The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announced Friday that the NCAA has granted sophomore transfer Kallie Searcy a waiver to play this season for the women’s basketball team, instead of sitting out a year. The 6-foot-3 former Brentwood Academy player got into 14 games last season for Western Kentucky, scoring six points in one. “We are thrilled that Kallie decided to join us this season,” Mocs coach Katie Burrows said in the school release. “Her immediate eligibility gives us depth in the low post, and we are excited to see how she will contribute on the court this year.” Searcy was part of two state-championship teams and a runner-up at Brentwood Academy, which went 52-12 her last two years there while she averaged 4.8 points and 4.2 rebounds a game.
Soccer
* The UTC women won 1-0 over visiting Virginia Military Institute on senior night Friday, and senior Bailey Gale scored the goal. It came 19:12 into the match on an assist from Emily Szymanski. The Mocs (9-4-3, 4-2-1 Southern Conference) had a 5-0 edge in shots on goal, and Ashton Shields got her sixth shutout of the season.
* Freshman Mallory Hayden’s goal from a Riley Henry pass in the 88th minute gave the 15th-ranked Lee University women a 1-0 Gulf South Conference win Friday at Union University (2-6, 1-4). Lee (8-2, 4-1) had margins of 23-3 in shots, 10-1 in shots on goal and 8-3 in corner kicks. The Lee men (6-4-2, 2-3-1) lost 3-2 to Union. Jared McWhorter and Riley Indermuehle scored for Lee, the latter from a McWhorter assist in the final minute.
* Austin Berry scored two goals as the Covenant College men improved to 12-2-1 and 9-0 in the USA South with a 5-0 win Friday at LaGrange. Jake Major had a goal and an assist, Parker Owen and Robert Pettit also scored and Josh Brower had two assists for the Scots, who led 26-9 in shots and 12-1 in corners. Paul Lemay made five saves.