UT Martin Softball Knocks Off Stonehill To Finish Out Paladin Invitational

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The University of Tennessee at Martin Softball team made quick work of Stonehill Sunday morning as they wrapped-up play in the 2025 Paladin Invitational at Pepsi Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina with an 8-0, five-inning win over the other set of Skyhawks.

Ava Scott got the scoring going early for UT Martin in the first with a RBI triple, that was followed by a sacrifice fly from Jordyn Hustey later in the frame to make it 2-0. UT Martin pushed the lead to 3-0 in the next inning when Carly Ward scored on an error by Stonehill.

In the third inning, sisters Ava and Dylan Scott extended UT Martin’s lead to 5-0 on a pair of RBI singles that scored Kyla Harley and brought around Ava Scott. UT Martin made it 6-0 in the fifth inning when Harley scored on another Stonehill error after successfully stealing third, before Avary Makarewicz capped the scoring at eight with UT Martin’s first home run of the season, that also scored Hustey.

Ashtyn Green picked up her second win of the season with a complete game shutout in which she allowed no earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts and no walks.

Kyla Harley was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with three runs scored and a stolen base Sunday, while Ava Scott was 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a stolen base. UT Martin continued to be successful on the base paths against Stonehill with two and finished the weekend with 17 stolen bases, for an average of 3.7 per game.

Next weekend, the Skyhawks will open their 2025 home campaign when the host the 2025 Skyhawk Classic at Bettye Giles Field. The event will feature 11 games over three days and include DePaul, Murray State, Purdue Fort Wayne, Western Michigan and the Skyhawks.