Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Freshman Kate Stoltzfus delivered a two-run, walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth inning to help Furman to a 10-9 victory over UAB and a split on day two at the T-Mobile Crimson Classic at the University of Alabama's Rhoads Stadium Saturday afternoon. The 22^nd-ranked Crimson Tide downed Furman, 8-0, in the first game.
 
Furman 10, UAB 9 (8 inn.)
 
Furman rallied from a five-run deficit to force extra innings and overcame a 9-8 deficit in the bottom of the eighth inning to down UAB, 10-9, in its second game of the day on Saturday.
 
The Paladins trailed 5-0 after half an inning but rallied with a pair of runs in the first and fourth innings to trim the Blazers' lead to 5-4. UAB, who took advantage of seven Furman miscues on the day, answered with a run in the top of the fifth and two more in the sixth to extend its lead to 8-4, but the Paladins answered with four runs in the bottom of the sixth.
 
Kiley Perry, who set a new school single-game record with three doubles on the day, opened the sixth with a two-bagger and Ansley Chiang and Rachel Hawkins drew walks to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Katie Peeler cut the UAB lead to 8-5. After the Blazers retired Christina McCoy for the second out of the inning, Caitlin Goldwait reached on an error by the second baseman that allowed Chiang to cross the plate and Stoltzfus' infield single was thrown away allowing two more Paladins to score and knot the game at 8-8. 
 
UAB, with the international tiebreaking runner placed on second base to start the eighth inning, pushed across a run on a two-out wild pitch to regain the lead in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the frame, Hawkins was sacrificed to third base but retired at the plate one batter later on a grounder to third base. With two outs, Goldwait worked a base on balls, and following a wild pitch that put two Paladins in scoring position, Stoltzfus lined a 3-2 pitch to right field to drive in Jordynn Lawrence and Goldwait to secure the victory.
 
Stoltzfus went 3-for-4 with a double and career-high four RBIs in the nightcap while Perry collected three doubles and scored a pair of runs. Emme Buzhardt came out of the Paladin bullpen to hold UAB to an unearned run on one hit over two innings to improve to 3-3 in the circle. 
 
Caroline McLendon (4-4) took the loss for UAB after allowing three runs on three hits in 2.2 innings.
 
No. 22 Alabama 8, Furman 0 (6 inn.)
 
Alea Johnson and Jocelyn Briski combined on a two-hit shutout to power 22^nd-ranked Alabama to an 8-0 victory over Furman in the Paladins' first game of the day. Johnson fanned six batters and limited the Paladins to just a pair of hits over four innings of work to earn her first win of the year while Briski tossed two hitless innings of relief.
 
The Crimson Tide scored single runs in each of the first three innings to take the lead before erupting to score four runs in the bottom of the fourth. With runners at second and third base and one out in the fourth, Alabama's Abby Duchscherer laced a two-run double down the left field line. Brooke Ellestad followed with a two-run clout to up the Crimson Tide's lead to 7-0. Duchscherer forced the mercy rule in the bottom of the sixth when she reached on a leadoff single, moved to third base on a two-out hit, and scored on Salen Hawkins' single. She finished 3-for-3 with a double, drove in two runs, and reached safely four times to ignite the Crimson Tide to its eighth consecutive run-rule win.
 
Buzhardt suffered the loss for Furman after surrendering seven runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings. She walked four batters without recording a strikeout.
 
Furman (7-13) concludes tournament play at 11:30 a.m. ET on Sunday when it faces SIU Edwardsville at Rhoads Stadium. Fans can follow live statistics via StatBroadcast at FurmanPaladins.com and follow @FurmanSoftball on X for updates.