FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. |  The University of Alabama in Huntsville baseball team fell in both games of a doubleheader at reigning NCAA Champion and No. 1 Nova Southeastern on Saturday afternoon by score of 6-1 and 9-1. UAH slips to 0-3, while NSU improves to 3-0.
 
NSU 6, UAH 1
Game Changer
- Ben Rhodes paced the Chargers at the plate, going 2-for-4 with the Chargers lone RBI and walk.
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled eight hits in game one on Saturday, led by Rhodes and Tanner Burns with two base hits apece.
- Jake Bracewell made the start for the Chargers in game one, turning in 6.0 innings with five runs allowed, two walks and one strikeout. Bracewell dips to 0-1 on the season.
- Harper Case worked an effective 2.0 innings of relief with one hit allowed, one run, one strikeout and zero walks.
 
Key Plays
- The Sharks took the first lead of the game in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by preseason All-American Brandon Gomez, prior to both sides going scoreless in the second through the fourth innings.
- However, the hosts rallied for three in the fifth in addition to another run in the sixth to lead 5-0.
- The Chargers ended NSU's shutout bid in the top of the seventh as Rhodes drove in Wes Anderson on an infield single with the bases loaded.
- NSU regained the five-run advantage with another run in the seventh on a solo home run by Jeremy Vasquez en route to the 6-1 win in game one.
 
Noteworthy
- Rhodes registered his first multi-hit game of the season.
- Burns recorded his first two-hit game with the UAH baseball program.
 
NSU 9, UAH 1
 
Inside the Box Score
- UAH totaled four base hits in game two, as Ben Rhodes, Cory Price, Trey Mathis and Austin Moore recorded base knocks during the loss.
- Moore recorded the lone extra-base hit of the game for the Chargers, which was a triple in the top of the sixth.
- Nolan Ramsey had a team-high one RBI.
- Will Meyers took the loss in his first start of the season, working 2.2 innings with three earned runs allowed and three strikeouts.
- Heath McRae tossed the final 2.0 innings with one hit allowed, no runs and two strikeouts.
 
Key Plays
-  After a scoreless first and second, Nova Southeastern proceeded to rally for a total of seven runs in the third in addition to two runs in the second to lead 9-0 heading to the fifth.
- The Chargers lone run of the game came in the sixth as Ramsey drove in Moore from third on a groundout to second.
 
Next Time Out
- UAH wraps up its season-opening tour of the Sunshine State tomorrow with a single game at 11 a.m. at Palm Beach Atlantic.