Around the Region: Softball Mocs fall to Samford

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga lost to Samford, 11-6 in 10 innings, in Southern Conference softball Sunday at Frost Stadium. The Mocs were unable to score in the extra frame after the Bulldogs notched five runs in their half. UTC (11-25, 1-5) made it 6-all on Jesslyn Stockard's three-run homer in the seventh. She finished with two hits, as did J.J. Hamill, who had a two-run homer in the third that made it 2-all. Amanda Beltran added a double and an RBI for UTC. Samford is 14-24, 4-2.

- Leigh Beatenbough batted in three runs with a homer and a sacrifice fly and pitched a five-inning three-hitter with six strikeouts as Lee University won 10-0 in the rubber game Sunday of its Gulf South Conference softball series at West Alabama. Brooklynn Frazier was 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs for the Lady Flames (26-11, 13-8), and Kayla Louie was 2-for-3 and matched Frazier's two runs scored. Beatenbough is 12-4.

- Sewanee lost 12-3 at Centre on Sunday as the hosts completed a sweep of the Southern Athletic Association series. Caroline Sweetin was 2-for-2 with a double and three RBIs, while Katie Roth was 2-for-3 and scored twice for the Tigers (1-25, 0-14).

Baseball

- West Alabama pulled out a 4-3 home victory in 10 innings Sunday to compete a GSC baseball series sweep of Lee. Geremy Walton was 3-for-5 with an RBI and Nathan Wierzgac doubled twice and also had an RBI for the visiting Flames (20-15, 9-12), while Tyler Payne also had two hits. Starting pitcher Art Vidrio gave up five hits and one earned run in his 6 1/3 innings, and Kit Larson yielded two hits and the winning run in three innings.

- Sewanee won 7-5 at Berry on Sunday to avoid a sweep in the SAA series. Trey Akins, Jackson Cooper and Max Murray each had two hits and drove in a run, Chris McNulty had a two-run double in a four-run first for the Tigers (14-14, 5-6) and Jackson Cook pitched five innings in relief to improve to 3-1.

- Tennessee Wesleyan University, ranked No. 5 in the NAIA, won its Appalachian Athletic Conference weekend series despite a 4-1 loss in Saturday's first game against Milligan. Adrian Gonzalez was 2-for-3 and scored the run in that game for TWU (26-11, 12-3) and was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the Bulldogs' subsequent 6-5 win, when they survived three Milligan homers with help from two of their own in the sixth inning. Nehwon Norkeh was 1-for-2 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored, and Alfred Cruz was 1-for-1 with a two-run homer. Pedro Barrios was 2-for-4 and scored a run. Norkeh had gone 4-for-4 with a homer, a double, three RBIs and three runs in Friday's 8-0 TWU victory, when Edwin Bonilla homered and singled and drove in two runs and Collin Ridout also homered.

Golf

- Chad Branton of Cartersville and Steve Stewart of Adairsville completed their run to the 2017 Georgia Four-Ball championship with a 71 Sunday for an 11-under-par 205 at Jekyll Island Golf Club. Former Calhoun High School athlete Tre Lamb, now of Macon, and his partner tied for seventh at 215 in the championship flight, and Dalton's Chris Tallent Sr. and Kyle Pettyjohn were fifth in flight 1 at 218 with a closing 71. Mike and Nash Nance of Calhoun were third in flight 2 at 219 with a 70 Sunday.

Lacrosse

- Sewanee's women beat visiting Centre 12-6 Sunday behind three goals apiece from Catherine Crigler and Brooke Winfield, the latter also with an assist and three ground balls. Anna Comer scored twice with one assist and six ground balls, while Mary Kate Myers, Kit Sommi, Kelly Thomsen and Grace Zechman added one goal each for the Tigers (10-3, 3-1), who led 6-1 at halftime. Zechman had two assists and Thomsen one, while Myers had six ground balls. Brianna Young made 14 saves.

- Sewanee's men beat visiting Millsaps 1-0 Sunday in an SAA match to improve to 5-5 and 1-0.

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