HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team swept Delta State on Saturday, winning 1-0 behind a masterful pitching performance in the series opener and then taking the nightcap 6-5. The Chargers improve to 19-9 (9-5 Gulf South Conference), while DSU slips to 11-14 (5-9 GSC).
 
The two teams will wrap up the series on Sunday with the first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. at Charger Park.
 
UAH 1, Delta State 0
 
Game Changer
-Tyler Harrison retired the first 13 Lady Statesmen she faced and earned her sixth win of the season by allowing just one hit while striking out seven and walking none in the complete game shutout.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The teams combined for four hits in the game with the Chargers having three as Kaitlyn Bannister, Brooke Miller, and Ashley Cornell each had hits for UAH including a double from Cornell.
-The team drew five walks in the game including a pair from Bannister, but none was as important as the free pass that Erin Jewell earned in the third inning with the bases loaded to plate Reagan Malone for the lone run of the game.
-The one hit for Delta State came in the fifth, and it represented the lone baserunner that the Lady Statesmen would have in the game.
 
Noteworthy
-The complete game is the eighth of the year for Harrison, and the senior records her second shutout of the season.
-The one hit allowed matches a season-low for Harrison in a complete game.
-Jewell's RBI is her fifth of the season and her first in the past eight games.
 
UAH 6, Delta State 5
 
Game Changer
-Reagan Malone belted a three-run homer in the bottom of what was a four-run fourth inning for the Chargers, and though it gave UAH a 5-0 lead at the time, the big blast would prove to be quite important after DSU scored five times late.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Delta State outhit the Chargers in the nightcap by an 11-10 with both DSU's Madison Zoeller and UAH's Malone having a three-hit performance in the game.
-Bannister went 2-for-4, with the other hits for UAH coming from Harrison, Taylor Wascavage, Shannon Long, Sarah Jordan, and Ashley Cornell.
-Four of UAH's hits were for extra bases with Bannister and Jordan recording doubles while Long had a triple in addition to the Malone bomb.
-In addition to Malone's three RBI on the homer, Harrison, Long, and Jordan drove in runs for the Chargers.
-Emily Glover picked up the win in the circle for UAH, going six innings and working around 10 hits and five runs – of which just three were earned – while striking out five and walking none.
-Harrison pitched the final inning and picked up another pair of strikeouts to earn her first save of the season.
 
Key Plays
-After Glover got out of a jam that saw Delta State have runners at second and third with none out in the top of the third, the Chargers scored the first run of the game when Harrison singled in Bannister who had reached on an error that put her in scoring position.
-UAH then had a big fourth with Jordan doubled in a run prior to the Malone home run making it a 5-0 lead.
-The Lady Statesmen got on the board for the first time on the day in the fifth when Jordan Jones doubled in a pair, but the Chargers had an immediate answer when Long's triple plated Jewell for what would be the eventual game-winning run as the guests scored three times in the sixth to create the 6-5 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The save for Harrison marks the first for any Charger pitcher this year.
-Glover now has 78 strikeouts on the season while Harrison owns 76 to help the UAH staff total 169 on the season.
-By not walking any in either contest, the Chargers have now had 11 games this season in which their pitchers have not issued a walk.
-Malone's homer is her second of the season which is tied for third on the team, and she now has 16 RBI to rank fourth on the squad.
-Long's triple is her second of the year, and she becomes just the second UAH player this year to have multiple triples as Malone also has two.