University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore tennis player Kayla Jones was the women’s main-draw singles champion Sunday in the 31st UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic at the Champions Club, and she and Katie Polk won the No. 2 draw doubles final. Jones won 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 against Murray State’s Andrea Eskauriatza, and she and Polk defeated the top-seeded Eastern Kentucky duo of Saioa Oscoz and Melina Poffo, 8-3. The Mocs won seven of their nine matches Sunday with Jovana Pecovski and Eastern Kentucky’s Carmen Rodriguz winning No. 3 doubles. Alexa Flynn, Claire Mulyadi and Pecovski also had singles wins for UTC, and the doubles teams of Jones/Katie Polk and Mulyadi/Alison Storie won their consolation matches. In men’s play, UTC’s Luke Saunders won the consolation final in No. 3 singles on Sunday at the Steve Baras Fall Classic and the Champions Club, topping ETSU’s Umberto Setter 6-4, 6-3. In doubles, UTC’s Austin Boaz and Marcos Morelli won the No. 4 doubles consolation final with an 8-6 win over Lipscomb’s Nacor Ibanez and Abilene Christian’s Michael Morris.
Golf
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf team plays its third tournament of the fall semester today and Tuesday at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. The Starmount Fall Classic will have 15 teams playing 36 holes today, including Southern Conference members Elon, UNC Greensboro, Western Carolina, Wofford and UTC. Coach Colette Murray’s Mocs have won the last four SoCon titles. The other schools participating are Campbell, Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Jacksonville, James Madison, Maryland, North Florida, Richmond and Stetson. “I’m excited about this event,” Murray said in a UTC release. “We should compete for the title and individually take some strong steps forward.”
• Lee University wound up fifth in Lander University’s Lady Bearcat Invitational golf tournament Sunday at Hilton Head Island, S.C. The Lady Flames shot a 306 in the final round to finish up with a score of 618. Bernadette Little led Lee with a two-day score of 150 to tie for ninth place individually, while Courtney Shelton was tied for 15th at 153. Madison Alexander had a score of 155, followed by Sarah Robertson (160) and Callie Kitchens (168).
• The 35th annual Tennessee Women’s Senior Amateur golf tournament runs today through Wednesday at Ridgeway Country Club in Germantown, and defending champion Jean Roise from Crossville is entered along with 2009 and 2011 champion Georgia McCravey from Chattanooga and eight-time champ Maggie Scott from Charleston.