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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – West Alabama opened the 2014 Charger Chillout with a 3-2 win over St. Joseph's in game one, but fell 6-2 to No. 15 North Georgia in game two.
 
West Alabama moves to 3-3 overall. St. Joseph's fell to Northwood 2-7 in its first game of the tournament to drop to 0-2. North Georgia dropped its first game to West Georgia 10-9 to move to 4-2.  

""In both games we had great pitching," UWA head coach Will Atkinson said. "Jessica Brock and Sarah Ray-Averett came out, commanded the strike zone and did well.
 
"In the first game, we were fortunate enough to get the hits when we needed it and pushed a couple of runs across. In the second game, we had 10 runners left on base in the first six innings. The seventh inning was the only inning that we did not leave a runner stranded. We just didn't get that timely hit. We played four really good innings of softball and had great starting pitching, but our bull pen kind of let us down and our offense didn't come through with a big clutch hit. North Georgia is a good ball club. They have some great coaches and players."
 
The Tigers scored three runs in the top of the third against St. Joseph led by Whitney Brown and Jordyn Whiddon; each had one run and a run batted in. Rebecca Schick singled in the same inning with the bases loaded to send Miriah Chavez home and put the Tigers up 3-0.
 
St. Joseph's Kylie Weeks and Myranda Eckburg each scored in the bottom of the third to give the Pumas their only runs.
 
Whiddon led the Tigers 2-for-3 at the plate. Weeks ended 2-for-2 for St. Joseph.
 
Schick singled to center field to send in two runs to put UWA ahead of North Georgia 2-0 in the top of the third inning. Anna Shartzer and Schick each went 2-for-4.
 
With already one run in the bottom of the third, Rochelle Shuman tripled down the left line in the bottom of the fifth to send in two more runs and put the Nighthawks up 3-2.  
 
Three Tiger errors and two stolen bases led to three more runs for UNG in bottom of the sixth inning. Kim McMilland and Sarah Johnson each finished 3-for-3 with one run for the Nighthawks.
 
Sarah Ray-Averett (2-0) picked up the win in the circle for the Tigers against St. Joseph. She pitched through her second complete game this season, allowing four hits. She leads the Tigers with a 1.50 ERA on the season. Summer Sutton (0-1) gave up three earned runs through seven innings to take the loss.
 
North Georgia's Victoria Sink (2-0) took the win in the second game, giving up nine hits. Jessica Brock (0-2) gave up three earned runs through five innings before relieved by Alli Hall. Hall closed out the final inning with one earned run and two hits. 
 
The Tigers remain in Huntsville, Ala., to take on Georgia Regents and Bellarmine in the second day of the Charger Chillout. UWA is slated to take on Georgia Regents at Noon followed with Bellarmine at 4 p.m. at Metro Kiwanis Sportsplex.