CLEARWATER, Fla. --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team found themselves on the wrong end of two one-run games on Saturday, falling 3-2 to Yale in walk-off fashion before suffering a 5-4 defeat to Bowling Green during play at the Clearwater Tournament inside Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex.
Following the doubleheader sweep, Chattanooga falls to 6-13 overall this season. Yale improved to 5-8 while Bowling Green saw its mark raise to 10-6.
BOX SCORE · Yale 3, Chattanooga 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
| INNING |
SCORE |
SCORING PLAY |
VIEW |
| TOP 3rd |
2-0 |
Emma Sturdivant belted her second homer of the season, a two-run shot over the left field fence. |
VIDEO |
| BOT 3rd |
2-2 |
Yale immediately answered the Sturdivant homerun with a pair of runs on three hits. |
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| BOT 7th |
2-3 |
Playing as the home team, Yale walked the game off with a sacrifice fly to right field in a bases loaded, one-out situation. |
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PITCHING RESULTS
| TEAM |
PITCHER |
RESULT |
RECORD |
STAT LINE |
| YALE |
Nic Conway |
W |
1-3 |
7IP, 4H, 2ER, 4BB, 9K |
| CHATT |
Allison Swinford |
ND |
-- |
4IP, 5H, 2ER, 4K |
| CHATT |
Hannah Wood |
ND |
-- |
0.1IP, 1H |
| CHATT |
Celie Hudson |
L |
3-6 |
2.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 1K |
BOX SCORE · Bowling Green 5, Chattanooga 4
HOW IT HAPPENED
| INNING |
SCORE |
SCORING PLAY |
VIEW |
| TOP 3rd |
0-2 |
Bowling Green started the scoring after a pair of hits and a Chattanooga fielding error allowed two runs to score on a two-out single. |
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| BOT 3rd |
2-2 |
Chattanooga answered back with two unearned runs of their own after singles from Hayleigh Weissenbach and Kendall Andrews drove in a couple runs. |
TWEET |
| BOT 4th |
3-2 |
Emily Coltharp singled with one out and later stole second before Aly Walker capitalized with an RBI single up the middle to give UTC a lead. |
TWEET |
| TOP 6th |
3-4 |
Bowling Green tied the game 3-3 with an RBI single through the left side before an RBI fielder's choice with two outs plated the go-ahead run. |
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| BOT 6th |
4-4 |
After a Hayleigh Weissenbach single, Aly Walker roped an RBI double off the wall in center, scoring Weissenbach and tying the game 4-4. |
TWEET |
| TOP 7th |
4-5 |
Bowling Green scored the eventual game-winning run off a fielding error behind the bag at first with two outs. |
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PITCHING RESULTS
| TEAM |
PITCHER |
RESULT |
RECORD |
STAT LINE |
| BGSU |
Madison French |
ND |
-- |
2.2IP, 5H, 2R, 0ER, 3K |
| BGSU |
Payton Gottshall |
W |
9-5 |
4.1IP, 5H, 2ER, 8K |
| CHATT |
Celie Hudson |
L |
3-7 |
7IP, CG, 6H, 5R, 2ER, 4K |
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CHATTANOOGA NOTABLES
· Chattanooga ties a season-high three-game losing streak following the Saturday doubleheader sweep. Chattanooga has lost its last six games decided by one run and moves to 1-7 this season in one-run games.
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Aly Walker went a combined 3-for-6 on Saturday with a double and two RBI and now has a hit in each of the last three games. For the season, Walker is second on the team with a .367 (22-for-60) batting average and leads the team with 11 RBI and four doubles.
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Emily Coltharp registered her ninth multi-hit game of the season behind a 2-for-3 performance against Bowling Green while also scoring twice, stealing two bases and walking once. On the season, Coltharp leads the team with a .417 (25-for-60) batting average. She is 11-for-12 in stolen base attempts this season, nearly matching her entire 2019 season total (12).
UP NEXT
Chattanooga (6-13) wraps up the first weekend of play in Clearwater tomorrow with a 12:00 p.m. matchup against Florida A&M. Live stats are available and located on the schedule page on GoMocs.com.
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