The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Inclement Weather Washes Out Friday Schedules
2/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | General
Feb. 27, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- Inclement weather has forced the postponement or cancellation of several UAB home athletic events that had been scheduled for Friday.
BASEBALL
Friday's baseball series opener between UAB and Presbyterian has been postponed and will be made up as part of a Saturday doubleheader.
Saturday's start time has been moved up to 1 p.m. CT at Young Memorial Field. Both games of the doubleheader are scheduled for nine innings.
The third and final game of the weekend series is still slated for Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.
UAB enters the series at 3-1 on the season after taking two out of three games last weekend from Radford and picking up a midweek win Tuesday at Jacksonville State. Presbyterian is looking for its first win after three losses last weekend at Georgia Southern and two defeats in midweek games at 12th-ranked Georgia.
All three games of this weekend's series will be available through Gametracker and All Access live video streaming.
SOFTBALL
Three softball games scheduled for the first day of the Magic City Classic at Spain Park High School have been canceled.
The UAB-Alabama State and the Samford-Northern Illinois games at 3:30 p.m. CT will not be played due to inclement weather. The 5:45 p.m. CT contest between Northern Illinois and Pittsburgh has also been called off.
Weather pending, the schools are hoping to begin tournament play on Saturday.
The location of the tournament has been chaged from Spain Park High School to the Shea Brothers Softball Complex in Irondale, Ala.
Check back with UABsports.com for updates.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Friday's women's tennis match between UAB and Washington (Md.) College has been called off because of rain. No makeup date has been announced.
The teams were scheduled to meet on the UAB campus at 2:30 p.m. CT, but heavy rain throughout the morning and early afternoon made the courts unplayable.
UAB (2-3) is now scheduled to return to action Saturday with a Noon CT match against Chattanooga (2-6). That contest will be played at Brook Highland Racquet Club.
