UTC has submitted a bid to be a host site for one of the 16 NCAA softball regionals.
Senior associate athletic director Laura Herron said the school hoped the NCAA would consider placing a regional in Chattanooga with the Lady Mocs’ strong showing in 2011 and the outstanding facilities at Warner Park.
“Frost Stadium is a wonder facility to host any tournament,” she said. “We’ve been hesitant to put in a bid in past years because it’s a pretty high guarantee that we have to meet if we don’t sell enough tickets. But we felt like we have such a strong team this year, and we feel like we have such a great product.
“We think we’d have a great weekend turnout, and it’s worth it to us to play at home in such a great stadium.”
Herron said she wasn’t sure when UTC would be notified if its bid had been accepted. All regional sites and tournament matchups will be announced in the selection show tonight at 10 on ESPNU.
Jim Tanner has worked as assistant sports editor at the Times Free Press since late 2006. He started at the Times Free Press in 2001 and worked as a news copy/design editor from 2001 through 2006. In addition to working as a night and weekend editor producing local and national sports coverage for print and online readers, Jim occasionally writes local sports and outdoors stories. Jim grew up in Ringgold, Ga., and is a graduate ...
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