After going almost two weeks without being able to play, Chattanooga State’s softball Lady Tigers had a tough challenge to start their TCCAA schedule: two doubleheaders in two days against Walters State. They responded with 4-1 and 8-4 wins Friday and a 12-4 victory Saturday before losing the series finale 10-4.
That ended an eight-game winning streak for the Lady Tigers (11-6), who made five errors in the loss.
Friday, Brooke Parrott pitched a six-hitter and Lauren Gillespie followed by allowing only four hits and one earned run while striking out nine. Haley Smith homered in each game and Mabry Carpenter was 3-for-3 in the opener. Breanna Vinson scored two runs in that win and went 3-for-4 and matched Lauren Hamby and Madison Morris with two RBIs in the 8-4 game.
In the 12-4 victory Saturday, Vinson and Olivia Whaley each was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Sarah Wilson had three RBIs. Smith and Carpenter each had two hits, and three of the four runs off Megan Ackerman were unearned. Sydney White hit a two-run homer and Smith was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run in the loss.
College of Charleston 2, UTC 1: In Charleston, South Carolina, in the Holy City Showdown, the hosts edged the Mocs with a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh inning. Celie Hudson pitched a three-hitter with nine strikeouts for UTC (5-9). Emily Coltharp was 2-for-3 with a double and the Mocs’ run, brought in by Aly Walker.
Covenant 6-9, Mary Baldwin 5-4: At Covenant, the host Lady Scots got their first two wins of the season in a USA South sweep. Cassee Wood was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Emma Giller had a two-run pinch-hit double in the first game, when Kirsten Aanensen and Faith Manning also were 2-for-3. Aanensen was 3-for-3 with an RBI and Manning was 3-for-4 in game two, each matching Wood’s two runs, and Aileen had a two-run hit.
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Covenant 3-8, Emory 2-20: In Atlanta, the visiting Scots pulled out one win in the weekend series with a combined three-hitter, with no earned runs, by Andrew Cline (1-0) and Conor Austin. Hunter Christian and Brett Kernodle each was 3-for-3 with an RBI for Covenant (6-4), and Christian scored twice. In the 20-8 loss, Carson Kindred and Kenny Mills each was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Max Wilson was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run.
Walters State 10, Chattanooga State 0: The host Tigers fell to 7-5 in losing their TCCAA opener. Jacob Holton was 2-for-3 for them; Max Riemer was 3-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs for the Senators (13-6). The teams play a doubleheader Sunday, starting at noon.
Cleveland State 3-2, Jackson State 2-3: In Jackson, Tennessee, the visiting Cougars clinched the TCCAA series win with their 3-2 victory, when Kaleb Orr struck out nine Green Jays and allowed no earned runs in five innings and Bradley Hayes added two hitless innings. The Cougars’ runs came on sacrifice flies by Andrew Carpenter and Courtney Payne and a single by Alex Ray. Jonathan Hickman was 2-for-3 in game one and pitched and struck out 10 in the loss, when Lance Dockery was 2-for-3 and Blake Bryan and Ray doubled in the runs.
Compiled by Ron Bush. Contact him at rbush@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6291.