Because of heavy rains Thursday in Cleveland, Lee University changed its schedules for its soccer season openers. The Lee men delayed their first match under coach Derek Potteiger against Trevecca Nazarene from Thursday night on campus to today at 5 p.m. at Boyd-Buchanan School in Chattanooga, where the Lady Flames will host North Georgia at 7:30 instead of on their campus field. The day starts at noon at Boyd-Buchanan with the Montevallo men against Anderson, followed at 2:30 by the Mississippi College women against Rollins. Lee’s teams will host Rollins’ women and Anderson’s men at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Sunday on the Lee pitch.
* Bryan College’s women’s scheduled soccer match Thursday against Pikeville in the Freed-Hardeman Lions Cup tournament in Memphis was canceled because of bad weather.
* Bryan’s Brad Spooner followed up his conference men’s soccer player-of-the-week honor for last week’s games with the Tennessee Sports Writers Association award. He scored three goals in the Lions’ two opening wins.
* The Covenant College men’s soccer team plays its first game under new head coach Scott Bosgraf today at 4:30 against Wilmington (Ohio) at Maryville College, and the Covenant women open their program’s 24th season under Mark Duble on Saturday at 4 p.m. at home against Berea. The Lady Scots graduated seven 2016 starters but return All-USA South juniors Rachel Lemay at goalkeeper and Callie Bader plus sophomores Anna Robertson and Ashlyn Franks. Senior Rebekah Gravitt is the leading returning goal scorer. Bosgraf’s Scots return 10 starters and seven seniors: goalkeeper Jonathan Crossman plus John O’Carroll, Nate Mackey, Henry Paris, Caleb Allen, Joseph Franks and Isaac Johnson. Junior Carl Simakoff and sophomore Jesse Riggs scored eight and seven goals in 2016.
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