NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Union University outfielder Carson Chavies had a huge week as the Bulldogs won their series against Alabama-Huntsville and earning this week’s Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s College Baseball Player of the Week award.
The senior from Collierville, Tenn., finished 8-for-14 on the week with three home runs and a double, while also driving in 13 runs and scoring six more times. He ended the week with a 1.849 OPS and 1.286 slugging percentage.
He went 4-for-8 during Friday’s doubleheader, hitting a home run in both games, then went 4-for-6 in the finale with a round-tripper and a double.
On the hill, Tennessee junior lefty Liam Doyle was the starting end of a combined no-hitter for the second time this season as he struck out eight and walked two over six scoreless innings with the Volunteers silencing Texas A&M 10-0 in a seven-inning run-rule decision.
The Derry, N.H., product led the Vols to their 10th no-hitter in program history and the first by a Southeastern Conference team in league play since Vanderbilt delivered a no-no to Kentucky in 2022.
SOFTBALL: Chattanooga took both awards on the softball side as graduate Kailey Snell was named the Player of the Week and junior Peja Goold was named the Pitcher of the Week.
Snell led the Mocs at the plate, hitting .571 with a double and three RBI while scoring twice. The Shelbyville, Tenn., native was 3-for-3 with two RBI on a single in the second and a double in the fifth inning against Jacksonville State. She also had a 4-for-4 day against Western Carolina with two RBI in the series opener before adding another hit and RBI in the finale Saturday.
Goold made two starts in three appearances last week, collecting 20 strikeouts with six walks to go with a 2.39 ERA. The Stockton, Calif., native earned her Southern Conference-leading 14th win and second save of the campaign. Against the Gamecocks, she entered the game with two down in the sixth, then worked through the seventh to earn her second save of the season. In the middle game against the Catamounts, she earned her 14th win of the season, then struck out 12 in the finale in her 13th complete outing this year.
BASEBALL
Feb. 18 | Player: Blake Pou (Sewanee); Pitcher: Ryan Higgins (Carson-Newman)
Feb. 25 | Player: Eston Snider (Middle Tennessee); Pitcher: Liam Doyle (Tennessee)
March 4 | Player: Gavin Kilen (Tennessee); Pitcher: Jake Poindexter (Lipscomb)
March 11 | Player: Levi Clark (Tennessee); Pitcher: Drew Horn (Middle Tennessee)
March 18 | Player: Joey Parliament (Trevecca Nazarene); Pitcher: Marcus Phillips (Tennessee)
March 25 | Player: Hunter Ensley (Tennessee); Pitcher: Taj Donald (Sewanee)
April 1 | Player: Cameron Nickens (Austin Peay); Pitcher: Kolton Casson (Carson-Newman)
April 8 | Player: Carson Chavies (Union); Pitcher: Liam Doyle (Tennessee)
SOFTBALL
Feb. 11 | Player: Danielle Jason (Tusculum); Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
Feb. 18 | Player: Abbie Buckner (Sewanee); Pitcher: Reagen Huskey (Sewanee)
Feb. 25 | Player: Brianna Asmondy (Trevecca): Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
March 4 | Player: Hayden Dye (Carson-Newman); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)
March 11 | Player: Presley Williamson (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)
March 18 | Player: Morgan Jennings (Union University); Pitcher: Ashlan Sensing (Trevecca Nazarene)
March 25 | Player: Abbee Klinefelter (Tennessee Tech); Pitcher: Maya Johnson (Belmont)
April 1 | Player: Alyssa Suits (King University); Pitcher: Taylor Long (Chattanooga)
April 8 | Player: Kailey Snell (Chattanooga); Pitcher: Peja Goold (Chattanooga)