This Week in Nighthawk Athletics: May 1st

5/1/2023 3:17:00 PM

DAHLONEGA - The University of North Georgia will host women's tennis NCAA Tournament matches this week while baseball and softball compete in the PBC tournament. This season's weekly preview is presented by Northeast Georgia Health System, the official healthcare partner of UNG Nighthawk Athletics. Single game and season tickets are available for all home basketball, baseball and softball games. All home events will be broadcast live courtesy of the Nighthawk Sports Network.

Baseball (28-22, 16-14)
North Georgia will begin its run in the Peach Belt Conference tournament heading on the road to face Young Harris in the first game of the four-team double-elimination pod on Friday at 2:00 p.m.
The winner of the pod that features YHC, UNG, USC Aiken and Lander will move on to the championship series hosted by the highest remaining seed on May 12-14.
#2 Softball (52-6, 24-3 PBC)
The Nighthawks battled back after a loss in the first game of the Peach Belt Conference tournament to advance to the PBC Championship series, where they will face Columbus State in Columbus, Ga. in a best-of-three series beginning on Friday at 5:00p.m.
A win against CSU would be the ninth straight tournament title for the program. UNG and CSU finished the regular season, both sharing the regular season title after tying with a PBC record of 24-3.
#9 Women's Tennis
The Nighthawks defeated Mount Olive 4-0 on Monday to advance to the next round at the NCAA Tournament. North Georgia will face the winner of the match between second-seeded Columbus State and seventh-seeded Tusculum on Tuesday at 1:00p.m.

Here is this week's full schedule: