MONTGOMERY, Ala-- The University of Mobile defeated Emmanuel College 7-2 Thursday evening at the 2012 SSAC Women's Tennis Tournament. The Lady Rams (8-5) will advance to battle top-seeded Auburn University-Montgomery Friday, April 20 at 4 pm. Mobile took 2-of-3 doubles matches and then swept the No. 1-5 singles matches.

MOBILE, Ala-- The University of Mobile's Ann Kathrin Nahl and Abbie Harris were honored by the Southern States Athletic Conference Thursday, with the release of the 2012 SSAC postseason awards. Nahl, a sophomore from Waeschenbeuren, Germany was named the team's Musco Lighting Champions of Character recipient, All-Conference and All-Academic. Harris was named to the All-Tournament Team.

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss-- The University of Mobile finished 3rd at the 2012 SSAC Women's Golf Championships Wednesday at The Oaks Golf Club's Par-72, 5,880-yard course. Lee University won the two-round tournament and the automatic bid to the 2012 NAIA Women's Golf National Championships with a 38-over 614 (310, 304). The Lady Rams finished two spots behind the Flames at 105-over 681 (343, 338), while Shorter placed 2nd at +75 651 (329, 322). UMobile finished 49 strokes ahead of the 5th-place Spring Hill College Badgers.

MOBILE, Ala-- The University of Mobile baseball team defeated rival Spring Hill College 5-2 in a non-conference game Tuesday. The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the 8th due to rain. The Rams (23-22, 13-14) will close out the regular season by hosting conference foe Southern Wesleyan for a three-game series this weekend. The teams will play one Friday at 2 pm and play a doubleheader Saturday at 1. The Rams are currently a half game ahead of William Carey for the 8th and final playoff spot in the SSAC.

MOBILE, Ala-- The 23rd-ranked University of Mobile Lady Rams swept rival Spring Hill by scores of 2-1 and 3-2 in SSAC softball action Monday. Mobile (28-10, 10-7) visits 19th-ranked Auburn University-Montgomery April 20 at 4 pm for a twin bill. Game one saw Mobile's Kamaron Strickland and Spring Hill's Linsey Dickerson put up 0's through five innings before the Lady Rams pushed across two runs in the 6th. Jessica Rogers was hit by a pitch with two outs to start the rally and Milagros Lozada followed with a double to put runners at 2nd and 3rd.

MOBILE, Ala-- The University of Mobile softball and baseball teams will kick off the week with contests against the cross town rival Spring Hill College Badgers. The 23rd-ranked softball team will visit the Badgers Monday, April 16 at 2 pm for a Southern States Athletic Conference doubleheader. Baseball will host a non-conference game against Spring Hill Tuesday, April 17 at 3 pm. The Lady Rams are 26-10 overall and 8-7 in SSAC action, while Spring Hill is 17-21 and 7-9.

JACKSON, Miss-- The 15th-ranked Belhaven University Blazers defeated the University of Mobile 8-1 in Southern States Athletic Conference men's tennis action Saturday. Mobile (6-4, 2-2) is receiving votes in the latest NAIA Top-25 poll and will next compete at the 2012 SSAC Tournament April 19-21 at Lagoon Park in Montgomery, Ala. Fernando Paiva and Karlis Stonis put up a battle before falling 8-6 at No. 1 doubles, but the Blazers took the other two doubles matches by a combined 16-2 margin.

JACKSON, Miss-- The University of Mobile women's tennis team fell 1-8 at Southern States Athletic Conference opponent Belhaven University Saturday. Belhaven is receiving votes in the NAIA Top-25 poll. Mobile (7-5, 1-3) will next compete in the 2012 SSAC Tournament April 19-21 at Lagoon Park in Montgomery, Ala. Marcela Abrantes and Stephanie Tomita put up a battle at No. 1 doubles before falling 9-7, but the Blazers picked up 8-1 and 8-0 wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

CLEVELAND, Ga-- The University of Mobile baseball team won a pair of pitchers' duels at Truett McConnell Saturday, winning the 7-inning opener 1-0 and taking the finale 2-0. Mobile (22-22, 13-14) will host Spring Hill Tuesday, April 17 at 3 pm for a single game. Lefty Ryan Hines worked 6 innings of one-hit, shutout ball to win the opener. He struck out five and walked five. Josh Blaylock worked a perfect 7th for the save. The lone run of the game came without a hit in the top of the 6th. Ryan Parazine reached on an error, swiped 2nd and then moved to 3rd on a passed ball with one out.

JACKSON, Miss-- The University of Mobile men's tennis team cruised by non-conference opponent Tougaloo College in a pair of matches Friday, winning the first match 8-0, and following that with a 9-0 victory. The teams played a pair to make up for an earlier postponed match. Mobile (6-3, 2-2) visits No. 15 Belhaven Saturday at 1 pm. In the opener, the doubles tandems of Lucas Tristao-Guilherme Aarcaro, Billy Musgrove-Clint Key and Fernando Paiva-Kyle Kirkpatrick won their three matches by a combined 24-6 margin to put the Rams ahead 3-0.