College Sports

The Piedmont College baseball pitching staff strung together a stellar performance Wednesday evening with a combined four-hit shutout for an 8-0 victory over Rhodes College.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced the 28 winners of the Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year Award with University of North Georgia Director of Athletics Lindsay Reeves honored as one of four NCAA Division II recipients.

Chinanu Onuaku made two free throws with 30.9 seconds remaining and Damion Lee added two more with 10.7 left to help No. 11 Louisville survive Georgia Tech 56-53 on Tuesday night.

For the 12th time in her career at the University of North Georgia, Courtney Poole has been named the AstroTurf Peach Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon for college baseball in Demorest, Piedmont College freshman centerfielder Brady Ballstadt gave the fans at Loudermilk Field something to remember with an unbelievable full-extension catch in the top of the third.

Offensive production powered by Jessica Finch and Meredith Heyer, combined with another stellar day by Courtney Poole in the circle lifted the 22nd-ranked University of North Georgia softball team to a sweep of Bellarmine and Catawba Sunday afternoon at Tyger River Park to claim a clean sweep of the tournament.

The University of North Georgia baseball team scattered just three hits in a 7-2 loss to Columbus State Sunday afternoon.

East Division No. 2 Augusta downed West Division No. 3 North Georgia Nighthawks in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinal action, prevailing 75-59 on Sunday afternoon in AU's Christenberry Fieldhouse.

Guards J.J. Frazier and Kenny Gaines combined for 49 points leading the Georgia men’s basketball team to an 80-66 win over Ole Miss Saturday afternoon in Stegeman Coliseum.

With runners on the corners and one out in the 10th inning, senior Daniel Nichols drove a pitch to the wall in left to give the Bulldogs (4-2) their first walk-off win of the season with a 7-6 triumph over Cincinnati (0-5) on Saturday night at Foley Field.