FLORENCE
– Maggi Eades and Lindsey Greene each went
4-for-8 on the day as the University of
North Alabama softball team used a 5-1, 5-4
home sweep over Northern Kentucky to improve
to 4-0 on the season.
In the first game, Stephanie Glienke took a
no-hitter into the fifth inning before
allowing a single. She finished the game
with one strikeout in five innings of work
and improved to 1-0 on the year.
Offensively, the Lions got 10 hits in the
game, including a 2-for-3 showing from Emily
Beckwith. UNA scored single runs in the top
of the second, third and sixth innings and
had a two-run fourth. Eades and Greene each
went 2-for-4 with Greene driving in a pair
of runs.
The Lions rallied from a 4-0 deficit to win
the second game, getting the winning run in
the bottom of the seventh inning. Eades, a
freshman from Birmingham, came through with
the bases-loaded game-winning hit through
the right side.
After the Norse scored four runs in the top
of the third, UNA responded with a single
run in the bottom of the inning. Sarah
Whitlow got the first of her two RBI with a
double to center field. She finished the
game 2-for-4 at the plate.
The Lions then used a three-run fifth inning
to tie the score at 4-4.
Allie Pridmore, who went 2-for-3 in the
game, led of the inning with a double as UNA
sent nine batters to the plate.
After a scoreless sixth inning, the Lions
loaded the bases in the bottom of the
seventh to set up Eades’ game-winning hit.
Sabrina Roberts improved to 2-0 on the year
after scattering seven hits and striking out
five batters in seven innings of work.
Printable Game
Statistics - Northern Kentucky - Game 3
Printable Game
Statistics - Northern Kentucky - Game 4
