The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team pulled out a 3-2 Southern Conference win Saturday night against Wofford at Maclellan Gymnasium, and UTC senior libero Paula Passmore from Merritt Island, Fla., moved into second place in Mocs career digs.
Passmore had 42 digs in the 25-13, 25-14, 19-25, 24-26, 15-7 victory and is at 2,074. The only UTC player she trails happens to be the NCAA’s all-time leader, Lara Newberry.
Lauren Gainer had 17 kills and Julimar Alvarado, Briana Reid and Kasey Talley contributed 13, 11 and 10 in the win. Senior Christina Teter had nine. Bridget Camacho had 52 assists and 23 digs, while Melissa Green had 32 digs and Alvarado served three aces for UTC (8-11, 2-2).
Amanda Liquori had 17 kills and Tara Gough had 32 assists and 27 digs for the Terriers.
Covenant wins two
Covenant College improved to 6-0 in Great South Athletic Conference volleyball this season with a 25-12, 22-25, 25-16, 25-17 win Saturday at Salem and then went to 14-3 overall by edging William Peace 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 13-25, 15-12.
Chelsea Van Dyk had 19 kills, two block solos and three block assists against Salem, when Jessica Chittenden and Cora Schroeder added 11 and 10 kills. Stephanie Kirkpatrick had 35 assists and 13 digs and Estes Carlson made 31 digs against Peace, when Pretoria den Boer had 22 digs with eight kills and Paige Cheney had 11 digs.
• At Columbia, S.C., Chelsea Breaden recorded 20 kills and Carolyn Evans, Kaylan Dilts and Meghan Lowry added nine, eight and seven as the Bryan College volleyball team won their Appalachian Athletic Conference match 21-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-19 over Columbia (S.C.) College.
Ashley Mattoch and Taylor Fink had 22 and 21 assists for Bryan (17-7, 6-1), and Corrie Walker and Madison Akins had 17 and 11 digs. Walker and Kerrie Reindardt each served three aces.
Also in AAC play, Tennessee Wesleyan (4-6, 1-6) lost 3-2 at St. Andrews (3-16, 2-6).
• At Memphis, Sewanee beat Rhodes 15-25, 25-18, 25-12, 25-22 in Southern Athletic Association play and added a 15-25, 18-25, 25-22, 29-27, 15-4 defeat of Lyon. Jamie Sue Wilson had 12 kills and 19 digs and Caroline Montgomery and Rebecca Hannigan had nine and seven kills against Rhodes for the Tigers (8-6, 2-4), and Wilson had 11 kills while Kayla Sewell had 18 digs against Lyon.
• At Jefferson City, Tenn., Rachel Harper from Boyd-Buchanan had 13 kills, five aces and nine digs and Kristen Pickett from Cleveland High had 33 assists and nine digs in Carson-Newman’s 3-1 SAC volleyball loss Saturday to visiting Lenoir-Rhyne.
• Friday night at Rossville, West Georgia Tech defeated Georgia Northwestern 25-12, 25-14, 18-25, 20-25, 15-10 in NJCAA region play. GNTC was 1-6 going into a match late Saturday night at Oakwood in Huntsville, Ala.
Lee, Belhaven split
The Lee University soccer teams split two Southern States Athletic Conference games Saturday at Belhaven in Jackson, Miss. Lee’s Lady Flames, ranked second in the NAIA, won 6-0 with all six scores in the first half, and the fourth-ranked Belhaven men won 3-1.
Ode Fulutudilu scored the first goal for the Lady Flames (7-1, 4-0) and assisted on the next two, by Charlotte Canlett and Danielle Ciabattone, and then Debbie Rogers scored and assisted on a goal by Christina Bovbjerg before Melin Niedermayer completed the scoring. Bovbjerg assisted on the opening score 14:58 in.
The Flames (4-5-1, 1-3) virtually matched Belhaven (11-0, 4-0) in shots, 17 to 18, but trailed 2-0 before Josh Ball netted a Shoval Failer assist at 58:06.
• Covenant 4, Huntingdon 1: At Lookout Mountain, the Scots scored three first-half goals 10 minutes apart and outshot their guests 34-9 with a 14-2 margin in corner kicks. Tyler Morrison and Danny Knight scored from Matt Hudnut assists and Ian Meredith added an unassisted goal at 39:03. Noah Wiersema had the fourth goal for Covenant (5-6).
• Covenant (w) 1, Salem 0: The host Lady Scots won on Mo Cross’s chip over the keeper 10:28 into the Great South Athletic Conference contest. Covenant (7-1-1, 4-0) outshot Salem (6-3, 2-1) 10-4.
• Tennessee Temple 6, Toccoa Falls 1: At Camp Jordan, Zeke Nunez netted three goals and Johnny Fann, Grant Carpenter and Shaun Webster also scored for the Crusaders (5-6). The Lady Crusaders (3-7-1) also beat Toccoa, 4-1, as Ashley Gallo and Liz Adams each made a penalty kick and another goal and Rebecca Whiteside had an assist.
• Tennessee Wesleyan (w) 1, Columbia 0: At Athens, Tenn., Britten Fandrich’s goal 28:30 into the AAC match held up as the difference for the Lady Bulldogs (5-5, 4-1). They took 17 shots to six for the South Carolina team (7-5-1, 2-3-1); Jaimee Moreland made four saves in the shutout.
• Bryan 5, Montreat 1: At Dayton, Nathan Adams, Andrew Knighten and Joel Glover gave the 22nd-ranked Lions a 3-1 lead in their AAC matchup, and then Miles Christian scored the last two goals. Daniel Branley, Johannes Muller, Adams and Josh Oldroyd had assits for Bryan (7-1-1, 5-0-1).
• Montreat (w) 3, Bryan 0: Stephanie Gagnon made 10 saves against an onslaught of 30 Montreat shots in the AAC game, while the Lady Lions (2-8-1, 1-3-1) took seven. Lauren Cantin scored 9:23 in and Hannah Madsen added two goals early in the second half.