The Highland Scoreboard: Sports Roundup for Sept. 29, 2026
From Staff Reports \ Sept. 29, 2026
FOOTBALL
(1-3 overall, 1-0 conference)
- SEPT 5: 14-40 L vs. Heidelberg, away
- SEPT. 12: 23-46 L vs. Hanover, home
- SEPT. 19: 14-42 L vs. Randolph-Macon, away
- SEPT. 26: 38-3 W vs. Rhodes, away
- SEASON STATS: 1,403 yards of offense (869 passing, 534 rushing)
- NEXT: 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, vs. Centre (away)
VOLLEYBALL
(6-3 overall, 0-2 conference)
- SEPT. 4: 3-0 W vs. Spalding in Berea, Kentucky
- SEPT. 5: 3-1 W vs. Berea in Berea
- SEPT. 5: 3-0 W vs. Brevard in Berea
- SEPT. 11: 3-0 W vs. Meredith in Raleigh, North Carolina
- SEPT. 12: 1-3 L vs. LaGrange in Raleigh
- SEPT. 12: 3-0 W vs. Johnson & Wales in Raleigh
- SEPT. 22: 3-0 W vs. Berea, at home (Cooper Athletic Center)
- SEPT. 26: 2-3 L vs. Rhodes, in Sewanee, Tennessee
- SEPT. 27: 0-3 L vs. Millsaps in Sewanee
- NEXT: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 vs. Sewanee at home
CROSS COUNTRY
- SEPT. 4: Tennessee Wesleyan University Kilbride Nature Sanctuary Meet; second-place finish out of two teams, 17-38. (Note: Cross country is scored by adding the finishing places of each team’s top five runners, with the lowest combined score winning.)
- Top men’s finisher: Erick Trejo (’30), 18:09 in the 5K (fifth place).
- Top women’s finisher: Megan Shinn (’28), 21:17 in the 5K (first place).
- SEPT.19: Mike and Mary Kay John Classic in Berea, Kentucky, with women finishing third and men fourth.
- Top men’s finisher: James LeNeve (’28), 29:31 in the 8K (22nd place)
- Top women’s finisher: Megan Shinn (’28), 20:22 in the 5K (fourth place, second fastest time in MC history)
- SEPT. 26: Maryville College Invitational, home course, second place (of two teams)
- Top men’s finisher: Tyler Tangel (’28), 28:05 in the 8K (first place)
- Top women’s finisher: Megan Shinn (’28), 24:53 in the 6K (second place)
- NEXT: Sand Shark Invitational, Oct. 10 in Bluffton, South Carolina
MEN’S GOLF
- SEPT. 5-6: Transylvania Wildbat Invite in Lexington, Kentucky; fifth-place finish w/three-round total of 894 (+42).
- TOP FINISHER: Justin Sweeney (’29), fifth-place individually w/213 (E)
- SEPT. 12-13: Stateline Shootout in Crosby Township, Ohio; second-place finish (out of 12 teams) w/888 (+24).
- TOP FINISHER: Will Beyer (’29), fifth-place individually w/219 (+3)
- NEXT: Oct. 5-6 at West Pines Collegiate in Douglasville, Georgia
WOMEN’S GOLF
- SEPT. 12-13: SAA Fall Classic in Dickson, Tennessee; sixth-place out of six teams w/two-round total of 650 (+74)
- TOP FINISHER: Mallory Higgins (’29), tied for 16th place individually w/156 (+12)
- SEPT. 26-27: Lee and Joe Duncan Rhodes Invitational in Memphis, Tennessee; fifth-place out of nine teams w/two-round total of 627 (+59)
- Top finisher unavailable at press time
- NEXT: Oct. 5-6 at Chimney Oaks Women’s Invitational in Homer, Georgia
MEN’S SOCCER
(2-2-3 overall, 0-0 conference)
- SEPT. 5: 0-0 T vs. Marietta at home
- SEPT. 6: 0-0 T vs. Wilmington at home
- SEPT. 9: 3-3 Tv vs. Berea at Berea
- SEPT. 11: 0-4 L vs. Lynchburg at Lookout Mountain, Georgia
- SEPT. 12: 2-3 L vs. Washington & Lee at Lookout Mountain
- SEPT. 23: 2-1 W vs. Piedmont in Demorest, Georgia
- SEPT. 25: 3-1 W vs. Warren Wilson in Swannanoa, North Carolina
- NEXT: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, vs. Millsaps at home (MC Soccer Complex)
WOMEN’S SOCCER
(3-1-4 overall, 0-0 conference)
- SEPT. 2: 6-1 W vs. King at home
- SEPT. 4: 1-1 T vs. Roanoke in Salem, Virginia
- SEPT. 5: 0-4 L vs. Lynchburg in Salem
- SEPT. 12: 2-2 T vs. Trine at home
- SEPT. 13: 4-0 W vs. LaGrange at home
- SEPT. 16: 2-2 T vs. Covenant in Lookout Mountain, Georgia
- SEPT. 23: 2-0 W vs. Spalding in Louisville, Kentucky
- SEPT. 27: 1-1 T vs. Piedmont in Demorest, Georgia
- NEXT: 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, vs. Millsaps at home (MC Soccer Complex)