The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team opened play Friday in the USF Under Armour Invitational in Clearwater, Fla., with a 3-1 loss to Central Florida and a 6-3 win over Central Michigan.
Katie Corum, Brook Womack and Hayleigh Weissenbach hit home runs for the Mocs (9-13) against CMU, and Allison Swinford (4-3) got the pitching win with Alexa Veamoi recording her third save. Weissenbach was 4-for-7 in the two games, Amanda Beltran was 3-for-5 and Womack went 3-for-6 with three RBIs.
Beltran was 2-for-2 in the win with Womack and Emma Sturdivant each going 2-for-3.
Celie Hudson was the hard-luck pitching loser against UCF. UTC’s Aly Walker scored in the first inning when Amanda Conner’s single got past the right fielder.
-Chattanooga State 12-21, Roane State 0-0: At Harriman, Tenn., Kaleigh Wynne and Jenna Edwards pitched five-inning one-hitters with nine and five strikeouts and Kiley Longmire was 6-for-7 with four home runs, one a grand slam, and 10 RBIs in the TCCAA sweep for the Lady Tigers (14-9, 5-1).