Many of the University of North Georgia athletic teams performed well this past year while others look to improve upon last year’s performance.
Sophomore Caroline Martin, from the women’s basketball team, said that serious preparation and hard work in practice were some of the keys to their success; hopefully, all of the program’s teams will take note of their accomplishments and struggles from last season and use them to improve this upcoming season.
Each of the regular season, conference tournament and postseason tournament results can be found in the graphic below and more in-depth statistics can be found on the UNG athletics webpage linked here.
Sport | Regular Season Placement | Conference Tournament Finish | Postseason Results |
Baseball | 6th in Conference | Quarterfinals | Did not qualify |
Softball | 1st in Conference | Champions | NCAA Division II Championships |
Men’s Basketball | 7th in Conference | Quarterfinals | Did not qualify |
Women’s Basketball | 1st in Conference | Champions | NCAA Division II Final Four |
Men’s Soccer | 6th in Conference | Quarterfinals | Did not qualify |
Women’s Soccer | Tied 4th in Conference | Semifinals | NCAA Opening Round |
Men’s Golf | N/A | 3rd in Conference | 11th out of 20 in NCAA Qualifier |
Women’s Golf | N/A | 4th in Conference | Maddie Ananthasane NCAA Regional Qualifier |
Men’s Tennis | 3rd in Conference | Semifinals | NCAA Tournament Round of 32 |
Women’s Tennis | Tied 1st in Conference | Semifinals | NCAA Tournament Round of 32 |
Graphic by Cooper Huau
The most notable and successful seasons were the softball team, who made the NCAA championships for the second year in a row and the women’s basketball team, who made the NCAA nationals for the second time in three years.
In the first week of school, women’s soccer will play twice, on Thursday at 1 p.m. against UNC Pembroke and Saturday at 5 p.m. against Anderson. Both games are at home. Men’s soccer also plays at home on Thursday against Lee University at 7 p.m. On Sunday, men’s soccer will play away against University of Alabama Huntsville at 3 p.m.
No matter what happens, this year should be very exciting for Nighthawks fans.