Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HUNTSVILLE | In its first of two battles against top-10 teams in the next four days, the No. 15 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team went on the road and split with No. 9 Young Harris on Sunday, winning 5-3 in the day's first game before falling 12-2 in the nightcap. The Chargers are now 21-8, while the Mountain Lions are 22-7.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will welcome current-No. 2 North Georgia to Huntsville on Wednesday. That doubleheader is slated for a 12 p.m. start.
 
UAH 5, Young Harris 3
Inside the Box Score
-Gracie Green had two of UAH's seven hits and also drove in a team-best three runs to lead UAH offensively in the game.
-Each of Ashley Cornell and Lila Young also drove in a run for the Chargers.
-Reagan Malone walked three times and scored twice.
-Both Green and Kayle Vaught had a double.
-Layton Murphy went the distance in the circle, scattering seven hits while striking out five and allowing three runs of which just one was earned. 
 
Key Plays
-UAH opened the scoring with a three-run second that saw Green hit a two-run single and Cornell drive in another with a base hit of her own to give the Chargers a 3-0 lead.
-An inning later in the home half of the third, Young Harris would have a three-run inning of their own to tie the game at 3-3, but Green would put the visitors back in front with her double that plated Malone to make it a 4-3 advantage.
-UAH would earn some insurance on Young's infield single in the fifth that drove in Kiara Akles to create what would ultimately be the 5-3 final.
 
Noteworthy
-The three RBI are the first for Green this season.
-Malone now has a team-high 17 walks, and the three match Young for the single-game high by a Charger this season.
-Murphy is now 9-4 on the season with a 2.55 ERA.
 
Young Harris 12, UAH 2
Inside the Box Score
-Lila Young was 3-for-3 to aid the Chargers in having seven hits in the contest.
-Green and Vaught drove in UAH's two runs.
-Young Harris had 14 hits including four doubles and a home run.
 
Key Plays
-An error in the top of the first on a ball put in play by Vaught allowed the Chargers to go in front 1-0, and it became a 2-0 lead in the top of the second when Green drew a bases-loaded walk.
-The Mountain Lions then scored four in the second, six in the third, and two in the fourth to produce the 12-2 final.
 
Noteworthy
-Vaught has 18 RBI on the season.