Tuesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Braves win, UGA tops Tech, all-conference teams, Mercer/SoCon tourney, and more

Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Braves snap losing streak with sizzling pitching effort

          Ronald Acuna's towering homer was all Atlanta pitching needed in a 1-0 win at Tampa Bay.

          Sean Newcomb threw six scoreless innings and four Braves relievers kept it going.

https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/sean-newcomb-guides-braves-to-win-vs-rays/c-275878474

Georgia sweeps Georgia Tech with win at SunTrust

          Pitching and defense picked up the offense as No. 15 Georgia edged Georgia Tech 3-1 at SunTrust Park.

          Georgia improved to 34-14 and Tech fell to 27-22.

http://www.onlineathens.com/sports/20180508/bulldogs-complete-sweep-of-georgia-tech-at-suntrust-park

Mercer represented on all-conference softball teams

          Mercer's Micayla Rood is the Southern Conference's freshman of the year, and

          The Bears put catcher Megan Lane and outfielder Meghan Rud plus Rood on the first team in the SoCon, with pitche Stella Preston on the second team.

          Allie Jones joined Rood on the all-freshman team.

Georgia College and Central Georgians make PBC all academic baseball team

          Georgia College put a few players on the Peach Belt Conference's all-academic baseball team, and they were joined by some Central Georgians.

          From the Bobcats: Garrett Green, Brendan Holler, Logan Mattix, Nate Schmal, Matt Studdard, Harrison Veldsma, and Wesley Wommack.

          Georgia Southwestern's Dakota Long (senior from Tattnall) and North Georgia's Connor Corbitt (sophomore from Stratford) also made the team.

College Softball: Mercer set for SoCon Tournament

          Second-seeded Mercer doesn't have to get up too early for the SoCon tournament, taking on Western Carolina at 12:30 p.m. in Greensboro, N.C.

          It's Mercer's highest seed since joining the conference, and the Bears are 32-17 while the Catamounts are 15-35.

http://mercerbears.com/news/2018/5/8/softball-bears-to-open-socon-tournament-with-catamounts.aspx

There is no daily scoreboard, and GHSA playoff results and pairings are posted

This Week's Signings

          Northeast girls basketball standout Victoria Dumas signed Tuesday with Central Georgia Tech.

This Week's Honor Roll

          Cassius Young of Georgia College in the PBC baseball freshman of the week after a .667 on-base percentage and no errors at shortstop. ...

          Georgia's Lu Harris-Champer is the SEC's softball coach of the year.

This Week's PollWatch

          Georgia College heads into the Peach Belt Conference as the nation's N0. 6 Division II team in the latest Collegiate Baseball poll.

          The Bobcats are No. 8 in the National College Baseball Writers Association poll. ...

          Mercer's softball team enters the Southern Conference tournament with a No. 74 RPI.