The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is seventh among 17 teams after Monday’s two rounds in the UNF Collegiate tournament at Jacksonville Golf and Country Club. UTC was 10th at 297 in the morning but takes a 592 into the final 18 holes. Delaware leads at 569, trailed most closely by Mercer at 576 and host North Florida at 577. Kirsty Beckwith leads UTC’s Mocs at 147, tied for 23rd, with Maddy McDanel and Rheagan Hall sharing 30th at 148 and Monica San Juan tied for 39th at 149.
* The Dalton State women golfers are one stroke out of first place after the first round of their opening tournament of 2019. It’s the Lady Cougar Invitational at the Country Club of Columbus (Georgia) and includes mostly NCAA Division II schools in its seven-team field. Host Columbus State leads at 316, followed by DSC at 317 and Carson-Newman at 319. DSC’s Isabel Rijos shares the individual lead at 76 with Hannah Gasaway tied for sixth at 79 and Katie Dalton and Cameron Daniel sharing 13th at 81.
* Blake Maum of Chattanooga tied for second at 3-under-par 69 Monday in the Florida-based Minor League Golf Tour event at Hammock Creek Golf Club in Palm City. He tied with two New York state residents, three shots behind Eric Dietrich of Cheshire, Connecticut.
Basketball
* Lee University point guard Haley Schubert closed out the regular season with her sixth selection as Gulf South Conference women’s basketball freshman of the week. She had 15 points and four assists as the Lady Flames (22-6, 16-4) beat Shorter 70-52. They are seeded third for the GSC tournament and host sixth seed Alabama-Huntsville Tuesday at 7. The Lee men (15-13, 12-8) open at 8 EST at West Alabama.