{"id":139091,"date":"2026-01-31T21:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139091\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:28:08","slug":"softball-splits-saturday-doubleheader-in-fort-lauderdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/139091\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Splits Saturday Doubleheader in Fort Lauderdale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p3.png\" alt=\"Nova Southeastern\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Nova Southeastern<\/p>\n<p>2\/1\/2026 | 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 01 (Sun) \/ 11 a.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p3.png\" alt=\"Nova Southeastern\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Nova Southeastern&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/nova-southeastern\/96\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"352\" data-start=\"131\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. | The UAH softball team split a doubleheader on Saturday at the NSU Softball Field, opening the day with an 8-6 victory over Barry before falling 9-1 to Nova Southeastern in the second game.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"462\" data-start=\"354\">The Chargers move to 3-1 on the season. Barry falls to 0-3 while Nova Southeastern improves to 1-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"490\" data-start=\"464\">Game One: UAH 8, Barry 6<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"905\" data-start=\"492\">UAH used a balanced offensive attack and strong relief pitching to secure an 8-6 win over Barry in the opener. The Chargers got on the board in the first inning when <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/alexa-douthitt\/6730\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6730\" target=\"_blank\">Alexa Douthitt<\/a> grounded out to drive in <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brittany-slaten\/6734\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6734\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Slaten<\/a>. Barry responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning, but UAH chipped away and took the lead for good in the fourth, scoring two runs on a two-RBI single from Slaten to make it 6-3.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1133\" data-start=\"907\">Barry pulled even in the bottom of the fourth with two home runs, but UAH responded immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kylie-ballentine\/6740\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6740\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Ballentine<\/a> scored on a wild pitch in the fifth, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-brown\/6741\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6741\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Brown<\/a> added an RBI single in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-6.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1518\" data-start=\"1135\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/megan-shurtz\/6733\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6733\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Shurtz<\/a> earned the win in relief, throwing 2.1 scoreless innings while allowing just one hit. Slaten led the Chargers with a 2-for-4 performance, scoring twice and driving in two runs. Ballentine went 3-for-4 with a run scored, Douthitt added two RBIs, and <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/hannah-temple\/6736\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6736\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Temple<\/a> had two runs scored. Barry was paced by homers from Chandler Barry, Vivian Billard, and Rachel Rodriguez.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1570\" data-start=\"1520\">Game Two: Nova Southeastern 9, UAH 1 (5 innings)<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1981\" data-start=\"1572\">Nova Southeastern used a seven-run fifth inning to pull away from UAH and claim a 9-1 win in the second game of the day. UAH struck first when <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-brown\/6741\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6741\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Brown<\/a> doubled to drive in <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brittany-slaten\/6734\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6734\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Slaten<\/a>, but the Sharks tied it\u00a0with a solo home run in the bottom of the inning. Nova Southeastern took the lead in the fourth and broke the game open in the fifth with multiple base hits and a three-run homer to end the contest early.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2257\" data-start=\"1983\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/katie-bracken\/6726\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6726\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Bracken<\/a> took the loss for UAH, striking out 10 over 4.1 innings. Brown went 1-for-1 with an RBI double, while Slaten and <a href=\"https:\/\/uahchargers.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kylie-ballentine\/6740\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6740\" target=\"_blank\">Kylie Ballentine<\/a> each had a hit for the Chargers. Destiny\u00a0Lewis, Taylor\u00a0Rogers, and Emily\u00a0Garcia paced the Sharks with a combined eight RBIs and\u00a0three home runs.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2403\" data-start=\"2259\">The Chargers will wrap up the weekend-long competition on Feb. 1 with an 11 a.m. doubleheader against Nova Southeastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Nova Southeastern 2\/1\/2026 | 11 a.m. &#13; Feb. 01 (Sun) \/ 11&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-139091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}