Dalton State’s No. 2-ranked NAIA women’s golf team leads the Phoenix Invitational after a first-round 300 Monday at Old Hickory (Tenn.) Country Club. No. 9 William Carey is second at 309. DSC’s Katie Dalton shares the individual lead at 74, teammates Isabel Rijos and Hannah Gasaway are tied for third at 75 and Tia Teiniketo is sixth at 76.
» Marshall Kent on Monday became the first Covenant College golfer ever to hit a hole-in-one in collegiate competition. He aced the second hole of the Wynlakes Intercollegiate in Montgomery, Ala., but wound up at 88 for the round as Covenant shot a first-day 336 and is last in the 16-school field that includes 11 of NCAA Division III’s top 50 teams. Host Huntingdon, ranked No. 2, leads at 295. Nathan Hawkins led the Scots with a 79, followed by Josh Wall at 83 and Will Mayfield at 86.
Baseball
» Hunter Oliver batted in five runs as the Cleveland State baseball team battered the visiting Bryan College junior varsity 15-5 and 11-1 on Monday. He was 2-for-4 with a first-inning three-run home run in game one, when Trey Vanderpool was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs and Cameron Hankins was 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored. Logan Peterson was 2-for-2 and scored twice, Noah Hill was 1-for-2 with a two-run double and two runs, Joey Roberson was 1-for-1 with two walks and two RBIs, and Brandon Mason doubled twice. Tanner Brummett hit a grand slam for Bryan. Jackson Etter (5-0) pitched a six-inning two-hitter with nine strikeouts for the Cougars (22-11) in game two, while Hooper Mills was 3-for-3 with two doubles, Cameron Payne and Caleb Collins matched Oliver with two RBIs and Tucker Mendenhall scored three runs.
Tennis