No. 2 UNG Softball wins PBC Tournament title
News, Sports May 16, 2021
Olivia Sinquefield
DAHLONEGA – For the seventh straight year, the second-ranked University of North Georgia softball team hoisted the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Champions trophy with a 3-1 win over No. 8 Young Harris Saturday afternoon.
North Georgia broke through in the second inning, scoring on a Cheyanne Mosteller sacrifice bunt, a Shelby Hammontree sacrifice fly and an Olivia Sinquefield RBI double that gave UNG a 3-0 lead.
Young Harris scratched a run across in the fifth inning on a bases loaded RBI single from Carly Rigsbee, but that was all Kylee Smith allowed on her way to the win in the circle.
NOTES
– Smith (16-3) allowed just the one unearned run across seven innings, fanning seven along the way.
Hammontree, Smith, Sinquefield, Mosteller and Kaylyn Anthony were all named to the All-Tournament Team with Hammontree earning MVP honors.
– Since becoming eligible for postseason play in 2008 after transitioning to Division II, North Georgia has won all but three tournament titles and have reached the tournament championship game in all but one year.
NEXT UP
Earning the PBC automatic qualifier, the Nighthawks will await to see their seeding in the NCAA Southeast Regional that will take place next week at The Hill. The selection show will air on NCAA.com at 10 p.m. Sunday night.
UNG wins Sunday double header in softball classic
News February 17, 2020
Madison Simmons
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — The No. 16 University of North Georgia softball team finished off the Cottrell Foundation Loyal Blue Classic with a sweep of Gannon and No. 8 West Chester Sunday afternoon at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium at Cottrell Park.
GAME ONE – UNG 10, GU 1
The Nighthawks started the scoring in the third inning, using RBI singles from Kaylyn Anthony and Shelby Hammontree to take a 3-0 lead. In the fourth, UNG kept the hot bats going, plating five in the frame. Madison Simmons had a RBI double that scored two before Anthony hit a bomb to push the lead to 8-0.
Gannon was able to scratch a run across in the fifth to avoid the run-rule, but North Georgia scored again in the seventh on a Madison Henry two-run homer that took the game to its final score.
Riley Patton (2-0) got the win, going four innings and striking out six.
GAME TWO – UNG 9, WCU 1 (6 inn.)
North Georgia wasted no time putting the No. 8 team in the nation away, scoring six in the opening inning. Kaylee Womack pushed the first run across on a RBI single. After loading the bases, Olivia Sinquefield drew a walk to double the lead before Cheyanne Mosteller hit a sacrifice fly to push the lead up to 3-0.
The Nighthawks then doubled the lead again on a Simmons single that was coupled with a Golden Ram error, making the score 6-0. UNG scored two more in the second inning on a Jenna Goodrich RBI double. West Chester got on the board in the next frame on a RBI triple to get to a 8-1 scoreline.
North Georgia was able to walk the game off in the sixth due to the run rule on a Sinquefield RBI single that scored Lexi Duncan.
Kylee Smith (4-1) earned the win, tossing four innings and striking out six.
NOTES
– In the first game of the day, No. 21 Southern Indiana beat West Chester, 5-2, in eight innings.
– Simmons went 4-for-6 on the day with four RBI and a run scored.
NEXT UP
North Georgia travels to Barry on Thursday, starting a six-game Florida road swing.