The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf team is 11th at 604 (297-307) after Monday’s two rounds in the 13-team Brickyard Collegiate tournament at Macon, Georgia. Host Mercer leads at 577 by a stroke over UNC Charlotte, and East Tennessee State is third at 582. UTC’s Monica San Juan opened with a 71 and is tied for 17th at 147 with Kirsty Beckwith tied for 23rd at 149.
Baseball/Softball
* The NAIA’s third-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan baseball team won 7-5 and 6-5 in an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday at No. 20 Truett McConnell. Shamoy Christopher hit a three-run home run and an RBI single and Adrian Marquez also homered and singled for TWU (34-7, 13-5) in the first game, when Bryce Giles was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Dan Fry and Anthony Williams each had a two-run double in game two, and Fry was 2-for-4 along with Tyler Reichenborn, who scored twice.
* TWU is 23-5 in softball, 20-4 in AAC play, after losing 2-0 and winning 3-0 Saturday at Milligan. Courtney Calkins allowed eight hits in the loss before Katelyn Cantrell and Cheyenne Strong combined on a three-hitter, Strong with six strikeouts in her three innings. Olivia Housewright was 2-for-4 and scored two runs, Mackenzie Jackson was 2-for-3 and scored the other and Megan Anderson and Courtney Black also had two hits each. Black and Baylee Sutton had RBIs.
* Covenant College freshman outfielder Brett Kernodle was selected the USA South baseball rookie of the week after batting .500 (5-for-10) with an on-base percentage of .545 in three games. He had a double, stole a base, batted in two runs and scored two.
Lacrosse
* Sewanee won 22-12 in Southern Athletic Association women’s lacrosse Saturday at Hendrix with seven goals, an assist and eight draw controls by Sarah Strand and three goals apiece by Preston Cooper and Kelly Thomsen. The Tigers are 11-6, 4-1 in SAA play. Strand was honored Monday as the SAA offensive player of the week, and teammate Hattie Fogarty was the defensive selection after contributing six forced turnovers, seven draw controls, seven ground balls, two goals and an assist in the win.
* The Sewanee men erased a six-goal halftime deficit but lost 16-15 at Berry in an SAA match Saturday. Hayden Hunt and Cameron Acuff each had four goals and two assists for Sewanee (8-5, 3-1), while Will Pratt had two goals with two assists and Ryan Stubits won 20 of 34 face-offs and collected 11 ground balls.
* Becca Broadwick scored three goals in Lee University’s 19-8 lacrosse loss Saturday to visiting Reinhardt (12-1), which led only 9-7 at halftime and trailed 7-4 before that. Broadwick’s 29 goals this season lead the Lady Flames (4-9), who play their final home game Wednesday at 6 p.m. against Shorter.
Auto Racing
* Drag racing for 2019 began Saturday at Brainerd Motorsports Park with more than 100 entries and a record payout. Cody Haygood of Dutton, Alabama, won the Super Pro class with a 4.97-second burst on a 4.97 dial in his Undercover dragster. Ringgold’s Steve Dowdy was second with a 5.89 run on a 5.92 dial in his 1963 Chevrolet Nova. Shane Kay of Ragland, Alabama, won the No Box class with a 5.98 on a 5.98 in a 1968 Camaro SS, and Englewood’s Jason Young was second with a 6.83 on a 6.82. David Bigham of Calhoun, Georgia, won the Sportsman class with Ringgold’s Clay Brock second, and Braxton McEntyre from Calhoun and Branson Jones of Rainsville, Alabama, were first and second in Junior Dragster.