UTC’s Taylor Deason pitches against Marshall.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga blitzed Toledo 9-0 with 18 hits and beat Wagner 9-2 with 12 hits as the USF Under Armour softball tournament got under way Friday in Clearwater, Fla.
Taylor Deason pitched a four-hitter and Rachel Albritton and Kaisey Carson combined on a five-hitter for UTC (12-9),
Alyssa Taylor was 4-for-5 with five RBIs and two runs scored and Sara Poteat also was 4-for-5 and scored twice against Toledo (5-9) for the Lady Mocs, while Anyssa Robles was 3-for-5, Ninjja Suetsugu was 2-for-3 with two runs and Sarah Beth Roberts and Kasey Tydingco each was 2-for-5. Both Tydingo hits were doubles, as was one of Roberts’.
The Lady Mocs scored two runs in the second inning and five in the third in taking control of that game.
Stephanie Rieck was 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against Wagner (0-6), when Poteat was 2-for-4 with a triple, scored two runs and drove in one and Roberts was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run. Sam Taylor was 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI. Taylor also had two runs and an RBI, going 1-for-2 with two sacrifice bunts.