College Sports

The Piedmont College softball team continued its dominance at home this season with a pair of victories Wednesday over Emory & Henry College 7-1 and 8-0.

The University of Georgia took an early lead at the NCAA swimming and diving championships Wednesday when Olympic hopefuls Hali Flickinger and Brittany MacLean helped the Bulldogs win the 800-yard freestyle relay with a pool and school record time of 6 minutes, 51.8 seconds.

Courtney Poole has set numerous school and conference records in her time with the University of North Georgia softball team, but the senior joined a very limited club on Wednesday afternoon, pitching back-to-back no-hitters at Georgia Southwestern.

As an Alabama assistant, Kirby Smart faced no second-guessing for his high-energy, animated sideline style.

After earning national rankings earlier in the day, the Piedmont College baseball team continued to roll with a 9-6 victory on the road at Oglethorpe Tuesday night.

Georgia senior, and former Habersham Central standout, Lee McCoy grew up at Innisbrook and lost track of the number of times he has played the Copperhead course.

Marcus Georges-Hunt says playing in the NIT is better than being left out of the postseason, like his first three seasons at Georgia Tech.

The 12th-ranked North Georgia softball team was able to overcome a total of six errors on the day, using a pair of extra inning home runs to take down Flagler, 2-0 in 12 innings and 4-1 in nine innings.

The Georgia Lady Bulldog basketball team secured a No. 8 seed and will face ninth-seeded Indiana in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament in South Bend, Ind. on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET as part of the NCAA Lexington Regional.

The USA South Athletic Conference has released its weekly award listing with freshman Brady Ballstadt earning USA South Baseball Rookie of the Week.