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SSU Softball Ends Season

The Savannah State softball team ended their 2009 season on April 17 with a double-header loss at South Carolina State.

The Bulldogs took the opener 8-0 and completed the sweep with a 9-1 victory in game two.

Krystle Frost struck out four batters in the opener for SSU while Crystal Williams and Tiffany Taylor had the only hits for Savannah State in game two. SSU ends the season 15-31.

Tigers Lose 8th Straight

Savannah State's baseball team dropped a weekend series at Norfolk State to run their losing streak to eight games. NSU won a double header 13-12 and 8-2 on April 25 and completed the sweep with a 11-10 win on April 26.

The Tigers traveled to Mercer on April 22 and fell 6-5 and on April 21 SSU lost to USC Beaufort 12-7.

Savannah State is currently 23-24 and will host Albany State on May 8.

SSU Runs At Penn Relays

The Savannah State track team participated in the 115th Penn Relays April 23-25 in Philadelphia.

SSU had a good showing with the men's shuttle hurdle relay team finishing 9th overall. Sharonda Redfield placed 18th in the women's triple jump.

The men's sprint medley relay team was 27th, Marcus Stallworth was 29th in the men's 400m hurdles, Victoria Burch was 31st in the women's 400m hurdles, the women's 4x400m relay team was 49th and the men's 4x400m relay team was 59th.

SSU Golf Finishes Third

The Savannah State men's golf team finished third at the 5th Annual Morehouse Golf Classic played April 14 at the West Pines Golf Club in Douglasville, GA.

The tournament was shorten by a day because of heavy rains.Morehouse won the event with a 300 while Florida A&M was second at 307 and SSU's 316 was good enough for third place.

Riley Baxter led SSU with a 77 while Corey Brown shot 79. Jamie Montgomery and Tripp walker both shot 80 and Rickey Williams shot an 85.

Former Tiger Arthur Mott Funeralized

Former Savannah State football player Arthur Mott was funeralized on April 25 in Tifton, GA. Mott, 88, played running back when SSU was known at Georgia State. While in school, Mott was drafted into the United States Navy, where he would reach the rank of chief petty officer during World War 11.

After getting out of the military, he would pursue his first love — boxing.

He went on to post a 13-1 record as a welterweight. He had a 19-year career as a head coach.

He won one state championship as a head coach, and his teams would finish as runners up three other times. After Wilson closed, Mott would go on to work as a coach at Tift County High.

As an assistant at Tift County, Mott helped the Devils win state championship in 1983. He was inducted into the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007.