The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team opened play Friday in the Holy City Showdown in Charleston, S.C., with a 6-3 victory over Robert Morris and an 8-0 loss to North Carolina.
Jesslyn Stockard was 2-for-3 with a first-inning grand slam in the first game for the Mocs (7-14), and J.J. Hamill was 3-for-4. Brook Womack doubled in a run in the fourth inning and Katy Richardson completed the scoring later in the fourth on a throwing error as Hayleigh Weissenbach stole second base.
Abrielle McCartney was 3-for-4 with a two-run first-inning single for Robert Morris (4-14), and Stacey Capp also was 3-for-4 and scored two runs. Payten Price pitched a complete game for UTC.
Weissenbach was 2-for-3 with a triple against UNC (17-5).
* Chattanooga State 6-13, Roane State 3-3: At Chattanooga State, Alaeni Ray went 5-for-7 in the two games, with two doubles in the first and two runs in the second, and Devan Brown homered and drove in two runs in each part of the TCCAA sweep for the Lady Tigers (16-4, 6-0). They are ranked 19th in NJCAA Division I.