College Sports

The Board of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards presented by Honda has announced that junior Sarah Phillips has been nominated as a candidate for the 2009-2010 Division II Athlete of the Year representing softball.

Taylor Dugas, Jake Smith and Jon Kelton all belted home runs in a five-run first inning, and Adam Morgan pitched a five-hitter Sunday night for Alabama, and the Crimson Tide remained alive in the NCAA Atlanta Baseball Regional with an 8-1 victory over top-seeded Georgia Tech at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Samantha Camuso crushed a three-run homer and B.B. Bates hit a two-run shot as UCLA moved into the Women's College World Series finals for the first time in five years with a 5-2 win over Georgia on Sunday.

Ninth-ranked Georgia edged Southeastern Conference Eastern Division rival and fifth-ranked Florida, 3-2, Saturday night to stave off elimination in the 2010 Women's College World Series at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.

Deck McGuire pitched eight strong innings, Jacob Esch had three RBIs and Tony Plagman drove in the go-ahead run to help Georgia Tech beat Alabama 5-2 on Saturday night and advance to the Atlanta regional title game.

Casey Harman pitched a five-hitter and snuffed out a late rally attempt to lead Clemson past Auburn 5-2 on Saturday night to take control of the Auburn Regional.

The UCLA campus and basketball fans all over the world are mourning the death of legendary college basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden at age 99.

Junior Megan Wiggins hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to cap ninth-ranked Georgia's come-from-behind victory over the top-ranked Washington Huskies, 6-3, Thursday night in the 2010 Women's College World Series in front of a crowd of 6,547 at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium.

The sixth-seeded Georgia Bulldogs will play against the third-seeded Washington Huskies in the fourth game of opening day at the 2010 Women's College World Series on Thursday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

University of Georgia basketball player Ebuka Anyaorah has requested, and been granted, a release from his athletic scholarship, indicating his intention to transfer from the University, according to an announcement Wednesday from head coach Mark Fox.