DAHLONEGA - Bill LeRoy and Nick Clarno both hit homers as the University of North Georgia baseball team defeated Palm Beach Atlantic, 3-1, in the home opener Friday night.

PBA got their only run of the game in the top of the fourth after starting the inning with three straight singles. Danny Tuffariello hit a one-out single to score Brandon Smith and put the Sailfish up early.

LeRoy answered that run with his homerun just a half inning later, blasting a ball to left center and tying the game. After two more scoreless innings, Clarno broke the tie with a solo bomb that curled around the foul pole down the left field line. William Mapes scored an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on a Chase Sudduth sacrifice fly.

NOTES
- Cody Collett (1-0) got his first win of the season out of the bullpen, throwing 2.1 innings of two-hit shutout baseball. Parker Morrison earned his third save in four games.

- PBA's Brandon Seltzer led all players at the plate, going 3-for-4.

NEXT UP
The Nighthawks and Sailfish will play a doubleheader tomorrow to finish out the three-game set tomorrow with first pitch at 1 p.m.