Courtesy: Jeff Hurndon
Junior Nikki Waters threw a complete game one hitter for the Lady Mocs in game one against the Catamounts totaling nine strikeouts.
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Western Carolina at Chattanooga
April 3, 2010 |
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Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
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WP - Nikki Waters (7-3) LP - Amber Steinhardt (3-8)
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Western Carolina at Chattanooga
April 3, 2010 |
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Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
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Game Notes:
-Junior Lauren Flores continued her nine-game hitting streak going 5-for-7 on the afternoon.
-Flores tied a career-high that she has achieved for the third time this season.
-Junior Nikki Waters pitched her most dominant performance today tossing a one-hitter against the Catamounts along with fanning a season-high nine.
-Senior Brooke Loudermilk tied a career-high pitching 10 innings and recorded her 800th career strikeout as she picked up her 13th victory of the season.
-Senior Tia Blosser and junior Jessica Traxler each picked up an RBI in each game, while each had two hits.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team picked up two victories over Western Carolina, 2-0 and 3-2 in 10 innings. Senior Brooke Loudermilk (Locust Grove, Ga.) and junior Nikki Waters (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) each threw complete games to extend its Southern Conference record to 9-0 on the season.
"I threw a mixture of pitches," said Waters. "But what really dominated was the curve and the change. The changeup worked well today whereas it didn't early in the season."
Providing the offense for Chattanooga (26-0, 9-0 SoCon) was junior Lauren Flores (Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga.) lead the Lady Mocs at the plate on the day, going 5-for-7 with a double and a run scored.
With her second strike out of game two, Loudermilk reached the 800-strikeout plateau in her career and finished the day with 809 currently for her career.
Also on the mound, Waters threw a complete game one-hitter against Western Carolina (4-22, 0-11 SoCon). She struck out nine batters and retired the final 17 batters of the game after allowing her only walk.
Doing well at the plate for Chattanooga was sophomore Jessica Traxler (Chino Hills, Calif.), who recorded two hits and two RBI. Senior Tia Blosser (Knoxville, Tenn.) also recorded an RBI in each game.
The Lady Mocs travel to Nashville on Tuesday for a doubleheader that begins at 5 p.m. and continue the week at conference foe Georgia Southern next weekend. The team returns home on the 14th with a doubleheader against UAB.
Game One: Chattanooga 2, Western Carolina 0
The UTC softball team scattered nine hits as Waters threw a one-hitter and struck out a season-high nine in a 2-0 victory over Western Carolina at Frost Stadium. Senior Kaiti Kelley (Chattanooga, Tenn.), junior Lyndsey Stiles (Hixson, Tenn.) and Flores each recorded two hits to lead the Lady Mocs at the plate.
After walking a batter in the second inning, Waters retired the final 17 batters of the game to improve her record to 7-3. She only gave up a leadoff double and a walk second inning against the Catamounts.
Chattanooga started the scoring in the first inning, with Stiles beating out a throw from the second baseman. Stiles swiped second, and advanced to third on an infield single from Kelley.
Following a stolen base by Kelley that put two runners in scoring position, senior Tia Blosser (Knoxville, Tenn.) flied out to left center field to score the first run of the game for UTC.
The score would remain the same until the sixth, when Flores doubled down the left field line and advanced to third on an infield hit by senior Brittany Eason (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
Following a pinch run stolen base by junior Kristin Holloway (Chickamauga, Ga.), Traxler grounded out to the third baseman, but an errant throw from the first baseman to the catcher allowed Flores to score. The Catamounts were able to end the inning by tagging Holloway at the plate.
In the top of the seventh, Flores made a spectacular diving catch near the left field line to help preserve the one-hit shutout.
For Western Carolina, Amber Steinhardt pitched a complete game, striking out one batter. Jordan Fulton got the Catamounts only hit, a leadoff double to start the game.
Game Two: Chattanooga 3, Western Carolina 2 (10)
The Lady Mocs used the international tiebreaker rule to defeat Western Carolina, 3-2, in 10 innings. Flores and Traxler both had multi-hit games as they recorded three and two hits, respectively.
Starting in the circle for UTC was Loudermilk throwing a complete 10-inning game, giving up seven hits, two earned runs and striking out 10. The victory improved Loudermilk's record to 13-6 on the season.
"I feel like a made a lot of good strides today because I got to push through my trouble innings," said Loudermilk. "This is a good pitching performance to follow through on this week going into the Georgia Southern series. Southern is a great team and we have to beat them right off the bat, rather than play 10 innings like we did today."
Chattanooga started the second inning with a walk drawn by junior Tiffany Baker (East Ridge, Tenn.) and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Jenni Martin (East Ridge, Tenn.). Traxler doubled over the center fielder's head to bring home Baker for the first run of the game.
After advancing to third on a groundout by senior Lynleigh Hurndon (McDonough, Ga.), Traxler scored on a wild pitch to give the Lady Mocs a 2-0 lead.
Western Carolina responded in the top of the third with two infield hits from Fulton and Robyn Burnette. Colby Liles followed with a double to centerfield that plated both runners to tie the score at two.
After Loudermilk escaped the top of the 10th in the first inning of the international tiebreaker, Stiles was placed on second and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from Kelley. Blosser followed with a single up the middle for the game winning hit as Chattanooga won, 3-2.
The Catamounts' Katie King went the distance on the rubber striking out four, while Liles drove in two runs at the plate.
