BATON ROUGE, La., - A pair of wins at Southern on Friday gave the University of North Alabama softball team a 6-2 record on the season. The Lions won 12-1 in six innings, followed by a 7-1 victory in the nightcap.

In the opener, Megan Garst became UNA's all-time leader in strikeouts. The senior from Columbiana entered the game trailing Hillary Carpenter's school-record 455 strikeouts by only two. She struck out the first three batters faced to claim the record.

Offensively, the Lions scored in all but two innings, plating 12 runs off 12 hits. UNA built a 7-0 lead before Southern scored its first run in the bottom of the fourth inning. After a scoreless fifth, North Alabama used a five-run sixth inning to claim the mercy-rule victory.

Meleah Hargett and Harley Stokes each went 2-for-3 at the plate. A two-run home run in the top of the first inning started the scoring for the Lions. Kalli Daniel also went 2-for-2 at the plate.

Garst struck out seven and worked the first three innings to improve to 3-1 on the year. Her career strikeout total has reached 460. Allysa Drogemuller pitched the final three innings in the circle.

In the second game, UNA scored seven runs off 11 hits. Daniel led the way with a 3-for-4 showing, including two singles and a triple.

The Lions took a 2-0 lead after Sidney Bevis drew a bases-loaded walk and Stokes scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning. Emma Latham and Emma Broadfoot then drove in runs in the top of the second and third innings before the Jaguars scored in the bottom of the third.

After scoring on an error in the top of the sixth, UNA added two more runs in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Broadfoot and an RBI-single by Katie Killen. Broadfoot was also 2-for-3 in the game with a pair of RBI.

Maci Birdyshaw got the pitching win after working the first six inning. The freshman struck out 11 batters and allowed only one hit to improve to 2-1 on the season. Laken Distefano pitched the seventh inning for the Lions.