NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Chattanooga wrapped up its regular season with a victory over Austin Peay and took both Tennessee Sports Writers Association Football Players of the Week honors as senior quarterback Chase Artopoeus and junior linebacker Alex Mitchell were selected for the awards.
Artopoeus had missed the last three games due to an injury and came into Saturday’s game against the Governors as a backup. He entered the game in the first half, then was involved in three touchdowns to lead the Mocs to the 24-17 victory.
The Orcutt, Calif., native threw for 161 yards as he completed 15-of-21 passes with two touchdowns. His first pass of the game was a nine-yard scoring strike to Javin Whatley, then threw a seven-yard touchdown to John McIntyre for the game-winning score early in the fourth quarter. Artopoeus also ran for a three-yard touchdown in the third quarter.
On the defensive side of the ball, Mitchell led the Mocs with nine tackles, with a sack for a TFL, a forced fumble, an interception and two pass breakups. It was his third career interception – and the first not against Samford.
The win gave Chattanooga its ninth road win in its last 11 Football Championship Subdivision road trips.
VOLLEYBALL: Tennessee Tech senior outside hitter continued to rack up accolades as this week’s Volleyball Player of the Week. Isringhausen was a beast for the Golden Eagles over the final two matches of the regular season, helping Tech extend its winning streak to seven straight matches by averaging 5.17 kills, 1.00 blocks, an absurd 2.17 service aces, and 7.92 points per set while hitting .403 from the outside.
The senior opened the week with 13 kills on a .367 attack, four blocks, and 13 digs for her ninth double-double of the year. The highlight came from the service line, as the Edwardsville native set a new rally-scoring era program record with eight aces, including six alone in the first set. She followed it up with a whopping 18 kills and .432 hitting percentage on Wednesday, adding five more aces, two blocks, and 15 digs for her 10th double-double on the year.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Sewanee’s Russ Marr hit a milestone en route to the Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honor as he scored a career-high 50 points in the Tigers’ road win over McMurry.
He shot an impressive 64-percent from 3-point range as he drained seven of 11 long-range tries and was 65-percent from the field overall as he was 15-of-23 in just 28 minutes of action. Marr also collected two rebounds, two assists and two steals in the game.
A day earlier, Marr scored 18 points with two rebounds, three blocks, an assist and a steal against LeTourneau, then had 20 points, four steals, four rebounds, four assists and a block against Piedmont.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Lipscomb junior guard Molly Heard earned the Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honor after she collected 32 points in Lipscomb’s 86-79 victory over Evansville.
In the contest, she was 10-of-19 shooting, including 4-of-9 from 3-point range and added 8-for-11 at the free-throw line.
Heard, from Pisgah, Ala., scored 11 points in the first half, then shot 6-for-10 on the court and 7-for-9 at the stripe for 21 points over 18 minutes in the second half. She put the game away in the fourth quarter with 12 of Lipscomb’s final 24 points.
She set new career-highs in points scored, free throws made and attempted and matched her career high in 3-pointers made. It was the first 30-point game of her career and the ninth in Lipscomb program history and tied for the third-most points scored.