The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s women’s soccer team closed its home schedule for 2015 with a 2-1 loss to VMI on Sunday at Finley Stadium. The Mocs (3-10-2, 1-4-1 Southern Conference) cut VMI’s halftime lead of 2-0 when McKenzie Gregg converted a penalty kick in the 61st minute for her third goal of the year, but Gregg’s attempt in the 83rd minute was wide of the net and two UTC shots in the final five minutes were stopped. VMI (5-9, 1-4), which scored in the 10th and 22nd minutes, finished with a 14-11 edge on shots, including 9-7 in shots on goal. Molli Miller made seven saves for UTC, which honored seniors Skylar Brewer, Sarah Ghale, Logan Higgins, Clare Latham, Loryn Queen, Lauren Thomas, Alanna Warrick and Hannah Wyatt before the game. The Mocs have three games remaining in the regular season, starting with Friday’s SoCon matchup at Samford.
* The Lee University soccer teams swept Sunday in their Gulf South Conference doubleheader with visiting Alabama-Huntsville, winning 2-0 in the women’s game and 5-1 in the men’s game. It was the sixth straight win for the Lady Flames (6-3-2, 5-1), who got goals from Nicole Blanchard (10th minute, assisted by Katie Cloud) and Lauren Peters (60th minute, assisted by Summer Lanter). They outshot Alabama-Huntsville 26-8 overall and 14-4 on goal, with Erin Olson making four saves to record the shutout in goal. In the men’s match, Lee trailed after Alabama-Huntsville scored in the 26th minute, but the teams went to halftime tied after former Northwest Whitfield High School standout David Perez scored in the 42nd minute on an assist by Arturo Rocha, and the Flames (8-2-2, 3-0-1) scored their next three goals in a 20-minute span in the second half. Quade Marinell finished with two assists and a goal, Travis Kiger and Jay Luzardo also scored and Perez notched the final goal on an assist from Garrison Adams in the 84th minute. Lee was outshot 12-11 overall but held a 7-3 advantage on goal, and Tom Halsall had a pair of saves.
* Sewanee split a home doubleheader with Hendrix in Southern Athletic Association soccer on Sunday, with the women’s team prevailing 2-0 for its seventh straight victory and the men’s team falling 3-2 in double overtime. Dayla LaRocque (3rd minute) and Kiley Ezzell (68th minute) scored unassisted for Sewanee (7-3-2, 3-0-1), which outshot Hendrix 12-1. In the men’s match, Sewanee led 2-0 at halftime after goals by Bobby Zolper and Max Hawes, who assisted on Zolper’s score, but Hendrix scored in the 60th and 67th minutes to force overtime and won on Daniel Sweeney’s unassisted goal in the 102nd minute.
* Tennessee Wesleyan College lost 4-2 at Reinhardt in Appalachian Athletic Conference women’s soccer Sunday. Dayna Randall and Amy Panayi scored to give TWC (5-6-1, 4-3) a 2-1 lead with less than 30 minutes to play before Reinhardt scored three goals in a 15-minute span starting in the 70th minute.
* Despite scoring first, the Covenant College men’s soccer team lost 3-1 in its late-finishing USA South match Saturday night against Methodist at Chattanooga Christian. Michael Arango put the Scots (3-8-1, 2-2-1) ahead in the 36th minute, but Methodist (6-4-3, 3-0-2) equalized nine minutes later and scored two second-half goals. The Monarchs created margins of 22-5 in shots and 8-2 in corner kicks.