UTC’s Alyssa Taylor, left, and Anyssa Robles celebrate retiring the side in the second inning of their 3-1 win over Campbell University in the Frost Classic finale at Jim Frost Stadium on Sunday.A couple of long shots paid off Sunday afternoon for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team, which didn’t need much.
UTC concluded its Frost Classic with a 3-1 win over the Campbell Camels at Jim Frost Stadium, giving the Mocs (8-6) a 5-0 record in the tournament and eight wins in their last nine games.
Home runs by Jesslyn Stockard and Sarah Beth Roberts accounted for UTC’s scoring, and pitchers Katie Henderson and Taylor Deason allowed only one hit. The first batter of the game, Stephanie Jones, reached on a misplayed short hop through the shortstop and subsequently scored on a long fly to left field by Milly Martinet for a quick Camels lead, but Henderson (3-2) worked her way through five innings with no further damage.
Deason, the junior veteran of the staff, faced six batters and got six outs without a ball leaving the infield.
“We didn’t feel like Katie was sharp [in locating her pitches] from the beginning, and she went through their lineup exactly twice. They had seen a lot of her changeup,” UTC coach Frank Reed said. “She had a good day but not like last night [against Toledo], and she had already pitched 20-plus innings in the tournament. So we decided to give them a different look with Taylor.