MOBILE, Ala. - The University of West Alabama softball team split a doubleheader with Spring Hill College winning game one 1-0 and dropping the second contest 2-1.
 
West Alabama moves to 3-3 overall, while Spring Hill opens the season at 1-1, capturing its first win as a provisional member of NCAA Division II. 
 
Game one went scoreless until the top of the sixth inning when Treasure Rodreguez slapped a double to centerfield to score Jordyn Whiddon from second base, giving the Tigers the winning 1-0 lead. 
 
The offense started early for the Badgers in the second game as Carmen Byrd was able to score courtesy of a Shea Blanchard triple in the bottom of the first inning. Blanchard would then score on a single by Mary Beth Glass. 
 
Ashley Stassin put the lone Tiger run on the board after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Mariah Chavez in the top of the fifth. 
 
Caroline Sagera pitched all 14 innings for the Badgers striking out 11 total batters; six in game one. She allowed three hits in the first game and on in the second.
 
"It was nice to get out on the road and come home with a split," said UWA head coach Will Atkinson. "It's an opportunity where you feel like you could have had two wins, but two teams went toe to toe today."
 
"All the pitchers involved for both teams did a really good job. They kept our hitters off balance, but anytime we only give up two runs in a doubleheader I think we're going to have an opportunity to win a lot of ball games. I think both our pitchers did an outstanding job. It's just one of those things where you are not going hit a ton. You just have to put it behind you and be ready to go next week."
 
Stassin (2-0) pitched a complete game in game one for the Tigers and held the Badger lineup to just five hits. Alli Hall (1-2) completed all six innings of game two, giving up three hits and two runs, while recording five strikeouts. 
 
West Alabama will return to action Wednesday as it hosts non-conference opponent Tuskegee University to Livingston in a doubleheader. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the UWA Softball Complex.