The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Friday, March 6
Birmingham, Ala.
3 P.M.
UAB
vs
North Texas
Blazers Open American Conference Play Against North Texas, Time Changed
3/5/2026 7:30:00 PM | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB Softball gets to play American Conference softball earlier than expected, now facing North Texas at 3 p.m., on Friday for the conference opener. Due to forecasted rain in Birmingham, the Blazers and Mean Green will play at 3 p.m. instead of the scheduled 5:30 p.m. first pitch. The rest of the series is currently to be played as scheduled, but is subject to change.
UAB (11-10, 0-0 AMER) is coming off a successful weekend in Columbia, S.C., at the Garnet & Black Invitational, going 4-1 against Queens, Marist, and South Carolina. The Blazers then lost at home on Wednesday, 6-1, to #17/#12 Mississippi State. UAB now looks for its first win against North Texas under Head Coach Taylor Smartt.
Notes to Know
UAB (11-10, 0-0 AMER) is coming off a successful weekend in Columbia, S.C., at the Garnet & Black Invitational, going 4-1 against Queens, Marist, and South Carolina. The Blazers then lost at home on Wednesday, 6-1, to #17/#12 Mississippi State. UAB now looks for its first win against North Texas under Head Coach Taylor Smartt.
Notes to Know
- The Blazers are coming off a 6-1 loss to #17/#12 Mississippi State on Wednesday.
- UAB went 0-4 against ranked SEC teams over the past two weeks. The Blazers have two more scheduled games against currently ranked SEC teams, plus one against an unranked SEC team.
- Hannah Miles tripled on Wednesday against Mississippi State, the ninth triple of her career to tie for the fourth most triples in UAB history.
- Charlee Bennett singled against Mississippi State to extend her on-base streak to six games, the longest on the team.
- Hannah Dorsett (eight games) and Jaycee Holt (five games) had their hit streaks snapped against Mississippi State.
- North Texas is 10-13 coming into Birmingham.
- The Mean Green has won its last six games against non-top 10 teams.
- Three of North Texas's losses have come to #2/#2 Texas Tech, including two losses last week in Lubbock.
- North Texas is coming off a loss to #4/#6 Oklahoma, 16-4, on Tuesday.
- The Mean Green's best win came against ULM during the opening weekend, defeating the Warhawks, 5-4.
- North Texas is 38th in the country with 36 doubles and six triples. The Mean Green are 62nd in DI with 20 home runs.
- Madison Conley has the ninth most doubles in the country with 10.
- Ariah Mitchell's three triples are the ninth most in the country.
- Elizabeth Moffitt has thrown out eight runners, the sixth most in the country.
- Moffitt leads North Texas with a .470 batting average. Her six home runs and 24 RBI also lead the team. Moffitt is reaching base at a .539 mark and slugging .864.
- North Texas has struggled in the circle with a team ERA of 6.26. None of the four Mean Green pitchers has an ERA below 5.00.
- Britney Lewinski and Anneca Anderson have thrown 119.1 innings for North Texas; they have a 5.11 ERA and 5.85 ERA, respectively.
- UAB leads the all-time series against North Texas, 20-16.
- North Texas swept the 2025 series in Denton.
- The last time the programs met in Birmingham, UAB swept the series. North Texas has not won in Birmingham since 2022.
- Heading into conference play, Florida Atlantic owns the best record, sitting at 17-6. South Florida, also with 17 wins, sits in second at 17-8.
- Tulsa and Memphis sit at the bottom of the conference,
- North Texas hosted #4/#6 Oklahoma on Tuesday, losing to the Sooners 16-4.
- Memphis swept a doubleheader against Oakland on Tuesday.
- Wichita State was the only other American team to play a power-conference team on Wednesday, losing to Kansas in their home opener, 9-1, in five innings.
- Florida Atlantic defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 14-5, in six innings.
- East Carolina won on the road at Campbell, 2-1.
- UTSA pieced together a pair of five-run innings to defeat Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, 12-5.
- Tulsa lost on the road at Central Arkansas, 3-2.
- Next week, UAB will go to Georgia Tech on Tuesday for its only matchup against an ACC school this season. First pitch in Atlanta is set for 5 p.m. CT.
- The Blazers will spend the weekend in Wichita, playing guest to the Shockers. Games are set for 6 p.m., 4 p.m., and noon in Kansas.
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