#1 Saints Set to Leave Campus Tuesday at 1:00 PM
National Championship WebsiteDAHLONEGA, GA –
The top-ranked North Georgia softball team is preparing for the
NCAA National Championships in Salem, Virginia as they Saints will
depart the North Georgia campus at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon
in front of Memorial Hall gymnasium.
Parents, fans, alumni, faculty and staff, and the community are
welcome to “sendoff” the Saints to their first-ever
NCAA National Championship appearance. The bus will depart campus
at 1:00 p.m.
The Saints captured the 2009 Southeast Super Regional Championship
in Dahlonega last weekend, defeating Carson-Newman College 6-3 in
game one, and 1-0 in game two to advance to the 2009 NCAA Division
II National Championships in Salem, Virginia.
North Georgia will take on Dixie State in the opening round of the
Championship, opposing the Red Storm on Thursday afternoon at 2:00
p.m. at the Moyer Sports Complex. The 19th-ranked Dixie State squad
is 41-11, winning six of their last seven coming into the National
Tournament.
The Saints enter their first-round matchup as the #1 team in the
nation with a record of 48-3 overall, winning 40 of their last 41
games and holding the nation’s best winning percentage at
.940. North Georgia is just two wins away from the school record
for wins, a mark posted in 2003 with 50 wins and eight losses.
The Saints continue their historic run through the playoffs,
winning 25 consecutive game after capturing the Peach Belt
Conference regular season and tournament championship, the NCAA
Southeast Regional, and the NCAA Southeast Super Regional to earn
one of eight spots in the Division II College World Series.
