Kelsey Yoder’s free-kick goal with two minutes left in the second half lifted Lee University to a 3-2 women’s soccer win Thursday night against 18th-ranked North Georgia at Dahlonega. Devin Healy scored twice unassisted for the Lady Flames (2-0-1), giving them leads at 6:38 and 31:32, but Taylor Malasek scored for UNG (2-1) at 21:39 and Rosie Embley’s penalty kick equalized again at 78:18. The home team had margins of 5-0 in corner kicks and 22-15 in shots, but Lee goalkeeper Taylor Green made 13 saves. The Lady Flames host Carson-Newman on Saturday night after the Lee men play Bellarmine at 5 p.m.
Volleyball
* Marjorie Smith registered 19 kills and setter Gabi Catt had 51 assists and nine digs as Tennessee Wesleyan pulled out a 3-2 volleyball win Thursday night at Bryan College in the Appalachian Athletic Conference opener for both teams. The set scores were 24-26, 25-19, 25-16, 25-27, 15-11. Also for TWU’s Lady Bulldogs (5-9), Miyah Woodard had 11 kills and Avery Hilliard, Allana Knowles and Sydney Ritten each had nine, Hilliard with seven block assists and Knowles matching Madison Weir with four aces. Sovanna Ramirez had 16 digs and Haley Amet had 11. For Bryan (3-6), Jennifer Keck had 36 assists and 10 digs, Rheagan Keen had 29 digs and Anna Owens and Mariah Dunlop delivered 12 and 11 kills. Paige Randolph and Rebecca Camacho added eight and seven kills.
Football
* Sewanee’s football home opener Saturday at 1 p.m. CDT on the oldest college football field in the South and fourth oldest in the nation will be against Washington & Lee, and each team is 1-0 in 2018. But the visiting Generals hold a 42-24 lead in the long nonconference series and have won the last three meetings, including 63-30 last September. They prevailed 16-10 in overtime on the road against Dickinson last Saturday, when Sewanee won 43-10 at Kenyon. The Tigers have not been 2-0 since winning the first four games in 2001.