The Lee University soccer teams will be playing for Christian college national championships today in Kissimmee, Fla. In semifinals Friday, the second-seeded Lady Flames beat Campbellsville 3-0 and Lee's fifth-seeded men edged Shorter 2-1. That sets up NCCAA Division I finals against teams from Indiana: No. 1 seed Grace for the Lady Flames (15-4-1) and fourth seed Bethel for the Flames (11-9-2). The Lee women's program, which already owns four NAIA national titles under coach Matt Yelton, has won 11 matches in a row, 10 of those by shutout. Kinsey Cichowitz, Kathryn Healy and Meagan Newman (from a Cichowitz assist) scored the goals Friday at 20:48, 25:54 and 29:44 as the Lady Flames bombarded their Kentucky foes in the first half, 12-2 in shots and 7-1 in corner kicks. The final margins were 18-6 and 9-3, and Lee's Marbel Egwuenu have five saves. The Grace women won 3-0 as well, over Houghton. Both men's scores were 2-1. The Lee guys were outshot 19-12, but Joey Hinshaw's nine saves and goals by Quade Marinell from a Justin Furey assist at 23:30 and by David Perez from a Jonathan Finley assist at 68:56 got them to the final.
Basketball
• The Tennessee Temple men's basketball team rallied to edge Berea 79-76 on Friday in Asbury's tournament at Wilmore, Ky., but the Temple Lady Crusaders lost 85-76 to the 7-1 host team. B.J. Brown scored 20 points to lead the Crusaders (3-5), while Weedlens Beauvil and Cameron High scored 12 apiece with four and three 3-point baskets. Savannah Taylor had 23 points, nine rebounds and four steals for the Asbury women, and Kristiana Purvis matched the 23 points for Temple (3-4). Angel Foster had 15 points and 12 rebounds in defeat.
• Chris Boyd had 16 points and nine rebounds and made a layup to force overtime in the Covenant men's basketball game Friday night at Millsaps, but the host Majors won 73-67. Colton McGriff had 11 points with six assists and six rebounds for Covenant (1-4).
• The Georgia Northwestern men's basketball team edged visiting Welch College 62-59 on Friday for the Bobcats' fifth win in a row, as Veshawn Bell scored 17 points and Tyler Shropshire had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Cameron Sherlin scored 11 points, and Dustin Stanley and Devin Watkins totaled 17 rebounds. The Lady Bobcats fell to 0-6 with a 67-66 loss to the Truett-McConnell junior varsity. Ashley Farrell scored 20 points and Kambria Bankston had 12 points and nine rebounds in defeat. Chelsea Ludy also scored 12, and Kirsten Johnson and Holly Mount tallied 11 each.