The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team lost for the fifth consecutive time Saturday, 3-1 to visiting UNC Greensboro. The set scores were 26-28, 25-22, 25-20, 25-23 in the Southern Conference match.
Dani Szczepanski had 11 kills and Gylian Finch had nine kills and 19 digs for UTC (8-17, 4-8), which got 24 and 18 assists from Jaquelyn Langhaim and Maddie Halsey, 31 digs from Brenna Everingham and 17 digs from Miranda Elpers. Emily Plumlee provided seven block assists.
* On Lookout Mountain, Covenant College clinched its fourth consecutive USA South West Division title with a 3-0 win (25-16, 25-14, 25-16) over Brevard and added a 3-2 nonconference victory (25-18, 19-25, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12) over Pensacola Christian.
Allie Jakes and Hannah Harris had nine and seven kills and Sophie Puertas and Emily Moore had 19 and 14 assists and seven and three aces against Brevard for Covenant (15-12, 12-2), while Hannah Stewart and Sara Delk had 12 and 11 digs. Stewart had 25 digs against Pensacola, when Moore had 22 assists and Puertas had 18 assists, 16 digs and four aces. Harris had 12 kills and Jakes and Riley Howe each had 11, and Josita Marshall added 11 digs.
* In Cleveland, Tennessee, the first-year Chattanooga State program lost 3-1 (25-15, 22-25, 25-11, 25-8) to 20-8 Walters State in the NJCAA Division II Region VII championship match.
Josie Jordan had 15 digs and Dakota Rawiszer 14 assists for the Lady Tigers (13-8), and Kayla Wimpee had six kills. Cayla Jacob was in on six blocks. Wimpee, Sidney Killingsworth and freshman of the year Emily Redden represented Chattanooga State on the All-TCCAA team, which also included Cleveland State’s Ariana Smith and Aly Lemons.
* In Cleveland, Georgia, Bryan College lost 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-22) to Truett McConnell and now is 10-18, 6-12 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference.