By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Greensboro College shortstop Evan Sykes, a Southern Alamance graduate, was named to the All-USA South Conference first team for baseball.
The sophomore batted .360 with seven home runs, two triples, 11 doubles and 46 runs batted in.
Sykes belted his first collegiate grand slam on the final day of the Pride’s regular season. The first-inning smash gave Greensboro a 4-0 lead in an eventual 5-4 victory against North Carolina Wesleyan.
Greensboro went 1-2 in the USA South Tournament in Rocky Mount and finished with a 24-19 record.
Softball
Greensboro College senior Alexis Sox, a Western Alamance alum, was an All-USA South Conference first-team at-large selection.
The first baseman batted a team-high .383 with two home runs and team-leading 23 doubles. She shared the team lead in triples (2) and runs batted in (32).
The second-seeded Pride (28-15) reached the USA South Tournament, falling in two games at top-seeded Pfeiffer in the best-of-3 finals. Greensboro entered the title series after winning eight of its last nine games.
Greensboro’s Carley Minter, a freshman catcher out of Western Alamance, checked in at .429 in nine games, which wasn’t enough to qualify her for the list of team or league leaders.
