Perennial TCCAA power Chattanooga State softball team fell 6-1 at Roane State on Saturday in the first game of their two-doubleheader weekend series, but the reigning junior college national champions bounced back emphatically with a 9-1 win as Lacye Walker went 4-for-5 with three doubles, four RBIs and a run scored and Marina Wilkerson went 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs and two RBIs.
Shelby Willard pitched a two-hitter with no earned runs in that second game, and Shelby Robertson was 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run and Elyse Ferguson homered and doubled as the Lady Tigers improved to 31-11 overall and 22-6 in the league. They are in third place needing to be in the top four to make the region tournament field.
Emily Dagnan was 3-for-3 with a homer in the first game, but that was half of Chattanooga State’s hits.
* Cleveland State 3-2, Dyersburg State 2-0: At Cleveland, the Lady Cougars swept their TCCAA doubleheader as Ida Watson pitched a four-hitter with seven strikeouts and Kelsey Capella followed with a three-hit shutout.
Singles by Leslie Still and Sydney Howell led to the first run of the day for Cleveland State (16-23, 11-18), and Maura Ditto’s two-run double ended the first game. PIage Mayer’s RBI single in the fourth inning and Amber Covington’s homer in the sixth comprised the second-game scoring.