MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team earned a series win with a doubleheader sweep on Saturday, dropping host Auburn Montgomery 4-1 in the day's first game before winning 7-2 in the nightcap. UAH improves to 11-5 overall while evening its Gulf South Conference mark at 3-3, and AUM slips to 6-4 (3-3 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will make their 2018 Charger Park debut on Thursday when the team welcomes Miles. First pitch of the doubleheader is slated for 2 p.m.
 
UAH 4, Auburn Montgomery 1
 
Game Changer
-Kiara Akles was terrific in the circle, facing just 27 batters in allowing only two hits and unearned run while also striking out seven, making the four runs the Chargers would produce more than enough to support the freshman pitcher.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers outhit the Warhawks by an 11-2 clip with Reagan Malone's 3-for-4 performance leading the way.
-Brooke Miller and Shelby Booker also had a multi-hit game with both recording a pair including a double off the bat of Miller.
-Malone, Miller, and Booker also all were responsible for an RBI each, while each of Malone, Booker, Ashley Cornell, and Amber Hammonds scored in the game.
-Akles carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning.
 
Key Plays
-The scoring for the Chargers started in the third when Booker singled, stole second, and then scampered home on a base hit by Malone, and Malone would score on an RBI single by Miller later in the inning to make it a 2-0 game.
-The score remained that way until the top of the sixth when Booker singled with runners at first and second, driving in Hammonds and with Cornell also scoring after an error on the same play to give UAH a 4-0 lead.
-AUM then scored in the bottom of the seventh before Akles would end the game with the bases loaded, creating the 4-1 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Akles moves to 3-2 on the year with the victory, and the win marks her first against a GSC opponent.
-Malone matches her season high in hits with the three, equaling her performance against Lee last weekend.
 
UAH 7, Auburn Montgomery 2
 
Game Changer
-A five-run fifth inning turned a 2-1 deficit into a 6-2 lead for the Chargers as the team picked up the doubleheader sweep.
 
Inside the Box Score
-AUM held a 7-6 advantage in hits in the game.
-Both Jada Hayes and Miller had a pair of hits in the contest for the Chargers, and one of the hits for Miller was a double.
-Each of Miller, Hayes, Hammonds, and Malone drove in runs.
-UAH swiped seven bags in the contest with Malone and Alaina Hampton both stealing a base twice.
-Layton Murphy picked up the win in the circle, going four innings in relief while allowing just three hits and one run while striking out three and walking none.
-Hayes started the game for UAH, scattering four hits in three innings while also striking out three.
 
Key Plays
-The Warhawks got on the board in the first and would hold a 1-0 lead until the third in which the Chargers would tie it when Malone reached on a fielder's choice, stole second, and scored on an error in the outfield by the hosts.
-AUM then regained the advantage by scoring a run in the fourth.
-The Chargers then took control of the contest with the big fifth with Malone, Wascavage, Miller, and Hayes all driving in runs in the inning.
-Another error led to a UAH run in the seventh to produce the 7-2 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The seven stolen bases is a season high for the Chargers who have now totaled 39 on the year.
-Miller's double is her team-leading seventh of the season, and she ranks second on the team with a .600 slugging percentage.
-Murphy is now 8-3 on the year in the circle.