UAH claims GSC regular season championship with sweep-clinching win at Union Sunday

JACKSON, Tenn. – The No. 4 University of Alabama in Huntsville softball team became the 2023 Gulf South Conference Regular Season Champions with an 8-1 victory at Union to cap off a conference series sweep on Sunday afternoon. UAH improves to 39-7 (24-2 GSC), while UU slides to 24-21 (13-12 GSC).

The victory secures the Chargers as the No. 1 seed at the upcoming 2023 Gulf South Conference Softball Championships at Choccolocco Park from May 3-6. This is the third time in the GSC’s non-divisional era UAH has earned the league’s regular season title.

UAH finishes the 2023 regular season road slate with a 15-1 record that was capped off by 11 consecutive GSC road wins. This was also UAH’s seventh straight win over Union.

Both sides were tied 1-1 after one run apiece in the first inning until the Chargers pulled ahead with a two-run top of the third that would carry UAH to the 8-1 victory to seal the series sweep.

Josie Thompson had a strong start in the circle for the Blue & White, hurling the full 7.0 innings with one run allowed, zero walks and a season-high nine strikeouts. She improves to 5-1 in 2023.

Kaylee Vaught capped off her weekend with 2-for-4 performance that featured one double and one. Vaught collected a total of seven runs driven in during the weekend series to increase her team-leading RBI total to 41.

Laura Harbin drove in a roster-best four runs on the day, as she mashed a grand slam as part of a five-run top of the seventh. Harbin now has six home runs this season.

Kinley Adams scored a team-high three runs on Sunday, while also drawing two of the Chargers seven walks on Sunday.

The Chargers are back in action on Friday and Saturday at Charger Park for the final weekend of the regular season with a three-game series against Auburn Montgomery.