GULF SHORES, ALA. – The Amanda Scott era got underway with a win on Friday as the No. 22 ranked University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team opened the 2017 campaign with a 5-3 victory over Delta State in the Gulf Coast Invitational. The Tritons were then handed their first defeat with an 11-5 setback to No. 23 ranked Alabama-Huntsville in their nightcap.
 
GAME 1: No. 22 UMSL 5, Delta State 3
HIGHLIGHTS
-Senior Alex Stupek and sophomore Serena Olson each delivered a solo home run in their first at-bats of the season. Stupek's came in the second inning, while Olson followed in the third frame.
 
-UMSL tacked on two runs in the fifth inning to make it 4-0 with senior Ryan Logan driving in sophomore Reagan Osborn with a double and Stupek bringing home Logan on a double.
 
-The Statesmen broke up sophomore Carly Kingery's no-hitter with a lead-off single in the bottom of the fifth, which also led to their first run in the three-run frame that cut the UMSL lead to 4-3. The last two runs were both unearned.
 
-Olson's RBI groundout in the top of the seventh gave the Tritons an insurance run.
 
KEY STATS
-Stupek finished with two hits and two RBI, while Logan added two hits and Olson recorded two RBIs.
-The Tritons outhit the Statesmen, 7-6.
-Kingery tossed the complete game-winner, striking out six.
 
GAME 1: No. 23 Alabama-Huntsville 11, No. 22 UMSL 5
HIGHLIGHTS
-UAH scored three first inning runs on four hits and plated six runs on three hits and three UMSL errors in the fifth inning to pull ahead, 11-5.
 
-Junior Jennah Perryman got the Tritons on the board with an RBI groundout in the second before a two-run homerun from Osborn in the third knotted the game at 3-3.
 
-The Chargers took a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the fourth, but it was short-lived thanks to Logan's two-run single in the top of the fifth.
 
KEY STATS
-UAH tallied 10 hits to UMSL's six.
-Osborn recorded two hits and two RBIs, while Logan also had two RBIs.
-Freshman Andee Tiffee suffered the loss in the circle. She struck out five, but gave up seven hits and walked six.
 
NOTABLES
-First-year head coach Amanda Scott began her tenure at UMSL with a win in the opener.
-Stupek's home run in game one was the 40^th of her career. She sits in third place on the career charts, needing 11 to surpass Brianna Butler's (2012-15) 50 long balls.
-Stupek also moved within one run of the career record of 138 held by Jena Boudreau (2012-15).
 
UP NEXT
The Tritons play another pair of games tomorrow at the Gulf Coast Invitational. UMSL begins the day at 10 a.m. against Miles College and ends it at 5:30 p.m. against Barry.