COLUMBUS, Ga. | The No. 17 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team won its ninth consecutive game on the final day of the NFCA Division II Leadoff Classic on Sunday afternoon by topping Le Moyne by a final score of 5-2. UAH improves to 14-3, while LEM slides to 2-5.
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The Chargers came from behind to defeat the Dolphins, as UAH put together a four-run rally in the top of the fifth to take a 5-2 lead on the way to the nonconference victory on Sunday.
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Jada Henderson led the UAH offense with three RBI and two base hits in four trips to the plate. She capped off the Chargers four-run fifth with a two-RBI single to right, and she is now third on the UAH roster with 13 RBI this season.
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Maddie Cartron drove in the go-ahead run to kick off the four-run rally with a two-RBI single to left that plated both
Gracie Green and
Lila Young. Catron's now up to a team-high 23 RBI.
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Grace O'Berry earned the win in relief to improve to 3-1 in 2023, after working the final 4.1 innings with zero runs allowed and three strikeouts. Her ERA drops to 0.38 this season over 18.1 innings.
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UAH jumps back into Gulf South Conference play next weekend at Montevallo with a single game Friday at 5 p.m. followed by a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m.