UTC Mocs logoThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team wrapped up play in the Dot Richardson Invitational on Sunday in Clermont, Fla., with a 7-3 win over Arkansas.
UTC (6-4) took a lead in the bottom of the third when Marina Wilkerson doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Sarah Beth Roberts, and the Mocs tied the game at 2 on another sacrifice fly by Anyssa Robles to score Nicole Osterman.
After The Razorbacks took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth inning, the Mocs broke the game open in the bottom half of the inning with five runs, highlighted by a two-run triple by Sam Taylor and RBI singles by Alyssa Taylor, Osterman and Anyssa Robles.
Sam Taylor finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Robles also knocked in two runs for UTC.
Senior pitcher Taylor Deason picked up the complete-game victory improve to 3-2 on the season. She allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and five walks with six strikeouts.
UTC will be in Mobile, Ala., next weekend to compete in the South Alabama Invitational. The Mocs will open play Friday with games against Ball State at 10 a.m. and No. 23 South Alabama at 7 p.m.