DAHLONEGA - On the final day of the UNG Campus Connection Classic, the No. 7 University of North Georgia softball team split a doubleheader with Palm Beach Atlantic, winning game one before falling in extra innings in the finale.

GAME 1 - UNG 4, PBA 1
The Nighthawks got started in the third inning, getting the bases loaded and scoring two runs after a Sailfish error to go up, 2-0. UNG added a third run in the fourth when Cheyanne Mosteller crossed home on a wild pitch, making the score 3-0.

The Sailfish got a run back in the fifth on a RBI single, but UNG scored the final run of the game when Hobby Gregory scored from third on another wild pitch.

Kylee Smith (10-0) got the win, scattering a run and six hits across seven innings while striking out 11.

GAME 2 - PBA 3, UNG 1 (8 inn.)
Palm Beach Atlantic got on the board first, scoring on a RBI single with the bases loaded to take a 1-0 lead in the second inning. North Georgia answered in the third on a Hobby Gregory RBI double to knot the game up, 1-1.

After neither team could score through the seventh, PBA got a two-RBI single from Taylor Pennica in the eighth inning and then held on in the bottom of the eighth to earn the win.

NOTES
- UNG was outhit in the doubleheader, 12-6. PBA had six hits in each game, while UNG got just three in each.

- Smith surpassed 100 strikeouts on the season with her second strikeout of the day in game one.

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UNG will host the Captain D's Classic next weekend, welcoming West Florida and Wingate to The Hill.