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Carleigh Mills, Kierra Hague, Jenna Goldsmith
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Winner Talladega College TC 4-17
3
West Alabama UWA 16-12
Winner
Talladega College TC
4-17
5
Final
3
West Alabama UWA
16-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Talladega College TC 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 8 2
West Alabama UWA 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 7 3

W: Bryann Welch (2-6) L: Lay, Kamree (2-3)

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Talladega College TC 4-18
17
Winner West Alabama UWA 17-12
Talladega College TC
4-18
1
Final
17
West Alabama UWA
17-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Talladega College TC 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
West Alabama UWA 8 1 3 5 X 17 13 0

W: Keehn, Nora (9-4) L: Chancey Davis (2-7)

Game Recap: Softball |

UWA Erupts for Highest Run Total of Season to Earn Split

LIVINGSTON, Ala.– After suffering a tough game one loss, the West Alabama Softball team rallied for their most dominant performance of the season to date with 17 runs in five innings to defeat the Talladega College Tornadoes and earn a doubleheader split Thursday evening at the UWA Softball Complex.
 
The Tigers now sit at 17-12 overall heading into their mini-Spring Break. Talladega leaves 4-18 on the season.
 
UWA's second game eruption started in the bottom of the first with eight runs all with two outs.
 
Olivia Dunlap drew a bases loaded walk which allowed Kacy Noland to score. Grace Self was hit by a pitch, still with the bases loaded to allow Alli Craft to stroll to home plate. Kailey Hunt singled to left field and Dunlap and Hayes Fulford came around to score. Then Kierra Hague smashed a grand slam to put the Tigers up 8-0.
 
In the second, Self doubled to allow Dunlap to cross home. Then in the third a Noland single brought in Hague and Alli Craft hit a solo shot over the left field wall to put UWA up 12-0.
 
West Alabama put up another big inning, this time with five runs with Hague hitting a single to center to let Haylie Best score, Jenna Goldsmith with a hit to right to bring home Abby McKee, Faith McKenzie got hit by a pitch with bases loaded for Hague to score and then Kylie Martin hit a single to let Mckinley Parris and Goldsmith score to put UWA up 17-0.
 
In the fifth, Madison Pike hit a double to score Isabella Duran and give the Tornadoes their only run of game two for the 17-1 final.
 
Nora Keehn (9-4) didn't allow a hit until she was two outs away from the no-hitter. The senior pitched all five innings in the win with four strikeouts, two hits and an earned run.
 
However, the first game did not go the Tigers way as Talladega stunned UWA for a 5-3 win.
 
Talladega put up the first five runs of the game one starting in the first inning with a solo homer from Taylor Espinoza. In the third, Espinoza reached on a fielder's choice to let Chancey Davis score.
 
The Tornadoes scored three in the fourth when Anthonia Cooper reached on an error as Vanessa Oakley scored, Maya Canul singled to allow Madison Pike to score and Espinoza got another hit this time a single to allow Cooper to come in and give Talladega a 5-0 lead.
 
The Tigers attempted to mount a comeback in the latter innings starting in the fifth with a single by Noland to knock in Goldsmith followed by a Hague single to right field and bring in Johnson to close the gap to 5-2.
 
Then in the sixth, Shay Shepherd scored as Hunt reached on a fielder's choice to reach the 5-3 final for the first game.
 
Kamree Lay suffered the game one loss with four strikeouts but three hits and two earned runs surrendered. Carleigh Mills pitched for two outs before being relieved by Kat Burks who went 2.1 innings with three strikeouts and three hits allowed. Keehn pitched the final three outs with a strikeout.
 
UWA left seven runners on base in the game one loss.
 
The Tigers have the weekend off from competition and will return to action Thursday, March 28 against Christian Brothers for a non-conference doubleheader. First pitch in Memphis, Tennessee is set for 12 p.m.
 
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