LSU signee Ashley Czechner pitched a five-inning no-hitter with nine strikeouts and Janna Scheff added her 20th win of the season as Chattanooga State’s No. 1-ranked junior college softball team beat visiting Columbia State 8-0 and 6-0 on Saturday. Czechner is 26-2.
Marina Wilkerson homered in each game, giving her 11 for the season, and Chelsea Burgess was 3-for-4 in game two with her ninth homer for the Lady Tigers (49-3, 14-0). Andrea Dalton was 5-for-7 and Lacye Walker was 4-for-6 in the doubleheader, and Shelby Johnson stole two bases, resetting her school record to 74 (in 75 attempts). The team has 196 steals.
• Columbia State 10-8, Cleveland State 2-0: At Cleveland, the Lady Cougars were swept after winning two extra-inning TCCAA games Friday against Jackson State, 2-1 and 3-2. Shelby Boyd homered three times for the Lady Chargers, and Shelby Hanson had a two-run double for Cleveland State (17-17, 7-7).
Maura Ditto’s two RBI doubles decided Friday’s opener as Meghan Smith pitched an eight-inning four-hitter with 15 strikeouts. Casey Griffin’s double after an error and a Kenzie Fish single tied the second game in the seventh inning, and Ditto singled and scored the winner in the eighth on Halen Weeks’ single after a Hanson sacrifice bunt. Tiffany Keck accounted for all of Jackson State’s runs with a homer in each game.
• Lee 8-7, Emmanuel 0-4: At Cleveland, Brittany Balough (21-2) pitched a two-hitter and Caitlin Beshears saved a win for Jessa Watts (15-4) as the NAIA’s 12th-ranked Lady Flames swept the SSAC games. Jennifer Ringle was 5-for-8 and Kelsey Barnes had three RBIs in game two after going 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI in the opener, when Savanna Bell was 2-for-3 with three runs and Ana Coscorrosa and Charlie Wooden each was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Lee (41-7, 18-3). Dezirae Parsons also was 2-for-3 in that game, with an RBI, and Nicole Rodriguez matched that in game two.