Jenna Nurik became the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s first four-time All-Southern Conference women’s tennis player with her 2013 first-team selection announced Tuesday, and Manuel Barroetavena from the men’s team became a rare No. 2 singles player on the all-conference first team. But he was 15-4 in the spring dual season with an 8-2 SoCon record. Fellow seniors Ankit Chopra and Roberto Vieira made the men’s second team in doubles, and Lady Mocs freshman Kelsey Coots was a second-team women’s pick and joined by Kayla Jones on the all-freshman team. The Lady Mocs (17-4, 6-4) are seeded sixth for the conference tournament and open against Western Carolina on Thursday at Elon. The UTC men (11-8, 6-4) have a first-round bye and face UNC Greensboro at 9 a.m. Friday.
• Both Sewanee tennis teams will be seeded No. 1 in the Southern Athletic Association tournament. Sewanee remained undefeated in league play by winning 8-1 over the Millsaps women and 6-3 over the Millsaps men Saturday in Jackson, Miss., and their regular-season league finales Sunday at Birmingham-Southern were canceled because of bad weather. The SAA tournament will run April 26-28 in Murfreesboro.
Football
• Former University of Chattanooga football star and local high school coach Carey Henley died Monday at age 76 at his East Ridge home. Visitation is set for 4-8 p.m. today at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, and a graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the National Cemetery. Henley came to UC from West Point, Miss., and was a Little All-American who played one season with the Buffalo Bills in the American Football League. He served as head football coach and athletic director at Kirkman, Brainerd and Tyner and spent the last 22 years working at WindStone Golf Club.
Baseball
• The top-ranked Lee University baseball team celebrated learning that it will host an NAIA tournament opening series (May 9-13) for the fifth year in a row by beating Bryan College 13-3 on Tuesday. Mark Silva and Corey Davis each was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, plus three and two RBIs, and Derek Pitts had a three-run double in support of winning pitcher Clint Terry for the Flames (37-9). Brandon Rader and Brady Renner each was 2-for-4 and scored twice. Josh Harris was 3-for-3 with a home and three RBIs for Bryan, while Grant Zawadzki was 2-for-4.
• The Covenant College baseball team won 6-1 and lost 7-5 against visiting Berry on Tuesday. Alhanon Miller (6-1) was the Scots’ winning pitcher with a three-hitter, and David Lockwood and Sterling Witt each was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the first game and had two RBIs in the Covenant loss; Witt had a homer in each game.