HUNTSVILLE | It was a day of superlatives for the No. 18 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team as Kiara Akles tossed a no-hitter in the day's first game and the team then set the program single-game record for runs in sweeping Miles, winning 9-0 and 28-0. The Chargers improve to 33-12 on the season, while the Golden Bears fall to 11-31.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will close out the regular season and welcome rival No. 5 North Alabama to Charger Park for a three-game set. The two teams will play a doubleheader at 2 p.m. on Saturday before closing out the series with a single game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
 
UAH 9, Miles 0
Game Changer
-Akles faced the minimum 15 batters, issuing just one walk in an otherwise perfect performance as she allowed no hits and struck out three in tossing her first collegiate no-hitter.
 
Inside the Box Score
-UAH racked up 10 hits in the contest with six of those coming from Shelby Booker and Amber Hammonds who both had a three-hit game.
-Booker's performance was especially impressive as she drove in a team-high four runs, while each of the hits for Hammonds were doubles.
-Joining Booker in a multi-RBI showing was Brooke Miller who drove in a pair of runs.
-Each of Reagan Malone, Ashley Cornell, Booker, and Hammonds scored twice in the contest.
 
Key Plays
-The second batter for Miles drew the lone walk for the guests, but she was immediately erased on the next play as UAH turned a double play on a pop-up to Booker at third who then threw over to first to double off the runner.
-The scoring for the Chargers started in the bottom of the first as a triple from Booker plated Malone before Miller hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Booker and give the hosts an early 2-0 lead.
-The lead would triple for the Chargers in the second as the team scored four times with each of Wascavage, Booker, and Miller driving in a run, while another run scored on a Miles error.
-Shannon Long then worked an eight-pitch at-bat before singling to left in the bottom of the third to score Hammonds, and Booker wrapped up the scoring for the Chargers in that frame as she had a two-run single to create the eventual 9-0 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The no-hitter is UAH's 25th of all-time, and it is the first no-hitter since April 9, 2015, when Tyler Harrison also no-hit Miles.
-The three doubles for Hammonds match a program single-game record, and it is the seventh time a Charger has had three doubles in a game.
-Hammonds now has nine doubles on the season.
-Akles moves to 10-3 on the year in the circle.
 
UAH 28, Miles 0
Game Changer
­-Ten different Chargers drove in runs led by Alaina Hampton's seven RBI as UAH cruised to the doubleheader sweep.
 
Inside the Box Score
-UAH outhit the visitors by a 25-3 margin, and eight different Chargers had at least a pair of hits in the game.
-Hampton led UAH with five hits, while Miller had four and Booker recorded three.
-Hammonds drove in four runs, both Cornell and Long knocked in three, and each of Mary Kate Teague, Taylor Wascavage, and Miller recorded two RBI.
-The Chargers had five home runs in the game with Hampton having a pair and the other three coming from Hammonds, Wascavage, and Cornell.
-UAH logged five doubles in the contest.
-Layton Murphy earned the win in the circle, going the distance while working around three hits and striking out two.
 
Key Plays
-The Chargers sent 13 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first to grab a 9-0 lead, and all nine runs came with two outs.
-UAH added five runs in the second, and four of the runs came off two swings of the bat as both Wascavage and Cornell had two-run homers in the frame.
-UAH would again send 13 to the plate in the third, and Hampton homered twice in the inning in addition to Hammonds hitting a grand slam in the frame.
-The Chargers then added four more runs in the bottom of the fourth to create the 28-0 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The 28 runs is a program single-game record, besting the previous mark of 25 which was set on April 22, 1999, against Alabama A&M, and the 28 runs are tied for the seventh-most scored by a Division II team this season.
-The seven RBI for Hampton are tied for the 11th-most by a Division II player this season, and her five hits match a program single-game record which was most recently done by Stephanie Needham on May 27, 2011.
-Hampton has now driven in a team-best 46 runs on the year, and she owns a team-high 12 home runs.
-Murphy moves to 16-7 in the circle.