Around the Region: McAngus rallies past Scott at Tennessee Senior Women's Amateur

Around the Region
Around the Region

Terri McAngus was six strokes better than anyone else in Wednesday's final round of the Tennessee Women's Senior Amateur Championship, and that left her two shots ahead of nine-time tournament champion Maggie Scott after all 54 holes at Seiverville Golf Club. McAngus, whose home club is Hermitage Golf Course, closed with a 2-under-par 70 - Scott's first-round 73 was the tournament's second-best round - to finish at 10-over 226. Scott, from Charleston, shot a 79 Wednesday after holding a five-stroke lead entering the day. Scott was going for her 11th state title overall. Defending champion Lynda Wimberly closed with a 76 and finished third at 230, three strokes ahead of Crossville's Jean Kraft and eight shots ahead of Chattanooga-area resident Darlene Werhnyak in the championship flight. Chattanooga's Georgia McCravey finished at 241 to win the first flight, three strokes ahead of Ginny Zanca and nine ahead of Cleveland's Lisa Daubner. Cleveland's Linda Mullins shared fifth in that flight at 253.

Cross country

Lee University's men's team became the new NCAA Division II member's first program to receive a top spot in the rankings when the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its preseason regional rankings this week. The Flames are No. 1 in the South, which includes schools from three conferences: Gulf South, Sunshine State and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic. "We are excited to be acknowledged as an up-and-coming team in the South Region," Lee coach Caleb Morgan said in a release from the school. "We know in the whole scheme of things rankings don't matter too much, but it is nice to be acknowledged after being ineligible to be ranked for the last two years in our transition process to NCAA. The culture of our team has changed drastically over the last few years, and it starts with our seniors, Terris Elliott and Camden Perez. We have a group of men that work hard 52 weeks of the year, and it's beginning to show." Lee's women are ranked first in the Gulf South and third in the region. There are eight regions each for men's and women's cross country in Division II. Teams qualify for the national championships on Nov. 21 based on their finishes at the regional championships on Nov. 7. The number of spots alloted to each region are based on 2014 results. Both Lee teams open their season Saturday morning at the Sewanee Invitational.

Soccer

' Autographed game-worn jerseys from the United States women's soccer team's Victory Tour exhibition against Costa Rica last month at Finley Stadium are being auctioned online. All proceeds go to the Chattanooga Heroes Fund, which benefits families of those killed and the injured victims in the July 16 attack on military facilities in Chattanooga. The auction, announced by U.S. Soccer, will run through the afternoon of Sept. 21. Bidding opens at $200 for each jersey, and jerseys from all 23 players on the Women's World Cup champions are included online at http://bit.ly/1N2W6PL.

' In the Bryan College women's 4-1 win over the University of Pikeville on Tuesday in Kentucky, Catherine Baker, Elizabeth Cawthorne, Hana Mizgouchi and Allyse Reece had goals as the Lady Lions (1-1) rallied from a 1-0 deficit and outshot the Bears 12-6 for the match. Bryan goalkeeper Morgana Hardt da Silva has 20 saves in two matches to start the season.

Volleyball

' Bryan College picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night, beating seventh-ranked Montreat 28-26, 25-19, 25-17 in North Carolina. Meghan Wallace led the Lady Lions (1-4, 1-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference) with 12 kills, Kara Stamper had 10 kills, Shelby Grace Enochs finished with 32 assists and Kayla Rymer topped the team's digs list with eight.

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