CLINTON, Miss. | The No. 13 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team dropped both games of Saturday's doubleheader at Mississippi College, falling 7-3 in the opening game and 7-1 in the nightcap. UAH dips to 12-5 (7-4 Gulf South Conference) with the setbacks, while MC improves to 5-11 (4-7 GSC).
 
Next Time Out
-The two teams will wrap up the weekend series on Sunday. First pitch is slated for 2 p.m.
 
Mississippi College 7, UAH 3
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers outhit MC by a 6-5 margin, but the Choctaws were able to capitalize on three UAH errors.
-Shelby Booker was 2-for-2 in the game, while Laura Harbin had a two-run homer to have a pair of RBI.
-Alaina Hampton added a solo home run for the Chargers.
-Layton Murphy took the loss in the circle, going 3.1 innings and allowing three hits, six walks, and four runs.
 
Key Plays
-Hampton started the scoring in the game as she homered to right center in the top of the second, but the Choctaws would answer with a bases-loaded walk in the home half of the inning to tie the game at 1-1.
-The hosts then would post three runs in both the fourth and sixth innings to go up 7-1 before Harbin's two-run shot in the top of the seventh created the eventual 7-3 final.
 
Noteworthy
-UAH now has 14 home runs on the season as Hampton gets her second and Harbin records her first.
 
Mississippi College 7, UAH 1
Inside the Box Score
-MC pounded out 11 hits compared to three for the Chargers in the day's second game, while UAH also drew five walks.
-The three hits came from Booker, Mackenzie Nutt, and Ashley Cornell.
-Shelby Booker had the lone RBI for the Chargers.
-Kiara Akles allowed eight hits and five runs of which three were earned in taking the loss in the circle as UAH committed three errors again in the contest.
 
Key Plays
-After a scoreless pair of innings to start the game, MC would get on the board with three runs in the bottom of the third before adding another pair in the fourth to go up 5-0.
-The hosts staked claim to a 7-0 lead after plating a pair of runs in the sixth before Booker would single in Hampton in the top of the seventh to create the 7-1 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Booker is tied for fifth on the team with her 11 RBI on the season.