Sunday's Daily News 'n Notes: Mayhem win, Atlanta-NYCFC battle, Mercer falls, and more
Sunday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Mayhem dominate way to first-round series win
So much for the suspense of the first-game loss.
Eight different players scored and Charlie Finn rejected 40 shots as Macon hammer Evansville 8-0 to advance to the SPHL semifinals.
A four-goal third period was celebratory icing.
First-place Peoria swept Roanoke 3-2 and 4-1. Pensacola, which tied with Macon in total points in the regular season, was upset by fifth-place Knoxville, who matches up with Peoria.
Macon will take on Huntsville in the semifinals, with the first game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Huntsville, the series returning to Macon on Thursday and Friday.
http://maconmayhem.pointstreaksites.com/view/maconmayhem/news/news_502374
Atlanta United stay undefeated after battle with New York
Two of the top teams in the Eastern Conference went at it, and how even were they?
Atlanta and NYCFC tied at 2, in front of more than 45,000 at Mercedez-Benz Stadium.
https://www.atlutd.com/post/2018/04/15/atl-utd-keeps-unbeaten-streak-alive-2-2-thriller-nycfc
Weather wins
Weather pushed the Braves-Cubs game to May 14 and cancelled the third game between Mercer and Georgia in softball.
College Baseball: Mercer
Mercer suffered its first series sweep since joining the Southern Conference, and was shutout for the second time in three games with a 4-0 loss at Samford.
It was the first time a conference team took all three from the Bears since Lipsomb did it in 2012 when Mercer was in the Atlantic Sun. The one run in three games is Mercer's worst in head coach Craig Gibson's tenure.
The last time Mercer was shut out twice in a conference series was in 2004, Gibson's first season, when the Bears lost 5-4, 3-0 and 2-0 to Gardner Webb.
http://mercerbears.com/news/2018/4/15/baseball-mercer-falls-in-series-finale-at-samford-sunday.aspx
College Baseball: Tech loses tight series finale
A seventh-inning homer put Pittsburgh on top and the Panthers held on for a 6-5 win over Georgia Tech in the series finale.
Tech fell to 21-15 and 9-9 while Pitt improved to 19-13 and 8-10.
http://thewhiteandgold.com/jackets-fall-to-lose-series-at-pitt-p1164-251.htm
College Baseball: Georgia Southern swept at South Alabama
South Alabama had all it needed after two innings and put it away with 4 in the fourth to beat visiting Georgia Southern 11-3 and sweep the Sun Belt series.
Spring football update
Check out This Week's Coverage for a collection of stories on spring football at Georgia, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, and Georgia Southern.
Saturday was the Eagles' spring game.
College Golf: Georgia College escapes last at PBC tournament
The Bobcats were last entering the final day of the Peach Belt Conference tournament, and benefitted from a tournament-worst 318 by North Georgia on the final day to move into eight place.
No. 9 USC Aiken won with an 850, 64 strokes ahead of Georgia College.
The Bobcats' Austin Mancill was tied for 18th, with a 10-over 226.
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Last Week's Signings
A collection of Central girls basketball players signed Friday: Jada Clowers with St. Petersburg (junior) College, JeNya Wilder and Tyleia Williams with Snead State (Ala.) Junior College, Kayia Greene with Southern Crescent Tech, and NeeNee Goolsby with Benedict in the SIAC.
Dooly County's Jarquavius Brown signed with Columbia State (Tenn.) CC on Friday. ...
FPD’s Maurice Gordon, who scored 875 points and had 498 rebounds, signed with Gulf Coast state on Friday. ...
The same week he earned All-America honors (see below), Central Georgia Tech's Mike Laster signed with Bowling Green, an NCAA Division I team in the Mid-American Conference that finished 16-16 last season. ...
Bleckley County is sending two softball players to the next level. Aliyah Whitehead has signed with Albany State, and Jordan Williams with Jordan Williams.
A pair of Houston County golfers signed on Wednesday, Hilton Beck with Georgia College and Brent Hamm with Troy. ...
Tattnall girls basketball standout I'Uana Slaughter has signed with Southern Crescent Tech. She helped the Trojans to 83 games in four years, averaging 11.2 points as a senior. ...
Houston County girls soccer player Marissa Molnar has signed to continue her career not far from home, at Wesleyan.
Last Week's Honor Roll
Central Georgia Tech's Fredricka Sheats earned honorable mention All-American honors by the National Junior College Athletic Association, after averaging 15.2 points and 7.6 rebounds. She is a freshman from Athens. ...
Central Georgia Tech men's basketball player Mike Laster was named to the NJCAA All-America second team. The freshman from New York averaged 14.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in helping the Titans reach the national tournament. ...
Outfielder Sarah Couch of Georgia College is the Peach Belt Conference freshman of the week.
Couch hit .500 in four conference games last week with a double and five RBIs. ...
Junior MJ Rookard of Middle Georgia State is the Southern States Athletic Conference player of the week, for the second time this season.
He helped the No. 17 Knights to a 3-1 week, hitting .500 with a .714 slugging percentage and 4 RBI. Rookard is batting .379 with 5 homers and 26 RBI.