The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team won two more games Friday in Clearwater, Florida, and now is 20-5 for the season.
The Mocs edged Wichita State 3-2 and then beat LIU Brooklyn 8-1 in the second weekend of the USF Under Armour Invitational. They are scheduled to play Seton Hall and North Dakota State at 2 and 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
Celie Hudson pitched a seven-hitter with eight strikeouts against Wichita State, when UTC scored on an Emma Sturdivant groundout in the first inning and on Halie Williamson's bases-loaded walk and Amanda Beltran's single in the third. Leadoff batter Emily Coltharp scored the first two runs; Aly Walker scored the third.
Beltran's second-inning solo home run began the scoring against LIU Brooklyn, and Walker's and Hayleigh Weissenbach's singles sandwiching a Devan Brown RBI walk made it 4-0 in the third. Another bases-loaded walk for Williamson padded the Mocs' margin to 5-0 in the fourth, and Katie Corum's two-run double in the sixth and Sturdivant's one-run double in the seventh increased the lead to 8-0.
Coltharp was 3-for-4 and scored twice, Beltran was 3-for-5 and Walker was 2-for-3. Mariah Ramirez allowed 10 hits but raised her pitching record to 9-0. She struck out six batters.
» Mary Baldwin 10-4, Covenant 0-5: At Staunton, Virginia, the Lady Scots won the second game of the doubleheader as Faith Manning doubled and batted in three runs, Madyson Gibbins scored three and Cassee Wood went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Gibbins and Cope Whitaker each was 2-for-2 in the loss for Covenant (4-7).
» Centre 15, Sewanee 4: At Danville, Kentucky, the host Colonels won the opener of the Southern Athletic Association series, as Haley Simon was 2-for-2 with four RBIs and Riley McCue was 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. Peri Prestwood homered for Sewanee (0-12, 0-6), and Charlsey Shirey, Kendell Goodrum and Rowan Jordan also had RBIs.
» Cleveland State 12-1, Motlow State 0-3: At Cleveland, the teams will play another TCCAA doubleheader Saturday, March 16, starting at noon, after dividing Friday's games. Cleveland State is 8-7, 3-3 in league games.