Wesley Cash of Chattanooga was chosen this week to be in the four-man contingent representing the United States in the men’s 60-older division of the International Tennis Federation World Team Competition this Aug. 4-9 in Estoril, Portugal. The others are captain Mike Tammen of Portland, Oregon; Daniel Waldman of Washington, D.C.; and Mark Vines of Naples, Florida. The same group finished second in the ITF World 55s in 2014. They will be playing for the Von Cramm Cup. Waldman has won four ITF World singles and five doubles titles, and Tammen has been part of three world doubles and three world team championships. Vines and Cash have one world team title and one doubles title; Vines also has two singles triumphs.
» Lee University’s Micaela Belen Maiz and Jesus Garcia were honored as the Gulf South Conference tennis freshmen of the week, each for the third time this season. Belen Maiz won both her matches last week, including 6-0, 6-0 in singles, and Garcia was 2-0 in singles and in doubles.
» Sewanee’s 18th-ranked men’s tennis team (14-5) won 8-1 Friday in NCAA Division III play at Covenant, and the No. 26 Sewanee women (10-8) won 9-0.
Golf
» While Tennessee took the first-day lead at 15-under-par 269 Friday in the Mason Rudolph Championship at the Vanderbilt Legends Club at Franklin, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga slipped on the last few holes to 15th at 291. That left the Mocs just one shot out of 13th and four out of 12th in the 17-team field. Tennessee’s Nolan Ray shared the players’ lead at 64. Moritz Lammel, playing as an individual, had the best UTC score, 71. Dominic Jones and Connor Nolan were tied for 42nd at 72, Etienne Brault shot 73 and Lake Johnson and Oliver Simonsen carded 74s.
Fishing
» Gary Clouse of Winchester was in 30th place Friday in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Hartwell with 26 pounds, 8 ounces for his two five-bass limits. Leading the 35 pro anglers going back out Saturday for the third round is Brandon Cobb of Greenwood, South Carolina, with 37-1.
Baseball
» Pushing back from the series’ scheduled Friday start, Cleveland State is hosting nationally No. 2-ranked Walters State in three TCCAA baseball games Saturday and Sunday. Cleveland State outfielder Lance Dockery is the reigning TCCAA hitter of the week after going 9-for-12 with two home runs, a triple, a double, 11 runs scored and five batted in last week.
» Piedmont College, ranked 17th in NCAA Division III, defeated visiting Covenant 8-2 in their USA South series opener Friday and now is 22-6, 12-3 in league play. Tyler Moore was 2-for-4 and scored a run and John Mitchell had the lone RBI for the Scots (12-16, 5-10).
» Marcus Catalano’s eighth-inning grand slam lifted Bryan College to a 7-3 victory Friday night against visiting Union College in the opener of their Appalachian Athletic Conference series. Catalano also doubled and scored another run and Jacob Justice was 2-for-3 for the 24th-ranked Lions (24-11, 10-6), who trailed 3-0 in the middle of the sixth inning. Winning pitcher Stephen Chamblee allowed two earned runs in his eight innings. Daniel Neal was 3-for-4 with a homer for Union (18-14, 8-8).
» Tennessee Wesleyan played its AAC series opener at Truett McConnell a day early, on Thursday, and ended a 12-game winning streak with a 10-5 loss. Braden Mosley was 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs for TWU (32-7, 11-5), and Max Draijer and Dan Fry each had three hits and scored a run.
Softball
» Brooke Parrott’s third no-hitter of the season and Katie Cheeseman’s second-game grand slam highlighted Chattanooga State’s 8-0 and 14-10 TCCAA softball wins Friday at Southwest Tennessee. Parrott struck out 14 batters. Madison Morris was 4-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two runs in game two for the 11th-ranked Lady Tigers (29-5, 14-2) after going 1-for-2 with a double, an RBI and a run in the first game. Also in the first, Ashlyn Holland was 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI and Shelby Penning and Madison Tidmore each tripled and singled – Penning with two RBIs and three runs and Tidmore with an RBI and two runs.
» Tennessee Wesleyan’s AAC games scheduled Friday at Milligan were postponed.