Athletics

Georgia College & State University got seven strong innings from starter Jacob Ryan and held on for a 4-3 baseball decision over No. 19 University of Mount Olive in the finals of the 2024 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional No. 2 Saturday (May 18) afternoon at Ray and Bea Dillard Field at Ashmore Park on the University of North Greenville.With the win, the seventh-seeded Bobcats, who are 8-0 so far this postseason, won their ninth consecutive game as they improved to 37-20, while the...

Matthew Mebane sent a 3-2 pitch over the left field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning for a two-run homer and gave Georgia College & State University a 5-4 victory over Flagler College in game two of the Peach Belt Conference Basebll Championship Series Friday (May 10) afternoon at John Kurtz Field.The Bobcats won their fifth PBC Tournament title and first since 2018 as they won the best-of-three series with the Saints 2-0. GCSU, which won sixth game in a row to improve to 34-20,...

The Peach Belt Conference awarded Georgia College & State University numerous accolades during the annual Peach Belt Conference (PBC) awards event in May. GCSU was awarded the PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award, in addition to earning team sportsmanship awards for volleyball, men’s tennis and men’s basketball. The GCSU sports information staff was also recognized with the SID Staff of the Year award.The PBC comprises 10 NCAA Division II member institutions and includes...

The Georgia College & State University Athletics Department is putting together a sportsmanship dynasty in the Peach Belt Conference. The PBC announced its year-end awards last week in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with GCSU taking the PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award for the third time in the last six years. The annual honor is given to the institution displaying the best overall sportsmanship for the 2022-23 season.  "Our sportsmanship all starts with our coaches...

Georgia College junior Dominic Arienzo has been playing baseball since age four. It’s a skill that came natural to him. The Morgan County native plays baseball for Georgia College and the Macon Bacon—a Macon, Georgia, based wood-bat collegiate summer baseball team that plays in the Coastal Plain League.  Arienzo chose to play for the Macon Bacon, so he could be closer to home during the summer. Last summer he played baseball in Boone, North Carolina. “The level of competition I was...