JACKSON, Tenn. | The No. 4 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team started off a three-game Gulf South Conference series at Union with a doubleheader sweep with wins both by scores of 8-3 on Saturday afternoon. UAH improves to 38-7 (22-2 GSC), while UU slides to 24-21 (13-12 GSC).
 
The Chargers and Bulldogs wrap up the three-game set on Sunday with a 1 p.m. first pitch.
 
UAH 8, Union 3
UAH scored two or more runs in the first four innings to amass an 8-2 lead over Union, as the advantage carried to an 8-3 final score in game one.
 
Kaylee Vaught put up a stellar offensive performance in the game-one victory with a 3-for-4 day at the plate with one double, two runs and three RBI.
 
Both Maddie Cartron and Lila Young had one base hit and two RBI in the contest, as Cartron notched a two-RBI double as part of a four-run fourth and Young posted a two-RBI single in the third.
 
Megan Shurtz tossed the full 7.0 innings of the series-opener with three runs allowed and five strikeouts to improve to 11-3 on the year. She has now hurled 10 complete games in 2023.
 
UAH 8, Union 3
The Chargers notched their second win of the day by another 8-3 final score, with the squad starting off the game with a four-run rally in the first that carried the squad to completing the doubleheader sweep.
 
Vaught displayed her power prowess in the first inning with a three-run homer to left, followed by a solo shot by Cartron to center for the four-run rally. Vaught now has six homers this season, while Cartron hit her team-leading seventh round-tripper.
 
Both of Vaught's two hits in the game went for extra bases as she also notched a double, as she went 2-for-4 with two runs and three RBI to lead the offense.
 
Kinley Adams generated a team-high three hits in four trips to the plate, with the Chargers recording nine hits as a team. Cartron and Gracie Green also both had two-hit performances.
 
Katie Bracken limited the Bulldogs to two earned runs over 7.0 innings in game two, while striking out 10. Bracken improves to 14-1 this season and increased her season strikeout total to 128.