FLORENCE, Ala. – North Alabama overcame six lead changes to sweep West Alabama in a Gulf South Conference softball doubleheader on Saturday, winning game one 4-3 in eight innings and game two 5-2.  

West Alabama falls to 8-9 overall and 3-7 in the GSC, while North Alabama improves to14-1 and 4-0, remaining perfect at home at 6-0.

The Tigers took the first lead of the day at 1-0 in the top of the first inning of game one on an error by UNA left fielder Amy Carden.

Brittany Gillison sent in the tied the game for the first time in the bottom of the second inning on a RBI double to left centerfield. An error by the Tigers later in the inning allowed UNA a 2-1 lead.

Gillison homered in the fourth to extend UNA's lead to 3-1.

Treasure Rodriguez homered for the fifth time this season with one runner on base for UWA to tie the game again at 3-3 in the top of the fifth.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Carey Grace Peebles brought in the game winning run on a single with the bases loaded off of her first hit of the day.

Peebles gave the Lions the lead first in game two with a double in the bottom of the second inning with one runner on base.  

The Tigers last lead of the day came in the top of the third with a sac fly by Scarlett Wright and a solo homerun by Ashley Stassin to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead in the top of the third.

In the bottom of the inning, the Lions took advantage of four runs on four hits and a Tiger error to take their final lead of the day.
 
"We just didn't play a complete game all day," said UWA head coach Will Atkinson.
 
"We went into extra innings in game one, but really only had one inning where we didn't protect the softball and that ultimately came back to bite us. Game two, again, really came down to one inning. We got enough out of our pitchers today to have an opportunity to win, but our situational hitting was just not what it has been. Overall this team has what it takes to be successful, but they're going to have to play complete games."
 
Ashton Edwards (1-0) entered in both games picking up the win in game one and a save in game two. Hilary Carpenter took the win game two (8-6).
 
Alli Hall (5-6) allowed three earned runs in the first game to pick up the loss, while Ashley Stassin (2-1) recorded the loss in game two with five earned runs.
 
The series will conclude with game three on Sunday. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.