Huntsville, Ala. - The Lady Eagles took a trip to the Rocket City on Friday afternoon to take on the Ambassadors of Oakwood for the late-season rematch. Earlier in the season, Faulkner hosted Oakwood for their opening doubleheader of the 2025 season. The Lady Eagles picked up the sweep with the scores of 3-0 and 8-2. In today's doubleheaders, the Lady Eagles completed two shutouts behind the pitching of
Lana Atkins and
Chloe Davidson, who made her season debut in game two. The Lady Eagles also had the hot bat as they combined for 27 hits.
Faulkner 7, Oakwood 0
The Lady Eagles started the scoring in the top of the second after
Kensley Wesley singled to send
Gracie Pittman home, who got on board with a single of her own. With the Pittman score, Wesley earned the RBI. The game would remain 1-0 until the top fourth when the Lady Eagles would put up another point with a solo shot from
Madelyn Becker to put Faulkner up 2-0.
In the top of the fifth inning, the bats got hot for the Lady Eagles. Davidson tripled up the middle to bring
Campbell Hecklinski home for the RBI. Segrest then reached on with a fielder's choice after she laid down the bunt to bring Davidson home. Becker followed it up with an RBI triple to send Segrest across the plate.
The Lady Eagles then scored one more run in the top of the seventh after Pittman singled to left field to bring home Segrest for the RBI.
Throughout the game, Faulkner not only put up nine hits to help score, but
Lana Atkins's pitching played a huge part in the Lady Eagle defense today. She finished the day with 14 strikeouts and zero earned runs, setting a season high.
Faulkner 12, Oakwood 0 (5 Inn. )
The Lady Eagles started the game with four quick runs scored.
Addyson Jarman started the scoring as she laid down a sacrifice bunt to push
Chloe Davidson home, who reached first with a single to the left field line.
Anna Catherine Segrest also scored as Jarman attempted to take second, freeing Segrest up to come home. On the next bat,
Madelyn Becker singled up the middle.
Kensley Wesley followed Becker up with an RBI triple that brought Becker home. Then
Sarah Williams laid down the sacrifice bunt to bring Wesley home and earned the RBI.
In the top of the second, the Lady Eagles put across four more runs to go up 8-0.
Ashtyn Pannell started the inning off with a double that put her in scoring position.
Kelbi Johnson brought her home with an RBI single up the middle.
Addyson Jarman put up another 2 RBIs after she tripled to center to send Davidson and Johnson home. Jarman then scored after Becker sent her home with an RBI double down the left-field line. The Ambassadors quickly ended the inning to avoid any further runs.
In the top of the third, the Lady Eagles tacked on two more runs. Davidson hit the sac fly that allowed
Ashtyn Pannell and
Allie Wismer to score.
The Lady Eagles pulled in two more runs in the top of the fifth, as Williams brought Hecklinski and Segrest across the plate for a two-run RBI single. The Lady Eagles picked up the sweep early with the run rule and picked up the sweep for the season over the Ambassadors.
In game two,
Chloe Davidson had a great debut as she put across five strikeouts and allowed zero earned runs. She joined Atkins with a shutout. She also went four for seven on the day with two RBIs.
Segrest also went four for seven. Jarman went three for seven with three RBIs. Becker also went four for seven with three RBIs and a home run. Wesley went three for six and had two RBIs as well.
The Lady Eagles (28-12, SSAC 13-9) return to action next Friday, April 25, when they travel to in-state foe RV Mobile. The first pitch is set for 2:00 p.m.
