The Chattanooga Mocs softball team hosts Lipscomb Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. (E.S.T.) in Frost Stadium. UTC is 12-9 and 6-5 at home.


TICKETS
Tickets for individual games in Frost Stadium are $5 for adults and $3 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 is available online at no charge through MocsVision and the SoCon Digital Network. Chris Goforth has the play-by-play. Live stats is also available. Check the softball schedule page on GoMocs.com for links.

PREVIEW
"We're excited to have a home game," head coach Frank Reed stated. "It should be a great opportunity for our fans to come out and watch some softball."

Chattanooga is returning home from the Bulldog Slamboree in Starkville, Miss., over the weekend. The squad went 1-4 at the tournament, featuring a 3-2 win against Western Kentucky.

"We're still facing some injuries and trying to figure out where we want to go with our lineup," said Reed.

Senior center fielder Sam Taylor leads the team with 17 runs after scoring three times last weekend. Jordan Fortel, a freshman utility player, boasts a squad-best 26 hits, including five in Starkville, Miss. Senior Criket Blanco, playing second base, hit her first home run of the season against Northwestern State Saturday.

Last season the Mocs beat the Bisons 7-4 on April 8 in Nashville, Tenn., to lead the series 5-3.

Lipscomb is 11-9 after a 2-2 finish at its home tournament, the Purple and Gold Challenge, last weekend. The squad lost to Youngstown State and Furman and beat Troy and Indiana State in a come-from-behind win.

Sophomore pitcher and infielder Caitlin Plocheck had four RBI's against Indiana State, which is her fifth game to drive in two or more runs. Freshman utility player Sarah Higgins leads the squad with a seven-game hitting streak.

The Bisons played in the 2016 Frost Classic presented by Ruby Falls, but they never faced the Mocs. Lipscomb went 4-1 at the event beating Northern Kentucky (10-1), Evansville (9-1), Eastern Illinois (4-1) and Miami-Ohio (8-6). The squad's only loss was to No. 18 Kentucky (4-0).

Chattanooga travels to Charleston, S.C., March 11-13 for the Holy City Showdown. UTC squares off with Michigan State, No. 10 Georgia, Columbia, College of Charleston and Charleston Southern.