YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. - The top-ranked University of North Georgia softball team split a Battle of Blood Mountain showdown with No. 11 Young Harris Saturday with the Mountain Lions winning the final game in nine innings.

GAME ONE - #1 UNG 6, #11 YHC 4
Young Harris was first to the scoreboard, plating two runs off just one hit and three Nighthawk errors in the first inning. North Georgia answered in a big way, plating five in the second on a Mallory Parker RBI single, a three-run blast from Cheyanne Mosteller and a solo homer from Shelby Hammontree.

Kaylyn Anthony got in on the homerun fun in the third with a solo homer. Young Harris got a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to wrap up the scoring.

Kylee Smith earned the win for North Georgia, striking out eight in a complete game effort.

GAME TWO - #11 YHC 10, #1 UNG 9 (9 inn.)
Margaret Simmons and Anthony got things started for the Nighthawks in the first, each hitting two-run homers. The Mountain Lions scored three in the bottom of the first before North Georgia got one back in the second on a YHC error, putting the score at 5-3.

Young Harris took the lead in the third, scoring three runs to take a one run lead, but the Nighthawks tied it up on a Hammontree RBI single in the fourth. Hammontree struck again in the sixth with a solo homer to take a lead, but the Mountain Lions retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth by a 9-7 advantage. After North Georgia tied it up in the seventh on a pair of sacrifice flies, the Mountain Lions pushed a run across in the ninth on an infield single.

NOTES
- Hammontree, Olivia Sinquefield and Anthony all had four hits in the doubleheader.

- As it stands, the Battle of Blood Mountain point is split with any postseason play to factor into the final standings.

NEXT UP
North Georgia will take on Auburn Montgomery Tuesday in Dahlonega at 3 p.m.