Golf Mocs tied for second place
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga dropped into a tie for second place Monday in the Southern Conference men’s golf tournament in a chilly, wet second round at Pinehurst (N.C.) No. 9. The Mocs’ 304 round tied them with three-time defending champion East Tennessee State at 594, 12 strokes behind leader UNCG Greensboro, which shot 285. Furman was fourth at 595 after a 294. Lake Johnson’s 74 was UTC’s best score, and he and Will Porter
(78) are tied for ninth individually at 148 with Andrew Weathers (77) tied for 14th at 150, Luke Long (75) 16th at 151 and Etienne Brault (81) tied for 19th at 154.
› Dalton State took a 20-shot first-round lead in the Southern States Athletic Conference women’s golf tournament Monday with a 1-under-par 287 at Arrowhead Country Club in Montgomery, Ala. The Lady Roadrunners, ranked second in the NAIA, have Isabel Rijos, Katie Dalton and Tia Teiniketo first through third individually at 69, 71 and 72 and
Caroline Griffin tied for sixth at 75.
› Sewanee tied for second at 899 in the Southern Athletic Association men’s golf tournament that ended Sunday at the Greystone club in Dickson, Tenn., and Sewanee was third in the women’s tourney at the same place with Meghan Symonds the individual runner-up at 234 for 54 holes. She closed with a 76, the best round of the women’s event, as her Tigers posted a 967 compared to Berry’s 943 and Oglethorpe’s 964. Sophie Merrill tied for 12th at 242, and Natalie Javadi and
Mary Elizabeth Benton shared 16th with 246s. The male Tigers and Oglethorpe finished 20 shots behind Rhodes in the eightteam field. Sewanee’s Gray Matthews tied for third individually at 220 with Tommy
Oliver and Taylor Mottern tying for sixth and 11th at 223 and 226.
› Tennessee Tech freshman Bracton Womack from McMinnville made the Ohio Valley Conference all-freshman men’s golf team announced Monday.
SOFTBALL
› Calhoun High School junior Anna Taylor committed this past weekend to continue her softball career for Erskine College and coach Alleen Hawkins in South Carolina. Taylor, who already has been part of two Class AAA state championships and a runner-up finish with Calhoun and has a 3.9 grade point average, also plays second base and outfield for the ProStar Fastpitch organization headed by Steve Chattin. “She is one of the most balanced young ladies in our program, and I attribute that to her parents,” Chattin said in a release. “She works extremely hard and is 100 percent into our practices and games, but she also has a strong interest in family, athletics and God.” Chattin has known Hawkins for more than 30 years and believes “she is a perfect fit for Anna. She is a strong coach fundamentally, but she has a true heart for her players.” Said Taylor: “I really fell in love with the Erskine College experience. It was the opportunity to play for Coach Hawkins, the campus itself and the people I met on my unofficial visit that made me know this is where I wanted to be.”
› The Appalachian Athletic Conference will begin its 2018 softball tournament Wednesday in Kingsport, Tenn., with the top eight teams from the regular season, and Tennessee Wesleyan (27-15) is seeded second with an 18-6 league record behind Reinhardt (34-14, 19-5). TWU’s first game in the double-elimination event at the Brickyard Ball Fields is scheduled for 3 p.m. against seventh seed Brenau (25-18, 14-10), which includes Kelsey Payne from East Hamilton and catcher Savannah Moore from Soddy-Daisy among its leaders. In Saturday’s closing 4-1 and 3-2 sweep of Columbia College, Payne had two RBIs in the first game.
BASEBALL
› Bryan College sophomore Wade Weinburger was the AAC baseball player of the week after batting .533 with 10 RBIs and nine runs scored in the Lions’ 4-0 week. He included three home runs and a triple among his eight hits and was walked five times, and now he’s batting .335 for the season with 19 homers — second most in the NAIA — 62 RBIs and 67 runs.