Holme, USCB men take title at Pinehurst
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The USCB men’s golf team brought home all of the hardware from the Rams Shootout at the Pines last week.
Norwegian freshman Nikolai Holme fired a 1-under-par 70 in the final round to finish at 1-over and edge Virginia Union’s Travon Willis by one shot for the individual title, while the Sand Sharks and the Panthers tied for the team championship.
The Sand Sharks return to the links on March 18-19 at the Ralph Hargett Men’s Invitational hosted by Wingate University.
Softball stumbles at Aiken
The Sand Sharks softball team took some momentum into a key Peach Belt Conference series at USC Aiken this weekend, but the good vibes from a doubleheader sweep of Lees-McRae at home Thursday didn’t travel.
Cierra Kinlaw pitched a gem in a 2-0 win in the opener against Lees-McRae, and reigning PBC Player of the Week Addie Reynolds homered in an eight-run first inning in a 13-3 rout in the finale, but the offensive output wasn’t there this weekend.
The Sand Sharks scored only two runs in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Pacers, including a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat in Monday’s finale.
USCB (12-11, 1-8) looks to get back on track with a home doubleheader against UVA Wise at noon Thursday before hosting Flagler for a PBC series Saturday and Sunday.
Bobcats take all three
It was a tough weekend for the USCB baseball team’s pitching staff, which surrendered 42 runs in a three-game sweep at the hands of visiting Georgia College this weekend.
After falling behind early in a 13-3 loss in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader, the Sand Sharks gave up three runs in the first inning of the second game before getting up off the campus to take an 8-3 lead, but a taxed bullpen couldn’t hold it and the Bobcats rallied for a 16-10 win.
It was more of the same in Sunday’s finale, as Georgia College scored seven runs in the first three innings and broke it open with a six-run seventh.
USCB (7-13, 2-4) hosts Embry-Riddle at 3 p.m. Wednesday before heading to North Georgia for a three-game PBC series starting Friday.
