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The Week Ahead: Sept. 20-26

9/20/2021 9:37:00 AM

By: Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Communications

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Here is a look at this week's (Sept. 20-26) athletics schedule for Young Harris College:

The eighth annual event has been canceled due to the wet weather that made the Achasta Golf Club unplayable.
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Battle of Blood Mountain rivalry match.
No. 20 Young Harris enters the match at 5-0-0 overall and 1-0-0 in the Peach Belt, while North Georgia is 3-2-0 and 0-2-0.
Young Harris leads the all-time series with the Nighthawks 13-3-0, including a perfect 8-0-0 record at home.
The 13 wins are the most against any opponent that YHC has played since 2010.
The Mountain Lions have won the last four meetings with UNG, but all have been decided by one goal. Young Harris picked up a pair of 2-1 decisions over the Nighthawks last season. The 2-1 win in Dahlonega Feb. 8 was YHC head coach Mark McKeever's 200th win.
The most memorable match in the rivalry came in 2018 when Young Harris won 3-2 in double overtime at UNG. Kevin Coiffic scored a goal with four seconds remaining in regulation to send it into extra time then Carlos Gomez put away the game winner with nine seconds remaining in double OT.
Teams from the Peach Belt Conference, Conference Carolinas and the South Atlantic Conference will converge on the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina, to determine the region's individual singles and doubles champions.
The singles and double winners advance as the region's automatic qualifier to the ITA Cup that will be held Oct. 14-17 at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia.
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The Mountain Lions enter the match at 3-9 overall and 0-0 in the Peach Belt, while the Saints are 6-3 and 1-0.
YHC picked up its first-ever set win in program history last season against Flagler when the Mountain Lions won set two inside the YHC Recreation and Fitness Center 25-23.
Flagler is the defending Peach Belt regular-season champions.
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Young Harris enters the match at 3-2-0 overall and 0-1-0 in the Peach Belt, while Flagler is 4-0-0 and 1-0-0.
Flagler is currently ranked No. 1 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll.
The Saints are the two-time defending PBC regular-season and tournament champions.
Flagler leads the all-time series 6-2-2 and holds a 2-1-1 record in matches played in the Enchanted Valley.
Young Harris and Flagler met in the 2018 PBC Tournament quarterfinals in St. Augustine, Florida, and battled to a 1-all draw, but the Mountain Lions advanced 3-2 on penalty kicks.
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Young Harris enters the match at 5-0-0 overall and 1-0-0 in the Peach Belt, while Lander is 4-2-0 and 1-0-0.
The Mountain Lions hold an 8-4-3 ledger in the all-time series with the Bearcats, while the Mountain Lions lead 3-2-1 in games played in Young Harris.
Either Young Harris or Lander has won the Peach Belt title every season since 2012, with the Mountain Lions winning PBC crowns in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. Lander are the defending PBC champions.

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