 3-2 in the non-conference doubleheader. GAME 1 – EC 4, UNG 2 Emmanuel put pressure on North Georgia early, loading up the bases in the bottom of the second and pushing a […]
Read More »UNG falls to USC Aiken, 5-3
PRESS RELEASE AIKEN, S.C. – The University of North Georgia baseball team fell Friday night at the hands of USC Aiken, 5-3. The Pacers jumped out of the gates quickly, putting up three runs in the bottom of the first inning. USCA scored on two sacrifice flies and an infield single to take the early advantage. […]
Read More »Lumpkin County authorities searching for Lindsey LeBarron
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities are searching for Lindsey Charlene Le Barron who went missing after she failed to appear in Lumpkin County Superior Court on a homicide charge She is described as a 26-year-old white female last known to be in the Elberton Georgia area. In addition to the charge of Homicide by Vehicle […]
Read More »UNG finishes third in PBC Championshp Thompson earns All Tournament honors
PRESS RELEASE ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – Evan Thompson earned All-Tournament team honors as the No. 7 University of North Georgia men’s golf team finished third at the Peach Belt Conference Championships Sunday at Sea Palms Resort. Thompson shot a final round 67 to climb into a tie for fifth, finishing with a 54-hole score of […]
Read More »USC Aiken blanks No. 12 Nighthawks, 4-0
PRESS RELEASE AIKEN, S.C. – The No. 12 University of North Georgia softball team fell Saturday at USC Aiken, 4-0. The Pacers did all of their damage in the bottom of the sixth, starting with a bases clearing double that put USCA up, 3-0. Two batters later, USC Aiken used a single to score the fourth […]
Read More »UNG drops series finale to Augusta, 9-7
PRESS RELEASE AUGUSTA, Ga. — A three-run homer by Augusta in the bottom of the eighth gave the Jaguars a 9-7 win over the University of North Georgia baseball team Saturday afternoon in the series finale. North Georgia jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, using back-to-back homers to leadoff the game from Crews Taylor and Tim Conway. The […]
Read More »UNG splits softball twinbill at USC Aiken
PRESS RELEASE AIKEN, S.C. – The No. 12 University of North Georgia softball team split Friday’s twinbill at USC Aiken, winning in the first game before losing in extra innings in the second. GAME 1 – UNG 9, USCA 0 (5 inn.) North Georgia had the offense going early and often, starting in the first inning […]
Read More »West Florida outlasts Nighthawks, 8-6
PRESS RELEASE DAHLONEGA – The University of North Georgia baseball team fell in the final game of a midweek series to West Florida Wednesday afternoon, 8-6. The Nighthawks jumped out in front in the first inning on a Jorge Arispuro sacrifice before a RBI single from Justin Bailey in the second doubled the lead. West Florida answered by tying the […]
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