Haven BethuneSewanee’s Nate Parrish was honored by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association this week as the Golf Pride NCAA Division III coach of the year, and his Tigers wound up seventh in the 21-team national tournament in Houston when bad weather Friday cut it to the first 54 holes.
Led by a 15th-place 230 for three-time All-American Emily Javadi from Chattanooga and Baylor School and a 24th-place 235 for Alison Eleey, Sewanee totaled 946 – 42 shots behind champion Rhodes.
Volleyball
– Haven Bethune will graduate from Baylor School on June 3, and by June 27 she will report for boot camp at Army West Point, where she will play Division I volleyball. She committed to the Black Knights a year ago and received her acceptance letter in January, but she injured a knee in club practice in December and waited to see if it would affect her status. “But it’s healed now. It’s 100 percent,” said Bethune, who also had considered Georgia State, Carson-Newman and UNC-Asheville. “The opportunity at West Point was too good to pass up.” She’s interested in medical school and possibly a long-term military career. The 5-foot-11 setter and outside hitter holds the TSSAA record of 1,504 assists in a season and was a three-time all-state player and two-time Division II-AA region MVP. She had 2,949 career assists, 1,415 digs, 1,117 kills and 421 aces. “It has been fun to watch Haven grow both on and off the court over the past four years,” Baylor coach Sarah Lail said. “She is a tremendously gifted volleyball player.”
Softball
– The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga eliminated East Tennessee State from the Southern Conference softball tournament Friday at Greensboro, N.C., 6-3, but then lost 9-6 to Furman and ended its season at 30-29. Senior Anyssa Robles’ three-run home run in the fourth inning put the Mocs ahead 3-1 against ETSU, and they broke a tie with three unearned runs in the seventh. Katie Corum scored on a wild pitch and Criket Blanco’s second single of the game brought in Amanda Ross and Alyssa Taylor. Cori Jennings (16-12) had a complete-game pitching win. Bethany Cowart from Grace Academy had an RBI for the Bucs (20-22). Furman scored six runs in the first inning against UTC and led 8-1 after three, but the Mocs got close with a five-run fifth. Jordan Fortel had a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly, Robles hit a two-run double, Amanda Beltran went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI, and Corum also doubled twice.
Track & Field
– UTC sophomore Hannah Chamblin finished second in 2:14.37 despite falling near the end of the women’s 800-meter run Friday in the SoCon track and field meet at Cullowhee, N.C. Teammate Maddison Melchionna was favored to win but was disqualified for a false start. “In all my years of coaching, I’ve never seen anyone false-start the 800,” Bill Gautier said in a UTC release. “They brought everyone to the line but made them wait, and a couple of runners moved, and she moved and stepped over the line. It’s really tough on her. She had a great year. Hannah ran a really good race.” UTC’s Jessica York in the 1500 and Teghan Henderson in the 5000 finished fourth. The Mocs were sixth as a team. Host Western Carolina took both team titles, edging Samford’s women 255 to 251.5 and outscoring the second-place VMI men 245-152.
Tennis
– The 12th-ranked Sewanee women’s tennis team beat Coe College 5-0 in an NCAA Division III regional Friday in St. Louis and will play No. 10 host Washington University in the third round today. Washington beat No. 22 Denison 5-0. Lindsey Liles with Clementina Davila, Christina Merchant with Bea Benavides and Maggie Crumbliss with Annie Veron swept the doubles matches for Sewanee (22-5), and dominant Nos. 5-6 singles wins by Taylor Childress and Haley Tucker ended play.