The Lee University softball team split its Gulf South Conference home doubleheader Sunday against the University of Alabama in Huntsville, which is ranked 21st in NCAA Division II. Lee won 6-3 before losing 11-6. In the first game, Brooklynn Frazier went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Stevie Baird, Courtney Crawford and Taylor Moran each had two hits, Baird with a solo home run. Leigh Beatenbough (4-3) was the winning pitcher and Moran earned her second save this year. In the loss, Moran was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, while Baird, Crawford and Zoe Miller also had two hits apiece and Frazier drove in two runs for the Lady Flames (9-5, 1-2). UAH is 11-4, 2-1.
– Chattanooga State lost 1-0 and 3-0 Sunday at Pensacola State. Pitchers Kaleigh Wynne in the first game and Abby Hicks and Abbey White in the second allowed only one earned run in each. Devan Brown had a hit in each for the Lady Tigers (9-3), and Haley Johnson and Emily Burns each was 2-for-3 in the second game.
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– Sewanee completed a home sweep of Wilmington (Ohio) in an NCAA Division III doubleheader Sunday, winning 3-1 and 4-0 a day after a 19-4 blowout and improving to 3-5 for the season. In Sunday’s first game, Drew Mancuso was 3-for-4, while Beau Allen and Tyler Minkkinen each was 2-for-4 and Daniel McDonnell (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win. In the second game, Trey Akins was 2-for-3 and Jackson Cooper 1-for-2 with two walks. Josh Roberts (1-0) pitched five innings and left with a 2-0 lead before yielding to Minkkinen, who earned his first save this year.
– Lee was unable to sweep UAH in GSC play, losing 10-9 Sunday after trailing 8-0 after two innings. Spencer Mossburg and Jordan Howard each had three hits and one RBI for the Flames (9-2, 2-1), who cut UAH’s lead to 9-8 on Mossburg’s double in the seventh.