Lady Mocs headed to Tuscaloosa Regional to face No. 3 Alabama in NCAA Tournament
Photo Courtesy of Jeff Hurndon
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga Lady Mocs (41-20) return to the NCAA Tournament field in 2008 and will head to the Tuscaloosa Regional along with No. 3 Alabama (51-6), Florida State (37-26) and Jacksonville State (38-14) for games from May 15-17 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
A part of the NCAA field of 64 for the first time since 2004, Chattanooga is making its sixth appearance all-time and holds a 4-10 record in NCAA Tournament competition. UTC made five consecutive trips to the tournament from 2000-2004 and came within one victory in 2002 of advancing to the Super Regionals when they took two games from Florida Atlantic, 3-0 and 6-1, and dropped narrow decisions to Georgia Tech, 3-1, and Florida State, 1-0 in eight innings.
Chattanooga’s other two NCAA Tournament victories came in the program’s first two trips when the Lady Mocs defeated Army 6-4 in nine innings in 2000 and Illinois-Chicago 5-2 a year later. UTC has currently lost its last four NCAA Tournament games, falling to Stanford 2-0 and Massachusetts 3-0 in 2003 and 4-1 to Washington and 6-0 to Texas A&M in 2004.
This is the third time that UTC has been sent to the Tuscaloosa Regional. Previously they had played there in 2001, notching the win over UIC, and again in 2003.
Team Capsules
Chattanooga Lady Mocs
2008 Record: 41-20, 13-5
Path to Tournament: Automatic Bid
NCAA Appearance: 6 (2000-04, 2008)
Conference: Southern Conference
Regular Season and Tournament Champions
No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide
2008 Record: 51-6, 25-3
Path to Tournament: At-Large Bid
NCAA Appearance: 10 (1999-2008)
Conference: Southeastern Conference
Western Division Champion
Florida State University
2008 Record: 37-26, 12-9
Path to Tournament: At-Large Bid
NCAA Appearance: 21 (1986-1996, 1998, 2000-08)
Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
2008 Record: 38-14, 22-4
Path to Tournament: Automatic Bid
NCAA Appearance: Unavailable
Conference: Ohio Valley Conference
Regular Season and Tournament Champion
All-Time Series vs. Tuscaloosa Regional Field
Alabama - 2-6
Florida State - 0-7
Jacksonville State - 24-13
