College Sports

LeeAnn Noble, a 20-year old student-athlete on the University of North Georgia women's golf team, passed away on Monday morning at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta following a lengthy battle with heart complications.

After leading the Lipscomb baseball team to a 5-0 week, senior outfielder Drew Adams has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week as announced by the league on Monday.

The NCAA Division II championship committee officially released the 64-team field for the 2014 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball National Tournament with the 23rd-ranked University of North Georgia women's basketball team earning a spot in the Southeast Regional to be held March 14-17 at Lenior-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C.

Brenau University's swimming team ranked fourth in the nation and its coach Blaire Bachman collected a share of national coach-of-the-year honors on Saturday, following an outstanding performance the 2014 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Men

South Carolina-based Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, Inc., has donated a 16.8-acre tract of land on the east side of Gainesville for the development of a multipurpose athletics park.

The 10th-ranked University of North Georgia softball team swept a pair of games at the Captain D's Classic at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium disposing of King University 5-1 before edging Catawba College 3-1.

After Charles Mann and Kenny Gaines turned in their latest memorable performances, the celebratory hollers of the Georgia Bulldogs could be heard through the door to the visitors' locker room at LSU's Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Now that Georgia Tech is nearly at full strength, center Daniel Miller likes the Yellow Jackets' chances heading into the ACC tournament.

Georgia College opened the game with a 24-4 run and never looked back as they sprinted past 23rd-ranked University of North Georgia 83-67 in the women's semifinals of the PBC Tournament, presented by Jani-King.

After stumbling a bit down the stretch, No. 10 Duke came to the right city - and faced the right opponent - to get rolling again.