HUNTSVILLE | The No. 20 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team started off Gulf South Conference play for the 2023 season with a doubleheader sweep of Lee on Saturday afternoon at Charger Park by scores of 5-4 and 5-0. UAH improves to 8-3 (2-0 GSC), while LU slides to 3-8 (0-2 GSC).
 
UAH looks to complete the series sweep of Lee on Sunday. First pitch slated for noon.
 
UAH 5, LU 4 (9 innings)
The Chargers became the victors in extra-innings on Saturday afternoon, as the Blue & White battled back from being down three runs in the bottom of the ninth to winning 5-4 over the Flames.
 
Maddie Cartron showed her clutch prowess again late for the Chargers, as she slugged a game-tying, three-run home run to centerfield in the ninth. She went 2-for-4 on the day as one of three Chargers with multi-hit performances, and she now has two home runs in the 2023 campaign.
 
Alexa Douthitt also clubbed her second home run of the season with a solo shot that put UAH ahead in the bottom of the first. She finished the game going 2-for-3 with a team-high two runs scored, one RBI and one walk.
 
Kinley Adams rounded out the Chargers with multi-hit performances with a 2-for-4 day at the plate.
 
Megan Shurtz tossed the full 9.0 innings for the Chargers, while recording five strikeouts and allowing four earned runs to improve to 3-1 on the season.
 
UAH 5, LU 0
After four scoreless innings by both sides, UAH broke through with a three-run fifth to go along with two insurance runs in the sixth to win it 5-0 in game two on Saturday.
 
Katie Bracken earned the complete-game victory with zero runs allowed and 12 strikeouts across her 7.0-inning performance. She improves to 3-0 with the win.
 
Jessica Edde gave UAH the lead in the fifth, thanks to a two-RBI double to left center that was followed up by a pinch-hit RBI single up the middle by Heather Phillips as part of the three-run rally.
 
Sadie Thompson gave UAH two insurance runs in the sixth one a two-RBI double down the right-field line. Edde and Thompson tied for the team lead with two RBI.
 
Catron notched her second multi-hit performance in the game-two victory, going 2-for-3 with one run scored.