Courtesy:Frank Mattia

Junior pitcher Michelle Fuzzard record two home runs on Friday.

Toledo at Chattanooga Feb 25, 2011

Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Toledo (0-1)	0	0	3	1	0	4	4	3
UTC (8-3)	0	0	0	0	0	13	11	0

WP: Michelle Fuzzard (5-1) LP: Whitney Young (0-1)

 

East Tenn. St. at Chattanooga Feb 25, 2011

Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
ETSU (1-7)	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1
UTC (6-3)	8	0	3	0	X	11	8	0

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WP: Kandice Irwin (2-1) LP: Jessica Duncan (0-3)

Game Notes:
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Two three-run bombs by junior pitcher Michelle Fuzzard (Huntington Beach, Calif.) in the first inning of each game set the tone in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team's sweep of Toledo (0-1), 14-3, and East Tennessee State (1-7), 11-1, in five innings. She also picked up the victory in the circle against the Rockets to improve to 5-1.

Also adding homeruns for Chattanooga (9-3) were senior right fielder Della Harrison (Nashville, Tenn.) and sophomore first baseman Kasey Tydingco (Fairfield, Calif.), who had a game ending homer due to the eight-run rule in the fifth against Toledo. Fuzzard paced the Lady Mocs with four round trippers this season, while Tydingco and Harrison are not far behind with three each.

Fuzzard had a career day with a 5-for-5 performance in the doubleheader including two home runs, a double, eight RBI and two walks.

Senior pitcher Kandice Irwin (Knoxville, Tenn.) threw two innings of relief against Akron and recorded 3.1 innings against the Bucs, while combining for five strikeouts.

The Lady Mocs are back in action on Saturday at the Frost Classic with first pitch of a doubleheader against IUPUI and Northern Iowa set for Noon. Live video will be available through MocsVision on GoMocs.com. All games of the eight-team tournament can be followed via live stats through the link above.

Game One: Chattanooga 14, Toledo 3 (5 inn.)

Chattanooga took an early 3-0 lead in the first and did not look back against Toledo in a 13-4 five-inning victory. Senior Lyndsey Stiles (Hixson, Tenn.), Fuzzard, Harrison and Tydingco each drove in three runs and notched multiple hit during the contest.

In the circle, Fuzzard tossed three innings and gave up three runs on three hits, while senior Kandice Irwin (Knoxville, Tenn.) threw the remainder of the contest. Both hurlers struck out two.

Following a leadoff walk in the first to Stiles and an error by the shortstop, Fuzzard stepped to the plate and drilled a 3-2 over the bleachers in left putting Chattanooga up, 3-0.

The Rockets struck in the top of the third as the leadoff hitter was hit by a pitch and Kattie Palmer doubled to left, then Becki Heimbinger homered to right center to knot the score at three.

Harrison drew a walk to start the bottom-half of the frame. Two bunt singles by junior shortstop Jessica Traxler (Chino Hills, Calif.) and freshman catcher Natalie Powers (Glenpool, Okla.) started a rally by loading the bases and senior left fielder Lauren Flores (Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.) put the Lady Mocs back on top, 4-3, with a sacrifice fly.

With a double down the right field line, Stiles added two more runs on the scoreboard for Chattanooga.

Lindsey Tobias led off the fourth with an opposite field homer to right center off Irwin to cut into the Lady Mocs advantage, 6-4.

After a single by Fuzzard to start off the fourth, freshman Layne Rainey (Clarksville, Tenn.)  came in to pinch run and junior third baseman Tiffany Baker (East Ridge, Tenn.) reached on a fielder's choice to short. Harrison drove a 2-2 pitch over the right field fence as Chattanooga extended its lead to 9-3.

The Lady Mocs put two runners on the bases with a throwing error by the shortstop and an infield single by Flores. Stiles followed with a single up the middle that scored Powers from second to push the lead to 10-3.

To begin the fifth, Fuzzard doubled to left center and was followed by a Baker single to put runners at the corners. Freshman Chelsea Watson (Spring City, Tenn.) pinch ran for Baker. Tydingco ended the game with her third home run of the season to left center bringing the run rule into effect.

Toledo was led by Heimbigner and Tobias at the plate with a three-run and solo home run, respectively, while Whitney Young and Jen Solanics logged innings for the Rockets.

Game Two: Chattanooga 11, East Tennessee State 1

Fuzzard went 2-for-2 in the 11-1 Chattanooga victory against East Tennessee State with three-run homer and five RBI. Sophomore second baseman Sara Poteat (Thomaston, Ga.) notched two-hits, while junior shortstop Jessica Traxler (Chino Hills, Calif.) drove in two.

Senior pitcher Niki Waters (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) started in the circle for the Lady Mocs, but was relieved by Irwin in the second, who picked up the victory and struckout three.

After Stiles drew a leadoff walk and Poteat beat out an infield single to the pitcher, Fuzzard gave the Lady Mocs an early 3-0 lead on a homer that curled around the left field foul pole.

From there the Bucs made mistakes in the circle as Baker walked and Tydingco was hit, then Harrison notched a single up the middle to load the bases. Junior catcher Vivian Morimoto (Sao Paulo, Brazil) drew a walk before a pitching change that brought in Shelby Morris.

With a single up the middle by Traxler, the Lady Mocs took a 6-0 advantage as Harrison and Tydingco crossed the plate. Flores then singled through the left side to reload the bases.

Following Poteat getting hit and Fuzzard drawing another walk, Chattanooga was retired in the first on eight runs and five hits.

The Bucs responded in the second with a run of their own as Cambell doubled down the left field line and Hensley reached on an infield single to put runners at the corners. Cambell crossed the plate on an illegal pitch call on Waters.

Chattanooga added to its lead in the third as Stiles began the frame with an infield single and stole her 10^th base of the season before Poteat singled to third on a bunt. Fuzzard drove in Stiles with a single to right and advanced to second on the throw that beat Poteat to the plate. Freshman Layne Rainey (Clarksville, Tenn.) came into run for Baker after a base on balls.

Harrison put the Lady Mocs up 11-1 on a hard hit ball to left center that went off the outfielder's glove allowing Rainey and Fuzzard to score.

The Bucs were led by Amy Campbell, who went 2-for-2, while Katie Henderson, Nicole Fox and Whitley Hensley notched hits. Katie Wolf threw the final 3.2 innings and fanned three relieving Jessica Duncan and Morris.

It was a homecoming of sorts for first year ETSU head coach Brad Irwin, who served with the Lady Mocs as an assistant over the past four seasons.