ROME,Ga.—The Shorter Softball team came out strong with the bats in game three of the conference series with Montevallo. The Lady Hawks came up short in the end with a final score of 10-8.
 
The Lady Hawks fall to 4-27 overall while the Lady Falcons improve to 17-11.
 
Shorter scored first in the bottom of the first with a double from Payton Tuder to score Hannah Morales. Followed by a single from Carlee Graham to score Tuder. Then Kaylee George reached on a fielders choice to score Kaylee Combs. Paytn Cripps kept the rally going with a sacrifice fly to right field to score Taylor Phillips, 4-0.
The Lady Falcons came back to take the lead in the top of the third, 5-4.
The Lady Hawks answered back in the bottom of the inning with a three run homerun from Cripps to score Angela Cecere and Phillips, 7-5.
 
In the fourth inning, Montvallo hit a two run homerun to tie up the game, 7-7, followed by plating two more runs to take the lead, 9-7. The Lady Falcons tacked on one more run in the sixth.
 
Shorter's Kaylee Combs doubled down the left field line to score Tuder in the bottom of the sixth,10-8.
 
The Lady Hawks and Falcons remained scoreless in the seventh inning to give Montevallo the series sweep.
The Lady Hawks kept the bats hot all throughout the game with a total of 12 hits. Izzy Kinard, Cripps, Graham, Phillips, Combs and Tuder each recorded two hits.
 
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The Lady Hawks will travel to Americus, Ga. for a midweek doubleheader against Georgia Southwestern State with first pitch slated for 3p.m.