The Gulf South player of the year, Summer Lanter, scored three goals in leading Lee University to a 5-1 win Friday night against Valdosta State in the conforence tournament women’s soccer semifinals in Montgomery, Ala.
The Lady Flames (15-4) play for the championship Sunday afternoon.
Lanter, a former Soddy-Daisy High School standout, scored 13:33 into the match from a pass by Mia Hollingsworth. Kelsey Yoder and Riley Engels made it 3-0 by early in the second half on assists by Anna Leslie, and Lanter scored again in the 66th and 71st minutes. Lee outshot VSU (10-6-3) 21-9, with a 9-2 edge in shots on goal.
-In USA South semifinals, the Covenant College women lost 1-0 to Methodist at Maryville, Tenn., and the Covenant men fell 3-0 to East top seed North Carolina Wesleyan at Rocky Mount.
Methodist’s score came in the 49th minute, and the Monarchs (8-10) outshot the Lady Scots (11-7-1) 20-3 with 11 shots on goal. Covenant got nine saves from all-conference keeper Rachel Lemay.