HUNTSVILLE | The No. 4 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team wrapped up the 2023 regular season with a pair of losses by scores of 8-3 and 9-2 on Saturday afternoon against Auburn Montgomery in Gulf South Conference action. UAH slides to 40-9 (25-4 GSC), while AUM improves to 32-15 (21-7 GSC).
 
The Chargers look ahead to the start of the 2023 Gulf South Conference Softball Championships at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama, as the No. 1 seed with a first-round matchup on Wednesday at 6 p.m. against the eighth seed. More information regarding the 2023 GSC Softball Championships.
 
AUM 8, UAH 3
A three-run bottom of the fifth cut the Chargers deficit to one run, but the Warhawks responded with a four-run rally in the sixth to win the first game of the day by an 8-3 final score.
 
Both Lawren Hayes and Kinley Adams led the UAH offense out of the top of the lineup as both connected on RBI base hits in the contest.
 
Maddie Cartron notched the Chargers lone extra-base hit of the game with a double in the fifth.
 
Megan Shurtz started on the mound for UAH, turning in 5.0 innings with five runs allowed and four strikeouts. Her record slides to 11-4 in 2023.
 
AUM 9, UAH 2
The Chargers clung to a 2-1 lead after an RBI single in the fourth by Alexa Douthitt, until the Warhawks plated three runs in the sixth and five runs in the seventh inning on the way to the 7-2 win in the series finale.
 
Five different UAH players had one base hit in the contest, including Kinley Adams, Kaylee Vaught, Lila Young, Gracie Green and Douthitt.
 
Josie Thompson made her ninth start in the circle for the regular season finale, as she worked 6.0 innings with three earned runs allowed and four strikeouts. She slides to 5-2 this season.