The Lee University men’s golf team went from 12 shots down to a 14-stroke victory in rounds two and three Tuesday in the Division II South/Southeast Regional Preview on the Robert Trent Jones Trail course at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Flames senior Shea Sylvester was the medalist with three consecutive 69s. Lee shot 279 in each of the last two rounds for a 54-hole total of 854 and its third successive win in North Alabama’s spring tournament. Ninth-ranked UNA was second at 868. Lee sophomore Matt Johnson tied for 10th with a final-round 69, and senior Adam Wright and freshman Evan Spence each had one 68 in tying for 15th at 217.
* The Covenant College men’s golfers finished 13th at 638 in the Wynlakes Intercollegiate in Montgomery, Ala., but the Scots improved their Monday score by 20 strokes with a 209 Tuesday. Freshman Nathan Hawkins led them with a season-best 75 and a tie for 30th at 152.
Baseball
* Visiting Tusculum College scored seven runs in its last two at-bats, including five in the ninth inning, and beat Lee University 13-10 in NCAA Division II nonconference baseball Tuesday night. The Pioneers (20-8) bookended the game with five runs in the first as well, but Lee scored three in its first and five in the third. Peyton Meeker was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs and Spencer Mossburg scored three runs for the Flames (20-12). Tyler Payne had two hits, an RBI and a run. Lee’s Rob Gustitus repeated as Gulf South Conference pitcher of the week after allowing three hits and striking out eight batters in his six innings of a win over Valdosta State. He lowered his earned run average to 2.35.
* Slade Dale from Ringgold High School was 3-for-5 with two doubles and five RBIs for Berry College in a 14-1 Division III baseball win Tuesday at Covenant. Austin Brooks was 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs for the Vikings (14-12), who used eight pitchers. Covenant (10-6) used six. Forrest Hunter was 2-for-4 and scored the Scots’ run, plated by Christian Murray.