Eric RoddySewanee's Jack Gray and Eric Roddy, both graduates of the Baylor School, will compete in the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Small College Championship starting today in Sumter, S.C. Gray and Roddy qualified when they capped their run through the Atlantic South Fall Regional Doubles Championship with a 9-7 win over Emory's Adrien Bouchet and Jonathan Jemison late last month in Murfreesboro. Gray and Roddy's opening match today in the eight-team bracket is against Wisconsin-Whitewater's Jake Humphreys and Michael Treis, the Midwest Regional champions. "We are real excited about the opportunity to compete at such a high level," Roddy said in a release from Sewanee. "Jack and I have been friends and teammates for a while, and this is great to be able to do this as a senior." Gray is a freshman, and he and Roddy qualified for status as 2015-16 ITA All-Americans with their regional title.
Soccer
* In a USA South doubleheader Wednesday at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., Covenant College's women's team rolled to a 3-0 win behind goals from Allie Vannoy (11th minute), Summer Bader (76th) and Taylor Winking (77th), with assists from Christy Barton and Rachel Buys and a four-save performance by Rachel Lemay in goal for the Lady Scots (7-4, 5-3) as they outshot their opponents 19-5 and recorded their sixth shutout of the season. The Scots settled for a 2-2 draw after double overtime, with Noah Wiersema (54th minute) and Michael Arango (85th) scoring tying goals. Wiersema assisted on Arango's score and Jonathan Crossman made eight saves while playing all 110 minutes for Covenant (3-8-2, 2-2-2).
* Dalton State's first-year men's soccer team completed its home schedule Wednesday night with a 2-0 win over Brewton-Parker at Lakeshore Park. The Roadrunners improved to 10-4-1 overall and 3-2 in Southern States Athletic Conference play.
* Bryan College and host Tennessee Wesleyan finished their Appalachian Athletic Conference women's soccer matchup Wednesday scoreless after double overtime. Bryan is now 3-5-3 overall and 1-2-3 in the league, with Tennessee Wesleyan 5-6-2 and 4-3-1.
Golf
* Sewanee's women's team moved up to seventh and Baylor School alum Emily Javadi is now second individually in the latest Golfstat NCAA Division III national rankings. The Tigers, who were previously 10th, are the highest-ranked Southern Athletic Association program. Javadi's ranking is a career high and comes after her second-place finish in the Golf Week Fall Invitational earlier this week.
* Tommy Oliver of Sewanee, Tenn., and Malia Stovall of Winchester each notched one win for Team East in the 14-14 tie with Team West last weekend in the Tennessee Junior Cup golf competition at The Grove Club in College Grove. The competition is hosted annually by PGA Tour member Scott Stallings. Team West retained the cup it won in 2014. Oliver and Tanner Owens of Milton won 2 and 1 in foursomes but lost 2 and 1 in fourball play. Stovall won her singles match 5 and 4 but was part of two team losses in the event involving 10 boys and four girls from each side of Interstate 65.
Cross country
* Lee University runners swept the Gulf South Conference cross country weekly awards, with the women's program doing so for the second straight week. Jessica Childers, a senior, is the women's runner of the week, while Amy Carpenter is the women's freshman runner of the week for the second straight time. Audrey Smith, a sophomore, was the top women's runner last week. Seth Eagleson, a sophomore, is the men's runner of the week, with Gus Whitman the men's freshman runner of the week. Eagleson is the second straight Lee runner to take the honor after Harold Smith, a junior, earned his second runner of the week recognition of the season last week. Eagleson broke the Lee record by 27 seconds with his 8k time of 24 minutes, 30 seconds at the Royals Cross Country Challenge in Charlotte, N.C. Whitman is the first Flames cross country runner to be named GSC freshman of the week. Childers placed third with a season-best 5k time of 18:41 in Charlotte, while Carpenter was 14th in 19:19 and helped the Lady Flames finish first among 30 teams.