GULF SHORES, Ala. | The No. 23 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team wrapped up play at the Gulf Coast Invitational on Sunday, routing Miles 17-2 before blowing past Tuskegee 11-0. The Chargers improve to 5-1 on the season.
 
Next Time Out
-UAH returns to action on Thursday, traveling to the Sunshine State to face Nova Southeastern in a doubleheader. The first pitch is slated for 4 p.m. CST.
 
UAH 17, Miles 2
 
Game Changer
-UAH sent 15 to the plate – including 13 with two outs – in the first inning and scored 11 times to establish an insurmountable advantage in the contest.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers pounded out 14 hits with 10 different players recorded at least one, and Kaitlyn Bannister continued her torrid start to the season as she was 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs to lead the offensive onslaught.
-Bridgette Wilson and Shannon Long also had a multi-hit game as both recorded a pair, while Tyler Harrison drove in three runs and Caroline Burns knocked in a pair.
-Crossing the plate twice in the game in addition to Bannister were Lexi Beach, Reagan Malone, and Brooke Miller.
-Bannister had a pair of doubles in the contest, while Burns, Beach, and Harrison had one.
-Hannah Murray earned the win in the circle for the Chargers, going four innings and scattering five hits and allowing two runs while striking out one.
 
Key Plays
-After the first two batters were retired in the UAH half of the first, Bannister belted the first of her two doubles to start the big inning. Jada Hayes, Harrison, Haley Thompson, Bannister, and Wilson all drove in runs later on in the frame.
-Miles scored a run in both the third and fourth innings to make it 11-2 before the Chargers erupted for six more runs in the fourth. In that inning, Emilee Spann, Miller, Burns, Beach, and Bannister each knocked in runs to make the 17-2 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The 17 runs scored is the highest for the team since also scoring 17 against Christian Brothers on March 5 of last season.
-The win for Murray comes in the freshman's first appearance in the circle.
 
 
UAH 11, Tuskegee 0
 
Game Changer
­-Seven different players combined for 10 hits which was more than enough offensive support for Emily Glover who took a perfect game one out into fourth inning before finishing by surrendering two hits and no runs while striking out six and walking none over four innings.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Beach, Hayes, and Long all had two hits in the game, while Bannister drove in a pair of runs and Long pushed four across.
-Thompson scored twice as did Hayes and Long.
-Long had the lone hit for extra bases in the game as she hit one out to straightaway center in the fourth.
-The Chargers totaled six walks in the contest.
-Rachel Burden threw the last inning in the circle, helping complete the shutout by retiring the side in order to end the game.
 
Key Plays
­-The Chargers had a big first inning in this one as well, scoring four times with Malone, Miller, and Hayes each knocking in runs in the frame.
-UAH then made it a 7-0 game in the third when Long, Beach, and Bannister drove in runs, and a three-run bomb from Long in addition to another RBI single from Bannister in the fourth created the 11-0 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Bannister establishes the UAH all-time record for career sacrifice flies as she now has 15. She entered the season tied with Stephanie Pinto atop the statistical category with 14.
-Bannister ends the weekend with an impressive 13 RBI and a .632 average to go along with a slugging percentage of 1.158.
-Glover has now struck out 22 on the season while walking just three in 14.2 innings of work.