CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team opened the season with a dominant, 9-1, run-rule victory in five innings during game one before the bats went cold, leading to a tough 4-1 loss in the doubleheader finale on Sunday afternoon at Jim Frost Stadium against in-state foe Austin Peay.
 
Chattanooga and Austin Peay each open the young season with 1-1 records after Sunday's split. The original three-game series was shortened to just a doubleheader following inclement weather on Saturday.
 
GM 1 BOX SCORE · CHATTANOOGA 9, AUSTIN PEAY 1 (5)

HOW IT HAPPENED

INNING	SCORE	SCORING PLAY	VIEW
BOT 1st	1-0	Aly Walker delivers the season's first run with an RBI single through the right side, scoring Emily Coltharp from second.	WATCH
BOT 1st	3-0	Morgan Kazerooni belts the first homerun of the year, a two-run shot over the center field wall.	WATCH
BOT 1st	4-0	Katie Corum goes back-to-back with Kazerooni, a solo shot off the bleachers in left.	WATCH
BOT 3rd	5-0	Hayleigh Weissenbach laces an RBI single to right, scoring pinch-runner Janessa Casanas from second.
TOP 4th	5-1	Austin Peay's Brooke Pfefferle records an RBI single for the Govs only run.
BOT 5th	7-1	Weissenbach unloads with a two-RBI double to the gap with the bases loaded.	WATCH
BOT 5th	9-1	Coltharp ends the game with a two-RBI single to center to clinch the run-rule victory.	WATCH

PITCHING RESULTS

TEAM	PITCHER	RESULT	RECORD	STAT LINE
CHATT	Celie Hudson	W	1-0	5IP, CG, 5H, ER, 6K
APSU	Harley Mullins	L	0-1	4.1IP, 9H, 9ER, 2K

GM 2 BOX SCORE · AUSTIN PEAY 4, CHATTANOOGA 1

HOW IT HAPPENED

INNING	SCORE	SCORING PLAY	VIEW
BOT 3rd	1-0	Katie Corum breaks the scoreless tie with an RBI single to left field, scoring Kacie Lynch from third.	WATCH
TOP 5th	1-1	Austin Peay's Bailey Shorter ropes an RBI single to center field, scoring Pfefferle from second.
TOP 5th	1-2	Brett Jackson pinch-hits and records an RBI groundout to short.
TOP 5th	1-4	Lexi Osowski blasts a two-run homer to left-center field to cap off a four-run inning for the Govs.

PITCHING RESULTS

TEAM	PITCHER	RESULT	RECORD	STAT LINE
APSU	Shelby Harpe	W	1-0	7IP, CG, 7H, ER, 5K
CHATT	Allison Swinford	L	0-1	6IP, 5H, 4ER, 5K
CHATT	Kat Thompson	---	---	1IP, K

CHATTANOOGA NOTABLES
· Celie Hudson picked up her 300th career strikeout in game one's 9-1 victory. She becomes just the tenth pitcher in program history to achieve 300 career strikeouts. Hudson also notched her 45th career complete game in a UTC uniform, moving her into a tie with Brooke Loudermilk for 7th all-time in program history.
· Hayleigh Weissenbach went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBI in game one's win. She surpassed 130 career hits and now sits at 50 career RBI in 154 career games played at Chattanooga.
· Aly Walker made her 154th and 155th career start at UTC in Sunday's doubleheader.
· Chattanooga moves to 9-2 in its last 11 games when hitting two or more homeruns in a game after Morgan Kazerooni and Katie Corum went back-to-back in game one. UTC also has now won its last three season openers

UP NEXT
Chattanooga (1-1) hosts the Chattanooga Challenge next weekend, Friday through Sunday, at Jim Frost Stadium and Warner Park Softball Complex. In addition to UTC, seven teams will make their way to the Scenic City to participate. Full tournament schedule and information can be found HERE.

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