The Sewanee women’s soccer team whipped visiting Millsaps 11-1 in a Southern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinal Saturday. It was the ninth win in a row for the Tigers, who had their highest game score since 2006.
In Atlanta, meanwhile, the eighth-seeded Sewanee men stunned top seed Oglethorpe by advancing with a 4-2 penalty-kick shootout after a scoreless tie. Matt Hawse, Kyle Johnston, Luke Deimer and Bobby Zolper made PKs for the Tigers (5-11-2), who were outshot 27-7 by the Stormy Petrels (10-3-3) but got seven saves from Will Merriman. They will play Friday against Centre, which got past Berry on PKs.
For the Sewanee women, Tyler Edell scored in the second minute and quickly assisted on goals by Dayla LaRocque and Callie Ruf, and Katie Morrison and Erin Gill each scored the first of two goals in the match by halftime. Kailey Bissell, Savannah Williams and Sissy Frank also scored. Sewanee will play Rhodes in a semifinal on Friday.
* Maryville 5, Covenant 0: At Maryville, Tenn., the third-seeded host Scots got two unassisted first-half goals from George Davies and second-half scores from Caleb Lucas, Bret Thomas and Hayden Puryear in the USA South tournament game, ending the visiting Scots’ season at 5-11-2. Davies assisted on Thomas’ goal for Maryville (14-2-2), which had a 25-4 margin in shots and a 17-3 dominance in shots on goal. Covenant starting goalkeeper Daniel Kubin made 11 saves.
* Methodist (w) 2, Covenant 0: At Fayetteville, N.C., Deycasha Miller and Capri Clark scored for the fourth-seeded hosts in the first eight minutes of the USA South tournament quarterfinal against fifth seed Covenant, which ended its season at 10-5-1 with an 8-3-1 league record. Rachel Lemay had five saves in goal for the Lady Scots, who were outshot 23-4.
* Dalton State 1, Bethel 0: At McKenzie, Tenn., Emmanuel Olusanya’s acrobatic goal from an Isael Guiterrez pass with 10 minutes left in the first half stood up for a Southern States Athletic Conference win for the first-year program. It was the first SSAC road victory for the Roadrunners (11-6-1, 4-4), who look to be playing at William Carey this coming weekend in the league tournament. The pairings will be made official today.
“Bethel has won national championships and has big tradition,” DSC coach Kerem Daser said in a school release. “I am so proud of the defensive effort from the whole team. Our freshman keeper Diego Gonzales, our back four with our defensive midfielders Kiko Rodriquez and Jordan Man were rock solid.”
Sewanee wins 2-1
The Sewanee field hockey team ended its regular season Saturday with second-half goals by Virginia Barry and Kat Mulligan and a 2-1 home win over NCAA Division II member Newberry.
Katie Wilson and Carrie Anderson had assists for the Tigers (11-5).