The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Fall Classic softball tournament continues today at Warner Park after two rounds of games Friday evening. Also participating in the exhibition event hosted by the Lady Moc RBI Club are Chattanooga State, Cleveland State and Bryan College, and games today are set for 11 a.m. and 1, 3 and 5 p.m. with admission costing $5 (no charge for ages 12 and under). UTC plays at 11 and 1.
Tennis
* UTC is hosting its 34th annual Steve Baras Fall Classic tennis tournament at the Champions Club, and the UTC men’s players had six wins Friday while Sydney Patton won two singles matches and Samantha Caswell, Caroline Hall and Rachele Gazzola joined her with singles and doubles wins against Jacksonville State for the female Mocs. The women were 8-4 for the day. Freshman Simon Bustamante recorded two three-set wins in the men’s No. 2 singles bracket, over Eastern Kentucky’s Dan Lineberry and Kennesaw State’s Sam Slade, and Pablo Llebeili won a third-set tiebreaker over EKU’s Romain Stoffels in No. 3 singles. UTC freshman Max Grobbelaar won 6-4, 6-4 in No. 5 singles, and Michael Birnbaum won 6-2, 6-2 in No. 7. The Mocs got a doubles win from Birnbaum and Grobbelaar.
Volleyball
* UTC defeated visiting East Tennessee State 3-1 in a Southern Conference volleyball match Friday evening. The set scores were 26-28, 25-23, 25-21, 25-20. Kristy Wieser had 19 kills and Allie Davenport had 15 kills and 15 digs for the Mocs (8-7, 1-1), and Rachel Petkosh had 24 digs. Miranda Elpers and Eden Murray added nine kills each, Elpers with 12 digs, and Lauren Greenspoon and Madison Bergren had 29 and 25 assists and 14 and 10 digs.