SHC swept by West Alabama

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The Spring Hill College softball team fell to West Alabama in both games of Wednesday's road doubleheader at the UWA Softball Complex.
 
The suspended game from March 7 was made up prior to the doubleheader. It picked up with a 3-3 tie in the top of the seventh and went into extra innings. West Alabama (28-14, 12-12 GSC) homered in the top of the ninth and secured its 4-3 victory over Spring Hill (20-18, 19-0 SIAC) to start the day.
 
McKenzie King led the Badgers in the first game of the doubleheader with a 1-for-3 day on the plate that featured an RBI. Bailey Cox tripled and Taylor Pittman batted a double. Macy Holt led the second game while going 1-for-2 with a home run while Rycca Hinton doubled.
 
Emily Phillips (5-5) took the loss in game one of the doubleheader after conceding four runs on three hits with a walk and one strikeout across 6.0 innings. Leighanna Turk (6-8) suffered the loss in game two after giving up five runs on five hits and two walks in 1.0 inning.
 
Game Details
Date: April 17
Time: 2/4 p.m.
Venue (Location): UWA Softball Complex (Livingston, Ala.)
 
How It Happened - Doubleheader
Game One

• B3 | Kelsie Gilliam tripled to center field to score Gaddy Utsey. Taylor Clegg knocked a two-run home run down the left field line, West Alabama, 3-0.
• T4 | Cox scored on an error by Marissa Mitchell, West Alabama 3-1.
• B5 | Gilliam grounded out to score Karley McDaniel, West Alabama 4-1.
• T7 | King singled to score Oscha Carter, West Alabama 4-2.

Game Two

• B1 | Ann Marie Stanbridge hit a three-run homer to left center. Emily Cowart grounded out to score Riley Sullivan. Kori Young singled to score Mary Grace Sheffield, West Alabama 5-0.
• B2 | Sullivan sacrificed to score Taylor Clegg. Cowart singled to left field to score Stanbridge. Young singled to center field to score Sheffield, West Alabama 9-0.
• T3 | Holt belted a home run to left field, West Alabama 9-1.
• B4 | Clegg sacrificed to right field to score Grace Ausborn. Mitchell singled through the left side to score Gilliam and Sara Fargo, West Alabama 12-1.

 
Results
West Alabama 4, Spring Hill 3 (9 Inn.)*
 
West Alabama 4, Spring Hill 2
 
West Alabama 12, Spring Hill 1
Records: West Alabama (28-14, 12-12 GSC), Spring Hill (20-18, 19-0 SIAC)
*Make-up from March 7
 
Up Next
The Badgers will return to Murray Field to close out the regular season with a three-game conference series against Lane starting on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
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