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    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – To a large degree, Georgia Gwinnett College made its bones during the 2019 season with a potent offensive attack.
    But the eighth-ranked Grizzlies have also shown a propensity to be timely at the plate as well.
    In Wednesday afternoon's championship first final of the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round's Lawrenceville Bracket, the University of Rio Grande learned the accuracy of the latter.
    Sydney Pelaez delivered a one-out, run-scoring single in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and, one out later, Holly Janco drove home Pelaez with a back-breaking insurance run to give the top-seeded Grizzlies a 4-2 win over the No. 4 seed RedStorm at a sun-splashed Grizzly Softball Complex.
    Georgia Gwinnett improved to 42-14 with the win – its second of the tourney and fourth of the season against Rio Grande – and earned a second straight berth to the NAIA World Series.
    Rio Grande, which was making its second appearance in an Opening Round title game in three seasons, finished its season at 36-16.

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    MACON, Ga. – Second-seeded Middle Georgia State built a 5-0 lead after four innings and held on for a 9-6 win over the University of Rio Grande in the loser's bracket final of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round's Macon Bracket, Wednesday afternoon, at historic Luther Williams Field.
    The 10th-ranked Knights improved to 42-15 with the win and advanced to the bracket's championship game, where they suffered a 3-0 loss to top-ranked and top-seeded Southeastern (Fla.) University.
    Third-seeded Rio Grande, which defeated Middle Georgia in its tourney opener, finished its season at 39-21 with the loss.

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    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – With his team staring elimination – and then end of its season – directly in the face, University of Rio Grande head softball coach Chris Hammond couldn't have asked for a pair of better pitching performances than the ones his team received from the duo of Kelsey Conkey and Raelynn Hastings.
    Conkey tossed a one-hit shutout against 12th-ranked Truett-McConnell (Ga.) University, while Hastings blanked Louisiana State University-Alexandria on two hits to send the RedStorm into the championship round of the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round's Lawrenceville Bracket.
    Tuesday's 1-0 win over second-seeded Truett-McConnell at the Grizzly Softball Complex and subsequent 3-0 triumph over LSU-Alexandria, the bracket's No. 3 seed, put Rio Grande (36-15) opposite of top-seeded – and eighth-ranked – Georgia Gwinnett College (41-14) in Wednesday's title matchup.

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    MACON, Ga. – Top-ranked Southeastern (Fla.) University spotted the University of Rio Grande a first inning lead before limiting the RedStorm to just one hit over the final eight frames en route to a 7-2 victory in the winner's bracket final of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round Macon Bracket, Tuesday afternoon, at historic Luther Williams Field.
    The top-seeded Fire improved to 50-10 with the win and earned a berth in Wednesday's championship first final of the double-elimination tournament at 2:30 p.m.
    Rio Grande, the tourney's No. 3 seed, slipped to 39-20 with the loss and will face second-seeded – and 10th-ranked – Middle Georgia State in Wednesday's 11 a.m. loser's bracket final with the winner advancing to the title game.
    The host Knights, who fell to the RedStorm in Monday's first round, remained alive with elimination wins over No. 4 seed Huntington (Ind.) and fifth-seeded University of British Columbia in Tuesday's other games.

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    MACON, Ga. – The University of Rio Grande scored five times in the sixth inning to erase a one-run deficit and fuel an eventual 8-4 win over Middle Georgia State University in the Macon Bracket of the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round, Monday night, at historic Luther Williams Field.
    The RedStorm, who are seeded third in the five-team, double-elimination bracket, improved to 39-19 with their fifth straight victory.
    Middle Georgia State, the No. 2 seed in the bracket and the nation's 10th-ranked team in latest NAIA coaches' poll, slipped to 39-15 with the loss.
    Rio Grande will face top-seeded Southeastern (Fla.) University in Tuesday's winner's bracket final at 2:30 p.m. The Fire (49-10) knocked off the University of British Columbia, 4-1, in the last on Monday's three first round contests.
    The host Knights will face Huntington (Ind.) University – a loser to British Columbia in Monday's opening game – in an elimination matchup on Tuesday at 11 a.m

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    LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Top-seeded Georgia Gwinnett College spotted the University of Rio Grande a first inning lead before rallying late to post a 4-1 win over the fourth-seeded RedStorm, Monday afternoon, in the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round's Lawrenceville Bracket at the Grizzly Softball Complex.
    The host Grizzlies, who are also ranked 8th in the latest NAIA coaches' poll, improved to 40-14 with the win – their third in as many outings against Rio Grande this season.
    The RedStorm slipped to 34-15 with a third straight loss – the first losing streak of three or more games in the tenure of current head coach Chris Hammond.

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    HILLSDALE, Mich. – The University of Rio Grande women's track & field team hit three national qualifying standards, while also setting three new school records and tying another one at Thursday's Last Chance Classic hosted by Hillsdale College.

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    HILLSDALE, Mich. – University of Rio Grande junior Keshawn Jones set a new personal record in the men's 800-meter run at Thursday's Last Chance Classic hosted by Hillsdale College.
    Jones, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, finished first in the event in a time of 1:54.84.

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    RIO GRANDE, Ohio – Much like their softball counterparts, the University of Rio Grande baseball team now has Georgia on their collective minds.
    The RedStorm will be the No. 3 seed in the Macon, Ga. bracket of the 2019 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round hosted by Middle Georgia State University at historic Luther Williams Field.
    The pairings for the nine, five-team regional sites in the first round of the national tournament were announced Thursday evening by the NAIA national office.
    The third-seeded RedStorm (38-19) will face No. 2 seed Middle Georgia State (39-14) on Monday, May 13, at 2:30 p.m. The remaining two games on Monday's schedule feature No. 4 seed Huntington (IN) University (26-14) and fifth-seeded British Columbia (29-20) in the 11 a.m. opener, with the winner facing top-seeded Southeastern, Fla. (48-10) in the 6 p.m. finale.

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    RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The University of Rio Grande will square off with Georgia Gwinnett College in the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round Lawrenceville, Ga. Bracket.
    The pairings and game times for the 10 four-team sites were announced Tuesday night by the national office.
    The RedStorm, who slipped to No. 33 in the final NAIA coaches' poll released Tuesday night, received the bracket's No. 4 seed and will face the eighth-ranked and top-seeded Grizzlies on Monday, May 13, at 2:30 p.m. EDT, at the Grizzly Softball Complex.