2017-18 PBC YEARBOOK
Softball
FIVE STRAIGHT!!! NO. 1 UNG SOFTBALL BREAKS RECORDS IN PBC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP
DAHLONEGA - For the fifth consecutive year, the No. 1 University of North Georgia softball team
claimed the Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship Saturday with a 4-0 win over
Columbus State at Haines & Carolyn Hill Stadium. Earlier in the day, the Nighthawks broke the
program’s single season wins record with a five inning 8-0 win over Lander in the semifinals.
GAME ONE
Jordan Deep got things started in the second inning with a solo bomb to left field to put UNG on top,
1-0. In the third, the Nighthawks got rolling again with a RBI double from Brittany Gilliam followed by
a RBI single from Alishia Frierson to push North Georgia out to a 3-0 lead.
Lexi Duncan kept the rally going in the inning with a double to the wall in right center to plate
Frierson before a RBI single by Sydney Sprague to cap off the five-run inning.
Sprague walked the game off in the fifth with a two-run bomb to deep center to push the
Nighthawks to their 10th PBC Championship game.
GAME TWO
Both teams were quiet headed into the bottom of the third inning when Sprague struck again for
another two-run blast to give UNG a 2-0 lead. After three more quiet innings, Shelby Hammontree hit
a two-run bomb that plated Gilliam and gave the Nighthawks the four-run cushion.
Kylee Smith (30-1) threw her second one-hitter of the day and struck out nine batters to push the
Nighthawks to their fifth consecutive conference tournament championship.
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