College Sports

Following the departure of Stephen Andrew, Piedmont Athletics Director Jim Peeples promoted Timmy McCormack as the Lady Lions' new head soccer coach on Wednesday.

Coaches in the Southern States Athletic Conference picked the Brenau University Golden Tigers tennis team to finish first in the league for the 2017 season in their preseason poll.

The Truett McConnell baseball team has been picked to finish seventh in the upcoming Appalachian Athletic Conference season as voted on by the league's coaches.

The Truett McConnell softball team has been picked to finish fourth in the Appalachian Athletic Conference in 2017 as voted on by the league's coaches.

Yante Maten scored 21 points, Juwan Parker added 17 points and Georgia beat struggling Vanderbilt 76-68 on Tuesday night.

After leading the Piedmont College women's soccer program for the last nine seasons, Stephen Andrew will be departing Demorest after accepting the women's soccer coaching position at Valdosta State University, a NCAA Division II program.

Despite three great individual performances that included two double-doubles, the 17th-ranked University of North Georgia women's basketball team wasn't able to come up with a win at Lumbee Bank Court Monday afternoon falling to UNC Pembroke, 79-66.

The University of North Georgia men's basketball team came up short against the hot-handed Braves of UNC Pembroke falling, 89-71, Monday afternoon at Lumbee Bank Court.

The Truett McConnell men's basketball team trailed for just 16 seconds all night but found themselves in a shootout Saturday afternoon against Tennessee Wesleyan in the Bear Cave.

The Truett McConnell women's basketball team held off a furious rally in the fourth quarter to snap its three game losing streak with a 67-62 win over Tennessee Wesleyan Saturday afternoon in the Bear Cave.