Brian Cavazos-Galvez of the Chattanooga Lookouts was the final Southern League player of the week for the 2011 season, and he was instrumental in the Lookouts winning the North Division’s second half and preparing to open the playoffs Thursday night at Kodak, Tenn., against the Smokies. Cavazos-Galvez ended the regular season on an eight-game hitting streak and had two home runs and five RBIs in the sixth and seventh innings of Sunday’s win over the Montgomery Biscuits. He was 8-for-19 (.421) for the week with three homers, a triple, 12 RBIs and seven runs scored, and he has a .277 average with 14 homers, 27 doubles, five triples, 61 RBIs and 60 runs for the season. All games in the best-of-five series with the first-half champion Smokies are set for 7:15 p.m. starts — Thursday and Friday at Tennessee’s park and Saturday plus Sunday and Monday if necessary at AT&T Field.
Volleyball
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Lee University volleyball team has moved up to No. 2 in the NAIA rankings and won 25-18, 25-11, 25-14 over NCAA Division II member Alabama-Huntsville on Tuesday. The Lady Flames will face No. 1-ranked Texas-Brownsville as well as Bethel and Bryan College in the Lee Invitational this Friday and Saturday. Stephanie Todd had 12 kills on .355 hitting plus nine digs in Tuesday’s win , and freshman Lauren Williams had seven kills in 11 tries for a .636 attack percentage. Senior setters Kelsey Leffew and Gretchen Higdon had 13 and 11 assists, Higdon adding 10 digs and two aces, and All-American Arlene Ferreira returned to limited play from knee surgery with 10 assists and two aces. Irene Ojukwu had a team-high three blocks, and Sarah Smith added nine digs. Jessica Ruple had eight kills and nine digs for UAH.