MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Montevallo softball team posted a pair of wins in a doubleheader with Shorter on Saturday, March 11. 
 
GAME ONE
After Shorter left one on the top of the first, Montevallo's bats exploded to score five runs. Senior Taylor Robinson broke the ice with a two-run bomb just before Alisha Lanyon went yard in the next at-bat. Lauren Higginbotham advanced to third after a single and double from Ellie Derrick and, with a pair of sacrifice flies from Sydnee Reaves and Lily Stone, scored the fourth and fifth runs of the inning. 
 
After a 1-2-3 second from starting pitcher Brittany Crowson, Shorter bounced back with a three-run shot in the third. 
 
Montevallo answered the bell with another five-run inning in the bottom of the third. With two runners on, Stone hit an RBI double before Georgia Hughes brought home the seventh and eighth runs of the game. With Hughes still on first, Shelby Sloan blasted a two-run shot to give Montevallo a 10-3 lead. 
 
The Hawks battled back with three runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to trim the lead down to just three. 
 
UM stranded three in the sixth to put Shorter down to its last three outs. In the top of the seventh, SU hit a pair of homers but the Falcons defense finished the game with three straight-outs. Montevallo took the game 10-9 with Crowson earning the win and Taylor Lloyd credited with the save.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 10 | Shorter 9
Records: Montevallo 8-10 (2-2 GSC) | Shorter 4-19 (1-9 GSC)
Location: Softball Stadium at Orr Park | Montevallo, Ala. 
 
GAME NOTES 

• Montevallo scored 10 runs on 13 hits with 10 RBI and a trio of home runs while Shorter plated nine runs on 11 hits with nine RBI and three home runs. 
• Shelby Sloan led the Falcons' offense with a .750 batting average with two RBI, two runs and a homer. 
• Taylor Robinson, Lily Stone, and Georgia Hughes drove in a pair of runs while Robinson and Alisha Lanyon added one home run apiece. 

 
GAME TWO
With each side getting one hit in the first and a three-up, three-down second from Taylor Lloyd, the Falcons' bats erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the second. Following an Ellie Derrick double, Sydnee Reaves drove one to deep center field for the freshman's sixth home run of the season. Georgia Hughes reached on a single and was brought home in the next at-bat with a tripe from Maddie Taylor. An RBI single from Shelby Sloan and another single from Taylor Robinson brought Alisha Lanyon up to bat with two runners on. The sophomore blasted her second home run of the day to give Montevallo a 7-0 advantage. 
 
Lloyd gave up a single hit with a strikeout in the third to keep her shutout appearance going. 
 
An error from Shorter scored Lily Stone and Reaves to bring the run rule into effect at 9-0. Robinson added a two-RBI double to her stat line before Lauren Hamby drove Robinson in to score the fifth run of the inning and give Montevallo a 12-0 lead. 
 
Lloyd's impressive outing continued with a second three-up, three-down inning in the fourth. 
 
In the bottom of the inning, Maddie Taylor doubled to left for an RBI for Montevallo's 14^th run of the day. Lloyd polished off the Falcons' 14-0 win with three outs in the fifth. 
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 14 | Shorter 0
Records: Montevallo 9-10 (3-2 GSC) | Shorter 4-20 (1-10 GSC)
Location: Softball Stadium at Orr Park | Montevallo, Ala. 
 
GAME NOTES 

• Freshman right-hander Taylor Lloyd went the distance in Montevallo's five-inning, shutout win while giving up just three hits and walking one batter. 

• Montevallo's offense exploded for 14 runs on 15 hits with 14 RBI, four doubles, a triple, and a pair of home runs. 
• Taylor Robinson went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with two doubles and two RBI. 
• Alisha Lanyon batted in three runs while going 2-for-4 with a three-run shot. 

 
UP NEXT: Montevallo is set to close4 out the series with Shorter at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Mach 12.