The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golfers were fourth out of 17 teams after Monday’s two rounds in the UNF Collegiate tournament at Jackksonville Golf and Country Club. Led by Megan Woods in a tie for ninth place individually at 144, UTC at 587 (292-295) was just one stroke behind Western Kentucky and Murray State. Old Dominion led at 571. Also for the Mocs, Cristina Perez was tied for 13th at 146 and Holly Morgan and Maddy McDanel also were in the top 25 at 148 and 149. Monica San Juan was at 152.
» Lake Johnson and Luke Long shot 69 and 70 on Monday as the UTC men’s golf team moved up to 12th in the 17-team Tiger Invitational hosted by Auburn at Opelika, Ala. UTC was at 591, two shots out of 10th, after a 289. Ninth-ranked Auburn led by 14 shots at 564. Johnson was tied for eighth individually at 3-under-par 141, and Long was at 147 with Will Porter at 150 and Etienne Brault at 153.
Softball
» Kaleigh Wynne homered and pitched the last four innings, with five strikeouts and three hits allowed, in Chattanooga State’s 9-3 softball loss to visiting Motlow State on Monday, and then she went 3-for-4 with the winning RBI in a 5-4 victory in the TCCAA rematch. The other KW for the Lady Tigers (12-6, 3-1), Kayla Woody, was 2-for-4 with an RBI in game one and then 2-for-3 with an RBI. Also in game two, Aimie Davidson batted in two runs and Jenna Edwards was the winning pitcher with four innings of two-hit relief.
»’ Cleveland State fell to 1-3 in the weekend series and in TCCAA softball play with 3-2 and 10-7 losses Sunday against visiting Roane State. In the first game Sunday, the Lady Cougars (7-6) scored on Hailey Galvan’s home run and Rachel Pierce’s triple, and Baylee Woods and Emily Yell each went 2-for-3 while Shiane Stockwell pitched a five-hitter with 10 strikeouts and two earned runs allowed. Michelle Williams and Hannah Walker were a combined 5-for-7 with two runs and an RBI for Roane in that game and Williams had three RBIs in the finale, when only one of the Lady Raiders’ 10 runs was earned. Macy Bryant and Galvan each was 2-for-4, with three and two RBIs, for Cleveland State.