HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team opened up play at the 2018 Charger Chillout on Thursday, defeating Kentucky Wesleyan 13-0 in five innings before falling to No. 6 Southern Indiana 9-1 in five innings. The Chargers are now 6-2 on the season.
 
Next Time Out
-UAH will conclude play at the 2018 Chillout on Friday when it takes on Ohio Dominican at 12 p.m. before facing Georgia Southwestern at 2 p.m.
 
UAH 13, Kentucky Wesleyan 0
Game Changer
-Alaina Hampton belted a three-run jack in the top of the third, breaking a scoreless tie and sparking a five-run inning that would be more than enough thanks to a terrific performance from Layton Murphy in the circle.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers pounded out 12 hits in the contest including seven that were for extra bases led by Brooke Miller who went 3-for-4 with each being a double as she drove in a team-best four runs.
-Kiara Akles also had a three-hit day including a home run that led to her logging three RBI, and UAH had four players who logged a multi-RBI game as in addition to Hampton's three, Taylor Wascavage drove in a pair.
-Amber Hammonds and Jada Hayes accounted for UAH's other hits for extra bases as both had a triple in the contest.
-UAH also collected six walks in the game with both Hampton and Shannon Long drawing a pair.
-Murphy picked up the complete game shutout, limiting Kentucky Wesleyan to just two hits while striking out four and walking only one.
 
Key Plays
-After a pair of scoreless innings and with Shelby Booker and Long on base after singling and walking, respectively, Hampton hit an absolute bomb out to left to give UAH a 3-0 lead, and both Akles and Miller would drive in runs later in the inning to put the Chargers up 6-0.
-In the fourth, UAH would send 11 batters to the plate in a six-run inning that saw Hammonds, Akles, Miller, and Wascavage all drive in runs.
-Akles would homer in the top of the fifth while Miller also doubled in a run to produce the 13-0 finale.
 
Noteworthy
-The shutout is the first of the year for the Chargers as Murphy moves to 5-1 on the season while tossing her fourth complete game and moving her ERA to a 1.24 mark.
-Hammonds now has a team-best 10 RBI on the season, while Akles has a team-high 10 hits.
-The two triples for UAH in the game mark the first time since May 11, 2014, against Rollins that the team has had multiple triples in a contest.
 
Southern Indiana 9, UAH 1
Game Changer
-The nation's sixth-ranked team scored three times in the second to break a 1-1 tie and take control of the contest.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Screaming Eagles built up a 13-3 edge in hits in the contest with Long, Booker, and Wascavage accounting for UAH's three including a solo home run from Long.
-Akles took the setback in the circle as she struck out four in the contest.
 
Key Plays
-Long got the contest going for the Chargers with a bang, hitting a leadoff solo shot in the top of the first, but USI responded with a one in the bottom of the first to tie it at 1-1.
-From that point, the Screaming Eagles scored three times in the second, four times in the fourth, and once in the fifth to end the game early with the 9-1 score.
 
Noteworthy
-Long's home run is the second of her season.