MONTICELLO, Ark. — Junior Heather Greer picked a good time to hit her first home run of the season with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Blossoms a 4-0 win in the first game of a Gulf South Conference double header with Henderson State. HSU won the second game 6-0.
 
Greer (Hollandale, Miss.) was 1 for 4, while junior teammate Lindsay Randall (Keithville, La.) went 2 for 4 in the first game, bringing her season batting average up to .348.
 
Senior Kate Brady (Longview, Texas) recorded the win, after throwing a nine inning complete game, only walking one and striking out five of the 34 batters she faced. Brady is now 11-10 this season.
 
In the second game, HSU pitcher Patti Collins held a no-hitter with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, but Brady legged out a double that just stayed fair down the left field line to remove the zero from the hit column. That was UAM’s only hit, as senior Lauren Brooks (West Monroe, La.) followed with a groundout to end the game.
 
Junior Becca Sustaire (Hallsville, Texas) dropped to 9-16 on the season after throwing six full innings, giving up all six runs off nine hits.
 
The UAM softball team presented a special farewell for its six seniors who played their last home games at UAM. Kate Brady, Lauren Brooks, K.K. Calloway, Jenny Dunn, Gemma Gibson and Meredith Heckel were the seniors that were honored with a framed picture that highlighted their careers.
 
Prior to the double header, the Blossoms had already clinched a spot in the 2008 GSC Championship Tournament to be played May 2-4. UAM will enter the tournament as the No. 4 seed from the GSC West Division and is likely to play Alabama-Huntsville in the opening round.
 
Before tournament play begins, the Blossoms, now 20-29 overall and 13-14 in the GSC, have one more regular season double header to play. This Saturday, Apr. 26, the team travels to Magnolia to face Southern Arkansas for two games starting at 1 p.m.
 

Photo Caption: Junior Heather Greer / Greer was the hero of the first game with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth. It was her first home run of the season.