Tennessee took the first-round lead, one stroke ahead of defending champion Georgia Tech, in the 2018 Carpet Capital Collegiate golf tournament Friday at The Farm in Rocky Face, Georgia. The Volunteers shot 280. Alabama and Kennesaw State were tied for third at 288, and the field was tightly packed from there. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was ninth at 295, one stroke ahead of LSU and one behind Virginia and South Carolina. NAIA member Dalton State was 15th at 303, two shots out of a tie for 11th, and had Ben Rebne tied for second individually with a 69. Alabama’s Davis Riley led with a 68. UTC’s Lake Johnson was tied for eighth at 71, and teammates A.J. Lintunen and Will Porter shot 73 and 74 with Oliver Simonsen at 77 and Etienne Brault at 79. Chattanoogan Scott Stevens for South Carolina also carded a 73, tied for 28th. Beyond Rebne, Sport Allmond and Jack Clark led DSC at 76 and 77.
‘ Bryan College freshman Peter Brown finished ninth individually at 143 (71-72) in SCAD Atlanta’s men’s golf tournament this week at Covington, Georgia, and the Lions shot 598 as a team. Kevin Knudsen, Zach Belvin and Andres Arteaga shot 73, 74 and 76 in Bryan’s second-day 295.
Volleyball
‘ UTC lost two volleyball matches by 3-0 scores Friday in Western Kentucky’s tournament: 25-14, 25-21, 26-24 to the host team, which went 32-4 last year, and 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 to Miami of Ohio, the reigning champion of the Mid-American Conference. Gylian Finch and Miranda Elpers had nine and seven kills in each loss for UTC (4-5), Elpers with 10 digs against Miami, and Jaquelyn Langhaim had 20 and 19 assists. Megan Kaufman had 16 digs against Miami (6-2).
‘ The Lee University volleyball team defeated Harding 3-1 (25-22, 16-25, 25-22, 25-23) and lost 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-22) to Spring Hill in the Argo Bash at Pensacola, Florida. Hanna Matthews had 49 assists and MaKayla Beebe contributed 32 digs for Lee (2-7) in the win, while Silvia Sartori had 16 kills and 24 digs, Bailey Kress 15 kills and 16 digs, Alex Reuter 11 kills and Allie Koepfer nine kills and 14 digs. Against Spring Hill, Matthews had 59 assists, Sartori 20 kills and 20 digs, Kress 15 kills and 18 digs, Koepfer 13 kills and 12 digs, Reuter 12 kills and Beebe 28 digs.