Courtesy: Dale Rutemeyer

Senior Tiffany Baker touches the plate after hitting a two-run shot in the fourth.

Georgia Southern at Chattanooga April 30, 2011

Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
Team	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
GSU (28-25, 16-6 SoCon)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
UTC (33-12, 15-3 SoCon)	3	1	1	3	X	8	11	1

WP: Michelle Fuzzard (16-6) LP: Brianna Streetmon (11-11)

Game Notes:

- Baker and Fuzzard are tied for the SoCon RBI lead with 51 each. The UTC record is 55 set by Angela Brewer in 2001, while the SoCon mark is 64.
-Fuzzard's 16-6 mark in the circle is tied with CofC's Alexa Datko.
-The Lady Mocs hit double-digit hits for the 22nd time this season.
-Chattanooga notched its 14th run-rule of the season and 11th after five innings.

CHATTTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team defeated Georgia Southern 8-0 in five innings on Saturday evening at Frost Stadium. Senior third baseman Tiffany Baker (East Ridge, Tenn.) hit her 14th home run of the year to tie the Lady Mocs single-season home run record that she also tied in 2010.

The win improved Chattanooga's record to 33-12 overall and 15-3 in conference play. The Eagles fell to 28-25 on the season and 16-6 in the Southern Conference.

Junior catcher Vivian Morimoto (Sau Paulo, Brazil), sophomores second baseman Sara Poteat (Thomaston, Ga.) and first baseman Kasey Tydingco (Fairfield, Calif.) and Baker all recorded two hits to pace the team, while Baker registered a team-high three RBI.

In the circle, junior Michelle Fuzzard (Huntington Beach, Calif.) pitched a complete game three-hit shutout. She also struck out one in her seventh complete game and third shutout of the season.

Georgia Southern threatened in the top of the first with a hit by Marie Fogle, who advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt.

After a walk to Mackenzie Williams, freshman catcher Natalie Powers (Glenpool, Okla.) threw down to second as Fogle took too big of a lead. Junior shortstop Jessica Traxler (Chino Hills, Calif.) took the throw and forced the base runner into a run down. Traxler then tagged the runner out after faking a throw to Baker to end the frame.

In the bottom-half, senior centerfielder Lyndsey Stiles (Hixson, Tenn.) lead off by reaching on a throwing error by the shortstop and advanced to second on the play. Poteat followed by getting hit by a pitch to put two runners on base.

A wild pitch then allowed both runners to advance into scoring position. Baker brought home the first run of the game with a bloop single over the first baseman. Morimoto used a sacrifice fly to center field, which allowed Baker to advance to second on the throw home.

Tydingco fouled off six straight pitches before doubling over the centerfielder's head that one-hopped the fence. The double brought home Baker to push the Lady Mocs lead to 3-0 after one inning.

In the second, Traxler started the inning for the Lady Mocs by reaching on a fielding error by the shortstop. After a fielder's choice by Flores, Stiles beat out a chopper to the right side of the infield. The bases were then loaded when Poteat beat out a sacrifice bunt attempt for a hit. A wild pitch from the Eagles allowed Flores to score and give Chattanooga a four run lead.

The third inning began with Morimoto getting an infield single after the ball took a weird hop before reaching the shortstop. Tydingco followed drawing a four-pitch walk.

Traxler laid down a sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position. An infield single by Flores drove in another run for the Lady Mocs and increased the advantage to 5-0.

A single up the middle by Poteat started the fourth for Chattanooga. Two batters later, Baker blasted the ball over the right center field fence and into the bleachers for her team leading 14th home run on the year. She extender her SoCon and UTC all-time home run record to 46.

Morimoto followed with a single up the middle. After the second pitching change by Georgia Southern, Tydingco singled to left center field off Megan Smith.

Senior right fielder Della Harrison (Nashville, Tenn.) hit a single to left center field that the left fielder misjudged on an attempted diving catch. The hit scored Morimoto, who had to hold up to see if the ball would be caught and pushed the lead to 8-0.

In the circle for Georgia Southern, Brianna Streetmon started but lasted only one inning and was pulled after facing one batter in the second. Streetmon gave up two hits and four runs, all of them unearned.

Allie Miles pitched 2.1 innings in relief while striking out three and allowing seven hits and four earned runs. Megan Smith threw the final 0.2 innings in which she gave up two hits and struck out a single batter.

At the plate, the Eagles were lead by Kelly Burnett, Fogle and Williams each recording one hit.

Tomorrow the two teams finish up the series with a doubleheader beginning at noon at Frost Stadium. The softball team will also be honoring the team's six seniors prior to the game at 11:50 AM.

The team is going to be collecting donations and clothing at the entrance to the stadium. Everything collected will go to the American Red Cross to help out the victims of the severe weather that came through the area on April 27.

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