TAMPA, Fla. | The No. 5 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team wrapped up the 2023 campaign with a 2-1 loss to No. 1 Tampa in the NCAA South 1 Regional final, after earning a spot in the final game with a 5-3 win over Mississippi College to start the day. UAH ends its campaign at 46-11, while UT improves to 43-3.
 
This was the UAH softball program's 25th all-time appearance in the NCAA tournament.
 
UAH's 46 wins in the 2023 campaign are the most since the team recorded 48 victories in the 2014 campaign, as the Chargers have accrued 40 or more wins in a season 23 times.
 
Freshman Katie Bracken had a stellar first NCAA postseason, as she posted 25.1 innings with only two runs allowed over the Chargers four games at the South 1 Regional. She finishes her first collegiate season with a GSC-best 1.50 ERA and .177 batting average against.
 
Game one: UAH 5, MC 3
The Chargers put together a three-run rally in the bottom of the first on Friday until lightning ended the day's action, which would carry UAH to the 5-3 victory in the resumption of the contest on Saturday morning.
 
Gracie Green led the UAH offense with in the elimination-game victory, as she went 2-for-3 with three RBI.
 
Jada Henderson and Kaylee Vaught both had extra-base hits in the contest, with Henderson hitting a double in the third and Vaught posting an RBI triple for the Chargers first run of the game.
 
Josie Thompson started in the circle and picked up the win to improve to 8-2 this season, after tossing 5.1 innings with three runs allowed and one strikeout.
 
Katie Bracken notched her fourth save of the season, as she closed out the final 1.2 innings of the contest with no hits allowed and two strikeouts.
 
Game two: UT 2, UAH 1
Bracken stymied the Tampa bats in long relief, as she hurled the final 6.2 innings with one unearned run allowed and three strikeouts. The setback gives Bracken a final record of 18-3.
 
Green had another strong offensive display in the regional finale, as she went 3-for-3 with the team's lone RBI for the contest.
 
Lawren Hayes and Jada Henderson tied for the team lead with nine hits apiece, as the Chargers totaled nine base hits as a team.