Haven Kirby Home Run
Drew Barton
3
Eastern Kentucky EKU 16-17
4
Winner North Alabama UNA 21-9
Eastern Kentucky EKU
16-17
3
Final
4
North Alabama UNA
21-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 6 0
North Alabama UNA 1 1 1 0 1 0 X 4 8 0

W: Escobar, Elena (7-2) L: Lauren Narvaez (8-11)

Game Recap: Softball |

KIRBY AND ESCOBAR LEAD LIONS PAST EKU

FLORENCE, Ala. --Haven Kirby had three hits, including a home run, and Elena Escobar pitched a complete game as the University of North Alabama softball team closed out its ASUN Conference series against Eastern Kentucky with a 4-3 win at the Hilda B. Anderson Softball Complex.

With the win, the Lions took the series 2-1 over the Colonels and improved to 21-9 on the season. The Lions are 3-6 in ASUN play.

UNA went on top with single runs in the first and second innings. In the first, Sidney Bevis singled and scored on an RBI-double by Jones.

In the second, Brooke Burback had a leadoff double and scored on an RBI-single from Haven Kirby.

EKU tied the game with two runs in the top of the third but the Lions regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the frame. Gracie Benton walked, Burback singled and Kirby drove in the run with her second RBI-single of the day.

The final run of the game came when Kirby homered to leadoff the fifth inning.

Escobar (7-2) got her second win of the series. She allowed three runs on six hits over seven innings. She walked two and struckout six.

UNA begins a three-game road series at Kennesaw State on April 7.
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