In addition to another region championship and national-tournament trip, the long-strong Chattanooga State softball team got eight all-conference players and the league’s pitcher and coach of the year this week. The nationally 15th-ranked Lady Tigers’ Blythe Golden is the TCCAA coach of the year and Brooke Parrott is the top pitcher, and the former Central High School ace is joined on the All-TCCAA first team by teammates Haley Smith and Madison Tidmore. Cleveland State pitcher Kaitlyn Pickens and outfielder Hailey Galvan also made the first team, and Lady Cougars infielder Aubrie Bowman was a second-team choice along with Chattanooga State’s Katie Cheeseman, Madison Crabtree, Shelby Penning, Ashlyn Holland and Breanna Vinson. The Lady Tigers will take a 42-8 record to the NJCAA Division I tournament May 22-25 in St. George, Utah.
Soccer
» The Chattanooga Red Wolves Soccer Club will host Forward Madison FC on Saturday night in the second of three scheduled regular-season meetings between the USL League One teams. Kickoff is at 7 at David Stanton Field, where the Red Wolves beat the Wisconsin team 1-0 on April 6. The gates will open at 6 for “Faith and Family Night,” which includes a pregame concert by Christian singer-songwriter Jamie Kimmett. Chattanooga (2-3-1) is coming off a scoreless draw at Orlando City B last week and is 2-0 at home. Madison (2-2-1) beat Toronto FC II 3-1 last Saturday and is 1-2 on the road.
Tennis
» The Sewanee men’s tennis season ended Friday with a 5-3 loss to North Carolina Wesleyan at Emory University in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament. Sewanee (21-7) won the Nos. 1 and 2 doubles points, Jordan Brewer with Aubrey Davis and Jack Gray with Andres Carro, and took a 3-1 lead with Brewer’s 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 4 singles, but the Battling Bishops (22-2) took four straight singles wins and advanced to play Emory Saturday.
Running
» Lilly Smith graduated last week from Covenant College and closed out a highly decorated running career there Thursday night with a 24th-place finish out of 54 participants in the 5000-meter run of the North Central College Dr. Keeler Invitational. Her time of 18:19:48 was second in Lady Scots history to her own record.