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It was a week of ups and downs for UWG Athletics, with the Wolves dominating in others and falling in others. The Women’s Golf team took first place at the Reeder Cup, the Baseball team lost to Columbus State and Lambuth, the Softball team fell thrice and emerged victorious four times in conference crossover play.
The Women’s Golf team went to the Reeder Cup in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and battled back after an opening round that left them sitting three strokes behind to take the win with a team 745, with their closest competitor, Tennessee Wesleyan, walking away with a two-round total of 773.
The Wolves Baseball team took on Columbus State and fell 9-3. The Wolves were unable to overcome the Cougars 9 run lead that got rolling before UWG could even score. All three Wolves runs were scored in the eighth inning, with a two-run homerun brought in by David Buchanan and Michael Hornsby using a wild pitch to bring in the third run.
The Baseball team later battled it out with Lambuth in a three-game series, falling 5-3, 8-1, and 6-0. With batting stopped cold, the Wolves were unable to overcome Lambuth’s defensive game while their offensive game took maximum advantage of UWG’s defensive miscues.
The Wolves Softball team fell 9-1 to Arkansas-Monticello, but did not let the defeat wear on them and stuck it to their next opponent of the week from Arkansas, Arkansas Tech, the next day, defeating them 6-3.
Their next game of the day against Christian Brothers did not go as well, with the Wolves being edged out 6-5, followed by a 6-2 defeat to Henderson State the next day. However, they howled back to the field to crush Ouachita Baptist 10-2 that night.
That final victory was the prelude for the closing day of crossover conference play, where the Wolves did not abide a single defeat, defeating Delta State 3-0 and Southern Arkansas 4-2.
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