LIVINGSTON, Ala. – West Alabama softball opened its 2015 home season with a 23-3 and 9-0 doubleheader sweep of Miles College at the UWA Softball Complex Tuesday. The Tiger bats compiled five home runs and 15 doubles on the way to 32 runs through 11 total innings.
 
West Alabama improves to 2-2 overall, while Miles opens its season 0-2.
 
Miles opened the first inning of game one with a run-batted-in single by Evette Ransaw to claim its only lead of the day.
 
The Tiger bats heated up in the bottom of the inning with a three-run homerun by Libby Davis on her first pitch faced of the day. Treasure Rodriguez and Scarlett Wright went on to each add a three-run homer in the bottom of the third inning.
 
Davis added one more three-run shot in the bottom of the fourth to cap off UWA's hot hitting streak. The Tigers totaled 19 hits, eight doubles and seven walks, while striking out only once.
 
The offensive surge continued into game two, with seven West Alabama runs in the bottom of the first. Lacey Santiago, Scarlett Wright and Ashley Stassin posted three straight doubles to put the Tigers on the board, while Mariah Chavez, Kristen Bittle and Lydia North each contributed a double before the inning was over.
 
Deven Hines closed the two game series with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Five separate Tigers had three runs in the first game, with Lydia North leading the day with five, adding two more runs in the second game. Scarlett Wright, Ashley Stassin and Libby Davis finished with four hits each, while Davis led with six RBI.
 
Stassin (1-0) picked up her first win in the circle in game one, allowing four hits through four innings and retiring two batters.
 
Alli Hall (1-1) pitched all six innings of game two, striking out five and giving up only three hits to record her first shutout victory of the year.
 
Grayson Culliver (0-1) took the loss in game one allowing 12 runs on nine hits through two innings. Talana Brown (0-1) picked up the defeat in game two. Brown gave up seven runs on eight hits through five innings.  
 
"It was a great team effort," said UWA head coach Will Atkinson.

"It's obviously nice to win at home, but I'm just really proud of the effort. We were able to come out and score a few runs. The defense looked good and the pitching did very well tonight. We got to see a few people play tonight who didn't get the opportunity on Saturday. It was just nice to come out and get those first couple of wins under our belt."

The Tigers return to action Sunday on the road against non-conference opponent Spring Hill College. Game one of the double header is scheduled to begin at Noon.