The Chattanooga Mocs softball team hosts its second home tournament in a row, the Frost Classic presented by Ruby Falls, Feb. 26-28. UTC is 8-3 after a 3-3 finish last weekend.


TICKETS
Tickets for the Frost Classic are $10 a day for adults and $5 a day for youth. UTC students are admitted free with a valid Mocs Card. Call the UTC Ticket Office at (423) 266-MOCS (6627) or click the 'Ticket' link at the top of the page to order. 

WATCH ONLINE
Live video of each game of the Frost Classic involving the Mocs is available online at no charge through MocsVision and the SoCon Digital Network. Chris Goforth has the play-by-play for each of UTC's games. Live stats for every game on all fields are also available. Links for each, along with a full schedule of the Frost Classic are available on the Tournament Central page by clicking here.

PREVIEWS
"It's a good field coming in for the tournament," head coach Frank Reed stated. "There's not a weak opponent there. All of them play really strong softball."

The Mocs are coming off wins over Dayton (1-0), Wright State (4-3) and Detroit Mercy (14-0) and losses to UT Martin (6-2), the Raiders (3-1) and IPFW (7-5).

"We need to have more consistency," explained Reed. "We felt like we lost a little bit of that last weekend. I'm also trying to solidify a more solid lineup, so we're not making mass changes."

Chattanooga faces Eastern Illinois first Friday at 1:30 p.m. (E.S.T.). The last meeting between the two teams was Feb. 19, 2012 when the Panthers took a 5-4 win over the Mocs.

Eastern Illinois is 3-7 with a six-game losing streak, including five losses at the Troy Classic last weekend. The Panthers lost to both McNeese State and Ole Miss twice, in addition to a lone loss to Troy.

Friday play finishes with UTC squaring off against Evansville at 4:00 p.m. Chattanooga beat the Purple Aces last season 5-3 at the Plainsman Invitational in Auburn, Ala.

Evansville boasts an 8-2 record. The squad is coming off a 4-1 finish at the Tennessee State Tiger Classic, featuring wins over Tennessee State, ETSU, Butler and Northern Kentucky. The Purple Aces' only losses are to Troy and ULM.

The Mocs take on Miami (Ohio) Saturday at 1:30 p.m. UTC beat the Redhawks 10-6 in a nine-inning battle at the 2013 Frost Classic.

Miami is 2-2 playing in one tournament this season. Last weekend the Redhawks lost to No. 5 Alabama and Georgia State and then posted wins over Maryland and Mercer, a 6-5 victory in the eighth inning.

Chattanooga plays No. 18 Kentucky Saturday at 4:00 p.m. The two squads haven't played each other since Feb. 27, 2005 when the Wildcats took a 1-0 win over the Mocs.

Kentucky is 9-2 to start the season. The squad went 5-1 at the Kajikawa Invitation Feb. 12-15 and 4-1 at the Campbell/Cartier Classic last weekend. The Wildcats won their last two games 10-0 against South Dakota and Texas Tech.

UTC wraps up the weekend against Northern Kentucky Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The last meeting between the two teams was in 2013 when they faced each other twice at the Mercer Invitational. UTC came away with a 2-1 and 5-2 wins.

The Norse feature a 1-4 record. The team's lone win was against Butler, while losing to ULM, Tennessee State, ETSU and Evansville.