The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team lost 2-0 Sunday in the final game of its Southern Conference series at Furman. Emily DeMonte pitched a three-hit shutout and Mackense Greico doubled her home in the second inning and homered in the sixth for the Paladins (9-20, 1-2). Emily Coltharp, Aly Walker and Emma Sturdivant singled for the Mocs (23-8, 2-1), and pitcher Celie Hudson allowed six hits.
» Lee University edged Christian Brothers 8-7 on Sunday in finishing a 3-0 Gulf South Conference softball home series. Taylor De Adder hit a three-run home run and a double, Maddie Davenport also homered and Caroline Freiling had a pinch-hit two-run single for Lee (14-18, 4-10), while Lily Hatcher was 3-for-4, Kayla Louie 2-for-2 and Abby McKinney 2-for-3.
» Bryan College won 8-5 and 7-0 at Allen University on Saturday and wound up 4-4 for its eight AAC games in five days. The Lady Lions had won 5-3 in nine innings and lost 9-8 in 13 at Columbia College on Friday, after winning 5-4 and losing 6-5 against St. Andrews and falling 8-0 and 4-3 in eight innings at Brenau. Sydney Olander was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Shannon White was 2-for-2 with two runs in Tuesday’s win, and Hannah O’Shields and Brooke Ford each was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the loss. Olander was 3-for-4 with a run and Austyn Durham 2-for-2 with a homer and a sacrifice fly in the 4-3 game at Brenau. In the win over Columbia, Heidi Smith had a tying two-run double and Durham’s second hit plated the go-ahead run in the ninth. O’Shields had three hits and two RBIs in the 13-inning game, when Olander tripled and singled, Lindsey Dunn had three RBIs with two hits and Smith added two RBIs. Saturday, Maryah Sober was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run and O’Shields was 2-for-4 for Bryan (9-19, 6-8) in the first game, and White was 2-for-4 in the second, a four-pitcher four-hitter.
Track & Field
» UTC’s Kennedy Thomson won the women’s 800-meter run and Nicole Buehrle was second in the 3000 steeplechase at the Emory Invitational track and field meet this past weekend in Atlanta. Thomson’s 2:09.54 was less than one second behind the Mocs’ 800 record.