MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo softball team travels to Mobile, Ala. for a three-game set against the Spring Hill College Badgers on Feb. 16 and Feb. 17.
Last Time Out
Montevallo is coming off of day two of the UAH Charger Chillout where they split as they beat Kentucky Wesleyan 6-4 while they dropped an exciting one-run game against Lincoln Memorial 5-6.
How To Follow
Montevallo vs. Spring Hill / Feb. 16 at 2:00 PM CT
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Montevallo vs. Spring Hill / Feb. 17 at 12:00 PM CT
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Montevallo vs. Spring Hill / Feb. 17 at 2:00 PM CT
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https://shc.godogsports.com/
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https://shcbadgers.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary
About Montevallo
Hitting
The Falcon bats scored 24 runs on 46 hits this past weekend at the UAH Charger Chillout.
Bentlee Stiner was a force for most of that production as she picked up eight hits, five RBI, two doubles and scored four runs. The sophomore from Chattanooga, Tennessee also stole two bases and had a career-high three hits against Kentucky Wesleyan. Stiner pushes her hit streak to seven games.
Ariana Pinder had a career-high three hits against Trevecca Nazarene and totaled six hits on the weekend. Pinder also had an RBI and scored twice for the Falcons. Freshman
Kendall Channell extended her hit streak to five games as she knocked six base hits on the weekend with two doubles as she drove home four RBI.
Ansley Hudson had four hits in the chillout as her batting average raised to .357 after the weekend. The speedy outfielder from Deltona, Florida had a career-high two stolen bases against Kentucky Wesleyan and had three on the weekend.
Montevallo is hard to stop on the bases as they are 10-11 in stolen base attempts. The Falcons are sixth in the GSC as a team with 62 hits on the season and sixth with 81 total bases.
Pitching
Taylor Lloyd was phenomenal in her previous outing against Kentucky Wesleyan. Lloyd fired a career-high 10 strikeouts against the panthers and earned her first win of the season. The sophomore from Soddy Daisy, Tennessee is fourth in the GSC with 21 strikeouts on the season.
Rachel Whiddon came in relief of Lloyd against Kentucky Wesleyan and picked up her second save of the season. She earned her first complete game in the circle for the Falcons and recorded eight strikeouts this weekend. Rachel now leads the conference with two saves.
Scouting Spring Hill
The Badgers come into the weekend 1-6 and are coming off their first win of the season against the University of Mobile, 4-3. At the Gulf Shores Invitational, Spring Hill competed against some of the best competition in the country as they fell to No. 1 North Georgia, Receiving Votes AUM and GSC foe Valdosta State.
Spring Hill scores over three runs a game and, as a team, they are batting .181 with only one home run on the season. Airyonna Weaver is the leader hitter for the Badgers as she is batting .375 on the season with nine hits, two doubles and six RBI. Weaver is a threat to steal aa she is a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts.
SHC is top-five in the SIAC with a 5.21 ERA. The Badgers allow opposing batters to hit .346 but they don't give many free passes as they give up the third lowest walks in the conference at 14. Leighanna Turk has 27.1 innings pitched for Spring Hill as she has two complete games under her belt with a 5.63 ERA, six strikeouts and an .328 batting average against.
The Falcons are 6-5 against the Badgers all-time and have won the most recent game between the two. Montevallo is on a three-game win streak against Spring Hill as UM won all three meetings against SHC last season. The Falcons are 2-5 when playing as the road team against Spring Hill.
