After advancing on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie in its previous NCAA Division II tournament game, the Lee University women’s soccer team lost 3-1 on PKs after a 1-1 tie Friday in the South Region final against West Florida in Jefferson City, Tenn. That ended the nationally sixth-ranked Lady Flames’ season at 17-4-2. Gulf South and South Region player of the year Summer Lanter scored in the 12th minute for Lee, which held that lead until Shantell Thompson’s equalizer at 84:50. Lee outshot UWF 25-20, including 15-6 in the first half and 5-1 in the two overtimes, but had nine attempts saved by Katelyn Burkhart. Haley Gribler had seven saves for the Lady Flames. Burkhart stopped two PKs in the shootout, when Thompson, Robyn Herman and Grace Busby converted for UWF. Lauren Peters had Lee’s good PK.
-Senior defender Abbie Vibbert and juniors Avery Davis, Mya McGee and Peyton Randolph represented state champion Baylor School on the Division II-AA all-state team released this week by the Tennessee High School Soccer Coaches Association, and Baylor’s Curtis Blair was picked by his peers as coach of the year. Junior midfielder Lane Lawrence of GPS also made the 18-player team. Chattanooga Christian senior Olivia Hoffman and juniors Addie Henry and Kate Dirkse made the Division II-A team, which also included Notre Dame senior goalkeeper Lauren Teal. Walker Valley seniors Taylor Ellis and Caitlyn Dickson, Ooltewah junior Addy Keylon and Bradley Central junior Anna Stouffer were among the 51 girls in the Class AAA all-state group, and East Hamilton seniors Lauren Barcelona and Julie Kaset and McMinn Central senior Melia Baker made the 16-player Class AA list.
Volleyball
-The UTC volleyball season ended Friday night in a 3-1 loss to UNC Greensboro in the Southern Conference tournament at Cullowhee, N.C. The set scores were 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16. Ally Ford had 12 kills and 10 digs, Miranda Elpers 11 kills and 21 digs, Lauren Greenspoon 19 assists and 14 digs, Madison Bergren 12 assists and Megan Kaufman 15 digs for UTC (13-18).
-Lee beat West Alabama 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 25-23, 25-20) in the GSC tournament as Quinne Daoust had 11 kills, Silvia Sartori and Alex Reuter 10 each, Kristi Farley and Sadie Johnson 23 and 21 assists and MaKayla Beebe 30 digs. Lee is 20-9.