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Georgia Tech volleyball defeats Gardner-Webb, falls to South Carolina

Release from Georgia Tech Media Relations: The Georgia Tech volleyball team (2-1) swept Gardner-Webb (25-14, 25-21, 25-20) and fell 3-1 (22-25, 13-25, 25-18, 22-25) to South Carolina (3-0) on the final day Saturday at the Gamecock Invitational at the Volleyball Competition Facility in Columbia, S.C. Against Gardner-Webb, sophomore Teegan Van Gunst led the Jackets with…
Big Ten Announces Football Players of the Week

Release from Big Ten Media Relations: Following Big Ten football games on Aug. 28-30, the offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week and co-freshmen of the week in the Big Ten were announced this morning. Below are this week’s honorees: Offensive Player of the Week Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska Sr., RB, Homewood, Ala./Homewood Rushed for…
Alabama football opens season with victory over West Virginia at Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor Behind 538 total yards and more than 37 minutes of possession time, Alabama emerged with a 33-23 victory over West Virginia at the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Crimson Tide running backs T.J. Yeldon had a game-high 126 yards rushing and two touchdowns while teammate Derrick…
Georgia State volleyball splits matches at UAB/Samford Classic

Release from Georgia State media relations: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Georgia State volleyball kicked off the 2014 regular season at the UAB/Samford Challenge on Friday at the Pete Hanna Center on Samford’s campus. The Panthers defeated Jacksonville State 3-1 after dropping their first match 3-0 to Samford. Head coach Sally Polhamus picked up her first win at Georgia…
Kennesaw State soccer drops match to Troy in Trojan Classic

Release from Kennesaw State media relations: TROY, Ala. – Despite holding much of the second-half possession, the Kennesaw State soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Troy on a hot and humid Friday afternoon (Aug. 29) in the Owls’ first match of the Trojan Classic at the Troy Soccer Complex. “We dug ourselves a hole by…
Georgia Tech Volleyball sweeps Jacksonville at Gamecock Invitational

Release from Georgia Tech athletics: THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech volleyball team (1-0) opened its 2014 season Friday with a 3-0 sweep (25-19, 25-10, 25-17) against Jacksonville (0-1) at the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. Georgia Tech ran a balanced attack with three players hitting more than .300 led by senior Courtney Felinski’s .476…