University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior Jenna Nurik from Roswell, Ga., was the Southern Conference women’s tennis player of the month for February after going 6-0 in singles play and 4-1 in doubles during the Lady Mocs’ best start since 1991. She played at No. 1 singles throughout the month and at Nos. 1 and 2 in doubles, and all her singles wins were in straight sets.
Baseball
• Chattanooga State completed its TCCAA baseball series sweep at Cleveland State with a 16-9 win Monday. The Tigers (14-4, 3-0) collected 14 hits and 13 walks, and Read Walden had three hits and five RBIs. They went up 2-0 on an RBI single in the first inning by Casey Mannion and a home run by Jared Wilson in the second, but the Cougars (9-7, 0-3) tied it with Dalton Rogers’ two-run homer. Chattanooga State got four runs with two outs in the third inning, including a two-run hit by Walden, who had a two-run homer with a Wilson RBI single in the fifth. After a five-run Cougars sixth featuring RBI singles by Rogers and J.D. Cowart, the Tigers got five in the seventh with two-run hits by Marquis Webb and Mannion and a bases-loaded walk for Walden. Aaron Wright added a two-run single in the eighth and ended with four RBIs. Colton Kinnamon was the winning pitcher. Cowart and DeAndre Allen had RBI hits in the seventh for Cleveland State.
• Indiana Wesleyan defeated Tennessee Temple’s baseball team 5-2 and 6-1 Monday at AT&T Field, scoring three runs in the last inning of the first game and six unearned runs in game two after the Crusaders took a 1-0 lead behind pitcher Dylan Massingill, who finished with a four-hitter. Ryan Bruce was 2-for-3 with an RBI in game one for Temple (8-9); Chris Altman had two hits in the rematch.
• Bryan College lost 5-3 and 6-4 in Appalachian Athletic Conference baseball games Monday at Bristol, Va. as Intermont shortstop Fabian Placencia went 5-for-9 with three RBIs and three runs scored. Tyler Latham was 3-for-5, Grant Zawadzki drove in two runs and Joey Underwood was 2-for-4 for Bryan (11-7, 0-3) in the first game, and Zawadzki was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Kevin Layne homered in game two. The Lions’ scheduled doubleheader today at Southern Polytechnic State has been canceled.