Sports Briefing

Softball: McCorkle named All-Conference performer

The annual softball awards banquet was held April 16 and named freshman Nicole McCorkle the PBC All-Conference performer for the 2004 season.

McCorkle holds PBC’s second best pitching record with a remarkable 207 strikeouts.

With an impressive 1.28 ERA, she has lead the Lady Braves to eight wins.

Golf: UNCP Athletic Scholarship Golf Tournament approaches

The 2004 UNCP Athletics Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held on May 6 at 1 p.m. at the Pinecrest Country Club.

This year’s tournaments will have a $25,000 putting contest, many hole-in-one prizes, including a 2004 vehicle from Lumberton Ford.

The tournament uses Captain Choice format with four man teams and is limited to the first 25 teams to enter. Team entry fee is $500 and includes the following: green fees, cart, mulligan, golf shirts for team members, driving range balls, refreshments, prizes, lunch provided by Michael’s of Pembroke and post-tournament meal prepared by Outback Steakhouse. Team entries will also be eligible to qualify for the $25,000 putting contest and will receive hole and cart sponsorship displaying company or team name.

Individual entry fee is $100. The fee includes all of the above except eligibility for the putting contest, no driving range balls and will not receive a sponsorship.

First and second place winners will receive trophies. Prizes will be given for “Closest to the Pin” on par three holes. Other prizes will be awarded for the longest drive on holes eight and fifteen. Door prizes will be presented at the conclusion of the tournament.

Track and Field: Track teams host Carolinas Championship

UNCP track teams hosted the Carolina Championship on April 17.

The men’s team placed third out of the 11 competing teams while the Lady Braves finished fifth out of ten teams.

Men’s teams: Senior Jeremy Holman took home first in the 200-meter dash and junior Waco Douglas won the long jump and took fifth in the 200-meter.

Sophomore Jeriah Griswold placed sixth in the 10,000-meter run. The 4x100 meter relay team took second.

In the 110-meter high hurdles, freshman Kevin Lemons and freshman Devrett Griffith finished second and sixth.

Holman lead the Braves with second place in the 100-meter dash. Freshman Antione Stanley and junior Jeff Moody finished third and fourth in the 800-meter run.

In the pole vault, Freshman Brandon Twilford and sophomore Brian Allen earned second and third place.

Women’s teams: Senior Tierra Kaiser took home third in the discus throw and fourth in the shot put. Freshman Ebony Terry placed third in the 100-meter high hurdles. Freshman Tierra Carpenter placed fourth in the javelinthrow. Terry got fifth place in the triple jump.

Carpenter placed fourth in the 100-meter dash and Terry finished fourth in the 400-meter intermediate urdles.

Freshman Kia Stith finished fifth in the long jump. The 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams both placed third.