Dalton’s Vance Embry was the medalist by two strokes with a 3-under-par 67 in the qualifying round Thursday of the 2019 Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship at Rivermont Golf Club, and four-time champion David Noll Jr. of Dalton also made the 32-man field for matches this morning. Noll shot 71 and is seeded 13th; Embry is seeded No. 2 behind the defending champion.
* Lee University’s Beck Burnette was announced Thursday as the Gulf South Conference men’s golf freshman of the month for September. The Blairsville, Georgia, resident tied for 10th and 17th in his first two collegiate tournaments, and his five rounds so far include a 67 and two 69s. Lee is 17th in the coaches’ Top 25 poll.
Volleyball
* Tennessee Wesleyan’s volleyball team dropped to 3-13 overall and 3-8 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference with a 3-0 home loss Thursday evening against North Division leader Union College (12-14, 10-0). The set scores were 25-20, 25-20, 25-22. Marjorie Smith had 13 kills, 12 digs and three aces for TWU, while Kalyse Garrett had 20 assists, Tia Madden 11 digs, Madison Elkins four aces and Avery Hilliard four block solos.
Softball
* Four Sewanee softball players were in the list released Wednesday by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association of Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athletes for Division III. The honor requires a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. The Tigers’ four are pitcher Kendell Goodrum and Hanna Judycki, Peri Prestwood and Maggie Willis.