Chattanooga
UNC Greensboro
Lady Mocs sweep Southern Conference opening series against UNC Greensboro with 9-2 win
3/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Softball
UNCG vs. Chattanooga Boxscore - Game 3
After a 1-2-3 top of the first inning, the Lady Mocs wasted no time in getting on the board in their half of the inning. Following a fly out, three straight singles and a sacrifice fly from freshman catcher Katie Blevins (
A walk to junior outfielder Laci Upchurch (
The score would stay that way until the third inning, when the Spartans advanced freshman outfielder Kristen Gabel to third base on an error and wild pitch. Senior outfielder Mary Greenway then tripled right field for the game's first hit and drove home Gabel to make it 5-1.
UNCG would add another solo run in the top of the sixth inning when a two-out double from junior catcher Leslie Furness and a pair of wild pitches made it 5-2. That would be all the Spartans would get as freshman pitcher Kaitlin Holloway (
Holloway then proceeded to shutdown
At the plate, Fuzzard led the way with a 2-for-4 outing with two runs, two RBIs and her fifth homerun of the season. That shot slammed off of the scoreboard in centerfield and places her second on the team behind fellow freshman Katie Blevins who has 11 on the season. Blevins registered a sac fly to pusher her team-leading RBI total to 29 while Upchurch went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
Clarkson finished the day at 1-for-2 with a run and season-high two RBIs and junior third baseman Toni Hutchison (
NOTES
With her RBI today, Flores becomes the sixth member of the Lady Mocs to reach double-figures with 10 ... Fuzzard continues to lead the team with a .387 batting average, eight doubles and .441 on-base percentage and is second on the team with 23 RBIs and a .634 slugging percentage ... with her 20th RBI of the season, Upchurch becomes the third Lady Moc to reach that mark this season ... she is currently nine RBIs away from matching her career-high of 29 set last season.
