Former Baylor University catcher and student assistant coach Clare Hosack has joined the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball staff as an assistant coach. UTC coach Frank Reed announced the hiring Friday, noting that Hosack will be working with the Mocs' catchers and outfielders. Baylor reached the Women's College World Series semifinals in her freshman and senior seasons. She played in 48 games as a freshman in 2011, starting 45, and hit six home runs. In 2012 she led the Bears with 20 RBIs and six multi-RBI games and threw out six runners in 22 chances, with four pickoffs, and she had a .533 slugging percentage and scored 33 runs as a senior. This past season when she was on coach Glen Moore's staff, Baylor was 41-17 and again went to the WCWS. "Coach Moore, a personal friend of mine, recommended Clare," Reed said in a UTC release. "I have a lot of confidence in him, and we are a lot alike in the way we coach and approach the game. He told me she's a great person and a hard worker." The Mocs will face Cleveland State in their first fall-season scrimmage today at 11 a.m. at Jim Frost Stadium.
Soccer
* Emily Moseley's goal from a Samantha Hogan assist in the final second of the second overtime period Friday gave UTC a 2-1 soccer victory over UAB at Finley Stadium. Hogan passed into the box once, and it was deflected back out and she sent it in again. Caroline Kehrer scored for UAB (1-6) in the 21st minute, and Hogan equalized from a long McKenzie Gregg pass with eight minutes left in the second half. "Unbelievable. You're not a part of that very often," first-year UTC coach Gavin McKinney said in a UTC release. "It was a great effort from Sam Hogan to get the ball in and for Emily to finish it." The Mocs (2-6) play Sunday at Tennessee Tech.
* Seven players scored the goals as the Covenant College women's soccer team defeated Mary Baldwin 7-0 in both teams' USA South opener Friday on Lookout Mountain. The Lady Scots (3-1) outshot the visitors 32-0 with a 22-0 advantage in shots on goal and a 15-0 edge in corner kicks. Allie Vannoy scored in the eighth minute from an Anna Porch pass, and Christy Barton, Rachel Buys, Summer Bader, Ruth Terry, Porch and Rebekah Gravitt also scored. Gabby Powell, Rachel Lemay, Grace Bartelt and Bader joined Porch with assists.
Volleyball
* The UTC volleyball team improved to 9-2 with its fifth consecutive win Friday, 3-0 over Liberty in the Hokie Invitational at Virginia Tech. Allie Davenport had 12 kills and Lauren Gainer and Briana Reid added 10 and nine in the 25-23, 25-16, 25-23 decision, while Lauren Greenspoon had 40 assists. Catherine Chason had 11 digs and Reid and Rachel Petkosh had 10 each.
* Lee University lost 3-0 (26-24, 25-12, 25-18) in Gulf South Conference volleyball Friday at Alabama-Huntsville. Catherine Conley and Brooke Wilsman had 11 and 10 kills and Sadie Johnson had 30 assists for Lee (4-2, 0-1). Stephanie Hernandez had 12 digs.
* Bryan College won 3-1 (25-22, 25-14, 23-25, 25-16) at St. Andrews while Tennessee Wesleyan lost 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-20) at Columbia in Appalachian Athletic Conference volleyball Friday evening. Bryan is 7-9 overall, 4-0 in the AAC; TWC is 4-5, 2-2.
* Marta Guntin had 17 kills and Savannah Nelson served five aces as Dalton State won 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-23) in volleyball Friday night at Gulf Coast State. Dalton State is 5-6.
Wrestling
* UTC announced its 2015-16 wrestling schedule Friday, and it begins Sunday, Nov. 1, with the National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star meet in Atlanta. The NWCA National Duals on Feb. 22 will be the last competition before the Southern Conference tournament March 5 in Asheville, N.C. On Nov. 7, coach Heath Eslinger's Mocs will host Stanford at 11 a.m. in Maclellan Gym, and UTC will have a contingent the next day at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg, Va. The Mocs will be at the Wolfpack Open at Raleigh, N.C., on Nov. 22 and the Virginia Duals in Hampton, Va., Jan. 8-9 and host the 30-team Southern Scuffle again Jan. 1-2 in McKenzie Arena. The Blue-Gold intrasquad match is set for Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. Season tickets are on sale at GoMocs.com; they cost $55 with the Scuffle included, $65 with Scuffle reserve seating.