CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- Chattanooga's Baileigh Pitts was named the Southern Conference Softball Player of the Week for all games played March 30-April 5, the league office announced today.
 
Pitts went 8-for-13 (.615), drew three walks, had a slugging percentage of .923 and a .647 on-base percentage. The Riggold, Ga., senior had a double, a home run and six RBI and was 1-for-1 on stolen bases. In Chattanooga's come-from-behind 8-7, extra inning win over Georgia State, Pitts went 2-for-4 with three RBI with a double and sac fly.
 
In the bottom of the seventh, Pitts hit a sac fly with bases loaded, sparking the Mocs five run come-back at the end of regulation. Mia Leone hit a two-run blast to tie it up 6-6. Georgia State added a run in the top of the eighth to take the lead, but the Mocs came charging back. A pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases for Pitts who hit a two-run, walk-off double to the gap in right center, scoring two runs for the win.
 
She went 2-for-3 in Chattanooga's 8-0, five inning win over Mercer with an RBI single in the third to put UTC on the board and a home run in the fourth to make it 7-0. She followed that with a 2-for-4 performance and a walk with one run scored to help UTC to a 6-5, 10-inning win. In the final game of the weekend, she was 2-for-2 with two walk and an RBI.
 
Pitts leads Chattanooga with a .382 batting average for the season with a team-best four home runs, eight doubles and a triple and has driven in 23 runs this season. She has has a .582 slugging percentage, drawn 20 walks, has four sac flies and three sac hits and is 2-for-2 on stolen bases.
 
The Mocs host East Tennessee State this weekend in a three-game series that starts Saturday with a double header and concludes Sunday. Tickets are on sale at GoMocs.com.
 
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