Saturday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Mercer hosting golf tourney, area/state college baseball, Mayhem, Braves, United

Saturday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Mercer, Brickyard host women's golf tournament (weather allowing)

          Mercer welcomes 14 teams to the second annual Brickyard Classic.

Braves' Swanson off to good start

          Dansby Swanson didn't live up to expectations last year. This year?

College Baseball: Georgia College thumps Lander

          The No. 13 Bobcats took over in the middle of the game to beat Lander 9-3 to take the series.

College Baseball: Tech gets complete game from Thomas to top FSU

          Connor Thomas threw Georgia Tech's first complete game of the season, and it came in a 2-1 win over No. 6 Florida State.

College Baseball: Vandy takes series from Georgia

          Late offense was enough to lead Vanderbilt past Georgia 8-3 to take the series.

Hockey: Macon falls at home regular-season finale

          Evansville needed just 16 seconds into overtime for the game-winner in nipping Macon 3-2.

MLB: Braves lose in 10 innings

          A bases-loaded walk gave Colorado a 3-2 win over Atlanta in 10 innings in a fairly wild evening.

Soccer: Atlanta wins fourth straight

          The United were hot in beating LAFC 5­-0.

This Week's Honor Roll

          Trey Truitt and Robert Broom of Mercer are the Southern Conference player and pitcher of the month for March.

          Truitt tops the league in nine categories after getting a hit in 17 of 19 games, including an 11-game hitting streak.

          Broom appeared in seven games out in relief and won five, with a 1.50 ERA in 24 innings. He leads the conference with a 1.26 ERA and is tied for the lead with six wins.

Earlier

          Mercer senior Jackson Ware is the Southern Conference baseball player of the week after batting .526 last week, with 9 RBI.

This Week's Poll watch

          Georgia College is up to No. 4 in Perfect Game's Division II baseball poll, while Columbus State is 13th.

          The Bobcats are 13th and Cougars 10th in Collegiate Baseball's latest poll, and Georgia College 15th in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll.

          Mercer is getting votes in the NCBWA and ESPN/USA Today list.

          Middle Georgia State's baseball team is at 18th in Perfect Game's NAIA poll, behind No. 5 Georgia Gwinnett, and 17th in the NAIA coaches' poll.