Caroline Taylor has made the most of her transition to college soccer.
The former Polk County standout has started all nine games this season for Spartanburg Methodist College, helping the Pioneers race to a 7-2 start to the season.
Taylor has scored three goals, two of those coming in SMC’s 3-2 over Florida College on Sept. 19. That included what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 61st minute.
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SMC hasn’t played since Sept. 20, but will return to action on Tuesday, traveling to Winston-Salem to face Carolina University.
AVERETT FOOTBALL: Junior Deaken Nodine has appeared in three games this season for the Cougars.
He recorded two tackles on special teams in Averett’s season-opening win over North Carolina Wesleyan.
MARS HILL GOLF: Freshman Avery Harden has enjoyed a good start to his college career.
Harden has taken part in three events in the Lions’ fall season, his highlight a 20th-place effort at The East Tennessee Collegiate competition in Johnson City in late September.
Harden posted back-to-back scores of 75 at that tourney. His best round of the season came in the three-day Lindsey Wilson College Fall Invitatational in Columbia, Ky., where he fired a closing 70 en route to a 32nd-place showing.
VIRGINIA-WISE GOLF: Reilly Yoder has had a busy fall, playing in eight rounds to date.
Yoder has posted an average score of 77.9 in those rounds, with a low round of 73.
BELMONT ABBEY CROSS COUNTRY: Junior Tori Thompson posted a 22nd-place finish at the Newberry XC Invite on Oct. 5, her best showing of the season for the Crusaders.
Thompson covered the 5k course in a time of 23:33.0.
She posted the best 5K time of her college career on Friday, finishing the Royal Challenge Blue Division race in Charlotte in a time of 22:24.3.
LENOIR RHYNE CROSS COUNTRY: Olivia Overholt notched a personal record in a 4K race at the Virginia Tech Invitational in early September.
The Lenoir-Rhyne junior finished the course in a time of 17:09.5, taking 47th in the field.
Overholt competed in the Royal Challenge Gold Division race in Charlotte on Friday, covering the 5K course in a time of 20:37.2, helping the Bears place 11th in the 20-team field.
GARDNER-WEBB CROSS COUNTRY: Freshman Cade Bright made his college debut in early September at The Furman Invitational.
Bright covered the 6K course in a time of 22:34.8.
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