Softball Recap: Chattanooga Christian Has No Trouble Against Knoxville Catholic

Chargers

Margin (Wins)

03/06/25 @ Signal Mountain	14
03/25/25 @ Bledsoe County	11
03/19/25 @ Meigs County	11
03/14/25 vs Bledsoe County	11
03/08/25 vs North Jackson	10

Chattanooga Christian owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish. Considering the Chargers have won eight games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Hannah Smith was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances. She was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with four stolen bases, three runs, and one double. Those four stolen bases gave her a new career-high.

In other pitching news, Chattanooga Christian got a great performance from Kylie Black as she kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Black has posted since back in March.

Smith wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Neely Fillman, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.

Chattanooga Christian moved to 16-10 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Knoxville Catholic, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 16-12 record.

Looking ahead, Chattanooga Christian is taking a road trip to square off against Webb at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Chargers are facing the Spartans at the right time seeing as the Spartans are stuck on an eight-game losing streak. Knoxville Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.