UNG tennis team outlasts Queens, 5-2
Press Release February 27, 2022
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The No. 11 University of North Georgia men’s tennis team earned a 5-2 win over Queens Saturday afternoon.
North Georgia took the doubles point with a 6-4 win by Cole Brainard and Daniel Ostap at No. 2 and a 7-5 win by Zach Waldow and Connor Evenson at No. 3.
The Nighthawks continued to press through singles, winning on the first, second, fourth and fifth lines. Joaquin Benoit and Ostap won at No. 1 and No. 4, respectively, in three sets after each dropping the first set. Ryan Gaskin won 6-3, 7-6 on the second line, while Giulio Sassi won in three sets at No. 5 in a 10 point tiebreak in the third.
UNG will take on Wingate Thursday in a match originally scheduled for tomorrow that was moved due to forecasted weather. First serve in North Carolina is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Connor Frost’s four hits leads UNG win
Press Release February 22, 2022
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The No. 19 University of North Georgia baseball team used a quick start to finish off the series with Queens Sunday, winning the rubber match, 10-3.
North Georgia scored four in the second, using a Connor Frost double, a Garrett Hollenbeck sacrifice fly, a Tim Conway infield single and a Kaleb Freeman base knock to right to take the early lead. UNG added on in the third with a Hollenbeck double that pushed the lead to 6-0.
After a quiet fourth and fifth, North Georgia found the scoreboard again in the sixth off RBI singles from Riley Frost, Jake Arnold and Connor Frost to take a 9-0 lead. Queens answered in the seventh with a two-run homer and again in the eighth on a RBI groundout before the Nighthawks scored the final run of the game in the bottom of the eighth off a wild pitch.
NOTES
– Jay Pendley (2-0) earned the win, going 6.2 innings and giving up two runs off six hits and two walks. He struck out a pair of Royals as well.
– Connor Frost finished the day 4-for-5 at the plate, while Conway, Riley Frost, Arnold and Hollenbeck also had multi-hit games.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will have its first midweek game of the season Wednesday as they welcome Emmanuel to Dahlonega for a 3 p.m. first pitch.
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