CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team suffered a two-game sweep, falling 8-0 to Western Kentucky in game one before a late rally attempt fell short in a 7-5 loss to Indiana State in the nightcap on Friday inside Jim Frost Stadium as part of the Chattanooga Challenge.
Chattanooga opens the season 0-2 for just the second time since 2014. WKU improved to 2-0 on the year while Indiana State moved to 1-1.
Chattanooga takes on Indiana State again tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET before closing out the day with Kennesaw State (1-4) at 5:30 p.m. ET in the Chattanooga Challenge.
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GAME 1 – WKU 8, UTC 0 | BOX
SCORING PLAYS
T4th: Taylor Sanders (WKU) homered to left field, 3 RBI. (WKU 3-0)
T4th: Jordan Thomas (WKU) singled to right field, 2 RBI. (WKU 5-0)
T5th: Taylor Sanders (WKU) reaches on an error by first base, Kendall Smith scored, unearned. (WKU 6-0)
T7th: Taylor Sanders (WKU) homered to left field, 2 RBI. (WKU 8-0)
WP: Shelby Nunn (1-0)
LP: Brooke Parrott (0-1)
SV: None
Notable: Freshmen
Kailey Snell (1-for-3),
Liz Rodebaugh (1-for-3) and
Courtney Ball (1-for-3) collected singles in their collegiate debuts.
GAME 2 – ISU 7, UTC 5 | BOX
SCORING PLAYS
T4th: Isabella Henning (ISU) singled to second base, RBI. (ISU 1-0)
T4th: Leslie Sims (ISU) singled to third base, RBI, and advanced to second on the throw. (ISU 2-0)
T4th: Bella Peterson (ISU) doubled to left center field, 2 RBI. (ISU 4-0)
T5th: Mallory Marsicek (ISU) homered to left field, RBI. (ISU 5-0)
T6th: Isabella Henning (ISU) homered to right field, RBI (ISU 6-0)
B6th: Kailey Snell (UTC) singled up the middle, RBI, advanced on the throw. (ISU 6-1)
T7th: Olivia Patton (ISU) grounded out to third, RBI. (ISU 7-1)
B7th: Brooke Sudduth (UTC) homered to left, 2 RBI. (ISU 7-3)
B7th: Kailey Snell (UTC) reached on fielding error, RBI. (ISU 7-4)
B7th: Kendall Forsythe (UTC) hit-by-pitch, RBI. (ISU 7-5)
WP: Gabbi Schnaiter (1-0)
LP: Hannah Wood (0-1)
SV: Peyton Ottersbach (1)
Notable: Freshman
Kailey Snell recorded her first collegiate RBI;
Brooke Sudduth blasted her first career homerun; both finished with two RBI; Kendall Forysthe notched first career RBI after a HBP with the bases loaded; UTC stranded three runners in the bottom of the 7
th.
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