Dalton’s Vance Embry and David Noll Jr. helped Team Georgia win the 2017 Southeastern Challenge Match golf event Saturday and Sunday at The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla. Georgia’s group of amateurs totaled 23 points to 21 1/2 for Florida and 18 1/2 for Alabama. Noll and Embry beat duos from both other states together in foursomes Saturday, and Embry was a double singles winner Sunday. It was Georgia’s seventh Southeastern Challenge win but first since 2008.
‘ The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf team is sixth out of 17 teams at 304 after Sunday’s opening round of the Palmetto Intercollegiate tournament at Kiawah Island, S.C. Ole Miss leads at 290. The Mocs’ Megan Woods is tied for 15th individually at 75, Holly Morgan and Cristina Perez are tied for 23rd at 76 and Maddy McDaniel and Monica San Juan share 33rd at 77.
Soccer
‘ Jordan Mueller in effect scored from her own pass in leading the UTC soccer team to a 1-0 home win Sunday against Wofford. Seeded sixth for the 10-team Southern Conference women’s tournament, the Mocs (5-9-4, 3-4-2) have a first-round bye and will play Saturday at 7 p.m. at No. 3 seed UNC Greensboro. Mueller scored in the 82nd minute when she flicked the ball downfield and raced to get it back between a defender and the goalkeeper and put it in the empty net.
‘ The Lee University women’s soccer team won 1-0 in a Gulf South Conference home doubleheader Sunday against West Alabama, but the Lee men lost 2-1 in overtime after taking the game’s first lead in the 82nd minute. Owen Keck headed home a cross from Craig Quinn for the Flames (5-6-4, 4-5-2), who will need help to make the six-team GSC tournament field. Jack Shield scored at 86:38 and Cole Webster at 109:24 for 20th-ranked UWA (13-2, 9-1). Isabelle Berthoud scored for the 17th-ranked Lady Flames (12-4, 11-2) at 41:04. They outshot the visitors 29-3.