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.
No. 11-ranked Nighthawks tennis team defeats Hawaii Hilo, 4-1
Press Release February 22, 2022
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INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 11 University of North Georgia men’s tennis team won the seventh place matchup over No. 15 Hawaii Hilo Sunday morning, 4-1, at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
North Georgia battled to win the doubles point after the first two matches to finish were split. Connor Evenson and Daniel Ostap won on the third line, 6-1, to start the day before Ryan Gaskin and Cole Brainard won at No. 2 to clinch the point, 6-2.
The Vulcans tied the match quickly in singles, taking the top line match in straight sets, but North Georgia won the last three to finish. Ostap continued his good weekend with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4, and Gaskin won in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Sebastian Murillo won the match with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win at No. 6.
North Georgia will next travel to Queens to take on the Royals on Saturday, February 26. First serve is slated for 2:30 p.m.
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Jorge, Lippert earn All-PBC honors
Business May 2, 2021
AUGUSTA, Ga. – University of North Georgia women’s tennis player Vaishali Jorge earned first team All-Peach Belt honors in both singles and doubles, the league office announced Thursday afternoon. Jorge was joined by her doubles partner, Johanna Lippert, on the first team doubles line, while Rafaella Jean Villanueva earned second team singles honors.
Johanna Lippert
Jorge is 7-8 overall in singles play, but went 5-2 in conference action, all on the top line. She went 6-4 with Lippert on the top doubles line. For Jorge, these are her second All-Conference honors in both singles and doubles after getting first team doubles and second team singles in 2019. This is Lippert’s first All-Conference honor in her career.
Villanueva is 6-0 in singles action on the year, winning both of her singles matches in league play. This is her first All-Conference honor of her career.
Six Lumpkin Co. seniors signed to play college sports
Lumpkin County High School, Team FYN Sports January 31, 2020
Tucker Kirk signed to play football for Sewanee.
A record six members of the 2020 graduating class at Lumpkin Co. High signed to play sports at the next level Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the school. The six athletes are the most to sign at one time in the school’s history.
In football, the Indians had two players commit to play in college.
Tucker Kirk committed to play for Sewanee, The University of the South. Kirk, who stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 200 points, played quarterback and free safety for the Indians. Last season, Kirk was 72-of-132 passing for 755 yards and three touchdowns, while carrying the ball 74 times for 84 yards.
Aaron Hopkins committed to play for Davidson College. Hopkins, who stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 235 pounds, played tight end and defensive end for the Indians last season. He totaled three catches for 56 yards and had 31 total tackles and two sacks for the Indians during his senior campaign.
Nolan Wheeler signed to wrestle for Newberry College.
Nolan Wheeler committed to wrestle for Newberry College next year. Wheeler won the 2018 145-pound Class 3A state championship in 2018, and followed that by winning the 152-pound Class 3A state championship in 2019.
Hope Kenney signed on to play soccer for Truett-McConnell University next season. Kenney finished the 2019 season with 33 goals, eight assists, and 74 total points as a junior.
Brighton Harder signed to play softball for Emmanuel College.
Laken Ferrell signed to play tennis at Piedmont University in the fall. Ferrell was 12-4 as the No. 1 singles for the Indians as a junior during the 2019 season.
Brighton Harder committed to play softball for Emmanuel College next year. Harder helped lead the Lady Indians to a 20-14 overall record, while going 10-2 in Region 7-3A and making an appearance in the Class 3A state championship playoffs.
Lumpkin Co. football coach Caleb Sorrells summed up the day by speaking for all the coaches at the school.
“As proud as I am of what they did on the field, I’m more proud of what they will accomplish off the field,” Sorrells said.
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No. 24 Women’s Tennis Advances Past USC Aiken in PBC Quarterfinals
University of North Georgia April 23, 2018
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UNG baseball players named to ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
Sports, University of North Georgia May 31, 2019
LUMPKIN CO., GA
According to the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, UNG baseball players, Chase Sudduth and Parker Morrison, were each selected for the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team.
Chase Sudduth Photo courtesy of UNG Athletics
Sudduth, a senior from Powder Springs, GA, his .379 on the year, with 17 doubles, two triples and eight homers with 40 RBI. He was also named to the All-Peach Belt Conference First Team and D2CCA All-Region Second Team earlier this month. Sudduth, at one point this season, had a 15 game hitting streak and ended the season on a 43 game reached base streak, both longest on the UNG team. He also had 23 multi-hit games, including the only five-hit game on the team this season.
Morrison, a redshirt sophomore from Cumming, GA, went 5-4 with nine saves in 2019, fanning 81 opposing batters while walking just 22. His ERA was a 3.52, third best on the team. He was also selected for Second Team All-Conference earlier this month.
Parker Morrison, Photo courtesy of UNG Athletics
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Nighthawks women’s tennis team ends with loss against Lynn
Sports, University of North Georgia May 24, 2019
LUMPKIN CO., GA
According to the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, the No. 12 UNG women’s tennis team’s season comes to a close as the Nighthawks fell to No. 1 Lynn, 4-0, Thursday morning in the national quarterfinals. Lynn seeded third in the tournament and will advance to tomorrow’s semifinal round.
The Nighthawks fell in the doubles point but showed fight, falling at No. 3 doubles, 6-3, despite starting the match down 3-0. No. 2 doubles did not finish, but the match was 5-4 with Lynn serving when the point was clinched.
North Georgia continued to battle in singles play, but in the end, the nation’s top team was too much as the Knights took the final three points of the match at Nos. 2, 3 and 5 to continue on.
The Nighthawks finished the season at 22-6, marking the most wins in a single season in program history. UNG also made the national quarterfinals for the first time in program history this year as well, advancing a round further than last year’s trip to the final site.
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UNG women’s tennis team defeats Queens in championship opening
Sports, University of North Georgia May 22, 2019
LUMPKIN CO., GA
According to the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, the No. 12 UNG women’s tennis team won three straight singles matches in straight sets over No. 49 Queens, 4-0, in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Tennis Championship. The win marks the first win at the national championship site in program history.
UNG started quickly in doubles, winning 6-1 at No. 2 and No. 3. The first win was earned by Emma Etelalahti and Cibeles Zuddy, followed by Adrienne Bofinger and Lexa Loden.
In singles, Bofinger earned the first point, winning in dominant fashion, 6-1, 6-1. Zuddy wasn’t far behind, winning at No. 4, 6-3, 6-2 before the singles matches were closer. Jorge went down a set early but fought back to force a third, while Claudelle Labonte Frey won her first set in a tiebreak. Bennett clinched the match with a 7-5, 6-3 win just before Loden was able to finish her match.
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UNG tennis teams bring home ITA regional awards
Business May 15, 2019
Holly Bennett
TEMPE, Ariz. – The 2019 ITA NCAA Division II men’s and women’s regional award winners were announced on Wednesday, and the University of North Georgia tennis teams were well represented on the winners lists.
Ryan Gaskin was named the Southeast Region’s Player to Watch, making him the second player in program history to earn the recognition. Hugues Renaud was named the Most Improved Senior and is also the second player in program history to earn the award. The men’s team also earned the ITA Community Service Award.
Hugues Renaud
On the women’s side, Holly Bennett was named the Most Improved Senior, marking the first time in program history that a player has been given the recognition on the women’s side. Assistant coach Marcy Huck was named the women’s southeast region Assistant Coach of the Year and is the second coach in program history on the women’s side to earn the award.
UNG’s women will take on Queens (N.Y.) on Wednesday, May 22, in the round of 16 at noon.
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UNG sophomore named ITA All-American
Sports, University of North Georgia May 31, 2019
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According to the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, UNG women’s tennis player, Adrienne Bofinger, was named ITA All-American in singles action.
Photo courtesy of UNG Athletics
Bofinger is a UNG sophomore from Germany, and she finished the season 22-3. She played every match except for one at No. 1 and was named an All-Conference first teamer in singles action, as well as the Peach Belt Tournament Singles Most Valuable Player. Bofinger makes the second player in program history to be named an ITA All-American, joining Kathrin Waidner in 2017.
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Washington named 2019 recipient of the Dissinger Reed Athletic Training Scholarship
Sports, University of North Georgia May 24, 2019
LUMPKIN CO., GA
According to the University of North Georgia Athletics Department, UNG’s Ariauna Washington was named 2019 recipient of the Dissinger Reed Athletic Training Scholarship, during the PBC athletic trainer annual symposium in Agusta, GA.
UNC Pembroke’s Frank A. Bastone III was also a recipient, and both students will receive financial support from Dissinger Reed as they continued their studies. Washington will attend UNG’s virtual campus for a degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Health & Physical Education while working at Young Harris. 2019 is the fifth year of the scholarship program.
Washington was a member of the UNG athletic training club and sports medicine club, serving as vice president of the latter until her graduation in May. She was a CARE Consortium Assistance worker at North Georgia her senior year and has worked for Atlanta United of Major League Soccer. She also worked at Harris County High School and Dawson County High School as a part of her UNG program.
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Women’s Tennis Seeded Sixth in NCAA Southeast Region
University of North Georgia April 27, 2018
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Five Tennis Players Named All-Academic
University of North Georgia April 18, 2018
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Nighthawks 8th in PBC Tournament, Archer named all-tourney
Sports, Team FYN Sports April 22, 2019
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Logan Archer finished in a tie for fifth, earning All-Tournament honors, as the University of North Georgia men’s golf finished in eighth place at the Peach Belt Conference Championship.
Archer shot a three-under 69 in the final round to finish at one-under 215 for the tournament. The senior finished six strokes off the pace of Flagler’s Juan Iturra, who fired a 65 in the final round to win the tournament.
As a team, the Nighthawks shot 895 in the tournament, four strokes outside of the top five. Flagler won the tournament with a final total of 864, 10 strokes ahead of Young Harris. Columbus State finished third, followed by Clayton State. Lander and Georgia Southwestern finished in a tie for fifth.
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SURPRISE, SURPRISE: Nighthawks Punch Ticket to Arizona
University of North Georgia April 30, 2018
After dropping the first match of the day in doubles, the Nighthawks took the early 2-1 advantage with wins by Vaishali Jorge and Lexa Loden at No. 2 doubles before a 9-8 tiebreak win for Felicia Baratta and Holly Bennett at the top flight.
From there, the Nighthawks dominated the singles scene. Adrienne Bofinger, fresh off of the match-winning point in the first round, cruised past her opponent, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 singles. Bennett captured the fourth point for UNG, winning in straight sets at No. 3, setting the stage for Jorge to win at No. 4 singles to send North Georgia forward in the tournament.
This is the first time a North Georgia tennis team has advanced past the regional round.
From here, the Nighthawks will travel to Surprise, Arizona, for the NCAA Championships. The remaining 16 teams will be put into a new bracket with the top four teams seeded and the remaining 12 put into the bracket via a blind draw.