The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team began its season with a 3-0 win Friday night against South Carolina State in the Chattanooga Classic presented by Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown. The set scores were 25-18, 25-9, 25-8. Senior Allie Davenport had 10 kills and sophomore Miranda Elpers had seven with five digs apiece for UTC, and junior Lauren Greenspoon had 29 assists and matched Davenport with three service aces. Kasey Altman led the Mocs in digs with nine. Brianna Dafney had seven assists and Fabiola Plaza set 11 assists for SCSU.
* Bryan College began its volleyball season Friday evening by losing 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-20) to Mobile and winning 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 14-25, 15-11) over Faulkner in the Faulkner Invitational in Montgomery, Ala. Mobile earlier defeated Point 3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22), while Faulkner fell 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-13) to Cumberland.
* Ridgeland High School’s Te’a Owens was the MaxPreps/AVCA Georgia high school volleyball player of the week for last week, when in three matches (seven sets) she had a .619 hitting percentage with 47 kills and only eight errors in 63 attacks. She also totaled 23 digs and 13 aces in those three matches for the Lady Panthers, who now are 11-0.
Soccer
* The UTC women’s soccer team fell to 1-2 for the season with a 2-0 loss Friday at Murray State. The visiting Mocs were credited with 18 shots and 12 on goal to 14 and 10 for Murray (1-1), but Alex Steigerwald made 12 saves in the shutout while Melia Correa had six for UTC. Emma Heise scored from a Karsyn Hasch assist on a corner kick at 34:52, and Aaron Lankster tapped in a rolling pass from Mazie Fry 10 minutes into the second half. UTC’s Masey Fox had three shots on goal, including one that hit the post. “For us it is improving each and every time we train and play,” Mocs coach Gavin McKinney said in a school release. “We conceded two scrappy goals and walked away disappointed. We created more than enough opportunities for ourselves.” The Mocs will host Alabama at 1 p.m. Sunday at Finley Stadium, and there is no admission charge. Alabama rallied from a 2-0 halftime deficit at home to defeat Murray State 4-2 last Sunday.