HUNTSVILLE | Tyler Harrison struck out 11, Ashley Cornell belted her first career home run, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team picked up a series sweep of Delta State with a 4-0 blanking on Sunday afternoon at Charger Park. The Chargers improve to 20-9 (10-5 Gulf South Conference) with the victory, while Delta State falls to 11-15 (5-10 GSC).
 
Game Changer
-Harrison turned in her second straight masterpiece in the circle as she worked around three hits while picking up the 11 strikeouts and walking none.
 
Inside the Box Score
­-In picking up her seventh win of the season Harrison retired Delta State in order to start the game, and the senior struck out a batter in six of the seven innings including five frames in which she picked up a pair of strikeouts.
-Four different Chargers accounted for the team's four hits, but none was bigger than Cornell's long fly that came in the fourth inning to put the home team ahead 3-0.
-Other hits in the game came from Brooke Miller, Erin Jewell, and Shannon Long, and Jewell's was a double.
-The team's fourth run came in the sixth when pinch hitter Jada Hayes drew a bases-loaded walk to make it a 4-0 game.
-The walk from Hayes was one of six that the Chargers collected in the game, and Harrison walked a team-high two times.
 
Key Plays
-Neither team had a hit until the fourth inning when Delta State singled twice, and after Harrison left those two runners on base, the Chargers went to work as Miller drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a sac bunt from Jewell before Long legged out an infield single to third.
-Two batters later, Cornell connected on the two-out bomb to left-center to put the Chargers in front 3-0.
-Harrison kept her momentum going with a three-up, three-down top of the fifth and sixth, and the hosts then tacked on the fourth run in the bottom half of the sixth when Miller singled, Jewell doubled, and Long was hit by a pitch to start the inning, loading the bases for Hayes who drew a walk to plate the run and create the eventual 4-0 final.
 
Noteworthy
-After matching her career high with the 11 strikeouts, Harrison finishes the weekend with 20 in three appearances against the Lady Statesmen as she picked up two wins and a save.
-The Mobile, Alabama, native now owns 87 strikeouts on the year to just 13 walks, has a 1.21 ERA, and opponents are hitting just .204 off of her.
 
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will be back at it next Saturday and Sunday when Shorter visits Charger Park. The first pitch for the Saturday doubleheader is scheduled for 1 p.m.