Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 GULF SHORES, Ala. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) softball team finished play in the annual Gulf Coast Invitational (GCI) hosted by the University of Mobile at the Sportsplex on Saturday morning with a 1-0 loss to the Avila University Eagles, but bounced back in the second game to rally for a 6-5 victory over the Reinhardt University Eagles.
 
Sophomore Danielle Clark (10-6) took the complete-game loss in the first game after Avila (8-4) broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 4^th inning with a run-scoring single to left field by left fielder Abby King. Clark allowed five hits with a walk and a strike out while Kayleigh Beheymer (4-1) earned the shut out by scattering four hits with five walks and one strike out.
 
In the second game, Reinhardt (12-7) held a 4-1 lead heading to the bottom of the 6^th inning when SHC rallied to score five runs off five hits and three Eagle errors to break a three-game losing skid. Catcher Kali Clement, right fielder Katelyn Wilson, second baseman Bayleigh Anders, shortstop Carmen Byrd, and third baseman Rene Kausin all had two hits in the second game with Clement picking up two RBI.
 
Wilson (3-3) would earn the victory in relief of Clark in the 5^th inning and allowed two hits with a walk and two strike outs in 2.2 innings of work. Clark allowed five hits and five walks with three strike outs. Madison Luck fell to 5-3 in the complete-game effort for Reinhardt with 11 hits allowed, no walks and no strike outs.
 
Spring Hill (15-9, 3-0 SIAC) will host Tuskegee University (0-11, 0-0 SIAC) in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) double header on Saturday beginning at noon on Murray Field.