Allie Davenport and Miranda Elpers each had 16 kills, Davenport with 15 digs, as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team defeated Mercer 3-1 in the Southern Conference tournament quarterfinals Saturday night in Birmingham. The set scores were 25-22, 21-25, 25-14, 25-22 in favor of the third-seeded Mocs (18-12). They will face second-seeded UNC Greensboro, which rallied Saturday for a 3-2 win over Western Carolina, in today’s second semifinal. Madison Bergren had 31 assists and Lauren Greenspoon added 16 for UTC.
Running
* Lee University finished 18th in the NCAA Division II men’s national cross country meet Saturday at Saint Leo, Fla., and the Lady Flames were 28th out of 32 teams in the 6-kilometer race with Audrey Smith 65th individually (51st among team scorers). The Flames had the best finish among South Region teams, led by Harold Smith in 81st place (68th among scorers), Seth Eagleson 88th (75th) and Christian Noble 96th (83rd) out of 242.
Soccer
* The Bryan College men and Tennessee Wesleyan women ended their soccer seasons Saturday with opening-round losses in the NAIA national tournaments. The Lady Bulldogs fell 3-0 at Northwestern Ohio and wound up 13-6-2. Bryan’s Lions (16-3-3), which had been as high as No. 8 in the NAIA rankings, hosted Spring Arbor from Michigan and lost 3-2 in overtime after taking a 2-0 lead into halftime on goals by Charlie Clarke and Cooper Loftin. Brad Spooner assisted on Clarke’s score.