The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's annual fall tennis tournament, the 33rd Steve Baras Classic, is Friday and Saturday at the Champions Club. Middle Tennessee State, Kennesaw State and Eastern Kentucky will join the Mocs with men and women entered; the Ole Miss, Western Kentucky, Murray State, Western Carolina and UT-Martin men and Mercer, Tennessee Tech, Belmont and Covenant women are also participating. Matches begin at 8:30 a.m. each day.
* The Lady Moc RBI Fall Classic softball tournament is Friday and Saturday at Warner Park. Host UTC will play at 5 and 7 p.m. Friday and noon and 2 p.m. Saturday in the fundraiser benefiting the Mocs. Other participating teams include Chattanooga State, Bryan College and West Georgia Tech.
Soccer
* Bryan College freshman goalkeeper Alex Horton was the Appalachian Athletic Conference men's soccer defensive player of the week for games through last Saturday, and Tennessee Wesleyan senior forward Nduka Kemjika was the offensive honoree. Both are from England. Horton had six saves in a 0-0 draw against Lee and four in a 2-1 win over St. Andrews. Kemjika scored two goals in a 3-0 win over Montreat and the winning penalty kick in overtime against Milligan. Tennessee Wesleyan won 4-3 at Bluefield (Va.) College in an AAC match Wednesday, improving to 6-3-1 overall and 3-0-1 in conference play. Bryan won 3-2 against visiting Reinhardt University on Wednesday, improving to 5-3-2 and 2-0-1.
* Also on Wednesday, Tennessee Wesleyan's women's team lost 1-0 at Bluefield, dropping its records to 4-5-1 overall and 3-2 in the AAC. Bryan's Lady Lions fell by the same score to visiting Reinhardt and are 3-5 and 1-2.
* The Covenant College soccer teams faced Piedmont in a USA South doubleheader Wednesday at Chattanooga Christian School, with the Lady Scots losing 1-0 in overtime on Cassidy Reich's 96th-minute goal, which was assisted by Morgan Edelman. Rachel Lemay made five saves for Covenant (4-3, 2-2), which managed just one shot on goal and was unable to keep Piedmont from running its undefeated streak to 10 matches overall and five in league play. Covenant's men trailed 1-0 after Piedmont's 20th-minute score, but Noah Wiersema's unassisted goal with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation play sent the match to overtime as the Scots (2-5) tried to win their second straight match to start league play. The score remained 1-1 through the first overtime period, and the match was not complete at press time.
Volleyball
* Lee University outside hitter Silvia Sartori was the Gulf South Conference volleyball freshman of the week after recording double-doubles in all three of her matches last week. She had 16 kills and 18 digs in a win over Christian Brothers and 14 of each against Valdosta State. She leads the Lady Flames with 114 kills and 18 aces in 35 sets this season.
* Michala Askew had 34 assists and 19 digs and Kianna Delaney had 14 kills and 14 digs for the Dalton State volleyball team Tuesday night, but the Roadrunners lost 3-1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23) in Southern States Athletic Conference play at Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga. Savannah Nelson had eight kills and Martin Guntin and Wendy Perez had seven apiece for Dalton State (5-8, 1-5), while Anna Metzler had 12 digs with six kills.
Equestrian
* The Sewanee equestrian team was the reserve champion at the IHSA show it hosted this past weekend, and the Tigers' Kimberly Williams and Mary Marshall Farris qualified for regional competition. Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee State and Murray State clubs were among the other participants. Sewanee's Iris Harrison and Buckley Wallace were first and third in Open Over Fences and third and second in Open Flat on Saturday, when Aelin Hill won in Intermediate Flat, Delaney Evans and Lindsay Stevenson were first and second in Novice Over Fences, Rosemary McMaster and Maddie Baugh tied for first in Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter, Evans and Jackie Culver tied for second in Novice Flat, Farris was third in Intermediate Fences and Williams was third in Walk-Trot. On Sunday, Farris won in Intermediate Fences, Stevenson won in Novice Over Fences, Hill was third in Open Over Fences and Sophie Streitwieser was third in Walk-Trot.