DSC women finish second

Led by junior Caroline Griffin with a fifth-place finish for 36 holes, the Dalton State College women’s golf team finished second Wednesday in the SCAD Atlanta Fall Invitational at The Oaks Course in Covington, Ga. Griffin and teammate Isabel Rijos, a freshman, each closed with a par round of 71 to lead the Roadrunners, whose 287 for the day broke a program record set the day before. Rijos finished seventh in her first college tournament, while fellow freshman Tia Tieniketo was ninth and sophomore Katie Dalton was 10th. SCAD Atlanta won the tournament.

SOCCER

Lee’s men lost 3-1 Wednesday at Young Harris, with the hosts’ goals all in the first half. The Flames (1-2) broke through after the break when David Perez — who finished the match with four shots, three of them on goal — converted a penalty kick in the 81st minute. Lee keeper

Tristen Putnam made four saves in one half of play; the Flames were outshot 17-7 for the match.

Covenant’s women topped visiting Sewanee 3-2 Wednesday night, getting a pair of goals from Savanna Cingilli and the decisive score from Hannah King in the 68th minute. Anna Porch and

Summer Bader had assists for the Lady Scots (1-1), who led 2-1 when Sewanee’s

Shelby Meckstroth converted Dayla LaRocque’s assist in the 65th minute to tie. Sewanee (2-2) took a 1-0 lead into halftime after Tyler Edell’s 42nd-minute goal on Tasha Saunders’ assist. Covenant’s

Rachel Lemay finished with three saves.

BASKETBALL

Covenant College released Tuesday the first schedule for new men’s basketball coach Arte Culver, and the defending USA South champion will play five NCAA Division III tournament teams from last season. The Scots also will play two exhibitions against Division I teams — returning to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Nov. 4 and facing Tennessee State on Dec. 27 in Nashville. Culver’s first official game will be on Nov. 15 at home against Emory, which eliminated Covenant from the 2016 national tournament, and the Scots will host the University of Dallas and Emory & Henry on Nov. 18-19, when LaGrange will be the fourth team at Barnes Physical Education Center. The Scots will visit another regional national tournament participant, Birmingham-Southern, on Nov. 22 and play a week later at Sewanee. After hosting Oglethorpe on Dec. 6, they will play national tournament teams Whitworth and Whitman on Dec. 9-10 in Washington state and open USA South play at Ferrum on Dec. 17. After the TSU exhibition and Dec. 30-31 nonconference games in Jackson, Miss., against Millsaps and Belhaven, Covenant will host conference games on Jan. 6, 7 and 10, beginning with nationals participant LaGrange in a rematch of the 2016 USA South tournament final. This year’s league tournament is set for Feb. 23-25 at the home of the No. 1 seed.

The Covenant women’s basketball team opens Nov. 15 at home against Sewanee and then plays Nov. 18-19 in Danville, Ky., against host Centre and Mary Baldwin. After visiting Berry on Nov. 22 and hosting Oglethorpe, Birmingham-Southern and Rust on Dec. 6, 10 and 17, the female Scots will play Dec. 30-31 at Millsaps and Belhaven and Jan. 3 at Sewanee. They will open USA South play Jan. 6-7 at home against Piedmont and Salem. Salem is one of three new women’s members in the league, creating two divisions with Covenant in the West.

VOLLEYBALL

Former East Hamilton standout

Emma Lenoir was selected the Gulf South Conference women’s volleyball freshman of the week last week. Lenoir had 56 kills overall and helped Christian Brothers University start the season 4-0. She had 18 kills against Barton and 19 against Arkansas Tech. She also totaled 36 digs and eight blocks.