The Covenant College men’s soccer team remains undefeated in USA South play this season after coming from behind late for a 3-2 overtime win Friday at Greensboro College. Parker Owen’s second goal of the game, off a deflected corner kick, ended it in the 92nd minute. The Scots (15-2-1, 12-0) fell behind 2-1 in the 81st but got even on Josh Brower’s 30-yard free kick 50 seconds later. Jesse Riggs assisted on Owen’s score midway through the first half. Darli Mihindou scored both goals for Greensboro (10-6-2, 8-3-1) on assists from Jordy Briceno.
* Montevallo scored two goals less than a minute apart with less than six to go and beat visiting Lee University 3-1 in a Gulf South Conference women’s match Friday. Montevallo (8-2-3, 6-1-1) outshot the Lady Flames (10-3, 5-2) 17-2, 12-0 in the second half, but the margin was only 7-2 in shots on goal. Lee’s Julia Kaset scored in the first half from a double assist by Riley Engels and Lauren Weimer.
Volleyball
* GSC volleyball leader West Florida (16-8, 8-0) had its hands full Friday at Lee but pulled out a 3-2 win by the set scores of 25-18, 27-29, 25-19, 23-25, 15-6. For Lee (9-15, 2-7), Abby Stroh had 10 kills and 12 digs, Hannah Upton also downed 10 kills and added two block solos and eight block assists, setter Hanna Matthews had 38 assists, Micaela McMichen registered 27 digs and Quinne Daoust and Bailey Kress had eight kills apiece, Daoust with 14 digs. Hannah Longley had 11 digs.
* Sewanee, ranked No. 7 in the region, lost 3-2 (22-25, 25-15, 25-22, 23-25, 15-6) at home Friday to No. 2 Berry, which is No. 10 nationally in Division III. The Vikings are 20-4, 11-2 in the Southern Athletic Association. Lilly Reilly had 17 kills and 23 digs and Destiny Stewart had 15 of each for the Tigers (15-9, 7-6), while Constance Connolly contributed 40 assists and 24 digs.
* Bryan College posted two 3-0 home wins Friday: 25-13, 25-9, 25-13 over Appalachian Athletic Conference foe Allen and 25-15, 25-15, 25-19 over Johnson. Anna Owens totaled 21 kills and Rheagan Kean 41 digs for the Lady Lions (18-11, 11-7), and Gigi Ford had a combined 15 kills and 21 digs while Jaleigh Rogan and Sidney Pierce totaled 34 and 25 assists.
* No. 2 seed Cleveland State won 3-1 (25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-13) over Chattanooga State on the latter’s home court Friday in the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII tournament. The Lady Cougars (11-15) play defending champion and No. 1 seed Walters State for the title Saturday, Oct. 26, at 1 p.m. at Chattanooga State. Stephanie Burke had four kills in the first set and six in the third for Cleveland State, and Aly Grace Lemons had five in the second set and four in the fourth. For the Lady Tigers, Brieana Hemphill had 17 kills and was in on 14 blocks, while Dakota Rawiszer had 23 assists, Kayla Ford 29 digs, Emily Redden 16 assists, Madysun Steele nine kills and eight blocks and Delaney Bridges eight kills.
Running
* Cleveland State had seven of the top eight runners in winning the men’s title Friday in the inaugural TCCAA cross country meet against Walters State. They met at Maryville College. There were only four Lady Cougars, but Sadie Lane, Angie Torres, Jordan Wagers and Lydia Hollis finished fifth through eighth. Derek Gallardo won the men’s 8k in 26:59 with fellow Cougars Erik Martinez, Diego Guzman and Riley Higginbotham second through fourth and David Tullock, Francisco Davis and Luis De La Pena sixth through eighth.
Academics
* For the seventh year in a row, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s official Graduation Success Rate for athletes improved. In data compiled for Mocs who entered school in 2012, the NCAA reported last week a GSR of 87%, up from 84% the year before and from 50% in the 2012 report. Men’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, soccer and volleyball were UTC programs at 100%, and softball (95), men’s and women’s cross country (93), women’s basketball (92) and football (80) also exceeded the national averages for their sports.
Compiled by Ron Bush. Contact him at rbush@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6291.