UNG scored 31 runs in doubleheader sweep
Press Release February 28, 2022
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LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. – The No. 4 University of North Georgia softball team took care of business Sunday against Bluefield State, knocking off the Big Blue twice in run-rule fashion.
GAME 1 – UNG 14, BSU 0 (5 inn.)
After scoring on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly in the first inning, North Georgia proceeded to score 11 runs in the second. Hannah Forehand got the inning started with a two run shot to left center that cleared the newly constructed Cottrell Terrace. UNG pushed the score out to 8-0 before Haley Cummings had some fireworks of her own with a two run blast to score the seventh and eighth runs of the inning.
The Nighthawks didn’t stop there as Ashley Garrison hit a RBI triple and then scored on a wild pitch just prior to Jolie Lester bringing home the final run of the frame. Makayla Krepps brought home the game’s final run in the fourth on a double to left field.
Tybee Denton (7-2) got the win, going three innings and fanning seven.
GAME 2 – UNG 17, BSU 0 (5 inn.)
The Nighthawks got a big first inning to start game two, scoring eight in a frame highlighted by the first collegiate home run for Grayson Perry, a three run shot to the deepest part of the ball park.
After plating two in the second, North Georgia had another big inning in the third, crossing home plate seven times. UNG loaded up the bases for RBI singles from Garrison, Mallory Parker and Marley Holmes and a RBI double for Mariah Wicker.
Kristen Davis (2-1) earned the win in four innings of work, sitting eight down by strikes.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will open up Peach Belt play at Columbus State on Saturday with a noon doubleheader.
UNG rallies to 8-4 win over Valdosta St. in NCAA Division II Tournament
Press Release May 29, 2021
Tybee Denton
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DENVER – Down 3-0 through four complete, the University of North Georgia softball team’s bats finally came alive as they eliminated No. 9 Valdosta State Friday, 8-4, at the 2021 NCAA Division II Softball Championship.
The Blazers got on the board in the first inning, taking advantage of a Nighthawk error to hit a two-run homer. VSU scored again in the fourth on a solo homer to take a 3-0 lead. North Georgia finally answered in the fifth, scoring their first two runs of the tournament on a Madison Simmons bomb to left field.
The Nighthawks took the lead in the sixth, loading the bases and pushing across a run on a Blazer error and two more on a Kaylyn Anthony single through the left side to make the score 5-3. North Georgia scored three more in the seventh on another Blazer error and a Shelby Hammontree RBI single to left. VSU scored one off a solo homer in the bottom of the frame, but that was all they could get.
NOTES
– Tybee Denton (4-3) earned the win in relief, allowing just one run off two hits over three innings of work.
– Valdosta State committed five errors in the game, leading to all eight runs being unearned.
– Madi Perry was 3-for-4 in the game to lead the way for UNG at the plate.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will play in another elimination game tomorrow at 1 p.m. EDT against No. 18 Saint Anselm