Gorgeous spring sunshine and an electric atmosphere filled Frost Stadium as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team hosted No. 15 Auburn in a nonconference doubleheader Sunday afternoon to close the regular season.
And even though the sell-out crowd of 2,374 – the second-largest in UTC history – watched the home team lose 7-0 and 9-0, coach Frank Reed doesn’t believe it takes away from the momentum the Mocs built the past month or how ready he believes they are for the Southern Conference tournament this week.
“Today wasn’t very indicative of the team that we could be,” Reed said. “We showed it in a few innings, but nothing went right for us today. We would love to have won those games, but I don’t think we’ll let it carry over.”
The Mocs played extremely well the past several weeks, coming into Sunday with a 9-5 record – 7-3 in SoCon play – since the beginning of April.
On Sunday, however, UTC (25-28) struggled to get anything going at the plate in either game, managing just five hits and three walks in 47 at-bats against a pitching staff that ranks first in the Southeastern Conference.