Young Harris' season comes to a close in semifinals of PBC Tournament
By Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Communications
Young Harris College scored the game's first three runs, but No. 17 University of North Georgia rallied for a 9-3 win in the semifinals of the Peach Belt Conference Softball Tournament Sunday (May 8) morning at Doug Spears Field on the campus of Lander Unviversity.
The fifth-seeded Mountain Lions ended their season at 23-21, while the top-seeded Nighthawks improved to 41-15 and will advance to the championship game later Sunday (May 8).
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:
Young Harris jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Ashley Autuori drew a bases-loaded walk and the Mountain Lions pushed across two more runs on a UNG throwing error.
North Georgia got a run back in the second before breaking the game open with a six-run third inning. Mallory Parker had a three-run homer in the inning.
Young Harris had six hits in the game as Shea Bayreuther, Trinity Aycock, Autuori, Jess Jaruszewski, Amber Divine and Karah Straub had one each.
Kylie Ferguson (9-8) took the loss for the Mountain Lions.