After losing 11-7 late Tuesday night to defending champion and perennial host Lewis-Clark State, the second-seeded Tennessee Wesleyan College baseball team lost 4-3 in 11 innings to No. 1 seed Faulkner on Wednesday in the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. TWC coach Travis Watson was an assistant coach for Faulkner the past five years. In Tuesday night’s loss, Chevis Hoover was 3-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI, while Sully Rios Reyes and Wardy Polanco each had two hits and scored a run for the Bulldogs, who outhit the 17-time champions 13-10. On Wednesday, TWC led 3-1 entering the bottom of the eighth, when Faulkner tied the game on a bases-loaded single with two outs. Faulkner scored the winning run on an error. The Bulldogs’ Polanco finished 2-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBIs, and Alfred Cruz also was 2-for-4 with a homer. TWC finished the season 50-15 and was one of four teams remaining in the double-elimination tournament with Lewis-Clark (undefeated in the tournament) and Bellevue (one loss) playing Wednesday’s late game.
General
– The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga finished third in the Southern Conference women’s all-sports standings for the 2015-16 school year and sixth in the Commissioner’s Cup men’s race won by East Tennessee State. Furman was second in the men’s standings and won the Germann Cup for overall women’s success, with Samford second. Scoring is done by percentage based on finish by sport, with only the top seven sports for each school counting toward its season total.
Golf
– Despite some injuries this season that limited his participation and success, Dalton State College’s Sean Elliott repeated as an NAIA men’s golf All-American. He was a 2016 second-teamer after winning the NAIA individual championship and its Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer awards in 2015. “Sean definitely had his ups and downs this season with regards to his injuries, but evidently he did enough to earn this recognition in the events he has played in,” Roadrunners coach Ben Rickett said in a school release. “I am very proud of him.”
– Another Dalton State golfer, Katie Dalton of Vidalia, Ga., tied for second with a 71 in Georgia Women’s Match Play Championship stroke play Wednesday at Carrollton’s Sunset Hills Country Club. Elisa Yang of Norcross led with a 5-under-par 67. Dalton begins play today in the 32-player championship flight.
Soccer
– Anne Charlotte (Strawbridge) Hooper has gone from two-time captain of the Covenant College women’s soccer team to the program’s full-time assistant coach, head coach Mark Duble has announced. The three-time USA South all-academic honoree, who got married last month, replaces another former Lady Scots standout, Dana Streufert, who left “to pursue other career opportunities,” according to the school’s announcement release Wednesday. “Coaching has always been an aspiration of mine, and I am thrilled to be able to assist this women’s soccer program,” Hooper said in the release. “Anne Charlotte adds a wealth of knowledge and practice experience to our ability to coach the midfield well,” Duble said. “Her experience playing the position at an all-conference level and her positive manner of communication will be a great addition to the coaching staff.”
Track & Field
– Bryan College’s Hannah Schroeder was named a 2016 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete for women’s track and field. That requires at least junior academic status and a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale as well as solid athletic performance. Schroeder helped a school- and Appalachian Athletic Conference-record 4×800 relay time of 9:50.09.
Tennis
– Monday is the deadline to sign up for this year’s USTA Junior Team Tennis league conducted by the Chattanooga Tennis Association, but officials encourage earlier registration so teams can start being formed. The league is for boys and girls ages 8-18. Email chattjtt@gmail.com or call 843-2456.