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Chattanooga, Tenn. – Chattanooga plated eight unearned runs over the first two innings en route to an 11-3 Southern Conference softball victory over Furman in the regular season finale for both teams Sunday afternoon at Frost Stadium.
Final | Chattanooga 11, Furman 3 (5 inn.)
The Paladins open SoCon Tournament play on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.
— Furman Softball (@FurmanSB) May 3, 2026
With the victory, Chattanooga completed a three-games series sweep of the Paladins and improved to 22-27-1 overall and 10-11 in the SoCon. Furman finished the regular season at 13-39 overall and 5-16 in league play. The Paladins will be the No. 8 seed in this week’s SoCon Softball Championship and will face No. 5 seed Chattanooga in a 10 a.m. opening round game on Wednesday at Frost Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Links for the live stream and live statistics are available online at FurmanPaladins.com
The Mocs sent the seniors off with a run-rule victory over Furman Sunday afternoon. The two teams will meet back here in the first round of the SoCon Tournament Wednesday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m.#GoMocs pic.twitter.com/Pwscf6H7dz
— Chattanooga Softball (@GoMocsSB) May 3, 2026
The Mocs loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning with the benefit of just one hit in grabbed the lead on Jade Gainer’s free pass. Chloe Lackey cleared the bases with a three-run double to center field and Raven Jones drove in Lackey on an infield single to stake Chattanooga to a 5-0 advantage.
M5 | Chattanooga 9, Furman 3
The Paladins strike for 3 runs in the top of the 5th!
— Furman Softball (@FurmanSB) May 3, 2026
Back-to-back singles and a sacrifice fly by Baileigh Pitts began the bottom of the second for the Mocs before consecutive errors on the infield opened the door for three more Chattanooga runs to score, highlighted by Gainer’s two-run double and a bases loaded walk issued to Zoe Wright.
https://twitter.com/FurmanSB/status/2051023925325291871?s=20
Furman responded with three runs in the top of the fifth as Kate Stoltzfus plated Meghan Shirey with an RBI single and AB Cipalla drove in two runs with a base hit, but Chattanooga answered with two more in the bottom of the frame to end the game by the eight-run mercy rule.
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Emery Bales (8-9), who allowed three runs on five hits over three innings of relief, earned the victory for the Mocs. Furman starter Jamison Noonan absorbed the loss after surrendering eight runs on five hits in 1.1 innings in the circle. Just one of the runs allowed by Noonan was earned.
Mocs seniors are sporting t-shirts with their kid pictures on the front for their final regular season home game at Frost Stadium. The Mocs will be in all-blue for today's game.#GoMocs pic.twitter.com/jvPagiMvUL
— Chattanooga Softball (@GoMocsSB) May 3, 2026
Gainer and Lackey each doubled and combined to drive in seven of the Mocs’ 11 runs in the series finale. Cipalla finished 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Paladins.
The regular season finale is coming up on ESPN+ at 2 p.m. pic.twitter.com/zdYbwSy1ns
— Furman Softball (@FurmanSB) May 3, 2026
Long limited Furman to just two hits and fanned six Paladins in a complete game effort to power the Mocs to a 9-0, six-inning victory in game one of the weekend series.
2026 SoCon Softball Championship
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Wednesday, May 6
Game 1: No. 5 Chattanooga vs. No. 8 Furman, 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 6 ETSU vs. No. 7 Mercer, 1 p.m.
Game 3: No. 4 Wofford vs. Game 1 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 4: No. 3 Western Carolina vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 7
Game 5: No. 1 UNCG vs. Game 3 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: No. 2 Samford vs. Game 4 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Game 4 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Game 3 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 8
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 11: Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 4 p.m.
Saturday, May 9
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 13 (if necessary): Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser, 4 p.m.
www.SoConSports.com
Credit: furmanpaladins.com Jordan Caskey
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