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Athens runners to hold "Run for Boston" on Monday

Submitted by Eden Godbee, Where U Live Producer

Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 4:57pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- Athens Road Runners and Athens Running Company have arranged a 3-mile community run to commemorate the Boston Marathon Bombing victims on Monday, April 22.

According to the #BostonStrongATH Facebook group, the run will begin at 6:30 p.m. at The Bottleworks on Prince Avenue.

The group will be offering free hot dogs, veggie dogs and Sweet Tea immediately following the race; and selling Sam Adams Beer at Max Canada at 243 W. Washington Street.

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UGA reviewing security after Boston bombings

Submitted by Associated Press

Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 7:02am

UGA reviewing security after Boston bombings

ATHENS, Ga. -- Event organizers are looking at security procedures around Georgia following the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

In Athens, University of Georgia police chief Jimmy Williamson says the bombings will prompt a review of security plans.

Williams says events like what happened in Boston always make security officials assess their own situations.

Campus police have already increased security at UGA football games in recent years. Past changes include more security cameras and bomb-sniffing dogs.

Williams says security planning is all about minimizing the risk of an attack.

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UGA Men's tennis wins SEC Tournament

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 9:29pm

OXFORD, Miss. -- The No. 1 seeded and second-ranked Georgia men's tennis team rolled over second-seeded Tennessee 4-0 Sunday to claim the 2013 SEC Tournament title at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center in Oxford, Miss. The Bulldogs won the doubles point and posted singles victories at Nos. 3, 5, and 6 to complete the shutout and claim the tournament championship for the second year in a row.

Georgia has now won a league-leading nine tournament titles and 36 SEC championships overall. The Bulldogs today defended their regular season conference title to complete the sweep for the seventh time and first since 2007.

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Georgia Women's Tennis falls to Florida in SEC Final, 4-0

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 9:27pm

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The No. 3 Georgia women's tennis team fell in the SEC Tournament championship match, losing to No. 2 Florida, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre in Starkville, Miss.

"First of all, Florida played great," said head coach Jeff Wallace. "It was a tough match. We had out chances in doubles with a couple match points. Unfortunately, we didn't get the doubles point and that's only the second time this year that's happened so obviously Florida played well to get [the point]. We were competitive and our girls were fighting and playing hard. We have a few things that we're looking forward to working on before NCAA's but again you have to give Florida credit for playing a great match against us today."

Georgia (21-3) lost a tight doubles point, and couldn't come back to win four singles matches.

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Bulldog miscues help #2 Vanderbilt claim series Sunday

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 7:19pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- Second-ranked Vanderbilt edged Georgia 5-1 in Sunday's rubber match of an SEC series at Foley Field as the Bulldogs made a season-high five errors.

Vanderbilt (35-6, 16-2 SEC) got on the board first in the top of the second inning, scoring two runs thanks to two errors and a wild pitch by the Bulldogs. The inning started off with a hard hit single by Mike Yastrzemski. Spencer Navin then hit a grounder back to pitcher Sean McLaughlin at the mound, however, McLaughlin couldn't hold onto the ball and committed his second error of the afternoon allowing Navin to reach base.

After a sacrifice bunt by Conrad Gregor pushed both runners into scoring position, a wild pitch allowed Yastrzemski to score from third. The Commodores scored their second run of the inning on an RBI single into left field by Vince Conde that came on the 14th pitch of the at-bat.

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Georgia posts runner-up finish at SECs

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 5:14pm

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The No. 18-ranked Georgia women's golf team defeated a trio of top-10 teams en route to a runner-up showing at the 2013 SEC Championships at Greystone Golf and Country Club on Sunday.

The Bulldogs completed the tournament at 913, 14 shots back of No. 2 Alabama.

"We cut the lead to single digits on the back side and made Alabama make sure they earned it but we just couldn't get it any closer," head coach Josh Brewer said.

The Bulldogs carded a 302 on Sunday and improved their score from each round throughout the 54-hole tournament. In the final round, Georgia counted a pair of 76s from Emilie Burger and Rocio Sanchez Lobato and a pair of 77s by Manuela Carbajo Re´ and Kailey Walsh on Sunday, while dropping Amira Alexander's 85.

The Bulldogs' youthful playing five included a senior, a sophomore and three freshmen.

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Bulldogs come in ninth in SEC Championship

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 4:35pm

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- The Georgia men's golf team came in ninth on Sunday in the Southeastern Conference Championship on the Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club.

The Bulldogs, who are ranked 13th and were seeded third, shot a third-round 26-over 306 to finish at 36-over 876. Team honors went to Alabama at 8-over 848.

Senior T.J. Mitchell and freshman Lee McCoy paced the Bulldogs in Sunday's extremely windy round with 5-over 75s. Sophomore Nicholas Reach added a 6-over 76, followed by junior Keith Mitchell at 10-over 80 and sophomore Sam Straka with Georgia's non-counting score of 13-over 83.

Reach was the low Bulldog in the championship, finishing 19th at 7-over 217, 15 shots behind Arkansas' Sebastian Cappelan (66, 202). Keith Mitchell wound up at 11-over 221, followed by T.J. Mitchell at 12-over 222, McCoy at 13-over 223 and Straka at 22-over 232.

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