The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is seeded seventh for the Southern Conference volleyball tournament and will face No. 2 seed Samford at 5 p.m. Saturday in the quarterfinals at UNC Greensboro's Fleming Gym. Furman is the top seed with a 21-6 overall record and a 14-2 mark in league play. Samford is 17-12 and 11-5, while UTC is 13-18 and 6-10. The tournament concludes Monday.
Softball
• The UTC softball program officially announced its six early signees for the 2015 class on Monday, and coach Frank Reed called it "one of our largest classes and strongest classes" in the announcement release. "It's a very versatile group. They're all listed to play a certain position, but so many of them have secondary positions they play very well. It will make up a very dangerous defense while sporting a powerful lineup." Pitcher, first baseman and outfielder Jordan Fortel from Greeneville, Tenn., joins two of her '97 Fury teammates from Chattanooga among the Mocs' recruits: all-state outfielder Alyssa Coppinger from Whitwell High School and strong-armed third baseman Katlyn Corum from Knoxville Halls High. And Halie Williamson from Boyd-Buchanan, a middle infielder and outfielder, is from the Fury '96 travel team. Catcher Amanda Beltran and first baseman and outfielder Emma Sturdivant will come to UTC from Villa Park (Calif.) High and the California Cruisers travel team. Both are in the 6-foot range, Reed said, and exhibit strength as well as talent. "These are two girls who verbally committed to us a couple of years ago at the Frost Classic," Reed said. "They probably could have played college ball the day they committed. They're going to be special to watch."
Basketball
• Erin Walsh hit four 3-point baskets and scored 18 points as the Lee University women's basketball team opened its season Monday with a 65-44 win over visiting Truett-McConnell. Emileigh Swafford and Madison Lee had 12 and 11 points, and Swafford and Charrie Cheeks (eight rebounds) made four steals each for the Lady Flames, who shot just 31.4 percent from the field but allowed only 32.4 percent and totaled 21 steals. Rhande Haskett from Ridgeland High School had 18 points and three blocked shots for Truett-McConnell (1-5).
• The Lee men's team beat Truett-McConnell 62-48 as Tyquan Roberts had 17 points and seven rebounds, Stedmon Ford had 13 points, six assists and three assists and Chad Lee made four steals. The Flames are 3-0. J'Quayveon Williams had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the visitors.
• The Tennessee Wesleyan women's basketball team improved to 6-0 for the season with a 72-43 defeat of visiting Talladega on Monday. Jenna Adams had 17 points and seven rebounds and Armeka Booker tallied 10 points, while Destanie Smith had five assists.
• Ben Phelps off the bench scored 17 points and T.J. Cox and Chris Boyd added 14 and 10 as the Covenant College men's basketball team leveled its record at 1-1 with an 83-69 win Monday over Goucher at Towson, Md. Cox and Daniel Garrett had three steals apiece in the win. Tre Galloway III led Goucher (0-2) with 22 points and four steals.
• Georgia Northwestern's men's basketball team fell to 0-3 for the season with a 90-89 double-overtime loss Saturday to Crown Bible College in Nashville. Cameron Sherlin had 26 points with six 3s and Veshawn Bell had 16 points in defeat, while Tyler Shropshire had 13 points, seven steals and four assists, Devin Watkins had 12 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and three steals and Dustin Stanley contributed 11 points, nine rebounds and three steals.
Soccer
• The locally based Premier Soccer Academy Lanus under-18 boys lost their first game, 2-0 to the Chattanooga Football Club Academy, but rallied to win the Gatlinburg College Showcase Kickoff this past weekend. While CFCA was following up with 0-0 and 1-1 ties against the Hoover Phantoms 97 and the Knoxville FC Rangers, PSA Lanus beat the Ranger 4-2 and the Phantoms 3-0 in the round robin.