The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf team was in 10th place in the 12-team SMU Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas after Monday’s two rounds. The Mocs opened with a 310 but followed that with a 297, putting them one behind North Texas and four behind Kansas State going into the final 18 holes today. Tennessee was second at 580, seven shots behind Illinois, with Mikayla Bardwell tied for second individually at 142 and Winchester’s Malia Stovall among three Lady Vols tied for fifth at 146. UTC was led by Monica San Juan and Maddy McDanel in a tie for 25th at 150 and Esme Hamilton in a tie for 33rd at 151.
* Tennessee Wesleyan senior Ryann McCuistion was chosen the Appalachian Athletic Conference women’s golfer of the week for the third time this season after leading the Lady Bulldogs in the Lady Roadrunner Invitational. Wesleyan’s men were fifth at 319 after Monday’s first round in Reinhardt’s tournament.
Soccer
* Three Lee University defensive players – Jake Brown, Samir Williams and goalkeeper Daniel Hrenko – made the All-Gulf South Conference men’s soccer first team announced Monday, and Jose Orellana was a second-team selection. West Florida’s Bill Elliott, who grew up in Hixson and is the coach of the Chattanooga Football Club, was the GSC men’s coach of the year. Lee led the league with 16 goals allowed in the regular season and 0.94 per game, and Hrenko was first in goals-against average (.923) and save percentage (.800) and was second in goals allowed (16) and shutouts (5). The Flames play tonight at 8 EDT at Christian Brothers in a GSC tournament quarterfinal.
* Lee senior Mia Hollingsworth was an All-GSC women’s first-team pick, and sophomore Kelsey Yoder was second-team all-conference and the GSC player of the week. Teammate Avery Engels was the freshman of the week after assisting both goals in one win and scoring one in the finale. Midfielder Yoder had three goals in the two matches and has 10 for the season, second on the team behind the 12 for Hollingsworth, who also has five assists. The third-seeded Lady Flames begin defense of their GSC tournament title by hosting West Georgia today at 5 p.m.
* Bryan College senior Charlie Clarke was the AAC men’s soccer offensive player of the week after scoring both goals in a 2-0 win and registering an assist in a 6-0 blowout.
Basketball
* AAC preseason favorite Bryan won its women’s basketball opener Monday, 84-65 over nonconference visitor Coastal Georgia, despite trailing 29-26 at halftime. Karli Combs hit five 3-point baskets in scoring 17 points and Leann Scharberg added 10 points for the Lady Lions, who shot 55.7 percent from the field and 41.7 percent on 3s. Deandra Luna had nine assists with eight points. Bryan won the last two AAC women’s tournaments and shared the regular-season title last year with Reinhardt, which was picked second with Tennessee Wesleyan third in the coaches’ poll. Bryan got 11 first-place votes in the 14-team league. In the men’s poll, Bryan tied for sixth and TWU was ninth; Union College was No. 1.
Running
* The UTC women’s cross country team moved up two spots to 13th in the USTFCCCA Division I South Region rankings after its runner-up finish Saturday in the Southern Conference meet. First through 12th are Florida, Mississippi, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Lipscomb, Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State, Southern Mississippi, Alabama and Mississippi State. The South Region meet is set for Nov. 9 in Tallahassee, Florida.
Field Hockey
* Sewanee freshman Caroline Sugar was announced Monday as the Southern Athletic Association field hockey defensive player of the week for the second time this season. In a 3-1 win over Concordia Wisconsin, she repeatedly flipped possession to the Tigers and held Falcons star Megan McPike to one shot and no points. Sewanee is seeded third for the SAA tournament in Conway, Arkansas, and opens against Transylvania at 5 p.m. EDT Friday.