The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s golf team finished Tuesday where it started that morning in the Southern Conference tournament at Pinehurst No. 9 in North Carolina – third behind repeat champion UNC Greensboro and East Tennessee State. UTC closed with a 292 for an 11-over-par 875, while UNCG totaled 853 and ETSU 865. Those two programs had four of the top five individual finishers, joined by UTC’s all-conference Oliver Simonsen in a tie for fourth at 214. Also for the Mocs, Will Porter shot a 70 Tuesday and shared 10th with teammate Lake Johnson at 221, and Etienne Brault and Connor Nolan tied for 22nd at 225.
* UTC senior Monica San Juan and junior Maddy McDanel were among the 10 All-SoCon women’s golfers announced Tuesday, and teammate Rheagan Hall from Cleveland High School made the all-freshman team. San Juan, who won the 2019 league tournament last week and could be chosen Wednesday to play in an NCAA regional, is now a three-time all-conference player. She’s the fifth UTC women’s golfer with that distinction.
* Maryville College senior Wil Manuel from Chattanooga was the USA South men’s golfer of the week for his third-place finish out of 90 participants in the Rhodes Spring Invitational in Memphis. He shot a 7-under-par 209.
Baseball
* Jacob Holton was 5-for-5 with three RBIs as Chattanooga State’s baseball team defeated TCCAA rival Cleveland State 15-5 in a nonconference game Tuesday. Ty Delancey also had three RBIs, going 2-for-3 with a triple and two walks, and Branson Bowling was 3-for-4 and Sean Cheely 2-for-4 with three runs apiece for the Tigers (30-11), winning for the 13th time in 14 games. Cheely had two RBIs, and Noah Fitzgerald had two hits and scored twice along with Delancey. Andrew Carpenter was 2-for-3 and scored two runs for the Cougars (25-17), and Marcial Hernandez doubled twice.
* The NAIA’s 23rd-ranked Bryan Lions won 12-1 and 8-7 Monday at Bluefield but lost 2-0 in final game of the Appalachian Athletic Conference series Tuesday. Joseph Cuomo struck out 11 in seven innings in Monday’s first game, when Tyler Scott was 3-for-5 and scored twice, Gabe Howell drove in three runs, Destine Udombon was 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI, Wade Weinburger was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run and senior Lake Burris from North Murray High School – broke Weinburger’s school record from last year with his 23rd homer of the season – and amended his own Lions career record to 56. For Bryan in the second game, Scott was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run, Howell was 2-for-3 with a triple, two walks and two runs, Marcus Catalano was 2-for-3 with one run and Jesus Astudillo had two RBIs. Tuesday, Parker Cosby was 2-for-3 for the Lions (32-13, 16-8). Bluefield is 23-20, 11-13.
Softball
* Tennessee Wesleyan seniors Courtney Black, Mackenzie Jackson and Baylee Sutton were included on the AAC all-conference softball team that was announced Tuesday on the eve of the league tournament’s start in Kingsport. TWU senior pitcher Courtney Calkins and Bryan junior shortstop Heidi Smith were their programs’ representatives on the Champions of Character team. Jackson has batted .447, Sutton .434 and Black .408 for the Lady Bulldogs (27-7), Black with 10 stolen bases, eight doubles, 33 RBIs and 36 runs scored, Jackson with 11 sacrifice bunts and 14 steals and Sutton with five home runs, two triples, nine doubles, 42 RBIs and 35 runs.
* Lee University’s Taylor De Adder was chosen the Gulf South Conference softball freshman of the week for her 7-of-9, four-RBI batting and two pitching wins in a three-game sweep of Montevallo. She is hitting .411 with 14 doubles, 39 RBIs and nine pitching victories for the season.
Basketball
* Owen Honroth and K.T. Webb have made Signal Mountain boys’ basketball history by committing to continue in the sport intercollegiately, both at NCAA Division III schools. Honroth, a two-time all-district selection who was the most valuable player of the 2018 District 6-AA tournament, is headed to Berry College near Rome, Georgia, where he plans to pursue a degree in pre-physical therapy. Webb, all-district in 2018, will play for Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and intends to major in sports management and entrepreneurship.