Nearing the end of the 2019 part of its schedule, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men’s golf team finished at 911 and sixth out of 11 Monday in the Grandover Collegiate tournament at Greensboro, North Carolina. Host UNCG won at 876, with Rutgers second at 885. The Mocs’ two best 54-hole scorers were playing as individuals: Leon Bader tied for seventh at 219 and A.J. Lintunen tied for 18th at 225. Oliver Simonsen tied for 20th at 226, Matt Smith shared 22nd at 227 and Will Porter and Dominic Jones (individual) tied for 26th at 229.
Football
* UTC running back Ailym Ford has been recognized for the fifth time this season as one of the top first-year players in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision. After rushing for 136 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday’s 35-34 overtime loss at Wofford, Ford received honorable mention for the STATS FCS national freshman of the week. Ford won the award a week ago after running for 200 yards in a win over East Tennessee State and has made the honorable-mention list three other times. Ford broke the UTC freshman rushing touchdown record Saturday with his eighth and ninth scores, and he leads all FCS freshmen with an average of 111.6 yard per game. He is second in the Southern Conference with 893 rushing yards and ninth overall in the FCS.
Tennis
* The North Georgia Tennis Association women’s tennis team of Chattanooga-area residents won the Georgia 6.5 18-over state championship this past weekend at Bainbridge and advanced to the USTA Southern Sectional in December at Mobile, Alabama. Carol Tigar is the captain, and other team members are Michelle Rauch, Betsey Wilson, Amy Weathers, Janet Lawrence, Callie Voges, Andrea Watson, Amy Phillips, Ashley Sorrow, Julie Briggs and Eileen Long.
* UTC senior transfer Turner Voges reached the main-draw singles round of 32 in the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals this past weekend in Nashville. He beat Louisville’s David Mizrahi 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the round of 64. The Chattanooga native and former McCallie School standout lost then to former Memphis teammate Jan Pallares, 6-4, 6-2. UTC’s Kerim Hyatt lost to Jeremy Taylor of Memphis in the round of 64, and the Mocs’ Tomas Rodriguez was knocked out of the backdraw by Belmont’s Taisei Miyamoto after beating Memphis’ Marshall Sullivan 6-3, 6-3.
Soccer
* The Lee University men’s soccer team played host Auburn-Montgomery to a scoreless Gulf South Conference draw Monday evening. That left both teams 7-4-3 overall with Lee 3-3-2 in the GSC and AUM 3-1-3. Daniel Hrenko made four saves for Lee, which had a 13-11 edge in shots.
* Covenant College senior Josh Brower was chosen the USA South men’s soccer player of the week after helping the Scots complete a 13-0 league regular season. He had three goals and an assist in their last three games, all wins, and has career highs of 10 goals and 11 assists this season, leading the USAS in assists.
Field Hockey
* Sewanee senior Jo Jo Young is the Southern Athletic Association field hockey defensive player of the week after her contributions in two 3-2 wins at Concordia Wisconsin. Sewanee held the Falcons to two shots, both in the final minute, of Saturday’s game and was strong defensively again Sunday, when the Tigers won in an extended shootout. Young scored in the shootout’s fifth round.