The Lee University women’s soccer team dominated but edged visiting West Georgia 2-1 in a Gulf South Conference match Thursday and will end its regular season with a 5 p.m. home game Saturday against Valdosta State. Kelsey Yoder and Mia Hollingsworth scored in the 24th and 53rd minutes for Lee (11-5-1, 8-4), both from assists by Avery Engels – Devin Healy also assisted on Yoder’s goal – and West Georgia (7-8-2, 7-5) netted a penalty kick in the 58th minute but had no other shot on goal. The Lady Flames led 25-4 in shots, 13-1 in on-goal attempts and 9-1 in corner kicks.
* Bethel University beat Dalton State College’s women 2-0 and the DSC men 4-1 in Southern States Athletic Conference play Thursday in McKenzie, Tennessee. Tyler Hudson scored from a Daniel Valenciano assist in the 27th minute for the DSC men (7-8-1, 3-4), but Bethel scored three times in the second half. Bethel’s women (10-7, 3-4) dropped the Lady Roadrunners to 6-6-3, 0-5-2 with two goals in the first 19:09 and margins of 12-5 in shots and 4-1 in corners. Valenciano was the SSAC men’s offensive player of the week for his three goals and four assists in two wins last week. DSC’s Rachel Ward was the SSAC women’s cross country runner of the week.
Basketball
* E.J. Bush led five Bryan College double-figure scorers with 23 points as the Lions improved to 2-0 for 2018-19 with a 102-78 home win Thursday night against Johnson University. Bush was 10-of-13 from the field and blocked four shots, while Clay Hertel had 17 points and eight rebounds, Isaiah McClain 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, Keaton Dotson 11 points and Brandon Thomas 10 points and nine rebounds.
* Dalton State was No. 15 in the NAIA Division I men’s basketball preseason poll released this week. The Roadrunners were 16th in the last poll of the 2017-18 season, and Tony Ingle has since retired as head coach, succeeded by Alex Ireland. The Master’s of Southern California is the preseason No. 1.