Host Wofford edged the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 3-2 in Southern Conference volleyball Saturday, by the set scores of 23-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-20, 15-10. Ally Ford had 14 kills and Miranda Elpers and Dani Szczepanski had eight and seven for UTC (11-11, 4-4), while Lauren Greenspoon had 26 assists and Megan Kaufman made 17 digs. Madison Bergren had 14 assists and four aces. Wofford is 15-7, 5-3.
-Lee University lost 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-15) to nationally fourth-ranked Palm Beach Atlantic and then fell 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-16) to Eckerd in the GSC/SSC Crossover volleyball tournament Saturday at Hoover, Ala. Silvia Sartori had 10 kills and eight digs and MaKayla Beebe had nine digs to lead Lee (13-6) against PBA (16-0). Sartori and Alex Reuter each had 11 kills against Eckerd (10-5), Sartori with 19 digs, while Beebe had 26 digs and setters Sadie Johnson and Kristi Farley had 25 and 17 assists. Quinne Daoust added seven kills.
-Covenant College won 3-1 over Piedmont and 3-0 over LaGrange in USA South volleyball. Schuyler Moore had 35 assists, 16 digs and eight kills in the 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 25-13 victory for the Lady Scots (15-7, 9-0), when Hannah Harris had 10 kills, Ginny Moore nine kills and 18 digs, Jessica Seehorn eight kills and Emily Moore 16 digs. In the 25-23, 30-28, 25-17 win Schuyler had 37 assists and seven kills, Ginny 10 kills and 16 digs, Emily and Hannah Stewart 12 digs each, Seehorn 10 kills and 10 digs and Harris nine kills.
-Sewanee defeated visiting Rhodes 3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 19-25, 25-16) in Southern Athletic Association play as Claire Crow had 16 assists and 11 digs and Destiny Stewart had seven kills with 11 digs for the Tigers (10-10, 4-7). Peyton Parent served three aces.
-Cleveland State improved to 12-5 in its inaugural volleyball season with a 3-2 home win (25-17, 18-25, 25-18, 15-25, 15-10) Saturday against Welch College.
Tennis
-UTC has two doubles teams in the semifinals of the Louisville Invitational men’s tennis tournament: Niklas Gerdes with Simon Bustamante in the “A” bracket after an 8-7 (4) win Saturday over a Kentucky duo and Pablo Llebeili with Luke Plaisted in C Doubles after an 8-5 defeat of a Toledo tandem. The Mocs’ Paul LaHue and Michael Birnbaum won 6-3 in a C Doubles backdraw match. In the women’s Ohio Valley Regional in Murfreesboro, Caroline Hall won 6-4, 6-1 over a UT-Martin player in consolation singles and 8-3 with Bogdana Zaporozhets in consolation doubles against a Miami (Ohio) pair.
Soccer
-The Covenant soccer teams beat the LaGrange women 2-0 and the Brevard men 2-1 on Saturday. At Covenant the Scots (6-9-1) won on Carl Simakoff’s goal from Ethan Pettit’s assist on a corner kick in the final minute. Isaac Johnson scored earlier from a Josh Brower cross, and Jonathan Crossman made six saves. In the USA South win at LaGrange, Lizzy Hightower and Kyra Duble scored for the Lady Scots (9-5, 4-1) with assists from Addy Cronan and Landry Jenkins.
-Dalton State nipped the Martin Methodist men 3-2 in two overtimes after Martin Methodist’s NAIA top-ranked women won 7-0 in a Southern States Athletic Conference doubleheader in Dalton. Santiago Moore and Jose Villalobos scored in regulation time and Jordan Man converted a Daniel Valenciano assist at 101:05 for the Roadrunners (9-3, 2-2), who got seven saves from Samuel Fraire. Rachel Hardin made 13 saves for the DSC women (6-5-1, 0-4).
-The Tennessee Wesleyan women’s team improved to 7-3-2, 6-1-2 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, with a 2-0 home win against Brenau. Jessica Young and Livia Walker scored the goals. The Golden Tigers are 1-10-2, 1-6-1.
Running
-Covenant’s cross country teams totaled 11 personal bests as the men finished third among 18 teams and the women were fourth out of 23 Saturday at the Berry Invitational meet. The Lady Scots’ Lilly Smith (24:18) and Michelann Settle were 11th and 15th individually in the 6-kilometer race, and Caleb Aikens was 19th with Matthew Tueller and Matt Seitz 24th and 25th in the men’s 8k. Owen Legrone of eighth-place Sewanee was 10th in 26:48. Dalton State and Sewanee were sixth and ninth in the women’s team standings; DSC’s Noor Sabeeh was 23rd.
Field Hockey
-Hannah Tompkins scored the first goal and Ceara Caffrey and Katie Wilson each had a goal and an assist as the Sewanee field hockey team won 3-0 Saturday against visiting Concordia, Wis. The Tigers rose to 6-3.
Football
-Times Free Press sports writer David Paschall, who covers SEC football among other duties, will be the guest speaker for the Chattanooga Quarterback Club’s noon luncheon meeting Monday, and the public is invited. Attendance costs $12 with a meal, $4 without.