Jim Foster, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Lady Mocs basketball coach, speaks to supporters shortly after he was named to the post in May.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s basketball team is ranked No. 16 in the nation in the Lindy’s Magazine preseason poll recently released. Last year’s Lady Mocs went 29-4 with an opening win over Tennessee and were 19-1 in Southern Conference play, and departing coach Wes Moore was succeeded by Hall of Famer Jim Foster, who’s 783-307 with Vanderbilt and Ohio State tenures included. UTC’s season opens Nov. 8 at home against Alabama.
Soccer
• The Bryan College men’s soccer team moved into the NAIA Top 25 on Tuesday and celebrated with a 1-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference home win over Truett-McConnell, but the Georgia school beat the Lady Lions 3-1 in the first game of the doubleheader despite 11 saves by Stephanie Gagnon. Daniel Branley scored 9:44 into the second half from a Jorge Gonzalez Giron assist for the Lions (6-1, 4-0), who have lost only to third-ranked Rio Grande and are tied for 25th in the poll with Baker College of Kansas. Bryan had margins of 21-6 in shots and 9-2 in corner kicks, but Bears goalkeeper Craig Stephenson made nine saves. The Lady Bears (6-5, 4-2) outshot the Lady Lions 21-3; Lauren Gocke scored from a Shelby Julian assist for Bryan (3-3-1, 0-2-1) when the score was 3-0.
• Tennessee Wesleyan’s Samaira Khan was the AAC women’s soccer offensive player of the week after scoring two goals in Saturday’s win and having an assist against Truett-McConnell earlier last week. She’s a sophomore from England.
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