The Little Rock reign continued this past weekend for a Chattanooga 55-over 8.0 mixed doubles tennis team. Captain Debbie Rogers and her crew won the nine-state USTA Southern Sectional in the Arkansas capital for the third year in a row, after two other trips. The Tennessee champions lost their opening match to Georgia but bounced back in the round-robin format to defeat Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana and win the sectional title by tiebreaker criteria. Most of her team has been together throughout the championship run, Rogers said, “and they are not only awesome tennis players but great people.” The others are Laura Vaughn, Mary Polcari, David Hilley, Teresa Kelly, Kirk Kelly, Boo Mullinax, Dave Dameron, Brigetta Nethery, Felice Hadden, Andy Miller and Robert Fisher.
Soccer
‘ The Lee University women’s soccer team not only earned a Sweet 16 spot in the NCAA Division II tournament with Sunday’s 1-0 overtime win at previously 20-0 West Florida, but the Lady Flames (15-6-1) have been picked to host third- and fourth-round matches. Friday on Lee’s field in Cleveland, Columbus State will face Lincoln Memorial at 4 p.m. and Mississippi College will challenge Lee at 7. The winners will meet Sunday at 2 for a berth in the national semifinals Nov. 29 in Pittsburgh. Lee is in the round of 16 for the second year in a row.
Basketball
‘ Sewanee senior Hunter Buescher is the first Southern Athletic Association men’s basketball player of the week for the 2018-19 season. He received that honor Monday after scoring 25 points with the winning 3-point shot in the Tigers’ 65-63 season opener Friday against Huntingdon. Buescher averaged 12.2 points a game last season.