Softball Closes Fall Ball Sunday with Doubleheader Wins Over Chipola

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball closed out its fall schedule Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium with a doubleheader against Chipola College, winning 9-0 and 11-1.

The Crimson Tide scored 87 runs over its eight fall games while not allowing more than two runs in any game. Sunday's finale against Chipola marked the fourth game with 10 or more runs scored.

Highlights

Lauren Esman and Jocelyn Briski combined for 7.0 shutout innings in the circle in game one with six strikeouts and just three hits allowed
Jenna Johnson had two hits in game one and drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk
Emma Broadfoot hit her second home run of the fall in game two, a two-run blast in the bottom of the third
Marlie Giles was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in game two, with Lauren Johnson also earning three hits including an RBI triple
Broadfoot, Kali Heivilin, Kat Grill and Kinley Pate also had multi-hit performances in game two
After earning a pinch-hit RBI single on Friday, KJ Haney had two more RBI singles on Sunday giving her a 3-for-3 line with three RBIs in three appearances this fall
Kayla Beaver and Alea Johnson each had five strikeouts in game two, with Johnson going nine-up, nine-down over 3.0 innings pitched

Game One Scoring Summary (Alabama 9, Chipola College 0)

B2 | Kali Heivilin drove in two with a double (2-0)
B2 | Kenleigh Cahalan doubled the lead with a two-run single (4-0)
B5 | Jenna Johnson drew a bases-loaded walk (5-0)
B5 | KJ Haney drove in a run with a pinch-hit RBI single (6-0)
B5 | Emma Broadfoot tacked on two with a single (8-0)
B5 | Jocelyn Briski was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded (9-0)

Game Two Scoring Summary (Alabama 11, Chipola College 1)

B1 | Kali Heivilin got the scoring started with an RBI single (1-0)
B1 | Heivilin came home on an RBI single from Marlie Giles (2-0)
T2 | Chipola erased the shutout with an RBI single to right (2-1)
B3 | Heivilin notched her second RBI of the game with a double to left (3-1)
B3 | Giles drove in a run with a hard-hit RBI single to third (4-1)
B3 | Emma Broadfoot blasted a two-run home run to left (6-1)
B3 | Lauren Johnson lifted an RBI triple to the wall in right (7-1)
B4 | Giles drove in Kat Grill with an RBI single (8-1)
B5 | Jocelyn Briski dropped a pinch-hit double in the gap, driving in two (10-1)
B6 | KJ Haney tacked on another run with a pinch-hit RBI single (11-1)

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