The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golfers were tied for 18th after the first round Sunday of the 43-team Edwin Watts Kiawah Island Spring Classic in South Carolina. Maddy McDaniel shot a 2-over-par 74 to lead the Mocs to a 305 and is tied for 34th individually. Monica San Juan (75), Megan Woods (78) and Cristina Perez (78) also scored for UTC in its opening round of spring competition. Jacksonville (286), paced by co-leader Louise Persson’s 68 – she’s tied with St. John’s Saskia Sterud – has a three-shot edge on Coastal Carolina and College of Charleston.
– Tommy Oliver was the medalist with a 36-hole 157 and led Sewanee to the Reeder Cup championship Saturday at Lookout Mountain Golf Club. The Tigers totaled 645, with Taylor Mottern and Alex Wedding sharing fourth individually with Bryan’s Lucas Coffelt at 161. Bob Jones University was second at 655. Covenant was third at 667, led by Nathan Hawkins’ second-place 159. Bryan was fourth at 672.
Baseball
– NCAA Division II No. 21-ranked Lee lost 13-5 Sunday in its Gulf South Conference rubber game with visiting Delta State, which led 11-1 after 3 1/2 innings. Jordan Howard was 2-for-3 with a double, Tyler Payne 1-for-2 with two walks and two RBIs and Nathan Wierzgac hit a home run for the Flames (11-4, 3-3). Delta State is 10-3, 4-2.
– Tennessee Wesleyan routed Campbellsville 16-3 in seven innings Sunday after blanking Shawnee State twice Saturday in Athens, 2-0 and 9-0. Austin Goss pitched a seven-hitter with seven strikeouts and Collin Ridout was 2-for-3 and scored a run in that first game, and Carson Bach threw a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts in the 9-0 game, when Adrian Gonzalez and Addison Adams each batted in two runs and Edwin Bonilla, Pedro Barrios and Ridout scored two apiece. Bonilla and Dan Ward each was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Sunday, Ridout was 4-for-5 and Ward 3-for-4, each with a home run and four RBIs, and Aaron Ford struck out eight as the winning pitcher for the Bulldogs (9-7).