HUNTSVILLE | The No. 20 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team picked up a series victory in its first Gulf South Conference set of the season, beating Shorter 13-7 in game one of Monday's doubleheader before falling 9-1 in the nightcap. UAH is now 12-6 (2-1 Gulf South Conference), while the Hawks go to 9-6 (3-2 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will be back in action on Saturday when the team starts a three-game set at Christian Brothers with a doubleheader that is slated to start at 1 p.m.

UAH 13, Shorter 7
Game Changer
-A six-run fourth inning turned a two-run deficit into a four-run, 11-7 lead that the Chargers would not relinquish.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Shorter outhit UAH by a 13-11 margin, but four different Chargers – Shelby Booker, Jada Hayes, Ashley Cornell, and Shannon Long – had a pair in the game.
-One of Long's hits was a grand slam in the second inning, and Jada Hayes drove in three runs with a two-run homer and a run-scoring single.
-Reagan Malone drove in a pair of runs, and six different UAH players scored twice in the contest.
-Torie Garner earned the win in relief in the circle, while Ava Jacobs allowed just two hits in three innings to finish the game to earn the save.
 
Key Plays
-The Hawks grabbed the first lead with a run in the first, but a wild pitch in the bottom half of the inning allowed Malone to score and tie the game at 1-1.
-Though the guests would immediately regain their one-run lead with a score in the top of the second, two straight walks and a single loaded the bases for Long who homered to left center to put the Chargers up 5-2.
-Shorter tallied another run in the third to make it 5-3, and a three-run homer and a solo shot in the top of the fourth put the Hawks back up by a 7-5 score.
-The Chargers were not deterred, however, stringing together six straight singles including a game-tying, two-run base hit from Malone along with a go-ahead run-scoring knock from Hayes that put UAH ahead for good.
-A bases-loaded walk by Mackenzie Nutt, a productive ground out by Amber Hammonds, and another wild pitch that allowed Hayes to score provided the Chargers with an 11-7 advantage by the time the fourth was over, and the two-run jack down the left field line by Hayes in the bottom of the sixth created the 13-7 finale.
 
Noteworthy
-Long is now tied for the team lead with three home runs, while Hayes registers her first of the season.
-Malone now has 13 RBI on the year, while Hayes is third on the team with 12.
-Garner moves to 2-0 in the circle.
-Jacobs earns her first save of the season.
 
Shorter 9, UAH 1 (5 inn.)
Game Changer
-Payton Lippert did not allow UAH to record a hit in the contest in helping Shorter salvage a game in the series with the 9-1 victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Shorter had eight hits in the game, and while the Chargers did not, two UAH players did reach on an error and the squad also drew six walks.
-Malone at the top of the order and Kiara Akles both had a pair of walks.
-Layton Murphy was charged with the loss in the circle.
 
Key Plays
-Shorter claimed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, but the Chargers would get a run back in the bottom frame when Malone walked, moved from first to third on a wild pitch, and scored on an errant throw to make it 3-1.
-A Hawks grand slam in the second made it a 7-1 game, and Shorter added a pair of runs in the top of the fifth to create the 9-1 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The Chargers have 79 walks on the season with Malone's 19 leading the way.