Christine Core EngbersFormer Covenant College softball and basketball player Christine Core Engbers from Dade County is now Covenant's head softball coach. She was the full-time assistant coach last season after three years as a part-time assistant, and she co-coached Dade to the Class AA high school state championship in 2012 and deep playoff runs the next two years. "I am excited and blessed to have the opportunity to coach at my alma mater," she said in a Covenant release Tuesday. "Both Covenant College and the softball program are integral elements of my life, and they helped shape me not only as an athlete and a student but now as a coach. I'm excited to continue growing this program." Engbers, who is married to former Scots basketball player Bryant Engbers, had a career .335 batting average with 162 hits and the single-season and career stolen-base records for the Lady Scots with 26 and 59. She played in 56 basketball games at Covenant, with 42 starts. "We are blessed to have somebody of Christine's caliber already a part of the softball program," athletic director Tim Sceggel said. "Her experience as a player and assistant coach at Covenant, along with great success as a high school head coach, make her well suited for this role."
Golf
* Freshman Tommy Oliver was the medalist with a two-day, even-par 144 and led Sewanee to a 22-stroke team victory Tuesday at the Piedmont College Fall Classic at Orchard Golf and Country Club in Clarkesville, Ga. The Tigers shot 594 with Garrett Lucey and Alex Wedding sharing fourth at 148 and Gray Matthews tied for 12th at 154, while Taylor Mottern tied for ninth at 152 playing as an individual. Covenant's Marshall Kent tied for second at 147, and the Scots were fifth at 633.
Volleyball
* The Lee University volleyball team lost 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-21, 36-34) at Christian Brothers on Tuesday with that fourth set setting a Gulf South Conference record. Silvia Sartori had 13 kills and Crystal Dedes, Brooke Wilsman, Catherine Conley and Blaire Beamer had 10, nine, eight and seven for Lee (3-5, 0-3), while Sadie Johnson and Kristi Farley had 25 and 20 assists and MaKayla Beebe had 20 digs.
* Although Paige Lawson and Rachel Mosley had 14 and 12 kills and Shelby Enochs had 41 assists, 13 digs and three aces, Bryan College lost 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-21, 25-22) in AAC volleyball Tuesday at Reinhardt. Bryan is 9-6 overall, 4-2 in the league. First-place Milligan (15-4, 6-0) won 3-0 (25-13, 28-26, 25-19) over Tennessee Wesleyan (5-9, 3-3), which got 14 kills and eight digs from Sierra Ingraham, nine kills from Sundara Chinn and 29 assists from Alexan Crittenden.
Soccer
* Lee goalkeeper Haley Gribler was the Gulf South Conference women's soccer defender of the week for her part in one-goal victories over top-ranked Columbus State and defending GSC champion North Alabama. The Lady Flames have allowed only two goals in six matches, and Gribler has 16 saves.
* Covenant College keeper Rachel Lemay was the USA South women's soccer defensive player of the week and freshman midfielder Lizzy Hightower was the rookie player of the week for their work in the Lady Scots' week that included two shutouts. Lemay totaled 14 saves, and Hightower assisted on the lone goal in one win and scored both in a 2-1 victory.
* The Bryan College men's soccer team rose Tuesday to 15th in the NAIA poll, after "receiving votes" in the preseason poll, and then tied 0-0 at Georgia Gwinnett. Bryan (6-0-1) led 16-11 in shots and 7-2 in corner kicks, and Alex Horton made six saves.
Football
* Steve Carroll, a former Tennessee All-American who was inducted into the Central High School sports hall of fame a few weeks ago, died Tuesday in Fort Wayne, Ind., of lung cancer. The 1966 Central graduate "was a friend of everyone who ever met him," a classmate said.