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UTC women tied for third in Florida and more regional sports news

UTC women's golfers tied for third in Florida
UTC women's golfers tied for third in Florida UTC women's golfers tied for third in Florida

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf team is tied for third place at 581 after Monday’s two rounds in the 16-team Web.com Collegiate tournament at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. UTC’s Emily McLennan is tied for fourth individually at 4-under-par 140 (69-71), two shots off the lead, and Mocs teammate Monica San Juan is tied for eighth at 144 (75-69). Megan Woods is tied for 23rd at 147, and Isabella Loza and Cristina Perez are at 150 and 152 going into the final round. Middle Tennessee State is the team leader at 575, two shots ahead of Toledo, with Avery George from Walker Valley tied with teammate Emily Miller at 144 and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee graduate Jenna Burris at 149.

* The UTC men’s golfers are 14th out 16 teams after the two rounds Monday in the Old Waverly Collegiate at West Point, Miss. McNeese State leads at 572 with Ole Miss at 573. UTC is at 599, just five shots out of seventh. The Mocs’ Wes Gosselin is tied for fourth individually at 143 (72-71), and Lake Johnson shares 19th at 146, but Andrew Weathers shot 155 and Kory Webb and Brooks Thomas are at 156.

* The Lee University women’s golf team is tied for second place at 607, five shots behind Rollins, in the 11-team Argonaut Invitational at Pensacola, Fla. Lee’s Bernadette Little is tied for second at 150 with Callie Kitchens tied for eighth at 153 and Sam Burrus at 155. With Shea Sylvester tied for first place individually at 139 (67-72), the Lee men are fifth at 585, nine shots out of first. Adam Wright is tied for 10th at 144. Taylor Davis and Carey Sheppard shot 152 and 153 Monday.

* Two father-son combos from Calhoun finished high with 210s in the 2016 Georgia Four-Ball tournament Sunday at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club at Valdosta. Hal and Tre Lamb were third with that 1-under-par total in the championship flight, and Mike and Nash Nance were second in the first flight. Will Dendy of Trion and Clay Shaw of Rocky Face tied for second at 218 in flight two.

Baseball

* The Cleveland State baseball team lost 2-1 in eight innings and won 11-4 Monday against the Cumberlands junior varsity in Williamsburg, Ky. Parker Cochran was 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, Devin Gardner was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored and Hagen Wilkey and Christian Burnett each had two hits and two RBIs in the win for the Cougars (22-13), Wilkey with a homer. Blake Thomas homered in the loss, when Cleveland State pitcher Justin Coleman allowed only three hits in seven innings.

Fishing

* The Bryan College duo of Nathan Bell from Riceville and Dylan Kear from Clinton, Tenn., were 14th with 25 pounds, 4 ounces of bass in the second-annual FLW College Fishing Open on Kentucky Lake this past weekend. A Southern Illinois-Edwardsville pair won with 35-5 for the two days.

Auto Racing

* The action at the Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip ended early Saturday, as two cars crashed at the finish line while going about 100 mph, according to a track official. Neither driver was hurt but both cars were destroyed and 100 feet of guardrail was damaged too severely to be fixed quickly.

Volleyball/Soccer

* The UTC volleyball and soccer teams hosted spring scrimmages against multiple opponents Saturday. Travis Filar’s volleyball Mocs lost 25-17 and won 25-20 against Ole Miss and won 25-21 and lost 25-15 to Tennessee Tech with 25-13, 25-20 and 25-22, 25-18 wins over Dalton State and West Florida in between. UTC hosts Lee in a scrimmage Wednesday at 7 p.m. and has its alumni match set for Saturday at 4. Both will be in Maclellan Gym and free to the public. Playing 25-minute halves at Finley Stadium, the soccer Mocs lost 2-1 to Tennessee Tech and tied Austin Peay 1-1 after TTU and APSU played to a 0-0 draw. Hannah Torbett and Peyton McCollum scored the UTC goals with assists from Macey Fox and Ellie Myrick. Gavin McKinney’s team will host Tennessee Wesleyan in a free full scrimmage at noon Saturday.