ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The Georgia College & State University Baseball team (3-8, 2-1 PBC) lost a close one in the final matchup of their first Peach Belt Conference (PBC) series this season, dropping a 2-1 bout at Flagler College (1-12, 1-5 PBC). The Bobcats still took the overall series from the Saints, two games to one. 

The Saints got a single run each in the third and the fifth, and the Bobcats responded to the 2-0 deficit in the seventh. 

Second baseman Palmer Sapp (Dawsonville, Georgia) led off the seventh with a double, eventually coming in on a sacrifice fly by shortstop Dominic Arienzo (Madison, Georgia). An attempted squeeze play came up empty in the next at-bat, cutting down the lead runner at the plate. GCSU put the game-tying run in scoring position in the ninth, but couldn't get a clutch hit to bring him in. 

The Saints spoiled a marvelous pitching duo today for the Bobcats. Davis Swenson (Toccoa, Georgia) got the start and went the first four, scattering five hits and a walk for just a single run. Swenson (0-2) also struck out four. Freshman John Raines (Powder Springs, Georgia) spun the final four innings, matching just the single run, on just two hits while not walking a batter and fanning two.

The hitting star was Sapp, going 2-for-4 with the double and run scored. Third baseman Ben Tuten (Bristol, Georgia) also had a pair of singles in four trips. 

The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, March 1 at 5 p.m., playing host to the University of West Georgia.

Owning the top Academic Success Rate among public schools in Division II, the Georgia College Department of Athletics sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. GCSU Athletics has won three-straight Presidents' Awards for Academic Excellence, and are two-time winners of both the PBC Commissioner's Cup and the PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' continued appearances in postseason competition as well as high-level academic success and community-service involvement. Bobcat Athletics embodies the mantra of "Graduating Champions for life.