YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. — Senior Dylan Peppers struck out a career high 11 batters on Sunday as the fifth-ranked University of North Georgia baseball team shutout Young Harris, 10-0, at Zell Miller Field. The Nighthawks advance to 29-7 on the year with the win and maintain their two-game lead in the Peach Belt Conference standings at 14-4.
 
North Georgia started the scoring party in the second, plating a pair of runs including the first of four run producing hits by Steven Tomlinson. The Nighthawk centerfielder would knock in another run in the third with an RBI double down the left field line to give UNG a 3-0 lead.
 
After three scoreless innings Tomlinson picked up another RBI with a single up the middle that would spark a rally that carried over to the eighth when UNG put up a five spot to extend their lead to 9-0, that also included an infield RBI single by Tomlinson.
 
Michael Bell would add the 10th and final run of the game in the top of the ninth with a solo homer to left.
 
NOTES
- Steven Tomlinson led the Nighthawk effort at the plate with his 5-for-5 performance. The five hits tie the UNG record for hits in a game. Tomlinson is the 13-th Nighthawk to pick up five hits in a game and the first since Derek Hopper on April 7, 2013, which was also at Young Harris.
 
- Dylan Peppers (4-2) earned the win on the mound allowing just three hits in his eight innings of work. Peppers struck out 11 while allowing just two walks.
 
- North Georgia improves to 11-4 all-time against Young Harris and owns an impressive 7-2 mark at Zell Miller Field.
 
NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will welcome Anderson (S.C.) to the friendly confines of Bob Stein Stadium on Wednesday, April 12 for a midweek non-conference match up. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.