The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Sunday, February 8
Hattiesburg, Miss.
2 P.M.
UAB
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Seven-Run Inning Fuels Blazer Comeback Win
2/8/2026 8:54:00 PM | Softball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - UAB Softball came back from down 3-0 to defeat Lipscomb 9-3, scoring seven runs in the fifth inning. The Blazers tallied 17 hits, the most by UAB since May 7, 2022, vs UTEP (20). Olivia Cummings pitched her second complete game win of the weekend, shutting down the Bisons' offense. Cummings retired the final 14 Lipscomb batters.
Hits came in from every direction with 10 different Blazers recording hits. Hannah Dorsett led the team with three hits, including a two-run double in the sixth inning. After her second straight game starting in the dugout, Hope Tucker had a pair of RBI singles. Charlee Bennett and Abbi Perkins each recorded their second-straight two-hit game. Hannah Miles drove in a pair of runs with a sacrifice fly and bases-loaded hit by pitch.
Notables
Hits came in from every direction with 10 different Blazers recording hits. Hannah Dorsett led the team with three hits, including a two-run double in the sixth inning. After her second straight game starting in the dugout, Hope Tucker had a pair of RBI singles. Charlee Bennett and Abbi Perkins each recorded their second-straight two-hit game. Hannah Miles drove in a pair of runs with a sacrifice fly and bases-loaded hit by pitch.
Notables
- The Blazers' 17 hits are the most under Head Coach Taylor Smartt and the most in a game since May 7, 2022 (20 vs UTEP).
- 10 different Blazers recorded a hit for the first time since May 7, 2020, vs UTEP.
- UAB's seven-run inning was the biggest of the season. It is the fourth time UAB has scored seven or more runs in an inning under Smartt.
- Zaylen Tucker and Olivia Tindell each recorded their first career hits.
- Bria Allen made her first career start.
- AJ Kramer made her season debut with a pinch hit at bat in the sixth inning.
- The Blazers looked to still be in their Saturday form early, loading the bases with just one out, unable to bring any runners across to score.
- Lipscomb broke through in the second inning with a lead-off double, followed by a single up the middle to score the runner (0-1).
- The Bisons added to their lead with a pair of RBI singles in the third (0-3).
- UAB responded in the fifth inning with its biggest inning of the season so far, scoring seven runs.
- Ashlyn Shirah led off the inning with a double down the right field line. A Perkins hit by pitch and a Flammia single loaded the bases. A second hit by pitch of the inning, drawn by Miles, drove in Shirah for the Blazers' first run of the game (1-3).
- The Blazers scored again with an error by Lipscomb, allowing all runners to reach safely and for Perkins to score (2-3). H. Tucker kept the train going with an RBI single to score Flammia (3-3).
- Dorsett broke open the inning with a two-run double to left center, scoring Miles and Tindell (5-3).
- H. Tucker scored on a wild pitch, and Dorsett scored on a Bennett single (7-3).
- Cummings continued to shut down the Lipscomb hitters with a second consecutive 1-2-3 inning.
- H. Tucker recorded her second RBI single of the game, scoring Miles (8-3).
- The Blazers tacked on the final run of the game on a Miles sacrifice fly to drive in Bennett (9-3).
- Lipscomb tried to mix it up with three pinch hitters in the seventh. However, Cummings retired her 14th consecutive batter to close the game.
- Dorsett led the Blazers with a 3-for-5 day, including a double and two RBI.
- Bennett recorded a hit in all four games in which she had a plate appearance. Bennett went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI against Lipscomb.
- Perkins reached base three times, singling twice and being hit by a pitch.
- Flammia notched another two-hit game.
- Miles went 2-for-3, also reaching on a hit by pitch. Miles drove in two runs for the Blazers.
- H. Tucker made the most of her game off the bench, going 2-for-2 with two RBI.
- Tindell collected her first career hit with a single in the sixth inning.
- Z. Tucker pinch hit in the seventh for her first career hit.
- Cummings pitched her third career complete game, and second of the weekend. Cummings struck out four batters, matching Friday's total and tying for her career second-best. Cummings did not walk or hit any batters, a much-needed change from Saturday for the Blazers. Lipscomb recorded five hits and three runs, all earned, off Cummings. Lipscomb did all of its damage in two innings; the Bisons did not reach base in any of the other five innings.
- UAB Heads to Mobile, Ala., next weekend for another five-game set. UAB opens the weekend against Jacksonville State and hosts South Alabama. The Blazers will see Jacksonville State again on Saturday ahead of a lone matchup against Western Michigan. UAB closes the weekend with a second game against South Alabama
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cummings, Olivia (2-0)
L: B. Beam (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Dorsett, Hannah 1 ; Shirah, Ashlyn 1
RBI: Dorsett, Hannah 2 ; Bennett, Charlee 1 ; Miles, Hannah 2 ; Tucker, Hope 2
SF: Miles, Hannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dorsett, Hannah 1 ; Bennett, Charlee 1 ; Shirah, Ashlyn 1 ; Perkins, Abbi 1 ; Flammia, Madeline 1 ; Miles, Hannah 2 ; Tindell, Olivia 1 ; Tucker, Hope 1
HBP: Perkins, Abbi 1 ; Miles, Hannah 1
Batting:
2B: P. Rader 1
RBI: J. Heuberger 1 ; B. Sherman 1 ; E. Martin 1
SH: M. Kirby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: C. Cunningha 1 ; P. Rader 1 ; B. Burns 1
SB: C. Cunningha 1 ; J. Heuberger 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
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