COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --- Junior Taylor Long went the distance at Tennessee Tech, allowing just one hit in a 1-0 win over the Golden Eagles at Tech Softball Field Tuesday evening.
 
Tennessee Tech led off the fifth with a hit up the middle just out of the reach of a diving Zoe Wright at second to break up the no-hitter. Long walked three in the game and the Golden Eagles stranded four runners. She capped off a strong performance in the circle with her eighth strikeout to end the game.
 
Chattanooga had just three hits in the game and they all came in the third. With one out in the third, Lexi Cooley and Zoe Wright hit back-to-back singles and a base hit by Camryn Cernuto to short, loaded the bags with Olivia Lipari coming to the plate.
 
With a 1-2 count, Lipari leaned back on the inside pitch but was clipped on the arm to drive in Cooley for the eventual game winner.
 
Long improves to 7-0 on the year and is second in the Southern Conference with 83 strikeouts behind teammate Peja Goold.
 
The Mocs improve to 22-9 overall and return to Southern Conference action this weekend with a three-game series at Mercer beginning with a double header Saturday in Macon, Ga.
 
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