The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Friday, April 17
Birmingham, Ala.
5:30 P.M.
UAB
vs
UTSA
Blazers Look to Gain Ground on Visiting UTSA
4/16/2026 7:55:00 PM | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB Softball opens a seven-game homestand with an American Conference series against UTSA. The Blazers trail UTSA by two games in the American standings entering the weekend, needing a sweep over the Roadrunners to climb into seventh place. With UAB and UTSA both ending the season with a pair of series against top-six American opposition, a 3-0 weekend for UAB could be enough to get the Blazers past UTSA for good.
The series opener is set for 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Saturday is the perfect day for all your friends at the park, including your furry friends, for Bark in the Park. The series finale is a noon first pitch on Sunday.
NOTES TO KNOW
The series opener is set for 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Saturday is the perfect day for all your friends at the park, including your furry friends, for Bark in the Park. The series finale is a noon first pitch on Sunday.
NOTES TO KNOW
- UAB lost its last series, 1-2 at Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane and Blazers traded run-rule victories on Saturday before Tulsa took the series on Sunday with a 5-1 win.
- Since moving to the lead-off spot, Ashlyn Shirah has hit .485/.553/.788 with 16 hits in 33 at-bats. Shirah has nine doubles, four doubles, four walks, and two homers in the 10-game span.
- Olivia Tindell entered the starting lineup due to other injuries. Tindell hit her first career home run in the Blazers' 13-1 win at Tulsa on Saturday.
- UAB ranks 122nd of 308 teams in the RPI. UAB is 0-5 in Quad-1 games, 3-3 in Quad-2, 5-11 in Quad-3, and 11-5 in Quad-4.
- Ashlyn Shirah was dubbed an American Conference Honorable Mention last Monday. Shirah hit .600 with four doubles against Samford and Memphis.
- Olivia Cummings was named an American Conference Honorable Mention last week, coming off a two-win week at East Carolina. Cummings allowed just two earned runs and one walk in 10 innings of work at ECU.
- Ashlyn Shirah leads the Blazers with a .351 batting average, .405 on-base percentage, and .507 slugging percentage, 29 RBI, six doubles, and five homers.
- Hannah Dorsett leads the Blazers with 50 hits; her .342 average is second-best on the team.
- Freshman Charlee Bennett's 26 walks are two away from the 10th most in a UAB single season.
- The Roadrunners have four hitters with a batting average above .300, including the underclassmen duo of Brookelynn Meador and Sabrina Wick, hitting .356 and .355, respectively.
- Meador leads UTSA with eight homers and a .576 slugging percentage.
- Taryn Madlock leads the Roadrunners with 27 RBI. Madlock has seven homers and a team-high seven doubles.
- Arlette Hernandez is the Roadrunners' ace, leading the team with 138.2 innings pitched and a 3.43 ERA.
- The Blazers have won eight of their last nine against UTSA, sweeping the last three seasons series over UTSA.
- UAB leads the all-time series 19-13, including a 6-5 home record.
- With just nine games left in the American season the league standings are as tight as ever. South Florida leads the American at 14-4, just one game ahead of North Texas (13-5).
- South Florida edged out all three games against Florida Atlantic, defeating the Owls by one run in all three matchups.
- The Bulls' Anne Long won her second-straight Pitcher of the Week award.
- UAB hosts #2/#3 Alabama on Tuesday, April 21, at 5:30 p.m., its final midweek contest of the week. The game against the Crimson Tide leads into the Blazers' home finale, hosting South Florida at Mary Bowers Field from April 24-26.
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