HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team made it a series sweep of visiting West Alabama on Sunday afternoon, winning 6-4 over the Tigers to complete its second conference sweep of the year. The Chargers move to 12-6 (7-2 Gulf South Conference) with the win, while the Tigers fall to 5-13 (2-7 GSC).
 
Game Changer
-The Chargers put a four-spot up on the board in the bottom of the first, giving the home team a commanding lead that it would not relinquish the rest of the way.
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers outhit UWA by an 11-5 margin in the contest.
-Each of Shelby Booker, Ashley Cornell, and Mackenzie Nutt had a pair of hits in the game.
-Five of UAH's 11 hits were for extra basses as Booker, Nutt, and Lila Young all had a double, while Shannon Long and Kaylee Vaught both went yard in the contest.
-Vaught scored a team-best two times.
-UAH also drew five walks with both Vaught and Cornell earning a pair of free passes.
-Ava Jacobs earned the win in the circle, tossing 1.2 innings in relief of starter Kiara Akles, and Jacobs gave up just one hit and did not permit a run.
-Layton Murphy tossed the final three innings to earn the save, allowing just two hits and one run.
 
Key Plays
-After Akles started the game with a perfect 1-2-3 inning, UAH would send seven to the plate in the bottom half of the inning with Cornell singling in a run before she scored on Nutt's double, and the Chargers would go up 4-0 when Long hit a low line drive over the fence in straightaway center for a two-run homer.
-West Alabama would answer with a pair of runs in the top of the second, but Booker would double in Young in the home half to give UAH a three-run lead at 5-2.
-UWA would tack on a run in the third, but the game would remain 5-3 until the top of the sixth when the guests added another run to pull within one at 5-4.
-Providing her team with an insurance run, Vaught hit a no-doubter down the line in left in the bottom of the sixth to produce what would be the eventual 6-4 final as Murphy retired the Tigers in order in the seventh.
 
Noteworthy
-Long's third homer of the year and the two RBI put her at the top of UAH's offense with 17 runs driven in.
-Vaught matches Akles with a team-best five home runs, and she is tied for second on the team with 16 RBI.
-Jacobs is now 4-1 on the season with a 2.90 ERA, and Murphy earns her first save of the year.
 
Next Time Out
-Tuesday's scheduled doubleheader against North Georgia has been postponed due to anticipated heavy rains, and so the Chargers will be back at Charger Park on Saturday when they start a three-game set with Christian Brothers. First pitch on Saturday is set for 1 p.m.