UNG sweeps series with Georgia College
Press Release March 29, 2022
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DAHLONEGA – Late inning scoring was the key to victory for the University of North Georgia baseball team as they swept Saturday’s doubleheader against Georgia College.
GAME 1 – UNG 11, GC 10
North Georgia scored first in the first inning as Crews Taylor came home as the Bobcats tried to catch Tim Conway stealing second. Taylor doubled the Nighthawk lead in the third on a homer to make the score 2-0. After Georgia College scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, Riley Frost got the run back in the bottom of the frame on a RBI single to take a 3-1 lead.
The Nighthawks pushed six runs across in the fifth on RBI singles from Conway, Kaleb Freeman, Jorge Arispuro and Will Hardigree to take a 9-1 lead, but the Bobcats responded with nine runs in the sixth to take a 10-9 lead. Hardigree tied the game in the seventh inning on a RBI single, while Frost pushed UNG in front in the eighth with a RBI single that proved to be the difference in the game.
Pete Weil (1-0) got the win in relief, tossing 3.2 innings of shutout baseball, punching out four.
GAME 2 – UNG 2, GC 1 (9 inn.)
Neither team could get the offense going until extra innings. The Bobcats started off the first extra inning in the eighth with a leadoff homer, but the Nighthawks answered in the bottom of the inning as Frost brought home the tying run on a chopper over the third baseman’s head.
After shutting down GC in the ninth, the Nighthawks loaded up the bases in the bottom of the ninth, setting up Frost for the walkoff single to right field to complete the series sweep.
Caleb Mitchell (1-0) earned his first collegiate win, pitching a perfect ninth inning with a strikeout.
NOTES
– This is the first time UNG has swept Georgia College in a season series since 2008 and the first time the Nighthawks have won a series against GC since 2015.
– Frost went 5-for-9 at the plate in the twinbill.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will take on Anderson to wrap up the homestand on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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UNG sweeps pair from Lander
Press Release March 20, 2022
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – The No. 15 University of North Georgia softball team claimed a pair of victories Saturday over Lander to complete the Peach Belt sweep of the Bearcats.
GAME 1 – UNG 7, LU 2
The Nighthawks jumped on top early, scoring four in the first on a bases loaded walk, a Hannah Forehand RBI double and a RBI groundout to take an early 4-0 lead. After Lander scored twice in the third, North Georgia answered by having Jolie Lester steal home in the fifth and take a 5-2 lead.
Lester would bring home the final two runs on a single in the sixth to get the game to its final score.
Delaney Heaberlin earned the win, throwing all seven innings and scattering five hits and a walk.
GAME 2 – UNG 3, LU 2
Lander was the first to score in the nightcap, using an infield single to plate a run in the first inning. All was quiet offensively until Olivia Sinquefield woke the bat up for a solo homer to center to tie the game 1-1 in the sixth.
After Madi Perry scored on a wild pitch in the seventh, Sinquefield plated UNG’s third run of the game on an infield single. Lander got a run in the bottom of the seventh, but Heaberlin worked out of it to get her second win of the day.
NOTES
– Haley Cummings went 3-for-5 on the day, while Lester went 3-for-7.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will battle AUM Tuesday at 3 p.m. in a doubleheader.
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