ConThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s distance medley relay team of Rebecca Greenwall, Kianna Howard, Maddison Melchionna and senior Amanda Cotter set a school record of 11:49.59 in winning the event Friday night at the Southern ference indoor track and field meet in Birmingham, and the UTC men’s DMR of Trevor Janssen, Geoff Nelson, Marquis Carter and John Gilpin were second to Furman by five seconds in 10:11.17. “Amanda ran a 4:53 mile. We were killing it,” UTC coach Bill Gautier said of the women. “I’m so proud of them. What a great race.” Emily Drouin and Keeley Stewart were fifth and sixth in the women’s 3000, and Paul Stuart was seventh in the men’s 3000.
Basketball
* The top-seeded and nationally 10th-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan women’s basketball team moved into the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament final at 2 p.m. today with a 68-45 victory Friday against Point at Kingsport, Tenn., but the sixth-seeded Wesleyan guys lost 79-64 to No. 2 seed Milligan after upsetting No. 3 Truett-McConnell 67-63 in Thursday’s late game. The Lady Bulldogs (27-3) face Milligan (13-17), the seventh seed that followed a win over second-seeded Bryan with a 90-72 thrashing of third seed Union in the semifinals. Jenna Adams scored 18 points and Alli Moreland added 15 off the bench for the TWC women, who got 10 rebounds with 10 points from Armeka Booker, eight rebounds from Melanie Barker and seven and five assists from Shira Buley and Jara Gasper. TWC’s Bulldogs got 16 points and five steals from Stephen Kite Jr. and 14 points from Leland Robinson in Thursday’s win, while Dante Turnipseed scored 11 points and Devante Jenkins grabbed 10 rebounds. Kite scored 26 points in Friday’s loss, when Turnipseed had 13 points, Jenkins had 11 plus eight rebounds and Charles White made four steals.
* The Sewanee men’s basketball team ended its season at 16-10 with a 73-71 loss Friday to Hendrix in the Southern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals in Memphis. Sewanee erased a 63-54 deficit and was tied with 1:47 to go, but Hendrix (10-16) led 71-65 with eight seconds left before the Tigers’ Jorden Williams hit a 3-pointer and two free throws, the Warriors hit two and then Williams hit one and missed the second intentionally, and Marcellus Caldwell nearly made a tying putback. Williams, a former McCallie school standout, totaled 29 points with 4-of-5 3-point shooting and Caldwell had 14 points.
* Sewanee fell 67-64 to Berry College in the SAA women’s basketball tournament Friday in Jackson, Miss. Valerie McLure and Zarriah Pierce scored 20 and 19 points for Berry (18-8), while Casey Hassett led the Tigers (12-13) with 17. After Kayla Sewell hit a 3-point shot with 11 seconds left to get Sewanee within a point at 65-64, the Tigers fouled McLure and she made her only two free throws of the game. Sewell had 17 rebounds with 12 points and Hannah McCormack also scored 12 for Sewanee, while Jamie Chauvin added 10 points.
* Erin Walsh tied a Lee University women’s basketball single-game record with eight 3-point baskets Thursday night in a 100-48 nonconference victory over visiting Hiwassee. Walsh made her eight on 14 tries and totaled 30 points, while Emileigh Swafford scored 20 and grabbed 10 rebounds, Carrie Cheeks had 12 points and seven rebounds, Shelby Brown had 11 rebounds and four blocked shots and Alex Swope dealt six assists for the Lady Flames (17-8). Halei LeQuire and Dominique Stringer each scored 13 points for Hiwassee (14-18), Stringer with four steals, and Tamyah Potts added 12 points. The Lee men (15-12) beat Hiwassee 74-55 with 13 points and 11 rebounds from Chad Lee, 12 points from Jervon Johnson, 11 apiece from Tyquan Roberts and Cory Billingsley and 10 rebounds from Chase Cullen. Kaseem Davidson scored 20 points for Hiwassee (10-18).
* Dalton State’s sixth-ranked NAIA Division I basketball team beat Coastal Georgia 83-59 in Southern States Athletic Conference play Thursday night and clinched a first-place tie for the regular-season championship. Preston Earle and Jordan Bowling scored 16 points apiece and Anthony Hilliard had 13 plus eight rebounds. Jamaine Burrey and Sean Tate scored 11 and nine points.
* The eighth-seeded Covenant College men’s basketball team led top-seeded host Averett by six points at halftime but lost 67-61 in the opening round of the USA South tournament Thursday night in Danville, Va. Micah Turner scored 14 points and T.J. Cox and Colton McGriff added 13 and 11 as the Scots ended their season at 9-17. Teron Ferguson had seven rebounds.
Tennis
* The UTC women’s tennis team registered its fourth shutout victory this semester by winning 7-0 Friday at Jacksonville State. That made the Mocs 6-1 going into a home match Sunday afternoon against UT-Martin. The UTC men’s team plays this morning at USC Upstate and Sunday at Winthrop.
Baseball/Softball
* The Lee University baseball and softball teams both lost by one run Friday in the opening games of weekend Gulf South Conference series. The baseball Flames (11-2-1, 3-2-1) fell 4-3 despite six solid innings by starting pitcher Trenton Hill, who allowed six hits and struck out seven batters. Luke Toms and Ben Holland each was 2-for-4, and Toms, Cameron Scott and Josh Tate batted in runs. In the 6-5 loss for the Lady Flames (9-7, 1-5), Kaylie Drew was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, Lexie Dean was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run and Amanda Lynn scored twice.