The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team split two games Saturday in the first day of the Georgia State Panther Invitational in Atlanta.
The Lady Mocs defeated Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 13-5 in five innings before losing 5-1 to host Georgia State.
Against IUPUI, UTC (4-3) pounded out 13 hits and took advantage of three errors. After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Lady Mocs took the lead on a two-run home run by Vivian Morrimoto.
The game was tied at 3 in the third when IUPUI scored two runs courtesy of three UTC errors. But the Lady Mocs answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning on a Jessica Traxler home run. UTC added three in the fourth inning, one in the fifth and four in the sixth, capped by another Traxler two-run shot to end the game by run rule.
Morimoto finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs. UTC freshman Nicole Osterman hit her first home run for the Lady Mocs, and Michelle Fuzzard and Sara Poteat each had two hits in the win.