Spring Break
Rain stops play after softball wins first game
Issue date: 3/16/09 Section: Sports
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Sophomores Taylor Schlopy and Megan Wiggins led the Bulldogs (16-4, 1-2 SEC) to victory in Game 1, the Bulldogs' first SEC home contest this season. Schlopy went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs, and Wiggins went 1-for-2 with a home run and three runs-batted in.
Sophomore Sarah McCloud earned the victory to go to 8-1 on the year after working 6.2 innings, and senior Christie Hamilton struck out the final Tiger batter to pick up her first save of the season.
Georgia and LSU (15-6, 2-2 SEC) completed three innings in Game 2 before rain stopped play during the top of the fourth.
Georgia led 4-2 after three innings, but LSU had picked up one run in the fourth frame to make it 4-3 and had the bases loaded with one out when play was halted. Schlopy started Game 2 in the circle for Georgia, but the Bulldogs had turned to Hamilton in the middle of the fourth. Brittany Mack started and pitched the first three innings for the Tigers.
Two All-Americans on track team
Georgia track and field completed the NCAA Indoor Championships in a tie for 53rd place with two All-Americans on Saturday in College Station, Texas.
Senior Justin Gaymon earned the fifth All-America certificate of his career after finishing ninth in the 400-meter dash since the event's winner, Wake Forest's Michael Bingham, is a foreign student-athlete. All-American honors are given to the top 8 finishers, but foreign athletes don't receive the award.
As a team, the Bulldogs scored two points to tie with four other teams for 53rd place. Oregon (54 points) cruised to the men's title after topping Florida (36) by 18 points. Tennessee (42) edged Texas A&M (37) to capture the women's team championship.
Gaymon, who was the 16th and final sprinter chosen for the meet's field, registered a time of 46.89 to take ninth in the finals.
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