Courtesy: Jeff Hurndon
Junior Lyndsey Stiles recorded four hits against Georgetown and came around to score three times.
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Kentucky at Chattanooga
Feb. 27, 2010 |
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Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
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WP - Chandra Bell (6-1) LP - Brooke Loudermilk (6-2)
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Georgetown at Chattanooga
Feb. 27, 2010 |
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Chattanooga, Tenn. (Frost Stadium)
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Game Notes:
- Junior Lyndsey Stiles tied a career high with four hits with the last coming agianst Western Carolina (4/5/09). The three runs also tied a career high set against College of Charleston (5/2/09)
Driving in three runs against Georgetown, senior Kaiti Kelly surpassed a career high that was previously two vs. College of Charleston (5/2/09)
- Freshman Kasey Tydingco notched her first RBI of the season against Georgetown in the sixth.
- Junior Tiffany Baker tied a season high with three hits that she set against Austin Peay (2/20/10)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team recorded an 8-0 victory in six innings over Georgetown in the second game of the day at the Frost Classic Inspired by Memorial on Saturday, while the Lady Mocs fell short in a 3-1 loss to Kentucky.
Junior leadoff hitter Lyndsey Stiles (Hixson, Tenn.) was 5-for-7 on the afternoon helping to spark the Lady Mocs offense and scoring three runs. Against Kentucky, senior Tia Blosser (Knoxville, Tenn.) and junior Michelle Fuzzard (Huntington Beach, Calif.) each had two hits combing for four of the six by the Lady Mocs.
Driving in a career-high three runs vs. Georgetown, junior Kaiti Kelley (Chattanooga, Tenn.) thrived off Stiles getting on base by recording two singles.
Junior Nikki Waters (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) picked up her second win of the season striking out six in a two hitter against Georgetown, while senior Brooke Loudermilk (Locust Grove, Ga.) toed the rubber for Chattanooga against the Wildcats striking out seven.
The Lady Mocs finish the Frost Classic Inspired by Memorial on Sunday against Miami (Ohio) with the first pitch scheduled for 12:30 p.m. It is the final day of the three-day event. A live webcast is available through Chattanooga All-Access on GoMocs.com along with live statistics for all the games.
Game One: Kentucky 3, Chattanooga 1
Chattanooga out hit Kentucky and had opportunities to drive in runs, but the Wildcats used the long ball to snap the Lady Mocs nine-game winning streak. Fuzzard went 2-for-2 and Blosser picked up two singles as Chattanooga fell to 9-3.
The Wildcats and in particular Molly Johnson took advantage of two Loudermilk mistakes that ended as two homeruns that scored all three runs. Loudermilk pitched an impressive game striking out seven and gave up only five hits.
The Lady Mocs stranded a runner in each of the first three innings proving that they could hit Kansas pitcher Chandra Bell, who entered the game with 74 strikeouts on the season. After Stiles hit a seeing-eye single up the middle and stole second base, Kelley perfectly placed a single over the shortstop scoring the runner and tying the game at one.
Kentucky scored first with a Johnson home run to right center. It was the first home run that Loudermilk had given up in eight appearances this season.
Once again in the sixth, the Wildcats used the long ball to get on top of the home team, but this time it was a two-run shot by Johnson that just cleared the right field fence. On both homeruns, Johnson waited on the pitch and the right handed batter stroked it the other way.
Chattanooga had a wonderful opportunity to score in the bottom of the sixth as Fuzzard was hit by a pitch and junior Tiffany Baker (East Ridge, Tenn.) doubled down the left field line with two outs. After fouling off four pitches from Johnson in an extended at bat, senior Laci Upchurch (Madison, Tenn.) was retired on a foul out to the shortstop with two runners in scoring position.
After late inning dramatics against Rutgers scoring three in the bottom of the seventh on Feb. 26, Blosser led off the inning with a single, but the next three Lady Mocs were retired in order.
Game Two: Chattanooga 8, Georgetown 0 (6 inn.)
The bats came alive for the UTC softball team in second game of the day as the Lady Mocs recorded 13 hits in an 8-0 defeat of Georgetown in six innings. Stiles led the way with a perfect 4-for-4 outing and scored three runs, while Kelley drove in a career-high three base runners.
In the circle, Waters threw a six inning two hitter and struck out six to help the Lady Mocs to a 10-3 mark and drop the Hoyas to 4-4 on the season.
Baker went 3-for-4 in the game with a double and knocked in two RBI.
Stiles singled to lead off the game for the Lady Mocs and Kelley moved her into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt. After a walk to Fuzzard and a passed ball, Baker drove a liner into the left center field gap to put Chattanooga on the board 2-0.
To open the second inning, sophomore Jenni Martin (East Ridge, Tenn.) singled into the gap between third and short and sophomore Jessica Traxler (Chino Hills, Calif.) moved her to second on a sacrifice bunt. After Stiles slapped a pitch up the middle, Martin came across the plate when Kelley legged out a single to the shortstop with two out.
Chattanooga scored twice in the fourth when Kelley delivered a two RBI single through the right side scoring Traxler and Stiles, who lined a double down the left field line. It was her third RBI of the game a new career high.
Up five going into the six, Stiles started off a rally with a seeing-eye single through the left side, the fourth hit of the game for the Hixson, Tenn., native. Freshman Kasey Tydingco (Fairfield, Calif.) pinch hit for Kelley and sent a ball into the hole on the right side that the right fielder misplayed allowing Tydingco to advance to third. The RBI was the first of the season for the freshman making the score 6-0.
On the next play, Tydingco touched the plate after a Fuzzard single up the middle. Needing only one run to end the game, Upchurch knocked in junior Della Harrison (Chattanooga, Tenn.), who was running for Baker after a single, with a single that dropped in front of the centerfielder.
Mackensey Carter and Melissa Conners pitched for the Hoyas recording three strikeouts, while Samantha Peters and McKinley Cooper recorded the two hits for the squad.
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