7
Winner Delta State DSU 34-18
2
UAH UAH 38-14
Winner
Delta State DSU
34-18
7
Final
2
UAH UAH
38-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delta State DSU 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 16 0
UAH UAH 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 2

W: Tucker, Taylor (13-6) L: Kimberly Jack (8-3)

0
Delta State DSU 34-19
4
Winner North Alabama UNA 47-5
Delta State DSU
34-19
0
Final
4
North Alabama UNA
47-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delta State DSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
North Alabama UNA 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4 9 1

W: Hillary Carpenter (22-3) L: Johnson, Taylor (13-9)

Game Recap: Softball | | J.T. Webb

Lady Statesmen Top UAH, fall to UNA at GSC Tournament

FLORENCE, Ala. – The No. 5 seed Delta State University softball team racked up 16 hits in a 7-2 victory over No. 4 seed University of Alabama in Huntsville, but were held to just three in a 4-0 loss to No. 1 seed and host University of North Alabama on Thursday at the UNA Softball Complex.
 
DSU will face No. 6 seed Shorter University in an elimination game on Friday at 10 a.m.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final (GM1): DSU 7, UAH 2
Final (GM2): UNA 4, DSU 0
Location: UNA Softball Complex | Florence, Ala.
Records: Lady Statesmen (34-19) | Chargers (38-13) | Lions (47-5)
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
GAME ONE 
  • The Lady Statesmen exploded for five runs in the top of the first, using an RBI double by Morgan Kazerooni, a two-RBI single by Madison Zoeller and a two-run home run by Carah Nunez. Nunez is now tied for second on the team with six round-trippers.
  • After DSU left the bases loaded in the second and third innings, UAH scored their lone runs of the contest on a two-out double by Taylor Wascavage.
  • Nunez responded, making the score 7-2, when she drove in her third and fourth runs of the game with an RBI single to right center, scoring Kazerooni and Kaitlin Moore.
  • Taylor Tucker (13-6) went the distance, and allowed two runs on eight hits with one strikeout and three walks.
  • Kimberly Jack (8-3) pitched four innings, and surrendered seven runs on 14 hits with one strikeout and two walks. Taylor Doriety allowed two hits in three innings of relief.
  • Abi Gibson, Nunez and Kara Lane Nowell recorded three hits to lead DSU.


HOW IT HAPPENED:
GAME TWO
  • After the Lady Statesmen left a pair of runners on base in the opening frame, GSC Player of the Year Brooklynn Clark drove in Bailey Nelson with a sacrifice fly to left field.
  • The Lions made the score 3-0 in the bottom of the third, when Clark smacked a two-out home run with a runner on.
  • UNA finished the scoring in the sixth on an RBI double by Madeline Lee.
  • Carpenter (22-3) allowed three hits, six walks and struck out three in seven innings.
  • Taylor Johnson (13-9) gave up four runs on nine hits in six innings.
  • Gibson, Kazerooni and Nunez recorded the hits for DSU.
 
STAT OF THE DAY:
  
In the opener, six DSU starters recorded multiple hits, and eight-of-nine starters had at least one.
 
        
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • After being limited to just 28 hits over its previous six contests, DSU exploded for 16 in the victory over UAH.
  • In the opener, Nunez matched her career high with four RBI's. Her previous four RBI effort came on Feb. 20 against West Alabama.
  • With her double in the fourth inning in game one, Moore now has 22 for her career, which is one away from tying the DSU record held by Ashlee Nodhturft.
  • Nowell's three hits in the opener are a career high.
  • DSU is now --- when scoring the first run of the game.
  • The five run first inning in the opener marked the most runs in a frame for DSU since plating nine in the third inning of a 10-2 victory over Christian Brothers on April 2.
  • The Lady Statesmen picked up their first postseason victory over UAH since a 6-5 triumph in the 2012 edition of the GSC Tournament.
  • Tucker has allowed two or fewer earned runs in her last two starts.


 
UP NEXT:

DSU faces Shorter in an elimination game on Friday at 10 a.m. CT. DSU earned a series victory at Shorter on April 9-10.














 
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