SPARTANBURG, S.C. --- The Chattanooga softball team earned six Southern Conference postseason nods, the league office announced Tuesday.
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Outfielder
Addy Keylon was named to the league's all-conference First Team. Fellow outfielder
Olivia Lipari and infielder
Kaili Phillips earned a spot on the Second Team.
Peja Goold, Riley Kokinda and
Zoe Wright were named to the All-Freshman Team.
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Keylon is second on the team with a .300 batting average. She has started 47 of the Mocs games with 33 hits and a team-best nine home runs. She is 7-of-9 for stolen bases and has three sac flies and five sacrifice hits.
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Phillips leads the Mocs with a .339 batting average and a team-best nine home runs. She has 29 RBI, slugged .678 on the year and has a .484 on-base percentage. Phillips is 14
th in the NCAA for hit-by-pitch and holds the Chattanooga single season (18) and career (32) record and is the team leader for walks with 23. Phillips is a two-time SoCon Player of the Week and was selected Player of the Week by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association.
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Olivia Lipari has started every game in her two years with the Mocs. She is third on the team with a .275 batting average, has eight doubles and a triple. She has a team-high 23 walks and has a .381 on-base percentage.
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Peja Goold leads Chattanooga with a 2.65 ERA, is 8-8 on the year and has made 11 starts with 21 appearances. She threw three complete games, pitched a team-high 87.1 innings with 82 strikeouts. Goold was the Southern Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 13 and struck out a season-high 12 batters against Lafayette the previous week.
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Riley Kokinda has a .261 batting average and appeared in 36 games with 27 starts in the outfield. She is 5-of-6 for stolen bases, has 11 walks and a .354 on-base percentage.
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Zoe Wright is batting .241 and moved into the starting rotation at shortstop, making 30 starts in 34 games. She is 3-for-3 on stolen bases with 21 hits and four RBI on the year. She has 35 putouts and 46 assists and turned two double plays.
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This is the fifth time since 2009, the start of the all-freshman team, that UTC has had three selections.
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Chattanooga will open the Southern Conference Tournament Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. against Furman. The Mocs swept Furman in Greenville, S.C., in the regular season.
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