HUNTSVILLE | Kaitlyn Bannister established the Gulf South Conference record for runs batted in for a career, and The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team swept visiting Tuskegee on Thursday, winning 10-0 and 12-4 with both victories coming in five innings. The Chargers improve to 25-9 on the year, while the Golden Tigers fall to 1-21.
 
With a double in the first inning of the day's first game, Bannister recorded her 240th career RBI to break the previous mark of 239 which had been set by Valdosta State's Marti Littlefield from 2009-12. Bannister finished the day with four RBI to now own 243 for her career after she registered 200 in her first three seasons in the Blue and White.
 
The Charger softball program now owns four of the top five marks all-time in the GSC record book in career RBI as Bannister leads a list that includes Melanie Carter (3rd/233), Stephanie Pinto (4th/230), and Mary Kelley (5th/229).
 
Next Time Out
-After an off day on Friday, the Chargers will turn their attention to the west and rival North Alabama as the team travels to Florence for a three-game set this weekend. Saturday's doubleheader is slated for a 2 p.m. start.
 
UAH 10, Tuskegee 0
 
­Inside the Box Score
-Four players – Bannister, Erin Jewell, Jada Hayes, and Shannon Long – each had a two-hit showing in the contest, while both Bannister and Hayes drove in three runs with Jewell knocking in a pair.
-Lexi Beach also added a hit to help the Chargers outhit the guests 9-2 in the first game of the day.
-The team walked five times in the contest, and each of Taylor Wascavage, Brooke Miller, and Hayes had a stolen base.
-Tyler Harrison started the contest in the circle for UAH and surrendered a hit while racking up four more strikeouts in just two innings of work, and Taylor Doriety finished the contest, picking up the win as she also allowed just one hit while striking out three over three innings.
 
Key Plays
-Bannister's double in the first put the Chargers up 1-0 with an inning in the books, but the hosts would send 11 to the plate in a seven-run second that featured an RBI single from Hayes, a sac fly from Reagan Malone, a two-run jack from Bannister, and two-run double off the bat of Jewell.
-A pair of run-producing singles from Hayes and Long in the fourth gave UAH two more runs and created the 10-0 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Bannister now has 10 home runs on the season, and the senior has now record double-digits in homers in three straight seasons to have 48 for her career.
-The three RBI for Hayes mark a season-high for the sophomore.
-The two-hit showing for Long is her fourth multi-hit game of the year.
 
UAH 12, Tuskegee 4
 
Inside the Box Score
-UAH drew a total of 11 walks in the game to tie a program record and both Caroline Burns and Hayes collected a pair of free passes in the game.
-The Chargers also pounded out seven hits with each spot in the lineup reaching first safely on either a hit or a walk in the game.
-Of the team's nine RBI in the game, six came from the 7-8-9 sports in the lineup with Miller, Hayes, and Long each having a pair in the contest.
-UAH also picked up four more steals with Ashley Cornell, Emily Glover, Malone, and Miller all swiping bags.
-In the game in relief of starter Hannah Murray, Doriety earned her second win of the day and her third of the season by not giving up a hit in 2.2 innings while striking out one and walking one.
 
Key Plays
-After Tuskegee struck first in the top of the first, the Chargers answered back with a five-run bottom half that included run-producing knocks from Bannister, Glover, Miller, and Hayes.
-Four bases-loaded walks and a couple of fielding errors by Tuskegee then made it an 11-1 lead for UAH in the second before Jasmine Snyder had a three-run home run in the top of the third to cut the UAH advantage to 11-4.
-An RBI single off the bat of Long in the bottom frame of the third, however, would put the Chargers back up by eight at 12-4, allowing the game to end early after Doriety retired TU in order in the fourth and fifth.
 
Noteworthy
-Miller moved into a tie for second on the team in RBI on the season with her pair in the game as she now is level with Harrison and Malone as each have 19.
-Malone doubled in the contest for her eighth of the season, and that total is second on the team behind Bannister's team-best 12.