UAB Travels To North Texas For Final Conference Showdown

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The UAB softball team heads out on the road in the final weekend of conference play for a showdown with North Texas.

The Blazers and Mean Green will play a doubleheader on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. CT before wrapping up the series on Sunday, with first pitch coming at noon.

UAB (23-29-1, 13-7-1 C-USA) is coming off its sixth C-USA series win this year, having defeated UTSA, 2-1, in Birmingham. The Green and Gold are a half game out of second place and are playing for seeding as they have already secured their spot in the conference tournament.

North Texas (24-24, 10-10) has gone 3-7 over the last 10 games, but won its last conference series against Southern Miss, 2-1. The Mean Green have yet to clinch a spot in the C-USA Tournament and are currently seventh in the standings.

Only the top-8 seeds advance into the conference tournament.

Broadcast Info

All three games this weekend will be available for live streaming through CUSA.tv. Links for the live stream can be found on the UAB softball schedule page or by visiting the C-USA website and clicking on the CUSA.tv link in the upper right hand corner.

Live stats will be available for every game this weekend with those links also posted on the UAB softball schedule page.

Series History

Overall: UAB leads, 9-3
In Denton, Texas: UAB leads, 4-2
Last Meeting: L, 1-0 (March 15, 2017)

Need to Know

The Blazers are second in Conference USA in hits with 376, first in doubles (69) and fourth in triples (10).
The pitching staff has tallied 244 strikeouts this season with 70 of those strikeouts looking.
On the flip side, UAB batters have only struck out 184 times, the second-fewest number in C-USA.
Destini England is sixth in batting average in the league (.372), but leads C-USA in hits (68).
Natalie Erwin and Analyse Petree have provided the power in the lineup as they each have eight home runs this season.
Rachel Roger and Petree have been extra base machines with 18 each. Rogers has a team-leading 12 doubles and six home runs, while Petree has 10 doubles and eight home runs.
Rogers also leads UAB in RBI with 33.

Up Next

UAB will head to Charlotte, N.C for the Conference USA Tournament on May 9-12. Every round will be broadcast on CUSA.tv, while the championship game will be shown on CBS Sports Network.

UAB Travels To North Texas For Final Conference Showdown

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Players Mentioned

Destini England

Natalie Erwin

Analyse Petree

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