LIVINGSTON, Ala. | The No. 22 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team made it a clean road sweep for the weekend, winning 7-2 to close out the series at West Alabama on Saturday. The Chargers improve to 17-7 (12-6 Gulf South Conference) with the victory, while UWA falls to 11-13 (7-11 GSC).
 
Inside the Box Score
-The Chargers outhit West Alabama by a 12-7 clip in the contest.
-Each of Kiara Akles, Alaina Hampton, and Kaylee Vaught had a pair of hits in the game, with Vaught and Ashley Cornell both recording a double.
-Cornell led the team with a pair of RBI, while each of Laura Harbin, Akles, Hampton, and Reagan Malone also drove in a run.
-Layton Murphy earned the win in the circle, pitching four innings of middle relief and striking out two while scattering four hits.
-Grace O'Berry pitched a perfect seventh to end the contest.
 
Key Plays
-UAH would end up scoring a run in each of the first four innings with Akles driving in Cornell in the top of the first before Cornell's two-run double in the top of the second made it a 3-0 lead.
-After UWA plated its first run of the game in the home second, Malone's base hit in the visiting half of the third pushed the Chargers back in front by three, and Hampton singled up the middle to score Cornell and Mackenzie Nutt in the top of the fourth to give UAH a 6-1 advantage.
-The Tigers got their second – and last – run of the game in the fourth to cut it to 6-2, and that's where the game remained until Harbin drove in Heather Thompson in the seventh to create the 7-2 final.
 
Noteworthy
-All seven of UAH's runs came with two outs.
-Murphy improves to 7-4 on the season.
-Cornell has driven in runs in three straight and in four of her last five appearances, totaling 13 on the season.
-The Chargers are now 3-0 when playing on the birthday of the author of the recap since he has been employed at UAH.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will be back in action on Friday afternoon at Charger Park when Lee visits for a 3 p.m. contest to start a three-game series.