Lee University won two soccer games against Gulf South Conference foe Union on Sunday in Cleveland. The women rolled 4-0, getting goals from Kate Carney, Emma Higgins and Lauren Peters plus an own goal by Union (0-10-1, 0-8). Riley Engels had an assist for the Lady Flames (8-5-1, 5-4), and Taylor Green made one save as Lee dominated by outshooting its visitors 23-4 overall and 12-1 on goal. In the men’s match, Palle Jespersen had both goals in a hard-earned 2-1 win for the Flames (8-3-3, 6-1-2), scoring on Samir Williams’ assist in the 25th minute and Alfie Coldron’s setup in the 85th. That sandwiched a 66th-minute score by Union (1-8-3, 1-6-2), which trailed 22-6 in shots overall and 10-2 on goal but flirted with overtime. Lee, which avoided what would have been its fourth straight OT match, dominated in corner kicks, 9-0.
* Sewanee swept Sunday’s Southern Athletic Association soccer doubleheader against visiting Millsaps with a pair of shutouts. In the men’s 5-0 win, Kyle Johnston scored twice, Thompson Schollaert had a goal and two assists, Severin Velasco and Bobby Zolper also scored and Andrew Turk and Alop Sipila contributed an assist apiece. William Merriman and James Murray were in goal for the Tigers (6-7-1, 2-4) – Murray for more than 81 minutes, with a stop of the only shot on goal managed by Millsaps (3-10-1, 1-5). Sewanee, which led 4-0 at halftime, took 11 shots on goal, outshot the Majors 22-5 overall and had five corner kicks to their three. In the women’s 2-0 win, Caitlin Fahr scored on a Carter Cooper assist in the 39th minute and Maggie Gall with Paige Rupp’s help in the 59th as the Tigers (6-9-2, 3-3) finished with advantages in shots overall and on goal, 20-5 and 12-4, as well as corner kicks, 6-2. Abigail Frazier and Hanna Judycki split the time in goal evenly for Sewanee, but Judycki made three saves to keep Millsaps (2-11-2, 0-6) out of the net.
* Dalton State College edged the Faulkner men 2-1 and tied the Faulkner women 0-0 in Southern States Athletic Conference soccer Saturday. The Roadrunners (5-7-1, 1-3) led 15-2 in shots, 8-1 in shots on goal and 10-0 in corner kicks but needed Amin Saheb’s goal from a Daniel Valenciano assist at 83:10 to top the Eagles (4-7-2, 0-4). The DSC women (6-4-2, 0-3-1) had margins of 17-4 in shots, 11-3 on goal and 10-0 in corners against Faulkner (1-7-2, 0-3-1).
Tennis
* University of Tennessee at Chattanooga freshman Karim Hyatt won twice Sunday at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals in Knoxville to reach today’s consolation final against East Tennessee State’s Juan Lugo. Hyatt beat Tennessee Tech’s Carlos Vicente 6-1, 7-6 (6), then topped Indiana’s William Piekarsky 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (5). The same event’s women’s matches are being played at Champions Club, and UTC wrapped up its representation there with two wins Sunday. Freshman Polina Goloputova beat Wright State’s Hailey Morgan 7-5, 6-0, and senior Caroline Hall was leading 3-0 in the first set when Vanderbilt’s Lauren Gish retired.