Former Bryan College soccer standout Jeremy Davidson is returning to the program as head coach. Davidson, whose wife (the former Tracy Stone) also is a Bryan graduate and whose daughter is a freshman at the Dayton school, is coming from Albany, Georgia, and Sherwood Christian Academy, where he has served in a variety of roles since 2011 and where his soccer teams have won three state titles and been runners-up five times. "What an honor it is for me to be able to return to Bryan College as the head men's soccer coach," he said in a school release. "My wife and I are so excited to be back. This school has shaped so much of our lives over the past 25 years, we can't wait to get started and begin pouring back into the school and into the lives of these young men. To be able to follow in the footsteps of coaches like Sandy Zensen, Joey Johnson and Drew Courtney is truly the chance of a lifetime for me." Davidson twice was a Christian college second-team All-American and three times a first-team all-conference player for the Lions in the mid-1990s. He went on to coach club soccer in and around Atlanta and served in Ukraine from 2004 to 2007 in Operation Mobilization's SportLink ministry.
Basketball
* Sewanee's first NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament game in 21 years will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. against Guilford College at the school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Emory and Wittenberg will play the other first-round game on the Quakers' court, where Friday's winners will meet Saturday with a round-of-16 spot at stake. Sewanee is 22-6 and making its fifth nationals appearance. The Tigers won the Southern Athletic Association tournament; Emory (20-5) is the champion of the University Athletic Association; Guilford (21-7) and Wittenberg (23-5) won the Old Dominion and North Coast Atlantic conferences.
* In addition to making the All-Southern Athletic Association first team announced Monday, Sewanee's Luke Smith was honored Tuesday as the national player of the week for Division III and as a member of the D3hoops.com team of the week. He was the MVP of the SAA tournament after scoring 90 points with 18-of-24 3-point shooting in three games. In the Tigers' 12-2 closing run to the title, Smith hit two 3s and assisted on the last two. Teammate Cam Caldwell was second-team All-SAA and Hunter Buescher received honorable mention, as did Sewanee's Ellie Treanton, Bella Taylor, Kinsley Logan and Sue Kim in the women's voting.
Golf
* The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's golf team turned in a 2-under-par 286 Tuesday and moved up four spots into a tie for eighth place at 890 in the final round of Auburn's Tiger Invitational in Opelika, Alabama. Seniors Etienne Brault and Lake Johnson led UTC with 70s. Connor Nolan added 72 with Leon Bader chipping in 74. Oliver Simonsen had a 75 after his 69 on Monday. Johnson tied for 29th at 221, Simonsen and Brault shot 223s and Nolan totaled 224. Tenth-ranked Auburn won the team title at 11 under.
* Lee University's men were fifth at 873 in the Saint Leo Invitational at Dade City, Florida. The Flames' Evan Spence tied for 13th at 217, Dylan Lillard shared 18th at 219 with a closing 69 and Scott Odell tied for 21st at 221. Keiser was the team winner at 7-under-par 857 on the Lake Jovita course, followed by Nova Southeastern at 860, Carson-Newman at 869 and Valdosta State at 869.
Tennis
* UTC senior Delaney Edwards is the Southern Conference women's tennis player of the week for Feb. 19-26, the league office announced Tuesday. Edwards went 3-0 at No. 4 singles and 2-1 in doubles with Emma Van Hee.
* Lee's tennis teams both beat Martin Methodist on Monday. Covenant lost 5-4 to the Piedmont men and 9-0 to the Piedmont on Tuesday.
Baseball
* Sewanee freshman outfielder Carter Huffman was chosen the SAA baseball player of the week after going 6-for-9 with three RBIs in Sunday's two wins over Carroll. He had two hits in one eight-run inning.
* Lee University lost 5-3 to visiting Lincoln Memorial in NCAA Division II baseball Tuesday. Thomas Zazzaro was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Dalton Ney walked twice and scored twice for Lee (7-7).
* Cleveland State lost 5-2 at Georgia Highlands and is 4-6. Lance Dockery and Jonathan Hickman each was 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored in defeat, Dockery adding an RBI.
Softball
* Chattanooga State improved to 12-2 in softball with 6-5 and 10-4 wins Tuesday at Snead State. Kayla Woody was 4-for-6 with two walks and four runs scored for the Lady Tigers. Ashlyn Holland was 4-for-4 with a homer and a double in game two, when Haley Smith homered twice, drove in four runs and scored four and Katie Cheeseman hit a three-run double. Madison Tidmore was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in the first game.
* Cleveland State won 8-0 and lost 10-1, both in five innings, against the Young Harris junior varsity. Hailey Galvan was 3-for-3 in the 4-3 Lady Cougars' loss.