ROME, Ga. - Auburn University at Montgomery softball took down Shorter University 11-1 and 18-5 on Sunday afternoon at the Alto Park Softball Complex to complete a Gulf South Conference series. 

FROM THE DUGOUT (GM 1)

Score: AUM 11, Shorter 1
Records: AUM 17-5 (8-3 GSC) | Shorter 2-18 (1-11, GSC)
Location: Rome, Ga. | Alto Softball Park
Series: AUM leads 22-4
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HIGHLIGHTS

• The Warhawks scored four runs in the opening inning, highlighted by a two-run homer from Lexi Love to make it 4-0. 
• Haley Ann Frank drove in her second run of the day with a single up the middle that scored Whitney Wells in the second inning. 
• Rebecca Komers hit her third homer of the season with a two-run shot that scored Love in the third to make it 7-0. 
• AUM plated four more runs in the fourth inning with Molly Cobb, Kat Fallen, and Lexie Bullock all earning runs batted in. Bullock had two with an RBI single. 
• A bases-loaded walk in the fourth inning gave Shorter the only run of the game. 

IN THE CIRCLE

• Sydni Free (W, 2-1) tossed the complete five-inning game and allowed one run on four hits. She walked four batters. 

FROM THE DUGOUT (GM 2)

Score: AUM 18, Shorter 5
Records: AUM 18-5 (9-3 GSC) | Shorter 2-19 (1-12, PBC)
Location: Rome, Ga. | Alto Softball Complex
Series: AUM leads 23-4
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Shorter took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, scoring on a bases-loaded walk. 
• Margaret Morgan tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the second with a RBI double to left center field. 
• SU retook the lead in the bottom half of the second inning with a sacrifice fly. 
• Fallen hit a single to right field in the third frame that brought Frank and Chloe Baynes home as AUM took a 3-2 lead. 
• Gia Martin hit a three-run homer in the third inning to give AUM a 6-2 lead. It was Martin's 41st in her career to become the all-time leader in home runs in AUM history. 
• Shorter got a pair of runs back in the third off a two-run homer to make it 6-4. 
• The Warhawks scored 11 runs in the fourth inning to make it 17-4. 
• Shelby Newsome hit a solo homer in the fifth to make it 18-4. 
• Shorter scored the final run of the game in the fifth to make it 18-5. 

IN THE CIRCLE

• Morgan Ferguson got the start working one inning. She allowed two runs on two hits and walked five batters. 
• Chelisa Newsome (W, 3-1) got the win in relief tossing four innings and striking out five batters. She gave up three runs on three hits and walked three batters. 

UP NEXT

The Warhawks welcome No. 1 University of North Georgia to the AUM Softball Complex for a midweek doubleheader on Tuesday, March 12 at noon.   
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