CARROLLTON, Ga. | The 14th-ranked University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team made it four conference series wins in four tries this season, defeating Gulf South Conference foe West Georgia by a 9-2 margin on Sunday afternoon on the road. The Chargers improve to 22-7 (10-2 GSC), while the Wolves slip to 17-16 (5-11 GSC).
 
Game Changer
-Four different Chargers had a hit that resulted in two runs being scored, giving UAH a balanced attack that resulted in run-scoring plays in four of the seven innings to aid the team in picking up the Sunday victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers in total recorded 12 hits to West Georgia's five, and each of Amber Hammonds, Mackenzie Nutt, Ashley Cornell, and Alaina Hampton had a pair.
-Hammonds, Nutt, Kiara Akles, and Shannon Long each drove in two runs, with Long hitting a two-run homer for her two RBI.
-Reagan Malone walked three times from the top of the order and scored twice, and Hammonds matched her with two runs scored.
-Layton Murphy went the distance in the circle, scattering five hits in the seven innings while striking out four and walking just two, and she allowed just the two runs of which only one was earned.
 
Key Plays
-The scoring for the Chargers started in the top of the first when Both Hammonds and Nutt drove in a pair of runs on singles through the left side to give UAH a 4-0 lead, but West Georgia would get one of those runs back in the home half to make it a 4-1 game.
-The guests immediately regained their four-run advantage, however, when Cornell reached on a bunt single, allowing Malone to score, and the score would remain 5-1 in favor of the Chargers until the fifth inning.
-Akles would double in Hampton and Taylor Wascavage in the top half of the fifth, and Long homered in the sixth with Hammonds aboard to put the Chargers ahead 9-1.
-UWG completed the scoring with a run in the sixth to produce the 9-2 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Long extends her team lead in home runs as she now owns six on the season, and that number is currently tied for third in the GSC.
-Malone has now drawn 33 walks which is 10 more than the second-best mark in the GSC, giving her an on-base percentage of .541.
-Murphy moves to 6-3 in the circle, and this is her fourth complete game on the year.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will be back on the road on Wednesday in the Peach State, traveling to Young Harris for a midweek doubleheader which is slated to start at 1 p.m. CT.