The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team opened play Friday in its Scenic City Showdown with a 3-1 win over Alabama-Birmingham. Set scores were 25-21, 26-28, 25-15, 25-16 favoring the Mocs (5-2), as Sarah Batterton made 19 kills and Briana Reid and Allie Davenport added nine apiece and Lauren Greenspoon set 41 assists. Catherine Chason had 12 digs, six assists and three aces for UTC. Gabby Deshotel had 24 kills and 11 digs and Amber Treace had 20 assists and 13 digs to lead UAB (4-5). Austin Peay edged Gardner-Webb 3-2 (25-22, 22-25, 15-25, 25-16, 15-11) in the earlier match. Kaylee Taff, Ashley Slay and Cecily Gable had 13, 11 and 10 kills and April Adams made 20 digs for APSU (3-6), while Tyra Montour had 14 kills, Justine Bowers had 42 assists and Anna Pashkova and East Hamilton graduate Katie Loftin had 15 and nine digs for GWU (3-6).
* Lee University began its volleyball season Friday by losing 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-18) to Campbellsville and winning 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 27-25) against Barton in the Lee Invitational. Emily Bento had nine kills and Stephanie Hernandez had 14 digs to lead the hosts against Campbellsville, which got 14 kills and four aces from Annija Abolina and 29 assists from Inoa Fields. Silvia Sartori had 12 kills and 14 digs and Erin Hill had eight kills in Lee’s win, when Makayla Beebe had 22 digs and Sadie Johnson and Hillary Hoffpauir had 19 and 15 assists. Stephanie Pingyin had 16 kills and 11 digs and Angelica Acevedo had 29 assists for Barton.
* Sewanee beat Wesleyan (Ga.) and Huntingdon both by 3-0 scores in NCAA Division III volleyball Friday at Sewanee. Peyton Parent served nine aces, Diamond Stewart and Caroline Montgomery had nine and seven kills and Walker Buxton had 17 assists in the 25-20, 25-6, 25-9 rout of Wesleyan. In the 25-12, 25-13, 25-17 defeat of Huntingdon, Stewart had 10 kills, Elizabeth Gill added seven, Buxton had 26 assists and Caroline Owens and Parent had 13 and 11 digs for the Tigers (5-2).
* Nationally top-ranked Emory University beat Covenant College 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-16) in the Emory Classic volleyball tournament Friday in Atlanta. The second set included six ties and two lead changes before the 2014 Division III national runners-up pulled away. Chelsea VanDyk had 10 kills, Schuyler Moore had 19 assists and Ariana Buchanan had 12 digs for Covenant (1-3), which played without versatile Ginny Moore. Kathryn Trinka had 15 kills and Sydney Miles had 43 assists for Emory (6-0).
* Loyola of New Orleans beat the Dalton State volleyball team 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 25-22) in the SSAC opener for both teams Friday night. Marta Guntin had 14 kills in defeat.
Soccer
* Gardner-Webb defeated visiting UTC 2-1 in women’s soccer Friday night. Shelby Hooe scored goals unassisted at 7:57 and 66:02 for the Runnin’ Bulldogs (2-3-2). Skylar Brewer scored in the 77th minute for UTC (1-5), which was outshot 24-8 but got eight saves from Katie Emig.
* The Lee University women’s soccer team outshot visiting Newberry 47-4 but managed only a 1-1 tie Friday night. Summer Lanter scored from a Mia Hollingsworth assist at 18:04 for the Lady Flames (0-2-1), but Michelle Calmeyn netted a direct kick to equalize at 48:31. Alexis Carrillo had 16 saves for Newberry (0-1-2). The Lee men lost 6-0 to Palm Beach Atlantic in Lynn University’s tournament at Boca Raton, Fla.
* Joel Glover scored in overtime from a Charlie Clarke pass for the goal in Bryan College’s 1-0 home soccer win Thursday night against Martin Methodist. Alex Horton made five saves in the shutout.
Football
* Freshman quarterback Austin Herink from Cleveland High School was honored Friday as East Tennessee State’s offensive player of the game from Thursday’s 28-21 football loss to Maryville College. Herink ran for a touchdown and passed for one while going 11-of-15 for 78 passing yards for the Buccaneers (0-2).