CHATTANOOGA --- For the first time this season, the Chattanooga Mocs softball program will play away from Jim Frost Stadium as the team gets set to travel to Charleston, S.C., for the Holy City Showdown hosted by College of Charleston this Friday through Sunday.
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Chattanooga (4-7) looks to find its groove following consecutive tough weekends in both the Chattanooga Challenge and Frost Classic. UTC joins the tournament hosts, Campbell, Charleston Southern and Coppin State this weekend as tournament participants.
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Notes, tournament, and weekend information is below.
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HOLY CITY SHOWDOWN |Â TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
DATE |
TIME |
OPPONENT |
LIVE STATS |
FRIDAY |
9:00AM |
Coppin State (0-0) |
STATS |
FRIDAY |
11:15AM |
Campbell (7-8) |
STATS |
SATURDAY |
3:45PM |
College of Charleston (5-9) |
STATS |
SATURDAY |
8:15PM |
Charleston Southern (3-7) |
STATS |
SUNDAY |
12:15PM |
Charleston Southern (3-7) |
STATS |
TICKETS
For fans planning on making the trip to Charleston, tickets can be purchased at the Patriots Point Park Complex or online by visiting the links on the schedule page.
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GAME COVERAGE / LIVE STREAM
There will be no live video stream available this weekend at the Holy City Showdown. Live stats are available and can be found on the schedule page. For live updates and alerts all season long, please follow
@GoMocsSB on Twitter.
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SEASON/TEAM NOTABLES |Â GAME NOTES
· Chattanooga played to a losing record in a home tournament for consecutive weekends for the first time in program history. UTC dropped an extra-inning battle to Miami (OH) before earning a Friday DH split behind a 5-4 victory over Saint Louis. On Saturday, the team fell 5-2 to SIUE and 9-6 to UNLV to wrap up Frost Classic action with a 1-3 mark.
· Junior catcher
Cameren Swafford, in her first year as a full-time starter behind the dish, ranks third on the team and eighth in the SoCon with a .348 (8-for-23) average while pacing the entire league with a .516% on-base percentage. Defensively, Swafford has posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on 72 total chances and has caught three potential base stealers.
· Senior
Aly Walker has picked up a hit in all but one game this season and currently sits second in the SoCon with a .432 (16-for-37) batting average. Walker belted her first homerun of the season in Friday's win over Saint Louis before going 3-for-4 in a loss to SIUE on Saturday.
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