The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s tennis team improved to 4-1 this semester with a 6-1 win Saturday over Presbyterian College at McCallie School. Simon Bustamante with Kerim Hyatt and Niklas Gerdes with Tomas Rodriguez won doubles matches for UTC, and Gerdes, Rodriguez, Jeffrey Dewald (three sets), Bustamante and Jacob Marshall were singles winners. The Mocs, who haven’t lost since their opener at Alabama, visit the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham-Southern for Sunday matches.
* The UTC women followed their fourth consecutive 5-2 defeat of Belmont on Friday night with a 6-1 victory Saturday night over USC Upstate at McCallie. The Mocs (4-0) won at Nos. 2-3 doubles and got straight-sets singles wins from Jessie Young, Polina Goloputova, Bogdana Zaporozhets, Lilly Holmes and Callie Billman.
Softball
* Foiled by rain Friday, Lee University started its softball season Saturday in Gulf Shores, Alabama, by edging Nova Southeastern 2-1 and beating Miles 8-0 in six innings with Shonna Penley and Grace Leslie pitching a combined no-hitter. Taylor De Adder was 3-for-3 with an RBI single and Kayla Louie singled twice, stole two bases and had a run and an RBI against Nova, while Lulu Vasquez pitched a six-hitter with seven strikeouts. De Adder was 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Miles, when Kayla Gooch was 2-for-3 and scored a run and Vasquez was 1-for-1 with an RBI double and two times hit by pitches.
Basketball
* NAIA Division I’s sixth-ranked Dalton State men’s team stretched its winning streak to 14 games with a 73-56 Southern States Athletic Conference home victory over Mobile on Saturday. C.J. Perry scored 22 points and Sean Cranney and Randy Bell added 15 apiece for the Roadrunners. Cranney also had four assists, and Dauson Womack had eight rebounds.
* The Bryan College women, ranked 18th in NAIA Division II, improved to 22-1 overall and 18-0 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference with a 110-81 win Saturday at Columbia College. Destiny Kassner had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Lions, who got 17 and 16 points with four 3-pointers each from Shayla Ludy and Karli Combs and 16 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds from Deandra Luna.
* Covenant College downed visiting Greensboro College 72-62 in a USA South men’s game Saturday. Will Crumly had 16 points and 10 rebounds and James Mitchell scored 14 points with four 3s for Covenant (12-7, 9-3), and Daevon Platt scored 12. Matthew Brown had 24 points, four steals and three blocked shots for Greensboro (11-8, 5-6).
* Margo Koby had 25 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks as the Covenant women won 73-63 in their USA South game at Wesleyan (Georgia). Ruthie Moore also collected 13 rebounds, with seven assists, while Cosette Kirsch had 13 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Hannah Monday had 12 points and nine rebounds.
* Chattanooga State’s women won for the 15th time in 16 games, 72-63 at home against Jackson State (16-4, 8-4), but the Chattanooga State men lost 78-68 in the TCCAA doubleheader. Michelle Smith and Melisa Carter had 24 and 21 points and nine and 12 rebounds, Smith also with six assists, for the Lady Tigers (18-5, 9-3), and Naja Fenelon had 10 assists with 12 points. Gee Gee Hollingsworth-Pugh scored 11. For the Tigers (8-13, 5-7), Everette Wilson grabbed 10 rebounds and Richard Nunez and Taye Calloway scored 12 and 11 points. Ethan Jones scored 32 for JSCC (14-3, 9-3).
Compiled by Ron Bush. Contact him at rbush@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6291.