ORLANDO, Fla. --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team allowed eight first inning runs in a 9-1 loss to Notre Dame on the final day of the Citrus Classic at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla.

The loss on Sunday drops the Mocs to 6-13 overall as Notre Dame improved to 9-8 this year. UTC will head to Charleston, S.C., to participate in the Holy City Showdown next weekend.

Game Recap | Notre Dame 9, Chattanooga 1 (5)
Chattanooga played as the home team and allowed eight first inning runs, allowing four ND hits while committing three errors. Of the eight runs, seven were unearned to starting pitcher Payten Price.

The 8-0 deficit would be too large to overcome as the Mocs only recorded two hits on the day with one of them being a second inning solo home-run from Jesslyn Stockard, her second of the year, to make it an 8-1 game. The Fighting Irish scored their ninth run in the third on an RBI single to center.

Price (4-10) took the loss for Chattanooga as she lasted only 0.1 of an inning, allowing four hits, eight runs (one earned) while facing ten batters. Alex Connell came in relief and tossed 4.2 innings, allowing six hits, one run (earned) in 19 batters faced.

Seniors Jesslyn Stockard and Katy Richardson each had a hit to make up the two UTC hits in the game as Stockard's came way of the long-ball.

Noteable Season Stats Update
- Jesslyn Stockard went 1-for-2 with a HR on Sunday ... her second HR of the season ... 11th of her career.

Upcoming Schedule | Holy City Showdown (Charleston, S.C.)
Friday, March 10 - vs. Robert Morris (PA) 11:00am
Friday, March 10 - vs. North Carolina 6:00pm
Saturday, March 11 - vs. UMass Lowell 9:00am
Saturday, March 11 - at College of Charleston 3:30pm
Sunday, March 12 - vs. Northern Kentucky 9:30am