In the circle for Chattanooga (18-5), senior Kandice Irwin (Knoxville, Tenn.) earned the victory  against Rutgers to improve to 7-1, while fellow classmate Nikki Waters (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) recorded the complete game win over Colorado State, striking out four.

Each notching at least three hits Friday was senior left fielder Lyndsey Stiles (Hixson, Tenn.), sophomore first baseman Kasey Tydingco (Fairfield, Calif.) and sophomore second baseman Sara Poteat (Thomaston, Ga.). Stiles drew four walks and stole her conference-leading 18th base o f the season.

The Lady Mocs return to action in Clearwater, Fla., on Saturday with a doubleheader against Liberty and No. 21 Texas Tech starting at 10 a.m. Chattanooga completes the three-day event with a matchup against North Florida at noon on Sunday.

Game One: Chattanooga 11, Rutgers 4

Chattanooga opened up the USF "The Game" Tournament with an 11-4 victory over Rutgers. Fuzzard went 4-for-4 recording two home runs each to left center and now has six on the season. She pitched 3.1 innings and yielded three runs on five hits.

Picking up the victory to improve to 7-1 on the season was Irwin, who struck out two. Curran threw the final frame in front of some hometown fans.

Senior right fielder Della Harrison (Nashville, Tenn.) and sophomore shortstop Jessica Traxler (Chino Hills, Calif.) notched two-RBI singles, while seven Lady Mocs registered base hits including two by Tydingco.

After a walk to Stiles and a seeing eye single down the left field line to lead off the game, Fuzzard delivered her third three-run home run in the first inning this season over the fence in left center. 

Senior third baseman Tiffany Baker (East Ridge, Tenn.) used a good eye to trot down to first, then Tydingco singled on a line shot to third. Both runners moved up 60 feet on a wild pitch and Baker scored on a single through the right side by Harrison.

Following walks to freshman catcher Natalie Powers (Gleenpool, Okla.) and senior left fielder Lauren Flores (Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.), Stiles beat out an infield single to short putting the Lady Mocs up, 5-0, but Powers was out at the plate trying to add an insurance run.

With one out in the second, Chattanooga loaded the bases as Fuzzard and Baker walked and Tydignco advanced on a fielder's choice. A sacrifice fly to left scored pinch runner Layne Rainey (Clarksville, Tenn.) and the runners moved up a base.  Traxler cleared the bases with a single up the middle and the Lady Mocs took an 8-0 lead.

During the bottom-half of the second, Rutgers notched a single by Mandi Craig, but the Scarlet Knights went down in order as Poteat caught a soft liner at second and doubled off the runner at first.

The Lady Mocs retired quickly in the third as Rutgers right fielder Mikelyn Messina made a diving catch into foul territory to rob Flores of a base hit.

Rutgers broke through in the third drawing a walk and then two base hits right back up the middle scored a run before Fuzzard was able to retire the side.

Leading off the fourth, Fuzzard hit a frozen rope just over the fence in left center, 9-1. The blast tied the team lead with Baker at six and it was the 19th of her career.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Scarlet Knights scored three runs on three hits chasing Fuzzard from the circle as Irwin came on in relief to retire the side.

Chattanooga loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, but was unable to extend its lead.

With runners on first and second in the sixth for Rutgers, second baseman Poteat made up for an earlier error in the frame by turning a double play. Then, the runner at third broke for home on a ball that was in the dirt and the catcher Powers was able to get back in time to apply the tag diving across the plate.

The Lady Mocs ended the game on a high in the seventh as Stiles drew a one out walk and stole her 17th base of the season. Stiles scored on a single up the middle by Poteat, who advanced to second and later took third on a wild pitch. A single down the first base line that was picked up by the first baseman and gunned to the plate, but Poteat beat the throw as Chattanooga took a 11-4 lead. The frame ended as Baker hit a line shot that the third baseman was able to luckily snag out of the air and double off the runner at first.

Game Two: Chattanooga 9, Colorado State 1

Chattanooga defeated Colorado State 9-1 in the second game of a double header at the Eddie C. Moore Complex Field 8. Fuzzard continued to roll going 3-for-4 with a double and six RBI.

In the circle, Waters improved to 3-1 on the season with a complete game four-hitter, while fanning four.

The Lady Mocs registered 12 hits against the Rams with Stiles, Tydingco and Morimoto notching multi-hit games.

In the first, Colorado State scored an unearned run as the second baseman was unable to come up with a one-hop grounder before Waters ended the frame.

Leading off the game for the Lady Mocs was Stiles drawing a walk and promptly stealing her 18^th base of the season. She advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Poteat and scored on a Fuzzard single into right center.

Chattanooga continued to add runs in the second as junior catcher Vivan Morimoto (Sao Paulo, Brazil) tripled down the right field line. She was the fifth player to triple this season for the Lady Mocs. Traxler  drove in Morimoto on a sac fly to put the Lady Mocs up 2-1.

After Flores singled center, Stiles was hit by a pitch and Poteat walked, the bases were loaded for Fuzzard, who cleared them with a double down the left field line, 5-1.

The Lady Mocs loaded the bases against in the third as Morimoto walked, Traxler singled through the right side and Stiles beat out an infield single. Poteat added to the Lady Mocs lead, 6-1, with a single through the left side. Fuzzard came up with the bases loaded and notched a single to drive in two.

To lead off the fourth, Colorado State loaded the bases on three-straight singles with one out. Waters notched her third strikeout of the game for the second out and Stiles caught a liner in center field to end the frame.

Pinch hitter Kaiti Dutton (Tulsa, Okla.) led off the fifth with a walk and Morimoto singled off the wall in right. On a fielder's choice to short off the bat of pinch hitter Jenni Martin (East Ridge, Tenn.), Dutton was tagged out on a run down, but Martin took second so the Lady Mocs had two runners in scoring position.

After Flores was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Stiles delivered a run with a single up to left, 9-1. The Lady Mocs ended the inning with just one run, but were able to shutdown Colorado State in the top of the fifth for the run rule win.