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Jessica Traxler prepares to return the ball to a teammate in this file photo.Photo by Jake Daniels /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team couldn't get anything going on offense on Friday in a 5-2 loss to Georgia Southern in the winners-bracket final in Boone, N.C.
Junior shortstop Jessica Traxler hit a home run to give UTC an early lead, but the Lady Mocs managed only one other hit against Eagles pitcher Sarah Purvis.
To win the tournament and earn a the SoCon’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, UTC will need to beat either College of Charleston or Elon in the losers bracket final at 11 this morning and then get two straight wins over the Eagles this afternoon.
Jim Tanner has worked as assistant sports editor at the Times Free Press since late 2006. He started at the Times Free Press in 2001 and worked as a news copy/design editor from 2001 through 2006. In addition to working as a night and weekend editor producing local and national sports coverage for print and online readers, Jim occasionally writes local sports and outdoors stories. Jim grew up in Ringgold, Ga., and is a graduate ...
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