University of Tennessee at Chattanooga tennis senior Niklas Gerdes finished second in both singles and doubles, with sophomore Tomas Rodriguez, as the 2019 Chattanooga Collegiate Clay Court Championships concluded Sunday at Manker Patten. Gerdes and Rodriguez lost 6-4 in the doubles final to Jan Palles and Patrick Sydow of Memphis. Gerdes beat Troy’s Oskar Michalek 6-2, 6-3 in a singles semifinal before losing to Troy’s Charles Anton in a super tiebreaker, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (8). The Mocs’ Turner Voges closed out his 5C’s appearance with consolation wins in singles and doubles, with Jacob Marshall, against Eastern Illinois players.
Soccer
* An early goal by Aidan Moore held up to give the Lee University men a 1-0 win Saturday night against visiting Carson-Newman University. Moore scored at 8:21 from a long pass by goalkeeper Daniel Hrenko, who made five saves for the Flames (2-0-1). They had a 7-5 edge on CNU (2-1) in shots on goal.
* The Sewanee men won late Saturday night at LeTourneau by the Tigers’ second 3-0 margin in as many nights in Texas. Christian Kirk scored in the 33rd minute from an Evan Poole pass, and Tashinga Vhumisai and Thompson Schollaert scored early in the second half from each other’s assists. James Murray totaled six saves in the back-to-back shutout wins for the Tigers (4-1-1). The Sewanee women (1-3-1) lost 3-0 on Sunday at Washington & Lee (4-0-1).
* Bryan College edged the Montreat women 1-0 and beat the male Cavaliers 6-0 in Appalachian Athletic Conference play Saturday in Dayton. Mya Patel scored from a Makena Giles pass 8:32 into the second half for the Lady Lions (2-4, 1-0), and keeper Caragan Treola had seven saves. In the men’s game, Jonathan Ricketts had two goals and two assists in the first 25 minutes, when Aaron Attree and Brad Spooner each had a goal and an assist and Artur Dombrowski, David Solis and Michael Torner also were credited with assists. Lucas Mattos and Haaris Hussain scored in the second half for Bryan (1-3-1, 1-0), which had margins of 25-4 in shots and 18-2 in shots on goal.