UTC Mocs logoEven after going 1-2 in round robin play in the Mercer University Bears Classic, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team is playing for the tournament title at 2 p.m. today.
The Lady Mocs (9-9) lost 3-2 to host Mercer in their final round-robin game Saturday afternoon but then played the Bears again as the third seeds against the No. 2 from the round-robin standings and won 8-2 with 16 hits.
Anyssa Robles and Stephanie Rieck each batted in two runs and Sara Poteat, Kasey Tydingco and Kaiti Dutton had the other RBIs in the win for UTC, which plays Northern Kentucky at 2 p.m. today. Robles and Tydingco each was 3-for-4 with a double while Rieck, Poteat, Alyssa Taylor and Sara Beth Roberts added two hits apiece. Taylor, Roberts and Dutton scored twice each.
Taylor Deason pitched a complete game with seven hits and one earned run allowed.
Dutton was 2-for-3 and Jenny Garcia and Poteat had RBIs in the loss to Mercer.