CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team is set to open up Southern Conference play this weekend by hosting Western Carolina in a three-game series starting with a doubleheader tomorrow, Saturday, March 27, at 1 p.m. ET inside Jim Frost Stadium. 

Chattanooga (4-15, 0-0 SoCon) enters the weekend looking to snap an 11-game skid and aims to win its fifth SoCon-opener in its last six tries. Western Carolina (5-15, 0-0 SoCon) dropped its last two games and seeks to end an eight-game losing streak to the Mocs.
 
Full series preview including game coverage links and notes are below.

SCHEDULE
Saturday, Mar. 27
vs. Western Carolina – 1:00 p.m. ET (STATS)
vs. Western Carolina – 3:30 p.m. ET (STATS)
 
Sunday, Mar. 28
vs. Western Carolina – 2:00 p.m. ET (STATS)

FAN/STADIUM GUIDELINES & PROTOCOLS
∙ At this time, outside fans are NOT permitted at upcoming home games at Frost Stadium. Currently, the ONLY guests permitted to attend are individuals marked on the student-athlete pass lists.
 
∙ All players, coaches, staff and their guests attending the games MUST adhere to mask mandates and social distancing guidelines. Anyone violating these game day protocols may be asked to leave Frost Stadium and risk losing ticket privileges for subsequent games.

∙ Participant guests may park in the parking lots beside the stadium and enter through the main gate at the front of Frost Stadium. All participant guests will be on a pass list and will undergo a COVID check-in upon entrance to the stadium. Masks must be worn at all times. Water fountains will not be operable. Additionally, there are NO PETS ALLOWED.

∙ The first three rows behind the backstop will be CLOSED to participant guest seating. Every other row in the stands will be closed off. Chairback seats will be arranged in groups of four. Guests are encouraged to sit amongst their own party and refrain from bunching up with our guest parties.
 
CHATTANOOGA NOTES | FULL
MOCS LOOK TO SNAP RECORD SKID
• Chattanooga enters the weekend riding an 11-game losing streak, the longest skid in the program's single season history and one shy of tying the most overall (2013-14). UTC's last victory came back on February 25 where the Mocs secrued a doubleheader sweep over Tennessee Tech. TTU avenged the loss on Wednesday with a 7-0 shutout over UTC.
 
COLTHARP STEADY AT LEADOFF SPOT
• Junior Emily Coltharp continues to impress at the plate, leading the team this season in hits (17), batting average (.327), runs (11) and OBP (.435). Coltharp has recorded a hit in five of her last six games, going a combined 8-for-17 (.471) over that span. Coltharp's career .360 batting average currently ranks 7th all-time in program history while her .449 career OBP mark ranks 3rd.
 
LACK OF RUN PRODUCTION HURTING
• Chattanooga has been shutout on offense six different times this season in the first 19 games. The six shutouts are the most in a single season since 2018. The Mocs have scored just 65 runs this year, ranking last in the Southern Conference.

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