University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's golf coach Colette Murray announced Thursday the addition of former University of South Florida standout Ashley Burke as an assistant coach. It is the first coaching job for Burke, who played one year on the Suncoast Tour after her 2014-17 USF career that included the championship of the 2015 Florida Challenge and seven other top-10 tournament finishes. The two-time All-American Athletic Conference selection had a 75.48 average for 126 collegiate rounds and tied the school record with a 66. Burke has played in three U.S. Women Amateur tournaments. "The thing I liked about her is she's a winner," Murray said in a UTC release. "Her energy with these five new players coming in will be a great help. She's going to be able to complement me and my coaching style while developing one of her own. She's in a good environment to do that."
Swimming
* Jake Marcum of McCallie/GPS Aquatics finished third in the "B" final of the 200-meter backstroke Wednesday night at the Speedo USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Irvine, California. His time was 2:03.46, compared to 203.20 for the "B" winner. The "A" final winner finished in 1:59.07. Marcum, an Indiana commitment, competes in the 100 back today, as does Jack Kirby from the Baylor Swim Club.
Soccer
* Area NAIA colleges Bryan and Dalton State recently revealed their soccer schedules for 2018, and their women's teams play each other in a preseason exhibition in Dalton on Aug. 18 at 6 p.m. That's a week after Dalton State hosts Tennessee Wesleyan's Lady Bulldogs in another exhibition, and DSC's Lady Roadrunners from the S0uthern States Athletic Conference officially open against a third Appalachian Athletic Conference member, Columbia College, on Aug. 26 at 2 p.m., also at Lakeshore Park. Two other nonconference home matches follow against Talladega on Aug. 28 and St. Andrews on Sept. 2 before visits to Talladega on Sept. 5 and NCAA Division II member Shorter on Sept. 10. The DSC women will be home also for Maine-Fort Kent on Sept. 15, Oakwood on Sept. 22, Mobile in their SSAC opener on Sept. 27, William Carey on Sept. 27, Faulkner on Oct. 13 and Brewton-Parker on Oct. 20. The Dalton State men will host the Atlanta United U-18 team in an exhibition on Aug. 11 at 4:30 and then open official play Aug. 16 at Shorter in a string of seven matches away from home. The Roadrunners will host St. Thomas on Sept. 15, Dalton-Whitfield FC U19 on Sept. 20, Mobile on Sept. 27, William Carey on Sept. 29, Faulkner on Oct. 13 and Brewton-Parker on Oct. 20. They play Oct. 6 at Bryan, which opens its men's season at home on Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. against West Virginia Tech and also entertains William Carey on Sept. 1, Montreat on Sept. 11, Columbia International on Sept. 22, Point on Oct. 2, Georgia Gwinnett on Oct. 9, Milligan on Oct. 20 and Tennessee Wesleyan on Oct. 23. The Lions open AAC play along with the Lady Lions at Reinhardt in a doubleheader on Oct. 8. The Bryan women play their first three games at home - against Campbellsville on Aug. 21 (4:30 p.m.), Bethel on Aug. 25 and Life on Aug. 28 - and also host Cumberlands on Sept. 4, Montreat on Sept. 12, Columbia College on Sept. 15, Columbia International on Sept. 22, Point on Oct. 2, Milligan on Oct. 20 and Tennessee Wesleyan on Oct. 23.