CHATTANOOGA --- Pitchers Allison Swinford and Hannah Wood led the Chattanooga Mocs softball team to its first shutout of the 2020 campaign during a 7-0 win over Coppin State before the team suffered a tough 1-0, extra-inning, loss to Campbell in the second half of a Friday twinbill in the Holy City Showdown at Patriots Point Complex in Charleston, S.C.

With the split, Chattanooga moves to 5-8 overall this season. Coppin State opened its season on Friday and fell to 0-1 following the loss while Campbell saw its record improve to an even 8-8.
 
BOX SCORE · CHATTANOOGA 7, COPPIN STATE 0

HOW IT HAPPENED

INNING	SCORE	SCORING PLAY	VIEW
BOT 2nd	1-0	Emily Coltharp drove in the game's first run with a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Cameren Swafford from third.	WATCH
BOT 3rd	2-0	Aly Walker led the inning off with a double to left before Katie Corum drove in the runner (Makenzi Grider) with a single to right.	TWEET
BOT 3rd	3-0	Cameren Swafford laced a two-out RBI double to the fence in right center, scoring Corum from first.	TWEET
BOT 4th	5-0	Aly Walker knocked a single through the right side, scoring a pair of runs from second and third, to extend the lead.	WATCH
BOT 4th	6-0	Emma Sturdivant kept the rally alive with an RBI double to right center, scoring Walker from second.	TWEET
BOT 6th	7-0	Emma Sturdivant added to her daily RBI total with a sacrifice fly to center.	TWEET

PITCHING RESULTS

TEAM	PITCHER	RESULT	RECORD	STAT LINE
CHATT	Hannah Wood	ND	---	3.1IP, 4H, 3K
CHATT	Allison Swinford	W	2-4	3.2IP, 1H, BB, 5K
CSU	Brissa Alvarado	L	0-1	3.1IP, 7H, 6ER, 3BB, 4K

 
BOX SCORE · CAMPBELL 1, CHATTANOOGA 0 (8)

HOW IT HAPPENED

INNING	SCORE	SCORING PLAY	VIEW
TOP 8th	0-0	Playing under International tie breaker rules, the teams begin extra innings with a runner at second. With first and third and no outs, UTC failed to bring in the go-ahead run.
BOT 8th	0-1	Campbell used a lead-off single and a walk to load the bases with no outs before walking the game off on a sacrifice fly to left field.

 
PITCHING RESULTS

TEAM	PITCHER	RESULT	RECORD	STAT LINE
CAMP	G., Barefoot	W	4-3	8IP, CG, 2H, 2BB, 7K
CHATT	Celie Hudson	L	3-3	7.1IP, CG, 5H, 0ER, 8BB, 6K

 
CHATTANOOGA NOTABLES
· Chattanooga belted out nine hits as a team during the 7-0 victory over Coppin State in game one. It marks back-to-back games with nine hits and the fourth time this season with nine or more in a game.
· Allison Swinford (3.2IP) and Hannah Wood (3.1IP) combined to toss the first shutout of the 2020 season during the win over Coppin State. Swinford allowed a season-low one hit and struck out a season-high six in the relief appearance.
· Celie Hudson fired her 50^th career complete game during game two's loss to Campbell. Despite not allowing an earned run, Hudson suffered the loss to move to 3-3 on the year.
· Morgan Kazerooni accounted for both of Chattanooga's hits against Campbell. Kazerooni broke up the Camel's no-hit bid in the fifth with a double to center before picking up an infield single in the eighth to finish the game 2-for-3. For the season, Kazerooni is batting .346 (9-for-26) and leads the team with a .615 slugging percentage.
· Chattanooga entered extra innings in a scoreless draw for the first time since 2016 during game two's loss to Campbell.

UP NEXT
Chattanooga (5-7) continues play tomorrow in the Holy City Showdown with just one game against tournament-host College of Charleston (3:45 p.m.). UTC and Charleston Southern were originally scheduled to play at 8:15 p.m. but the game has been mutually dropped due to time and weather concerns. The game will not be made up. The tournament central page can be located HERE.

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