Chattanooga State had one baseball Tiger named TCCAA player of the week and another named the NJCAA Division I player for games of March 2-8. Jo Jo Underwood was 7-for-11 with six RBIs and four runs scored in the weekend games against Roane State, and Michael Goss was the national honoree after going 7-for-9 with four doubles. "Obviously we are proud of both Jo Jo and Michael," Tigers coach Greg Dennis said. "Both had outstanding weeks, though, and while Michael had fewer official ABs and more doubles, Jo Jo had a superb weekend from the RBI standpoint." Dennis also put in a nomination for pitcher Zach Thompson, who pitched a two-hitter with seven strikeouts against Roane. The Tigers likely will have their weekend TCCAA series at Volunteer State pushed back to Sunday and Monday and then will host the Piedmont College junior varsity Tuesday.
* The Lee University baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning and edged Carson-Newman 7-6 in an NCAA Division II game Thursday at Olympic Field in Cleveland. Cameron Scott batted once and singled in the first run in the ninth and scored the winner on an error. Nathan Wierzgac was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Ben Holland was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run and Andres Nelo walked twice, homered and both scored and batted in two runs for the Flames (13-7-1). Greg Jones was 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs for the Eagles (9-11), who also got three hits each from Bo Ausmus, Evan Jurjevic and Ryan Addington.
Basketball
* The Bryan College women's basketball team's season ended emphatically Thursday afternoon, but it was in the NAIA Division II national tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. Concordia of Nebraska, the top seed in their eight-team quadrant, crushed the Lady Lions 76-35 after taking a 31-11 lead into halftime. Mary Janovich led four double-figure scorers for Concordia (32-2) with 13 points. Kristin Lane scored 12 points, eight of them on free throws, and grabbed 11 rebounds for Bryan (21-9), which shot 17.2 percent (10-of-58) from the field and made 23 turnovers. Megan Billingsby had 10 rebounds in defeat. Tennessee Wesleyan plays today at 4:30 p.m. EDT in the second round against St. Francis of Indiana.
Softball
* Lee University lost 3-0 and won 7-5 against ninth-ranked North Georgia in an NCAA Division II softball doubleheader Thursday at Dahlonega. Amanda Lynn and Kaylie Drew each was 2-for-3 in the loss for Lee (13-10), and Drew homered in the win, when Lexie Dean and Dominique Hannah each was 2-for-4 and Dean and Rachel Polacek each matched Drew's two RBIs. North Georgia is 19-5.