CHATTANOOGA – The Chattanooga Mocs' softball team fell to the visiting Furman Paladins on Sunday afternoon, 7-5 at Frost Stadium. The two teams combined for five errors and just two of Furman's seven runs scored were earned.
Chattanooga dropped to 18-15 overall and 2-1 in SoCon action, while Furman improved to 10-17, 1-2.
The Mocs return to Frost Stadium next weekend to host in-state rival ETSU for a three-game series. The Mocs and the Bucs will start the series with a doubleheader on Saturday, April 2 at 1 p.m.
GAME ONE RECAP
Chattanooga opened the scoring for the second time this weekend as
Liz Rodebaugh drove in
Acelynn Sellers in the second inning with a sacrifice fly. In the third,
Kailey Snell doubled the Mocs lead with an RBI groundout to short, scoring
Jayce Purdy.
Furman got on the board in the fourth with a single up the middle. An inning later, the Paladins took the lead with runners on the corners after executing a double steal and scoring on a throwing error.
In the fifth, Chattanooga regained its lead, scoring a run on a bases-loaded walk and groundout.
The Paladins capitalized on another Chattanooga miscue in the sixth. After a throwing error kept the inning alive with two outs, Furman scored two on an RBI double and followed that up with a two-run homer in the next at-bat.
The Mocs had two on and no outs in the sixth and the seventh but were unable to get more than one run across, falling to the Paladins, 7-5.
Izzy Alley started the game in the circle for the Mocs and tossed four innings, allowing one run on five hits with a strikeout and a walk.
Alyssa Lavdis picked up the loss, allowing six runs, just one earned, on four hits with a punch out and two walks.
Emily Coltharp and Snell, the Mocs' first two batters went 2-for-4 and both scored a run.
Furman's top three hitters went 5-for-10 with four runs and four RBI.
UTC 5, FUR 7 | BOX
SCORING PLAYS
B2nd: Liz Rodebaugh flied out to left field, SF, RBI;
Acelynn Sellers scored. (UTC 1-0)
B2nd: Kailey Snell grounded out to shortstop, RBI;
Jayce Purdy scored. (UTC 2-0)
T4th: Lauralee Scott singled up the middle, RBI; Riley Ludlam scored. (UTC 2-1)
T5th: Emily Crawford stole second, scored on a throwing error by c; Ashlee Lykins stole home. (FUR 3-2)
B5th: Olivia Lipari walked, RBI;
Presley Williamson scored. (Tied 3-3)
B5th: Acelynn Sellers grounded out to short, RBI;
Emily Coltharp scored. (UTC 4-3)
T6th: Alex Rose Molinar doubled to left field, 2 RBI; Ashlee Lykins and Caitlin Goldwait scored, unearned.
T6th: Emily Bartlett homered to center field, 2 RBI; Alex Molinar scored, unearned. (FUR 7-4)
B7th: Acelynn Sellers reached on a fielding error by 1B;
Kailey Snell scored, unearned. (FUR 7-5).
WP: Emme Buzhardt (1-0)
LP: Alyssa Lavdis (1-1)
Save: Bailey Tanner (1)
Notable:
- The Mocs entered the game 14-0 when leading after the fourth inning.
- Coltharp extended her team-leading on-base streak to 14 straight games and notched her 14th multi-hit game this season.
- Snell, Coltharp and Sellers all hit above .400 to kick off conference play.
Series history:
Chattanooga leads the all-time series 62-25.
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