CLEARWATER, Fla. --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team allowed four first inning runs, all unearned, and narrowly missed completing its comeback efforts during a 4-2 loss to Florida A&M at the Clearwater Tournament inside Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex on Sunday afternoon.

After plating a run in the top of the first, Chattanooga committed three errors and allowed two hits in the home half of the inning, allowing FAMU to jump out to a quick 4-1 lead. UTC would chip away with a run in the sixth but left the game-tying run stranded in scoring position on an inning-ending line out.

Junior Allison Swinford fired 5.1 innings of relief work and surrendered just one hit while striking out a career-high eight.

Following the loss, Chattanooga has now lost three-straight and falls to 6-14 overall this season. FAMU improved to 3-16 after the win.

BOX SCORE · Florida A&M 4, Chattanooga 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

INNING	SCORE	SCORING PLAY	VIEW
TOP 1st	1-0	Emily Coltharp and Aly Walker each drew walks ahead of a two-out RBI single off the bat of Reagan Armour. It marked her first career RBI.	TWEET
BOT 1st	1-4	Chattanooga surrendered four runs, all unearned, after committing three fielding errors and allowing two hits.
TOP 6th	2-4	Emily Coltharp knocked an RBI single through the left side, scoring Gracey Kruse from third and cutting the deficit to two.	TWEET

PITCHING RESULTS

TEAM	PITCHER	RESULT	RECORD	STAT LINE
FAMU	Nadia Zenteno	W	1-5	5.2IP, 5H, 2R, ER, 5BB, 4K
FAMU	Kyaira Brown	SV	1	1.1IP, 0H, 0R
CHATT	Hannah Wood	L	0-2	0.2IP, 2H, 4R, 0ER, 2K
CHATT	Allison Swinford	ND	--	5.1IP, 1H, 8K

 
  
CHATTANOOGA NOTABLES
· Chattanooga has now lost three-straight, seven of its last eight and ten of its last 12. During the eight game stretch, the offense has scored more than three runs just twice while scoring two runs or less six times.
· Allison Swinford tossed 5.1 innings in relief on Sunday while striking out a career-high eight hitters and surrendering just one hit. Swinford has allowed only three earned runs over her last 26.0 innings of work and has struck out 27 during that span.
· Emily Coltharp tallied another hit on Sunday, going 1-for-2 with a single, RBI and run scored. Coltharp has recorded a hit in all but four games this season and leads the team in hits (26), runs scored (14), OBP (.526), walks (15) and stolen bases (11).  

UP NEXT
Chattanooga (6-14) picks up play in Clearwater with a mid-week showdown against Merrimack on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. inside the Eddie C. Moore Softball Complex. Live stats are available and located on the schedule page at GoMocs.com.

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