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The Chattanooga softball split on the final day of the Gardner-Webb Red and Black Classic and finished 4-1 over the weekend.
 
Chattanooga's lone loss came in its second game against Harvard this weekend.
 
UTC opened play on Friday with a 7-3 win against the Crimson and fell 5-2 early Sunday morning to Harvard after a very late-night Saturday sweep. Saturday's game against host Gardner-Webb was behind by an hour due to a late finish in the previous game. That made the 7:00 p.m. game get started even later.
 
UTC held off the Bulldogs with a 3-2 win and then came from behind to beat Sacred Heart in the nightcap, 6-4 on a three-run blast from Presley Williamson.
 
The Mocs first pitch Sunday was at 9:00 a.m. against the Crimson. Chattanooga led early, but couldn't hold on. In UTC's final game, the Mocs posted a 5-0 victory to improve to 9-5 on the year.
 
Chattanooga 2, Harvard 5
Emily Coltharp led off the bottom of the first with a single through the left side and advanced to second on a passed ball. Zoe Wright, batting second, advanced Coltharp to third on a sac bunt and Olivia Lipari's double to centerfield got the first run on the board for Chattanooga.
 
The Mocs got a another run on the board in the second inning on an infield single, scoring Riley Kokinda. Jayce Purdy led off with a single up the middle and advanced to second on a sac bunt by Presley Williamson. Kokinda walked to put runners at first and second and a bunt single by Addy Keylon loaded the bases.
 
Chattanooga's shot at a second run was thwarted with a throw to the plate to get Purdy out. Wright, however, drove home Kokinda on an infield single in the next at bat to make it 2-0 in favor of the Mocs. A shot to third for an unassisted out at the base thwarted the Mocs scoring threat.
 
Harvard took the lead in the top of the third on an RBI single and a three-run home run with two outs to make it 4-2 and added a fifth run in the fifth.
 
Peja Goold went three innings and took the loss for the Mocs. She allowed four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts. Taylor Long came on in relief in the fourth inning and tallied five strikeouts, one run on three hits and walked four.
 
The Mocs were 8-of-25 with Emily Coltharp the only Moc with multiple hits going 2-of-4 with a run scored. Wright and
 
SCORING SUMMARY
B1st: Lipari singled to cf, RBI; Coltharp scored.
B2nd: Wright singled to shortstop, RBI; Coltharp advanced to second; Keylon advanced to third; Kokinda scored.
T3rd: Bobowski singled to 2b, RBI; Hefley scored.
T3rd: Shaw homered to left center, 3RBI; Jean scored; Bobowski scored.
T5th: Heffley singled to left field, RBI; Fitzpatrick advanced to second; Lee advanced to third; Shaw scored.
 
WP: Lindsay Poulos
SV: Riley Flynn
LP: Peja Goold                                                                          
 
Chattanooga 5, Detroit Mercy 0
The Mocs scored five runs on 11 hits against the Titans Saturday afternoon in their final game of the Red and Black Classic at Gardner-Webb.
 
With one on base and two outs, Acelynn Sellers singled to third base, driving in Zoe Wright for the Mocs first run. It would be the fourth, however, that saw all the action.
 
Sellers led off the inning with a double to center field. That was followed by an infield single by Anna Dovey, advancing Sellers to third. Jayce Purdy reached on an error allowing Sellers to score and putting runners at first and second.
 
Presley Williamson singled down the right field line to load the bases and Shayna Glass had a sac fly to left field to get the Mocs' second run of the game.
 
The runners moved into scoring position on a wild pitch and Riley Kokinda drew a walk to load the bases with one out. Chattanooga's third run came on its second sac fly of the inning off the bat of Emily Coltharp, scoring Hannah Pfiefer who came in to run for Purdy.
 
Zoe Wright plated the Mocs fifth run of the game, fourth of the inning with a single to right center bringing home Williamson.
 
Alyssa Lavdis earned her second win of the season with 15 strikeouts and just four hits and two walks.
 
Wright was 3-of-3 with an RBI and a run. Sellers was 3-of-4 also with an RBI and a run scored. Coltharp, Purdy, and Glass all had RBI's in the win.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
B1ST: Sellers singled to 3b, RBI; Wright scored.
B4th: Purdy reached on an error by 3b, RBI; Dovey advanced to second; Sellers scored.
B4th: Glass flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Dovey scored.
B4th: Coltharp flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Pfeifer scored, unearned.
B4th: Wright singled to right center, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Kokinda advanced to third; Williamson scored, unearned.
 
WP: Alyssa Lavdis
LP: Chloe Spitzer
 
Chattanooga will hit the road for its Spring Break trip to Florida for the Madiera Beach Tournament then head further south to take on Florida Gulf Coast in a three-game series at the end of the week.  

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