The Sewanee men’s cross country team had three top-10 finishers and won the 19-team Berry College meet Saturday with 56 points to the host Vikings’ 84 in second place. Another Division III team, Emory, was third, and Division I programs Jacksonville State and Mercer were fourth and fifth. Covenant was 13th. In the women’s race, Covenant and Sewanee were eighth and ninth. Sewanee’s Mark McAlister was fifth with teammates Logan Stockton and Jackson Goodwin ninth and 10th in the men’s 8-kilometer competition. Covenant’s Lilly Smith and Sewanee’s Katie Jannotta were 22nd and 24th in the 6k.
Soccer
– Senior Hannah Wyatt, playing forward for the first time this season, scored the match’s lone goal as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga beat Western Carolina on senior day Sunday at Finley Stadium. Wyatt found the net from just outside the 18-yard box in the 41st minute on an assist from freshman Hannah Torbett. The Mocs (6-8-2, 4-2-1 Southern Conference) outshot the Catamounts (6-10, 3-4) 11-10 overall and 5-4 on goal, with UTC senior keeper Katie Emig making four saves for her third shutout this season.
– In a Gulf South Conference doubleheader Sunday at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the Lee University women won 5-1 and the Flames finished tied 1-1 in double overtime. Kinsey Cichowitz and Summer Lanter each scored twice – Lanter also had an assist – and Anna Leslie had two assists and a goal for the Lady Flames (10-2-1, 7-1), who led 3-0 before UAH (7-7, 3-6) ended the shutout in the 65th minute. Kaela Leskovar also had an assist, and Erin Olson – one of three keepers who played for Lee – recorded four saves. In the men’s match, David Perez’s goal on a Drew Jackson assist posted Lee (8-5-1, 3-2-1) to a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute, but UAH (4-8-1, 2-3-1) tied 12 minutes later. Lee finished with a 17-15 advantage in overall shots, but each team had eight on goal. Flames keeper Daniel Hrenko made six saves.
– Sewanee swept Southern Athletic Association games Sunday at Hendrix in Conway, Ark., with the women winning 3-2 in double overtime and the men winning 3-0. In the women’s match, Savannah Williams scored in the 103rd minute on an assist from Erin Gill to end the battle and push Sewanee’s records to 8-7-1 overall and 5-1 in the SAA. Sewanee had taken leads on a 12th-minute goal by Tasha Saunders and an 81st-minute score by Tyler Edell, but Hendrix (10-6, 2-4) rallied both times. Samantha Bourgeois made six saves for Sewanee. In the men’s match, Marco Randazzo, Ramsey Seagle and Ben Vaeth scored, and Tristan Carlson, Zach Birkhead and Alpo Sipill were credited with assists as Sewanee (7-7-2, 2-4) cruised past Hendrix (2-12, 0-6). Will Merriman made three saves to earn the shutout in goal.