CARROLLTON, Ga. | The No. 2 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team went on the road on Saturday to West Georgia, splitting the conference doubleheader by winning the first game 6-0 before falling 4-2 in the nightcap. UAH is now 17-3 (7-1 Gulf South Conference), while UWG is 12-5 (4-4 GSC).
 
The two teams will square off the rubber match of the series on Sunday at 12 p.m. CST.
 
UAH 6, West Georgia 0
 
Tyler Harrison was once again terrific and this time flirted with perfection as retired the first 18 batters she faced before giving up a leadoff double in the seventh, and the junior struck out a season-best 10 in moving to 10-2 while tossing her ninth complete game and third shutout.
 
The Chargers outhit UWG by a 7-2 margin in the contest with Kaitlyn Bannister picking up a pair including her seventh double of the season, and six different UAH players knocked in runs in the victory.
 
The first two runs came in the top of the first as Abby Roberts picked up her 20th RBI of the season on a base hit, while Taylor Wascavage recorded a sacrifice fly to give UAH a 2-0 lead.
 
The rest of UAH's runs came in a four-run third inning in which Jada Hayes singled in a run, Sarah Jordan drew a bases-loaded walk, Haley Thompson pushed a run across on a grounder to second, and Brianna Sullivan drove in a run with a base knock to left.
 
UAH again showed its patience at the plate, drawing six more walks with Harrison picking up a pair of free passes, and the Chargers also stole five bases including two by Sullivan.
 
West Georgia 4, UAH 2
 
Neither team threatened much through the first three and a half innings of the nightcap, but the game changed in the bottom of the fourth inning when the Wolves sent eight batters to the plate while scoring all four of their runs in the frame.
 
The Chargers would end up cutting the deficit in half in the top of the sixth as Bannister knocked in a run as did Harrison, and the team threatened again in the seventh but ultimately were retired without scoring despite loading the bases.
 
Kimberly Jack went the distance in the circle for UAH and picked up her first loss of the year in moving to 3-1 as she scattered eight hits while giving up the four runs.