HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team ensured itself of its fourth straight conference series win with a Saturday sweep of Christian Brothers, winning 13-5 and 14-2 in a pair of run-rule victories. The Chargers improve to 20-6 (10-4 Gulf South Conference), while CBU slips to 5-21 (1-13 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
-The two teams will wrap up the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Charger Park.
 
UAH 13, Christian Brothers 5
Game Changer
-After CBU scored the game's first run, Jada Hayes hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to put the Chargers up, and a six-run second from the hosts put the game away.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers outhit CBU by a 12-6 clip, and eight of the hits for UAH were for extra bases.
-Each of Regan Malone, Shelby Booker, Brooke Miller, and Hayes had a pair of hits.
-Hayes had the home run and a team-best three RBI, while Amber Hammonds and Ashely Cornell both drove in a pair of runs in the game.
-Hammonds also hit a home run, Malone recorded a pair of triples, and each of Alaina Hampton, Booker, Miller, and Cornell doubled in the contest.
-The Chargers swiped five bags in the game with Booker's pair leading the way.
-Kiara Akles no-hit the Lady Bucs through the first three innings and ended up working around six hits while giving up five runs of which only three were earned, and she struck out four and walked none.
 
Key Plays
-After the Hayes homer lifted the Chargers to a 2-1 lead after the first inning, the home team took complete control of the contest by scoring six times in the second in an inning that saw Cornell double in a pair, Malone triple to plate a run, Hayes knock in a run on a single, and Hammonds punctuate the inning with a two-run jack.
-The score remained 8-1 in favor of UAH until the fourth when CBU got on the board again to make it 8-2, but Booker, Talyor Wascavage, Miller, and Hampton all drove in runs to make it a five-run inning that lifted the Chargers to a 13-1 lead.
-CBU then scored three times in the top of the fifth, but it was not enough to avoid the run rule going into effect to end the game early.
 
Noteworthy
-Malone matches the UAH single-game record for triples with the pair, becoming the sixth player in program history to do so and becoming the first since Kelli Long had a pair against North Georgia on March 13, 2011.
-The Chargers now have 11 triples as a team on the year, moving past last year's total for the entire season of nine.
-Akles is now 6-2 in the circle on the year.
 
UAH 14, Christian Brothers 2
Game Changer
-The Chargers belted four homers in the game including a pair in the first inning en route to the big victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
-UAH totaled 13 hits compared to just two for the Lady Bucs, and seven were for extra bases as the team also notched three doubles to go along with the homers.
-Akles went 3-for-3 with three RBI in the contest thanks to a three-run homer, and she was one of four Chargers to have multiple hits in the game with Malone, Wascvaage, and Hampton each having a pair in the contest.
-Hampton matched the RBI total of Akles with three, and Wascavage, Hammonds, and Cornelly all had a pair of runs that which they drove in in the game.
-Layton Murphy went the distance, scattering three hits and allowing just two unearned runs while striking out six and walking zero.
 
Key Plays
-The Chargers sent all nine batters to the plate in a six-run first inning that saw Akles hit a three-run homer along with Hammonds hit a two-run long fly, and an RBI double from Hampton made it a 6-0 lead.
-UAH would again have all nine hit in the second, matching the scoring output as well with each of Hayes, Wascavage, Miller, and Hampton driving in runs, and Hampton's two RBI in the frame came on a homer to left.
-CBU then scored twice in the third, and the scoring was rounded out by Cornell's two-run shot down the left field line to create the 14-2 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Akles pushes her team-leading home run total to eight, and she also paces the squad with 32 RBI on the year.
-The four home runs match a single-game season high for the Chargers, repeating the feat from last weekend in Valdosta.
-Murphy is now 12-4 on the season with 59 strikeouts.