University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior shortstop Brook Womack from Central High School and sophomore outfielder Aly Walker were on the All-Southern Conference softball first team announced Tuesday, and UTC senior infielders Ashley Conner and J.J. Hamill were second-team selections at second base and the utility position, respectively. Mocs pitcher Allison Swinford from Dalton made the SoCon all-freshman team, as did East Tennessee State middle infielder Lauren Lee from Cleveland High School. Going into the Mocs’ SoCon tournament game this morning against Samford in Greensboro, N.C., Walker and Womack both are batting .371 and have been the last two conference players of the month. Womack leads UTC with 34 RBIs, 52 hits, seven home runs and 80 total bases, and Walker leads with nine doubles and 27 runs scored. Conner is batting .306, Hamill .286.
Baseball
» Lee University lost 8-3 to West Georgia on Tuesday but wound up 2-1 in pool play in the Gulf South Conference baseball tournament in Cleveland, Miss. By virtue of their head-to-head win over West Florida, als0 2-1, that put the Flames in the championship game today at 2 p.m. EDT. Home runs by Miguel Pimentel in the first and third innings gave Lee (27-25) brief 1-0 and 2-1 leads, but the Flames didn’t score again until he crossed the plate on a Peyton Meeker groundout in the ninth. West Georgia (32-18) scored five runs in the span of the sixth and seventh innings. The winners’ Brian Dansereau matched Pimentel in going 4-for-5 with two RBIs, and Cade Marlowe had two hits and two RBIs. Besides Pimentel for Lee, Spencer Mossburg was 3-for-4 and Chase Andrews was 3-for-5.
Golf
» The Lee women’s golfers are tied for fifth out of 12 teams going into the final round today of the NCAA Division II South/Southeast Super Regional at the Germantown (Tenn.) Country Club. The top three teams advance to the national tournament, and the Lady Flames at 616 were 14 strokes behind third-place and nationally No. 1-ranked Nova Southeastern after Tuesday’s second round. No. 5 Barry at 598 led No. 10 Rollins by three strokes, and No. 9 Lynn was fourth at 612. Lee’s Caroline Moore was tied for 13th individually at 150 with Haverly Harrold tied for 20th at 154, Sam Burrus at 155 and Judianne Speach at 158. Playing as an individual in the men’s super regional at at Conover, N.C., Lee sophomore Scott Odell was tied for 20th at 144 after a 2-over-par 73 Tuesday. He can qualify for the national tournament if he finishes today as one of the top two players not on advancing teams.
Murfee JonesTrack & Field
» Girls Preparatory School’s Murfee Jones is headed to NCAA Division III member Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., to continue her track and field career. “Murfee has been one of the most valuable members of the GPS track and field team for the past four years,” Bruisers coach Jeff Gaither said in a GPS release. “She has distinguished herself by matching the school record in the pole vault (10 feet), excelling in the 300-meter hurdles and contributing on many relay teams.” He also praised her supportive nature as a teammate. Jones also has been a GPS swimmer, cheerleader and cross country runner. Her older brother Jack also attended Washington and Lee.
» Dalton State College senior Nayeli Jacobo from Chatsworth was honored Tuesday as the Southern States Athletic Conference women’s track and field scholar-athlete of the year. Already a member of the SSAC Champions of Character team for the sport, Jacobo has a 3.54 grade point average as a biology major with secondary certification, and she won the 800- and 1500-meter races and was part of the third-place 4×800 relay at the league meet. “Nayeli works hard and does all the little things she has to do to be the best athlete she can be, so it’s not surprising that she does the same thing in her scholarly endeavors,” coach Dean Thompson said in a DSC release. “She’s a great student, a great athlete, but even more importantly, a great person.”