The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team almost pulled off a major upset Wednesday evening in Maclellan Gymnasium. Samford rose to 8-1 in the Southern Conference (14-5 overall) after falling two sets down to the Mocs (5-17, 0-9). The set scores were 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 25-17, 15-12. Gylian Finch and Brianna Anderson had 16 and 14 kills and 16 and 15 digs and Maia Rackel added 10 kills for UTC, which got 41 assists and 16 digs from Maddie Halsey, 21 digs from Megan Kaufman and 13 digs from Brenna Everingham.
* Covenant College defeated winless Agnes Scott in USA South volleyball 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-14) with seven kills from Allie Jakes, six apiece from Riley Howe and Sara Delk and 33 assists from Leah Buys. Emily Moore had 13 digs and three aces for Covenant (7-15, 6-4).
Soccer
* The Covenant women’s soccer team took sole possession of second place in the USA South standings Wednesday with the program’s first win at Piedmont (11-6-1, 5-2) since 2011. Kyra Duble’s unassisted goal in the 71st minute was the only score, and Lucy Sandhoff made four saves for the Lady Scots (8-5-2, 5-1-1).
* Scoring twice in the first 6:07 and another goal in the 21st minute, the Tennessee Wesleyan women routed visiting Union College 5-0 for their 10th consecutive win. That made them 14-2, 11-1 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. Hannah Dearing, Siobhan Patterson and Laura De La Torre Seoane scored the early goals, and Chandler Holmes netted two in the final eight minutes. Helene Lium Nyhus, Chloe Rootes and Patterson had assists.