The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team won 5-3 at Western Carolina in the first game of their Southern Conference series Saturday. The scheduled second game was pushed back into a doubleheader today. Celie Hudson (7-10) was the winning pitcher with 3 1/3 innings of hitless relief, and Brook Womack was 2-for-3 with the Mocs’ first and last RBIs of the game. Ashley Conner hit a two-run double and scored twice, and Hayleigh Weissenbach and J.J. Hamill each was 2-for-4 with one and two runs scored for UTC (17-22, 3-4).
‘ Taylor Moran was 4-for-4 with her 11th home run of the season and four RBIs and Brooklynn Frazier was 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored as host Lee University edged nationally 14th-ranked West Florida 8-7 in the opener of their Gulf South Conference softball series Saturday. Kayla Gooch was 2-for-3 and scored a run and Lily Hatcher scored twice for Lee (19-22, 8-12), which led 8-4 after a four-run fourth inning. Jacquelynne Poling, Tiona Hill and Kathleen Smiley homered for UWF (21-12, 12-8).
‘ Olivia Johnson pitched a four-hitter as Bryan College beat visiting Columbia (S.C.) 15-0 in five innings in an Appalachian Athletic Conference game. Game two was called off. Hannah O’Shields homered, doubled and batted in three runs, Sydney Olander tripled and also had three RBIs and Ashley Brown was 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs for the Lady Lions (11-26, 8-9), while Marissa Murray had two hits and two RBIs and Lindsey Dunn added a two-run triple.
‘ Sewanee began a Southern Athletic Association softball home series Saturday with a 13-4 loss to Millsaps. Hailey Pearson and Jordan Lipari each batted in three runs and M.K. Bozeman was 3-for-3 and scored four for the visitors, while Charlsey Shirey was 3-for-4 with an RBI and Amanda Watters was 2-for-3 and scored twice for Sewanee (4-25, 1-12).
‘ Cleveland State’s softball games Saturday against Volunteer State were canceled because of unplayable conditions. Chattanooga State’s softball and baseball series at Columbia State both were pushed back to today and Monday.