USCB baseball walks off twice vs. No. 16 Canes
By Justin Jarrett
LowcoSports.com
The ballpark was buzzing in Hardeeville this weekend with both the USCB baseball and softball teams hosting Peach Belt Conference opponents for three-game sets, and after the lowest of lows in Saturday’s series opener against 16th-ranked Georgia Southwestern, the Sand Shark baseball team ended the weekend on a high.
After enduring a 25-1 drubbing against the Canes in the opener, the Sand Sharks walked off the preseason PBC favorites twice on Sunday, rallying for three runs in the bottom of the 10th to win it on Hunter Miller’s bases-loaded walk in the matinee, and finishing the sweep when Carson Phillips tripled and scored on Julian Galassi’s walk-off single in the nightcap.
USCB standout Brian Meyer helped us recap the big series win Sunday night on Sand Shark Rewind, now streaming on-demand on the Lowco Media Network on YouTube.
We also recapped a wild softball series, as the Sand Sharks outslugged Lander 11-10 on Saturday, winning it on a bases-loaded hit by pitch from former Bluffton Bobcats star Alyssa Rose, before letting two close games slip away Sunday despite a huge weekend from catcher Addie Reynolds, who slugged three home runs.
Reynolds followed a blast from Devon Weller to stake the Sand Sharks to a lead in the series opener, and the lead traded back and forth before Rose wore one with the bases loaded to give USCB a walk-off win. Reynolds homered twice in Sunday’s doubleheader, but the Bearcats rallied two win both games.
The Peach Belt Conference named Reynolds the league’s Player of the Week on Monday after finishing the weekend 6-for-8 with three homers and nine RBIs.
1st hoops season winds down
The USCB basketball teams wrapped up their inaugural season Saturday at Augusta with both Sand Shark squads coming up short in strong efforts on the road.
The women trimmed a 19-point deficit to five in the final minute but couldn’t close the gap, ending their hopes of claiming a spot in the eight-team Peach Belt Conference Tournament, and the men fell 98-91 despite another 26 points from freshman phenom Marcus Overstreet.
SAND SHARKS IN ACTION
Tuesday, March 5
Baseball at Middle Georgia, 3 p.m.
Men’s Golf at Rams Shootout at the Pines, all day
Thursday, March 7
Softball vs. Lees-McRae (DH), noon
Friday, March 8
Baseball vs. Georgia College, 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 9
Baseball vs. Georgia College, 2 p.m.
Softball at USC Aiken (DH), 3 p.m.
Sunday, March 10
Baseball vs. Georgia College, 1 p.m.
Softball at USC Aiken, 1 p.m.
