HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team earned a second straight series sweep and pushed its winning streak to eight games with an 8-0 blanking of Christian Brothers in five innings on Sunday. The Chargers improve to 21-6 (11-4 Gulf South Conference), while CBU slips to 5-22 (1-14 GSC).
 
Game Changer
-Layton Murphy allowed just three hits and Alaina Hampton drove in three runs to lead the Chargers to the victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
­-The Chargers registered eight hits in the game to CBU's three.
-Each of Hampton, Taylor Wascavage, and Shelby Booker had a pair of hits in the game.
-Reagan Malone and Ashley Cornell both registered a pair of RBI in the game.
-Scoring a team-high two runs were Wascavage, Hampton, and Amber Hammonds.
- Murphy was great in the circle, scattering just the three hits in the complete game shutout, and she struck out one while walking one.
-The Chargers ran at will on the base paths, stealing nine bags with Hammonds, Wascavage, and Hampton all stealing a pair of bases.
 
Key Plays
-UAH threatened in the first, getting runners to second and third before being stranded there, but the Chargers would get on the board in the second when Hampton drove in Wascavage who had singled, stole second, and moved to third on Brooke Miller's sac bunt.
-The Lady Bucs threatened in the top of fourth, getting runners to second and third before Murphy induced a pair of fly outs to end the threat, and the Chargers would capitalize on that momentum by scoring four times in the bottom frame with Wascavage and Cornell driving in runs before Malone hit a two-run homer.
-UAH then wrapped up the game with Hampton doubling in a pair of runs and Cornell singling in the eighth and final run of the contest.
 
Noteworthy
-Booker has 12 hits in the team's last six games, and she is now batting .429 on the year which ranks second on the team.
-Hampton now ranks second on the team with 27 RBI on the year.
-Malone's home run is her fourth of the year, and all four have come in the past two weekends.
-The eight-game winning streak is the longest of the season for the Chargers and matches the string of victories the team had from April 21 to May 7 of last season.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will return to action next weekend when they travel to West Florida for a three-game set. Saturday's doubleheader in Pensacola is slated for a 1 p.m. start.