DAHLONEGA, Ga. - Augusta State ended their run in the 2009 NCAA Championships as they fell to the top-ranked North Georgia, 5-0 in the Dahlonega Regional Championship Game on Sunday afternoon.

Augusta State ends the season at 34-21 overall, having finished fourth in the PBC regular season and runner up in the Dahlonega Regional.

The Saints continue their historic run, winning their 23rd straight game and improving to 46-3 on the season. North Georgia will advance to the best of three Super Regional series against Carson-Newman College next weekend. The NCAA will announce the location of the Super Regional Monday afternoon.

Sarah Phillips (35-1) tossed a complete game no-hitter in the victory, saving her best performance of the tournament for last, using just 78 pitches and facing two batters over the minimum for her 32nd consecutive victory.

Emily Corish (8-4) suffered the loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits, while striking out two in 2.1 innings of work.

After a pair of scoreless innings, North Georgia broke through in the third frame with two runs on back-to-back RBI singles from Leslee Smith and Pilar Harden to give the Saints a 2-0 lead.

The Saints rallied with a run in the fourth inning as Kaelin Farrington led off with a single and came around to score on a two-out single up the middle by Courtney McGuire to plate Farrington for a 3-0 advantage.

North Georgia then capped their scoring in the fifth inning with an infield single by Stephanie Farmakis to score a run, and Kayla Martin delivered an RBI double to right center to plate the final run of the game in a 5-0 defeat of Augusta State.

North Georgia scored five runs on 12 hits, while Augusta State saw their only scoring threat thwarted in the sixth inning with a pair of runners on base as Alysha Krier sent a liner that found the glove of a leaping McGuire in right field for the final out of the inning.

The contest marked the final games in the careers of Jaguar senior Angii Verbeelen.