Senior setter Hanna Matthews from Ooltewah registered 44 assists as the Lee University volleyball team improved to 3-0 for the season with a 3-1 home win Wednesday night against Spring Hill College. The set scores were 25-20, 17-25, 25-23, 25-19. Abby Stroh had 16 kills and 14 digs, Bailey Kress 13 kills, Quinne Daoust 12 kills and 29 digs, Micaela McMichen 34 digs and Hannah Longley 13 digs for the Lady Flames, who play this weekend in a tournament at USC Aiken. Spring Hill is 1-4.
* Bryan lost 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-23) in Appalachian Athletic Conference volleyball Tuesday at Montreat. In defeat for the Lady Lions (7-4, 2-1), Anna Owens had nine kills, Gigi Ford and Janie Smith added eight and seven, Rheagan Kean totaled 20 digs and Jaleigh Rogan had 16 assists and 11 digs. Kean, by the way, repeated as AAC defender of the week for her 45 digs in eight sets last week. Likewise, Milligan’s Kellee Geren from Cleveland repeated as setter of the week after totaling 165 assists (with 31 digs) in 16 sets. She had 63 assists in one 3-2 win.
* Covenant College dropped to 0-7 in volleyball with a 3-1 loss (25-16, 25-10, 15-25, 25-8) Tuesday night at Trevecca Nazarene, which is 3-2.
Golf
* Lee’s golf Lady Flames finished in a tie for sixth Tuesday in a tournament packed with nationally ranked NCAA Division II teams at Carmel, Indiana. No. 19 Lee closed with a 302 for a 54-hole 913, matching No. 10 Limestone. Fourth-ranked host Indianapolis won at 883, No. 9 Findlay was second at 889, No. 5 Lynn and No. 13 Saint Leo tied for third at 896 and No. 1 Barry was fifth at 902. Lee senior Haverly Harrold was 13th individually at 223, and sophomore teammate Emily Felix was 23rd at 229. Freshman Supuschaya Srinchantamit and sophomore Carson McKie shot 232 and 234. Lynn’s Helen Kruezer was the medalist by 10 strokes with a 9-under-par 207, including a second-round 65.