USA South player of the year Snoopy Davidson scored twice for Covenant College as the No. 2-seeded Scots defeated North Carolina Wesleyan 2-1 in the men’s soccer tournament semifinals Friday at Martinsville, Va. Covenant (14-4-2) plays today for the title against fifth seed Maryville (12-5-1), which upset No. 1 seed Greensboro. Maryville is coached by former Tennessee Wesleyan star and Chattanooga high school coach Pepe Fernandez. Davidson’s first-half goal was assisted by Michael Arango.
• Jamie Samociuk’s penalty kick in the 15th minute of overtime Friday night moved the Sewanee women’s soccer team into the Southern Athletic Association tournament semifinals today at Danville, Ky., with a 2-1 victory over Hendrix. Kiley Ezzell gave the Tigers (13-5) the lead on an assist by Sissy Frank in the 17th minute, but Hendrix equalized with less than eight minutes to go in regulation. Sewanee outshot the Warriors 19-10. The Sewanee men fell to Centre in a 3-2 penalty-kick shootout after their scoreless tie in Conway, Ark. That left the Tigers 5-10-2. Centre had margins of 22-10 in shots and 15-3 in corner kicks, but Conrad Bandoroff made eight saves for Sewanee.
• Eight Tennessee Temple University soccer players made USCAA all-academic teams for 2014: the Lady Crusaders’ Mandy Kinzie, Sage Vandergriff, Tori Ralston, Kimberlyn Warden and Courtney Elswick and the Crusaders’ Josue Fernandez, Jack Fairbrother and Ryan Bolton.
Football
• Junior wide receiver Justin Houston from Bradley Central High School became Tusculum College’s all-time leader in pass receptions with 215 — with a season still to go — as he caught four (totaling 53 yards) in the 49-10 South Atlantic Conference home victory Thursday night against Brevard. Ryan Tallent from Maryville caught 214 passes in his 2006-09 Pioneers career. Logan Cornelius from East Hamilton was 7-for-7 on extra-point kicks for Tusculum (5-5, 3-3). Houston already held a school record with three career kickoff returns for touchdowns; two were this year.