Jessica Traxler, No. 11, of UTC prepares to lunge for the ball during the second of two games against the College of Charleston on Saturday.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team was involved in two very different games Saturday, but both were big Southern Conference victories.
The Lady Mocs opened their 2012 league schedule by beating the College of Charleston 11-1 in five innings and grinding out a 2-1 win at Jim Frost Stadium.
“I’ve been around this game a ton of years,” UTC coach Frank Reed said. “It seems like every time you score a bunch of runs, you’re always scraping to find a run the next game. I don’t know what it is.”
UTC (13-8) had 10 hits in the opener with freshman Cheyenne Willis and seniors Michelle Fuzzard and Vivian Morimoto each going 2-for-3 with three RBIs. The Lady Mocs jumped on top in the bottom of the third inning with a two-run double by Willis, a two-run home run by Fuzzard and a solo homer by Morimoto.
The three had run-scoring hits in the fourth inning as well, with Morimoto taking the team lead in homers with her sixth of the season. First baseman Kasey Tydingco’s groundout in the fourth provided the Lady Mocs’ other RBI.