The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team closed out play in the season-opening NTC Tournament in Clermont, Fla., with a 6-4 win Sunday against Fairleigh Dickinson. Emma Sturdivant went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Hayleigh Weissenbach was 2-for-2 with a triple, a walk and an RBI for UTC (2-3), which trailed 3-0 when the first Moc went to bat. UTC scored one run in the first, two each in the second and third and a final in the fifth, with the Knights’ other run coming in the fourth. Mocs starting pitcher Payten Price (1-2) allowed four runs, none earned, on seven hits and three walks while striking out seven. Freshman Alex Connell worked the final inning to earn her first save.
– After beating Mobile 2-0 Saturday night on a five-hitter by pitcher Leigh Beatenbough, Lee University beat Ursuline 15-4 and lost 3-0 to Indianapolis on Sunday at the Falcon Frenzy in Montevallo, Ala. Beatenbough – who struck out four and walked one – and Amanda Pruett each had a hit and scored a run in the fifth inning against Mobile, with Beatenbough coming home on Pruett’s triple and Pruett on a wild pitch. Against Ursuline, Abby McKinney was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, Bailey Church was 2-for-2 with a double, a home run and four RBIs, and Courtney Crawford and Taylor Moran each was 2-for-3, Moran with a double and two RBIs. McKinney allowed four runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out four to earn the win. She went 2-for-3 against Indianapolis. The Lady Flames finished 3-1 at the event and are 9-3 overall.
– Kaley Cagle was 2-for-3 with an RBI double in Cleveland State’s 3-1 loss to Southern Union State and was the winning pitcher and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, as did Macy Bryant, in an 8-3 defeat of Andrew College on Saturday in Georgia Highlands’ Border Battle at Cartersville. The Lady Cougars (2-3) had 13 hits in the win.
Swimming
– Baylor School graduate Hannah Peiffer helped nationally second-ranked Queens University of Charlotte three-peat as the Bluegrass Mountain Conference swimming champion this past weekend in Charlotte by winning the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events, participating in the first-place 200 and 400 medley relays and finishing fourth in the 200 individual medley. Peiffer, a three-time NCAA Division II national champion, entered her senior season with 17 All-America designations. Carson-Newman’s Jon Lancaster from Heritage High School and the Baylor Swim Club was honored as men’s swimmer of the meet with all-conference recognition in the 1000 freestyle and 200 and 400 IMs. He broke his school record with his second-place 400 IM.