Celie Hudson pitched a one-hitter and Aly Walker ended a scoreless duel with a two-out home run in the bottom of the seventh inning as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga defeated Furman 2-0 in Southern Conference softball Saturday at Jim Frost Stadium.
The teams started the second game of the scheduled doubleheader, but it was suspended in the bottom of the third inning with Furman leading 7-4. That is set to be resumed at 1 p.m. today, followed by the series finale.
UTC (21-22, 6-4) has won its last six conference games.
Hudson (10-10) had a no-hitter until Candace Johnson poked a single through the right side of the infield with two outs in the seventh inning. The next batter made an out, however, and the Mocs had two outs when Emma Sturdivant walked and Walker drove a Lindsey Bert pitch over the fence in right-center field.
Walker was 2-for-3 for half of UTC’s hits off the Paladins’ career wins leader. Hayleigh Weissenbach and Brook Womack had the other hits. Bert (19-8) struck out nine batters.