The Lee University women’s golf team won the Las Vegas Classic championship Monday with a final-round 287 in Nipton, Calif. Freshman Haverly Harrold was the medalist with a 71 after her opening 71, and Sam Burrus was fourth individually at 152 with Caroline Moore sbaring ninth at 156, Anne Hedegaard tied for 12th at 157 and Annika Gino at 158. Lee finished third in the men’s tournament with a 276 on Monday, led by tournament runner-up Matt Johnson with a 66 and a two-day total of 135. Shea Sylvester tied for 13th at 141.
* The UTC men’s golf team followed a first-round 295 Monday with a 275, the program’s best round since 2013, and are in eighth place – four shots out of fourth – with one round to go in the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate at Aiken, S.C. Virginia leads the 18-team field at 543. Wes Gosselin is at 139 and Stuart Thomas at 142 (second-round 66) for the Mocs, with Lake Johnson at 143, Phillip Hickam at 147 and Brooks Thomas at 150.
Basketball
* The Lee women’s basketball team received an at-large bid into the NCAA Division II national tournament and will be in the South Region hosted by Eckerd.
* The Cleveland State teams both advanced into the quarterfinals of the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII basketball tournament with victories Monday in Morristown, but Chattanooga State’s Lady Tigers ended their season with a 71-42 loss to Volunteer State. Jemiah Harrison had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Samantha Parker scored 19 for Vol State, while Shashana Miller had 12 points and seven rebounds and Taylor Simmons grabbed 12 rebounds for the Lady Tigers (8-19). Abby Hubert had 24 points and five steals and Leisa Butler had 19 points and nine rebounds in Cleveland State’s 78-64 win over the Columbia State women, and Romereo Hill had 22 points and eight rebounds, Tevin Olison 17 points and Victor Curry 12 rebounds with nine points in the Cougars’ 82-70 defeat of Dyersburg State.