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Stanford women keep up hot play against Georgia Tech, cling to NCAA tournament hopes
STANFORD – Stanford will need a deep run in this week’s ACC Tournament in order to make its 37th straight NCAA tournament, but at least it will be coming in on a hot streak.
The Cardinal (16-13, 8-10) will enter the postseason Wednesday in Greensboro, N.C., having won five of six games, including Sunday’s 87-82 win over Georgia Tech at Maples Pavilion.
“I think we’ve been playing really well and with a lot of confidence,” Stanford coach Kate Paye said. “Absolutely nothing succeeds like success, so we’re going to continue to build. Our team is all about improving and learning from the good things and working on the other things, and we’re excited to be going in with a lot of confidence.”
The Yellow Jackets (21-9, 9-9) had spent the past 11 weeks in the AP Top 25, reaching as high as No. 13, before falling out this past Monday. But they led for just 36 seconds Sunday.
Stanford shot 61.4 percent – the best any ACC team has shot against a conference opponent this season — led by sophomore forwards Mary Ashley Stevenson (7 for 9, 17 points) and Courtney Ogden (7 for 10, 16 points).
Ogden blew by her defender for an open lay-up with 5:21 to play to put Stanford ahead 79-78. A 3-pointer by senior Brooke Demetri extended the lead to 84-78 with 3:45 remaining, and the Cardinal led by at least two possessions the rest of the way.
Playing on her Senior Day, Greece native Elena Bosgana had team-highs of 19 points and six rebounds and was one of five Cardinal with three assists.
As a result, the Cardinal will enter its first ACC Tournament as the No. 11 seed and will face No. 14 Clemson, who beat visiting Stanford in overtime two months ago, Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. The winner will face the No. 6 seed — 25th-ranked Louisville — on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
“I feel like our team has improved so much since the start of ACC play,” Paye said. “We’ve learned so much about ourselves. We’re really grateful for the opportunity. We’re used to the travel, we have a way we do it, and we’re excited to play on Wednesday.”
When Bosgana became the program’s first recruit from Europe, she joined a program that had just won the 2021 NCAA championship under Tara VanDerveer, then the winningest coach in women’s college basketball.
As Bosgana leaves The Farm, Stanford is led by VanDerveer’s longtime assistant and is outside the top three in its conference for the first time since 1987-88.
The Cardinal was unable to withstand the departures of Cameron Brink (No. 2 pick in WNBA Draft) and Kiki Iriafen (18.1 points, 8.3 rebounds for Big Ten champion USC) and an injury to two-year starting point guard Talana Lepolo, who had 264 assists in her first two years but was limited to eight assists in five games this season after undergoing offseason knee surgery.
Stanford finished a perfect 14-0 at home against unranked teams, but lost its three home games against Top 25 teams and was 2-10 away from Maples.
To have an extended stay this week, it will need to stay hot from 3-point range (Stanford entered the weekend 15th in the nation at 36.9% from behind the arc) and hope for a return from Nunu Agara, who is 11th in the ACC in scoring (15.9) and eighth in rebounding (7.6) but has played just seven minutes since suffering a concussion on Feb. 6.
There are signs that Stanford can bounce back next season. The Cardinal is a young team – freshman Shay Ijiwoye and sophomores Mary Ashley Stevenson and Chloe Clardy started Sunday while sophomore Courtney Ogden was the first player off the bench.
Agara is also a sophomore, and Stanford has three McDonald’s All-Americans in a 2025 recruiting class that is ranked third nationally by espnW.
But Paye said this year’s team isn’t done yet.
“They’re not scared. They’re not giving up,” Paye said. “They’re excited, they have confidence. I truly believe that our team can compete with any team in the country. We know that there’s a lot of external narratives… and we don’t really care about them. What we care about is the way we feel about each other and we want to play really well on Wednesday.”
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The Georgia Public Service Commission this week approved a plan expected to reduce utility bills for Georgia Power customers by a few dollars a month.
The commission said the change will generate about $285 million in total annual savings for Georgia Power customers, or roughly $50 per year — about $4.04 per month — for the average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month.
The Georgia PSC voted Thursday to lower overall rates as part of the approved plan.
Georgia Power Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Tyler Cook said the decision will provide “real savings for Georgia families and businesses as the heat of summer begins and energy use increases.”
“At Georgia Power, our teams work every day to run our business efficiently and keep reliable and affordable energy flowing to our customers,” Cook said.
Cook said the outcome followed months of work between Georgia Power and PSC staff, including reviews, public hearings and input from residents and intervenors.
The approved plan is tied to a stipulated agreement reached earlier this month involving two cases filed with the PSC in February, the Fuel Cost Recovery case and the Storm Cost Recovery case. Those cases addressed recovering fuel costs used to generate electricity and expenses tied to restoring power after storms.
Georgia Power said its rates remain, on average, about 15% below the national average and that it is still on track to provide additional annual savings of about $102 per year for typical residential customers beginning in 2029.
ATLANTA – The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a stipulated agreement on Thursday to lower utility rates for Georgia Power customers starting June 1.
The regulatory body voted to pass the deal without changes, establishing how the utility can bill for fuel costs and storm damage restoration expenses.
State regulators approve rate cuts
What we know:
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 3-2 to reject several utility cost amendments before ultimately passing the overall deal. Under the approved agreement, a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month will see monthly bills decrease by roughly $4.03 to $4.04. Total annual savings across all 2.8 million Georgia Power customers are projected to reach approximately $285 million.
The deal reduces how much money the utility can recover from its customer base for storm expenses by nearly 60%, dropping the revenue requirement from $270 million down to $109 million. The agreement also extends the amortization of storm recovery costs, largely tied to Hurricane Helene in 2024, to 67 months, caps natural gas advance purchases at 20% over a 36-month window, and cuts $13 million from the company’s original fuel recovery estimates.
Accountability questions remain unresolved
What we don’t know:
While the PSC agreed to launch a separate investigation into how fuel costs are allocated, officials have not yet confirmed how much large industrial operations will be forced to pay in future rate cases. Consumer advocacy groups argue that massive data center companies are driving up fuel costs for everyday ratepayers without paying for the infrastructure upgrades they require. Critics note that it remains unclear if a future utility asset structure will successfully shift financial burdens away from residential homes.
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from official press releases issued by the Georgia Public Service Commission and Georgia Power, as well as previous FOX 5 Atlanta reporting.
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St Louis CITY2 Goalkeeper Lucas McPartlin Called Up to U.S. U-19 MNT Domestic Training Camp in Fayetteville, Georgia | St. Louis SC
St Louis CITY2 goalkeeper Lucas McPartlin has been called up to the U.S. U-19 Men’s National Team for their upcoming domestic training camp in Fayetteville, Georgia from June 1-10, led by head coach Gonzalo Segares. McPartlin will be representing the U.S. for the first time in his youth national team career. McPartlin is the first CITY SC goalkeeper in club’s history to get a national team call up.
The U.S. U-19’s will face Argentina in back-to-back matches on June 5 and 7, then close out their final match against Japan on June 9.
McPartlin has been a member of St Louis CITY2 since 2025 and made his professional debut against Sporting KC II in August 2025, earning his first professional clean sheet in a 3-0 win. The Missouri Native has made seven starts and appearances for CITY2 this season, earning three clean sheets and making 24 total saves, with a 3-1-3 record. McPartlin spent time with CITY SC in both preseason camps this year and has been a regular in first team training this year.
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