The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team wrapped up play in USF’s Michele Smith tournament at Clearwater, Fla., with a 6-1 win over Boston University on Sunday.
The Mocs (17-7) went 4-1 over the weekend, and jumped ahead early with three runs against BU in the first inning on an unearned run by by by J.J. Hamill and a two-run home run by Nicole Osterman.
Osterman leads UTC with seven home runs and 25 RBIs for the season.
Sarah Beth Roberts, Criket Blanco and Kailey Palazzolo each had two hits and an RBI for UTC, which had nine hits in the win.
Freshman pitcher Cori Jennings started and picked up her seventh win this season, allowing a single run on five hits and a walk while striking out two over 3 1/3 innnigs. Palazzolo pitched 1 2/3 innings, and Deason finished the game with two innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts.
The Mocs will play a nonconference game against Georgia State on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Atlanta before returning home to open Southern Conference play this weekend with a three-game series against UNC Greensboro starting Saturday with a doubleheader and finishing with a single game Sunday.
* Tennessee 9, South Carolina 1: The Lady Vols salvaged a win in the final game of a three-game SEC series against South Carolina on Sunday to get their first league win of the season.
Gretchen Aucoin hit a two-run homer for Tennessee, her third homer of the weekend, and Erin Gabriel improved to 9-2 on the season by pitching four innings of the five-run game with four strike outs.
Annie Aldrete, Rainey Gaffin and Lexi Overstreet each had a hit a two RBIs in the in win.
* Lee 7-6, Mississippi College 0-2: The Flames swept two games in Gulf South Conference play Sunday to improve to 15-10 on the season.
Left fielder Dominique Hannah’s three-run triple capped a 5-run fifth inning after the two teams went scoreless for the first four innings. Right fielder Qiley Lewis was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and Lee Beatenbough allowed five hits and struck out five over seven innings for the win.
In the second game, Niaray Ceasar had three hits and two RBIs for the Lady Flames, and shortsto Amanda Lynn also had three hits in the win. Hannah and third baseman Kaylie Drew each had two hits, and Breianna Eichbaum went four innings to pick up the pitching victory. Angie Hughes pitched the final three hinnings, allowing no hits and three walks with four strikeouts to earn the save.
* Centre 15-12, Sewanee 3-0: Sewanee remained winless with doubleheader sweep Sunday in Danville, Ky., but Shayla Vandergriff scored twice and hit a two-run homer for the Tigers in the first game.