CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's cross country team finished fifth in the Southern Conference meet Saturday at the Trophy Lakes course, with senior Chris Berry making all-conference for the fourth time with a fifth-place 24:04.80 for the 8 kilometers and sophomore Lucas Cotter sixth at 24:20.56. Each is a former SoCon freshman of the year. UTC sophomore Mark Cole was second-team all-conference and 14th overall, and Nathan Wanuch was 27th. UNC Greensboro's Paul Chelimo won in 23:11.56, and McCallie School alumnus Will Raby of Appalachian State was ninth in 24:41.49. UNCG won both team titles. UTC's Lady Mocs were 11th, led by 23rd-place senior Tara Gietema in 18:01 for the 5k.
• Led by individual winner Tera Woods, Covenant College's Lady Scots won the Great South Athletic Conference cross country meet Saturday at the Chickamauga Dam recreation area. The Covenant men finished second to Huntingdon with Zach Smith and Stephen Dillon finishing second and fourth in the 8k in 29:11.23 and 29:33.05 and teammates Stephen Harper and Matt Gorter coming in eighth and 14th. Huntingdon's Jeffery Jenkins won in 28:57.69. Woods won the 6k by more than 20 seconds in 25:10.22, and teammates Aften Whitmore (25:40.03), Beth Burgess and Emily Davis were fourth, seventh and ninth.
Golf
• WILMINGTON, N.C. -- The UTC women's golf team plunged from seventh to 17 place Saturday in the 18-team Landfall Tradition tournament. The Mocs' best second-round scores were Mette Kryger's 80 and Michaela Gasplmayr's 81, as Marion Duvernay dropped to a tie for 33rd at 157 with Kryger at 158 and Maria Juliana Loza at 161. Purdue leads Auburn by two strokes with a 607; UTC is at 637.
• STATHAM, Ga. -- The Dalton Golf and Country Club team is second at 135, one shot behind Champions Retreat GC, after Saturday's four-ball play in the 19th annual Georgia Team Championship at The Georgia Club. David Noll Jr. and Mike Nance carded a 67 and Matt Oxford and Greg Brock had a 68 for Dalton G&CC. Calhoun's Brent Sizemore helped in a 69 and a 143 total for Barnsley Gardens. Today will be individual stroke play with the best three scores counting for each team.
Baseball
• The Southern League announced Friday that Don Mincher is retiring after 12 years as the league's president, and the board of directors unanimously voted him president emeritus. "Ongoing health issues" led to his decision, which the board accepted reluctantly, according to the announcement release. Mississippi Braves general manager Steve DeSalvo, the league's vice president, was named interim president. "I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to serve as president of what I feel is the best league in baseball," said Mincher, who was general manager of the Huntsville Stars and then a part owner of that team before becoming the Class AA league's president in 2000. He played 13 seasons in the major leagues and was on the 1972 Oakland Athletics team that won the World Series.
Basketball
• HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The Bryan College basketball teams played late Saturday night at Oakwood University. The 53-36 win was the season opener for the Bryan women, who have a new coach, Jason Smith, after going 10-20 last year, but the men's game was an exhibition. The Lions officially start Monday in a home doubleheader against Tennessee Temple. Don Rekoske is beginning his eighth season coaching the Lions, but he may feel as if he's starting over with the loss of seven of the top eight players from last year's 21-9 squad. Lavonte Henderson is back as a 6-foot-5 senior wing who averaged eight points and five rebounds a game last year, but the only other seniors are guard Josh Decker and 6-5 center Tommy Lobach. Starters besides Henderson include freshman point guard Dion Fair from Knoxville Bearden and junior college transfers Rob Riley (Volunteer State), Anthony Moore (Coastal Georgia) and Jerrod Allen (Roane State), and Tim Fortenberry from Motlow will start or come off the bench at three positions. Key sophomores are T.J. Smith, Logan Sharp and Caleb Parsons. The Lady Lions are more blessed with veteran regulars, including senior guards Bethany McArthur, Shea Thomas and Sara Barnett, senior forward Anna Thomas, senior center Sarah Newton and junior forward Morgan Burnette.
Football
• UTC football assistant coach Geep Wade, a Mocs player from 1998 to 2001, will be the guest speaker for the Chattanooga Quarterback Club's noon luncheon meeting Monday at Finley Stadium, and the public is invited. Attendance costs $10 with a meal, $4 without. Alabama radio voice Eli Gold will be the Nov. 7 speaker, two days after the Crimson Tide's game against LSU.
Field Hockey
• The Sewanee field hockey team plays today at Rhodes in Memphis after losing 3-0 on Friday at Hendrix. The Arkansas team outshot the Tigers (5-8, 1-4 SCAC) 16-2 and had a 14-3 advantage in penalty corners.