The USTA Southern Section adult mixed doubles tournament will be held in Chattanooga next weekend, and 92 teams with 668 players from nine states are expected for the competition at the Champions Club, Baylor and McCallie courts. The winners in each of 10 divisions (18-over 2.5, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and 10.0 and 40-over 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0) will advance to USTA national tournaments in Arizona next month. Both players on each 2.5 team must have that NTRP rating; in the other categories the man's and the woman's combined rating cannot exceed the listed level. The sectional will begin Friday with a round-robin format; flight winners will meet Sunday for the championships. "We are very pleased to bring one of our largest sectional competitions back to Chattanooga after many years," Dene Owen, the USTA Southern managing director of adult events, said in a release.
* The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team won five of its seven singles matches Saturday in the Steve Baras Fall Classic hosted by UTC, and the male Mocs won three of six singles contests. For the women, playing indoors at Manker Patten, Kayla Jones beat Mississippi's Tea Jandric 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 (6) in the No. 1 main draw, and Rachele Gazzola and Sydney Patton also won extended matches in the Nos. 4 and 5 main draws. Kelsey Coots in No. 2 and Delaney Edwards in No. 6 won back-draw matches. At the Racquet Club, UTC's Lucas Plesky, Nick Wingord and Derrick Brown won in the men's C, D and E brackets, respectively.
* Sewanee's Lindsey Liles and Clementina Davila won twice in doubles against Emory duos Saturday and advanced to the ITA Atlantic South Regional main-draw final in Murfreesboro. They will face another Emory pair for the championship. In singles, Liles eliminated teammate Maggie Crumbliss in the round of 16 but lost to Emory's Madison Gordon in the quarterfinals.
Running
* With UTC junior Teghan Henderson winning the women's 5k with a meet-record time of 17:15.47 despite a steady rain, both Mocs teams finished second behind Auburn in the JSU Foothills Cross Country Invitational meet Saturday at Oxford, Ala. Also for UTC in the competition of nine Division I women's teams, Emily Drouin was third individually in 17:44.53 and Rebecca Greenwall, Jessica York and Hannah Chamblin were 11th, 12th and 13th. For the UTC men in the 8k, junior Paul Stuart was fifth in 25:19.81 and freshmen Richard Guiry and Mark Britt were 15th and 16th.
* Dalton State's Spencer Head was the individual winner out of 306 men in the Silver Division 8k cross country race Saturday at the Greater Louisville Classic, and the Roadrunners were seventh out of 34 teams despite holding out four injured runners. Freshman Emily Poole was second individually in 18:45.83 in the Silver 5k, where the Lady Roadrunners were 11th out of 44 teams.
Soccer
* Tomide Adabale's goal in the second overtime gave Dalton State a 2-1 Southern States Athletic Conference men's soccer victory Saturday against visiting Faulkner. Adabale also scored in the first half for the Roadrunners (9-2-1, 2-0). Faulkner scored late in regulation.
* The Covenant College soccer teams both earned USA South wins Saturday at LaGrange, 1-0 in the women's game and 3-1 in the men's. The Lady Scots (5-3, 3-2) outshot their hosts 15-3 but didn't score until Allie Vannoy found the net at 79:26. Nate Mackey had a goal and an assist and Isaac Johnson and Ethan Pettit also scored for the Scots (3-5-1, 2-0-1).
* The Sewanee women's soccer team won 3-0 over visiting Oglethorpe, but the Stormy Petrels beat the Sewanee men 6-1 in a Southern Athletic Association doubleheader Saturday. Tyler Edell netted two goals and Katie Morrison also scored for the female Tigers (5-3-2, 1-0-1), and Sissy Frank, Callie Ruf and Erin Gill had assists. They had a 17-3 advantage in shots. Oglethorpe (7-2-1, 2-0) led 4-0 before the men's match was 20 minutes old. Ramsey Seagle scored for Sewanee (3-7-1, 0-2) at 22:51.
* Bryan College won 3-1 in the men's game and tied 1-1 in the women's in an Appalachian Athletic Conference soccer doubleheader Saturday against visiting Bluefield. Bryan's Lions are 6-3-2, 3-0-1 in the AAC; the Lady Lions are 3-5-1, 1-2-1.
Field Hockey
* Sewanee lost in field hockey for the first time this season Saturday, 3-1 at Centre. Julie Gates scored all three goals for the Colonels (5-3, 4-0 SAA), including one from an Erin Mays assist just 1:52 into the match. She added two second-half scores before Catherine Estes scored from an Emma Horgan assist for the Tigers (6-1, 2-1).
Volleyball
* Travis Filar, coach of the 15-2 UTC volleyball team, 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. Filar's Mocs have won 11 matches in a row, including all four of their Southern Conference contests.
Football
* Courtney Stamper from Red Bank High School recorded a 24-yard sack in East Central (Miss.) Community College's 28-19 football win Thursday against Hinds CC in Decatur, Miss. ECCC (4-2), which lost 31-28 to No. 1-ranked Copiah-Lincoln the week before, totaled six sacks against Hinds.