Nine-time champion Maggie Scott from Charleston shot a 76 Tuesday at Sevierville Golf Club's River Course and leads the Tennessee Women's Senior Amateur Championship by five strokes with her two-day 149. Defending champion Lynda Wimberly from Brentwood, who edged Scott in a playoff last year, shot a 74 and is in second pace at 154 going into the final round. Jean Kraft from Crossville is fourth at 157 after an 81, and multiple Georgia titlist Darlene Werhnyak from the Chattanooga area is fifth at 161. Chattanooga's Georgia McCravey is tied for 10th at 164, and Cleveland's Linda Mullins and Lisa Daubner share 15th at 169.
* Covenant College freshman golfer Marshall Kent tied for sixth individually at 152 with a final-round 73 Tuesday in the Piedmont Fall Invitational tournament at The Orchard Golf & Country Club in Clarkesville, Ga. The Scots were fifth out of five teams, shooting a collective 310 in round two for a 634. Piedmont won with a 603, and the Lions' Sam Hill was the medalist at 142. Covenant's Ian Johnson and Alan Craig were 15th and 20th at 158 and 160.
* Tommy Oliver of Sewanee, Tenn., tied for fifth in the Boys 15-18 division with a two-day 152 (75-77) in Tennessee's junior Sneds Tour Open Series tournament last week at Three Ridges Golf Course in Knoxville. Davis Eichelberger of Knoxville won with a 148. Charles Beasley of Signal Mountain and Alex Degenstein of Vonore tied for 11th at 163. Ooltewah's Dalton Sutton was second in the 14-under age group at 166, and Ringgold's Bennett McNabb was fifth at 179.
Quade Marinell will be one of Lee University's leaders when the soccer Flames play the Cleveland school's first home athletic competition as an official NCAA Division II member Friday night.General
* As of Tuesday, Lee University is an official member of NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference. All the requirements already had been checked off, so the Sept. 1 thumb's-up was essentially a formality, but the Cleveland school is in a celebration mood nonetheless. The men's soccer game at 7 p.m. Friday against Emmanuel College in the Olive Garden Invitational will be Lee's first home athletic event as an official Division II school, and a tailgate party is planned for 5-7 p.m. at the soccer field and in the parking lot of the Sharp/Davis dorm. The tournament begins with Shorter against Trevecca Nazarene at 4:30 p.m., and Shorter will face Emmanuel at 4:30 with Lee testing Trevecca at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Lee women's soccer team opens this weekend in the Columbus State tournament, and the cross country teams will run Saturday morning in the Sewanee Invitational.
Soccer
* Noah Wiersema at 1:47 and Bryce Bartlett at 31:06 scored unassisted goals that gave Covenant College a 2-1 men's soccer win over visiting Sewanee in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night. Matt Hawse netted a penalty kick for the Tigers at 78:26. Daniel Kubin made five saves for Covenant, which was outshot 10-9. The Covenant women's scheduled opener against Berry was postponed until Oct. 6.
* Cristina Ramirez's early goal held up for a 1-0 women's soccer win for Emory on Tuesday at Sewanee. Olivia Glascoe made 10 saves in defeat.
* Bryan College lost 2-1 to visiting St. Catharine in men's soccer Monday night, but the Bryan Lady Lions won 4-1 at Pikeville in Kentucky. Both Bryan teams are 1-1. Lions freshman Charlie Clarke was the first Appalachian Athletic Conference men's offensive player of the week after his five-goal performance in a 9-0 defeat of Hiwassee, and Tennessee Wesleyan goalkeeper Daniel O'Hare was the defensive honoree for his part in two 2-1 wins at Hardeeville, S.C.
* Maryville College beat coach Pepe Fernandez's alma mater, Tennessee Wesleyan, 4-1 in women's soccer Tuesday. Wesleyan (0-2) took a 1-0 lead on a Sonia Hernandez goal with three minutes left in the first half, but Lizzy Simmons, Sierra Siegel, Rachel Leal and Taylor Lipf scored in the second half for the host Scots (1-0).
Volleyball
* Covenant won the volleyball matchup with Sewanee on Tuesday night, 3-1 (24-26, 25-15, 25-15, 29-27), as Ginny Moore had 17 kills and 21 digs, Schuyler Moore had 36 assists, Chelsea VanDyk had 13 kills and Ariana Buchanan had 23 digs and three aces. Diamond Stewart and Maggie Stanford each had 13 kills for Sewanee, while Peyton Parent made 33 digs, Walker Buxton had 31 assists and Buxton and Stewart each had 11 digs.