The UNC Greensboro women’s soccer team improved to 12-3-1 overall and 7-1 in the Southern Conference with a 3-0 victory Friday night against the visiting University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Quiqui Hita scored late in the first half and Caroline Fiorella and Nicole Souply added second-half goals for the second-place Spartans, who edged the Mocs (8-7-2, 4-3-1) 16-12 in shots and 9-6 in shots on goal.
» Lee University lost 1-0 in Gulf South Conference men’s soccer Friday at Alabama-Huntsville, but Lee’s Lady Flames won 3-0 with margins of 27-3 in shots, 11-1 in on-goal attempts and 6-1 in corner kicks. Kate Carney, Kelsey Yoder and Julia Kaset scored for Lee (9-5-1, 6-4). Rafa Moreno converted a Vicente Arratia assist in the 76th minute for the UAH men (7-6-1, 5-3-1), who slightly were outshot (11-9, 3-1 on goal) by the Flames (8-4-3, 6-2-2).
Volleyball
» The UTC volleyball team lost 3-0 in its Southern Conference match Friday at Wofford, by the set scores of 25-22, 25-21, 25-15. Ally Ford had seven kills and Jaquelyn Langhaim had 12 assists and eight digs to lead the Mocs (8-14, 4-5), who got eight digs also from Megan Kaufman. Catie Cronister, Alex Holland and Colleen Reilly had nine, eight and seven kills for Wofford (11-11, 4-5).
» With 16 kills and 18 digs by Silvia Sartori, Lee beat Nova Southeastern 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-20) on Friday evening in the GSC/SSC Crossover in Orlando. Hanna Matthews had 35 assists and 11 digs for the Lady Flames (12-12), while Allie Koepfer and MaKayla Beebe had 15 digs each and Alex Reuter and Bailey Kress added eight and seven kills.
» Anna Owens had 14 kills on .357 hitting and served five aces as Bryan College won 3-1 (25-16, 25-16, 16-25, 25-21) in Appalachian Athletic Conference volleyball at Columbia International. Also for Bryan (10-15), Veronica Salas and Jennifer Keck had 16 and 14 assists and Mariah Dunlop added seven kills on .412 hitting.
» Tennessee Wesleyan’s Lady Bulldogs are 13-16, 9-7 in the AAC, after losing 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-16) at St. Andrews (8-10, 5-5).
Tennis
» UTC freshman Tomas Rodriguez won two A singles matches and a B doubles match with Kaisei Kuroki on Friday in the Louisville Fall Invitational men’s tennis tournament, and Kuroki in D singles and Paul LaHue and Bo Nash in D doubles also won. Rodriguez won 6-4, 6-3 over Ball State’s Mark Guzina and 7-5, 6-3 over Lipscomb’s Jorge Ortegon. Kuroki edged Bellarmine’s Nick Johnson 7-5, 7-5 before losing 6-3, 6-2 to Ball State’s Tom Carney.
Football
» Sewanee’s football team plays in “The Rock Pile” today in San Antonio, facing Trinity’s Tigers at noon EDT on the artificial turf of Alamo Stadium. The Southern Athletic Association game was moved there from Trinity’s nearby campus and moved ahead two hours because of the threat of heavy rain. Trinity, which holds a 23-4 lead in the series with Sewanee’s Tigers, is 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the SAA this season, with league wins against Birmingham-Southern and Rhodes and close losses to Millsaps and Centre. Sewanee is 3-4, 2-3 and can reach four wins in a season for the first time in five years. But it has been playing without No. 1 quarterback Alex Darras from Notre Dame High School and No. 1 punter Ben Brown from Signal Mountain since part way through the Oct. 6 loss at Berry, with fellow junior and starting wide receiver Micah Maes showing his versatility as now the punter and the backup quarterback to freshman Grayson Baker.
Softball
» The UTC softball team ends its fall exhibition schedule with a home doubleheader Sunday against Georgia, beginning at 1 p.m. at Jim Frost Stadium. Admission costs $5 but is free for children under 10. The Mocs split two games with Georgia Tech two weeks ago.