MADISON, Ala. | The No. 25 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team took on No. 6 Young Harris on Wednesday on the campus of Bob Jones High School dude to weather conditions, and the Chargers fell 12-11 and 10-3 to the Mountain Lions. UAH slips to 15-8 with the setbacks, while YHC improves to 19-3.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will aim to rebound when they open a three-game series with Auburn Montgomery on Friday at 6 p.m. on the road.
 
Young Harris 12, UAH 11
Game Changer
-UAH was able to get the tying run to second in the bottom of the seventh, but Young Harris was able to strand the runner there to secure the win.
 
Inside the Box Score
-YHC outhit the Chargers by a 13-11 margin in the first game.
-The top of the order led the Chargers as each of Regan Malone, Ashley Cornell, Mackenzie Nutt, and Kiara Akles had a pair of hits, and both Cornell and Nutt drove in three runs, while Akles and Shannon Long knocked in a pair.
-UAH also drew 11 walks including three from Malone and a pair from Akles and Kayle Vaught.
-Layton Murphy was charged with the setback in the circle for the Chargers.
 
Key Plays
-Nutt hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to get things started, but Young Harris immediately answered with a five-spot in the top of the second to go up 5-2.
-An RBI groundout from Cornell and a run-scoring infield single off the bat of Akles pulled the Chargers back within one in the second, and Cornell drove in another pair in the bottom of the third to put the Chargers ahead 6-5.
-Another big inning for the Mountain Lions in the fourth made it a 9-6 game, and a three-run homer in the fifth put YHC up 12-6.
-UAH battled back, however, putting together its own five-run inning in the fifth with Nutt and Akles driving in a run, another run scoring on an error, and Long knocking in a pair to make it 12-11, but that would be all of the scoring in the game as UAH left the bases loaded in the sixth and stranded the one runner in the seventh.
 
Noteworthy
-The 11 walks represent a season high for the Chargers and the most since drawing 16 free passes against Union on May 2 of last season.
-The home run is the second of the season for Nutt, and she now has a team-best 22 RBI.
 
Young Harris 10, UAH 3
Game Changer
-Trailing the Chargers 3-2, Young Harris would put together a five-run fourth inning to take a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the way.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Young Harris outhit the Chargers by a 16-10 clip in the contest.
-Akles paced UAH with a three-hit game, while Malone had a two-hit performance.
-Cornell drew two of UAH's five walks in the contest.
-Ava Jacobs took the loss in the circle.
 
Key Plays
-An Akles solo homer, a run-scoring groundout from Malone, and a Cornell walk with the bases loaded put the Chargers ahead 3-0 in the second.
-YHC answered with a pair of runs in the third to make it 3-2, and then went ahead by a 7-3 score with the five-run fourth.
-A trio of Mountain Lion runs in the sixth produced the 10-3 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The homer is a team-leading sixth for Akles.
-Cornell moves into a tie for second on the team in RBI with 20.
-Both teams held steady in the NFCA poll that was released earlier on Wednesday.