The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Sunday, April 26
Birmingham, Ala.
11 A.M.
UAB
20-30, 7-17
9
vs
14
South Florida
37-15, 18-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| UAB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 3 |
Blazers Give Up Six-Run Lead, Swept by South Florida
4/26/2026 2:30:00 PM | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB Softball lost its final home game of the season after leading 9-3 entering the sixth inning. Despite a six-run first inning, South Florida overcame its deficit with a seven-run sixth inning and four runs in the seventh inning. The Blazers totaled 15, the third most this season, but gave up a season-high 17 hits. UAB gave up seven unearned runs as a team, with all seven of South Florida's runs in the sixth inning being unearned.
UAB's offense exploded for seven hits in the first inning, including five from seniors. Ashlyn Shirah started the rally with a leadoff single to right field. Hannah Dorsett bunted Shirah into scoring position, and Madeline Flammia singled to put runners on the corners.
Carlie Wilkins put the Blazers on the board with a single down the left field line, scoring Shirah. Olivia Tindell followed Wilkins' single with a double to left centerfield, scoring Flammia. Kaily Collett drove in two runs with a single to left centerfield, putting the Blazers up 4-1.
Jaycee Holt singled to centerfield, the last of the four starting seniors to record a first-inning hit. Shirah capped off the first inning scoring for the Blazers with a single just out of the first baseman's reach, scoring Collett and Holt.
South Florida chipped away a couple of runs from the UAB lead. The Bulls doubled in the third inning, scoring a runner from second. South Florida then hit a leadoff home run in the fifth to pull within three runs.
UAB responded in the fifth innings with a leadoff double by Antonia Henderson, then loaded the bases with a Holt walk and Shirah's third hit of the day. Dorsett placed a hit into left field, moving each runner up and scoring Henderson to take a 7-3 lead.
Allyson Smith pinch hit with the bases loaded and two outs, dropping a ball into right field, scoring both Holt and Shirah for her first RBI of the season.
The Bulls returned with a seven-run sixth inning, scoring all of their runs with two outs. A pair of UAB errors extended the inning for South Florida, including an obstruction call to negate an outfield assist. Another South Florida single and an RBI double set up the Bulls' three-run home run to left field to tie the game.
UAB led off the sixth inning with a pair of hard singles from Tindell and Henderson. Collett bunted both runners into scoring position. Bennett walked for the second time to load the bases. The Blazers failed to convert, leaving the bases loaded after a hard-hit line drive out to the right fielder.
South Florida tacked onto its lead in the seventh inning with a four-hit inning. The Bulls started the inning with a walk, then doubled to set up an RBI fielder's choice with an additional run scoring on an error. An RBI double and an RBI single scored two more for South Florida.
Hannah Cole got her second consecutive Sunday start. Cole went 2.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and a walk. Caroline McLendon relieved Cole in the third inning, pitching 2.2 innings total. McLendon allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out two Bulls.
Caitlin Russell ran out for the sixth inning and earned two outs before six unearned runs came across under her watch. Tait Davidson got the final out in the sixth inning, giving up one run in the inning before allowing four earned runs in seventh inning without recording an out.
Olivia Cummings closed out the game in the circle for UAB, allowing two hits without allowing a run to score to her name.
Notables
UAB's offense exploded for seven hits in the first inning, including five from seniors. Ashlyn Shirah started the rally with a leadoff single to right field. Hannah Dorsett bunted Shirah into scoring position, and Madeline Flammia singled to put runners on the corners.
Carlie Wilkins put the Blazers on the board with a single down the left field line, scoring Shirah. Olivia Tindell followed Wilkins' single with a double to left centerfield, scoring Flammia. Kaily Collett drove in two runs with a single to left centerfield, putting the Blazers up 4-1.
Jaycee Holt singled to centerfield, the last of the four starting seniors to record a first-inning hit. Shirah capped off the first inning scoring for the Blazers with a single just out of the first baseman's reach, scoring Collett and Holt.
South Florida chipped away a couple of runs from the UAB lead. The Bulls doubled in the third inning, scoring a runner from second. South Florida then hit a leadoff home run in the fifth to pull within three runs.
UAB responded in the fifth innings with a leadoff double by Antonia Henderson, then loaded the bases with a Holt walk and Shirah's third hit of the day. Dorsett placed a hit into left field, moving each runner up and scoring Henderson to take a 7-3 lead.
Allyson Smith pinch hit with the bases loaded and two outs, dropping a ball into right field, scoring both Holt and Shirah for her first RBI of the season.
The Bulls returned with a seven-run sixth inning, scoring all of their runs with two outs. A pair of UAB errors extended the inning for South Florida, including an obstruction call to negate an outfield assist. Another South Florida single and an RBI double set up the Bulls' three-run home run to left field to tie the game.
UAB led off the sixth inning with a pair of hard singles from Tindell and Henderson. Collett bunted both runners into scoring position. Bennett walked for the second time to load the bases. The Blazers failed to convert, leaving the bases loaded after a hard-hit line drive out to the right fielder.
South Florida tacked onto its lead in the seventh inning with a four-hit inning. The Bulls started the inning with a walk, then doubled to set up an RBI fielder's choice with an additional run scoring on an error. An RBI double and an RBI single scored two more for South Florida.
Hannah Cole got her second consecutive Sunday start. Cole went 2.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and a walk. Caroline McLendon relieved Cole in the third inning, pitching 2.2 innings total. McLendon allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out two Bulls.
Caitlin Russell ran out for the sixth inning and earned two outs before six unearned runs came across under her watch. Tait Davidson got the final out in the sixth inning, giving up one run in the inning before allowing four earned runs in seventh inning without recording an out.
Olivia Cummings closed out the game in the circle for UAB, allowing two hits without allowing a run to score to her name.
Notables
- UAB tallied seven hits in the first inning, the most in a single inning since 4/26/2026 when UAB logged eight hits in the fifth inning against East Carolina.
- UAB's 15 hits were the third most by the Blazers this season, the most in a loss.
- South Florida tallied 17 hits, the most by an opponent this year.
- All four of the UAB seniors in the starting lineup recorded a hit in the first inning.
- Charlee Bennett walked for the 32nd time this season, tying her with Sara Beth Williamson (2015) and Sierra Frazier (2021) for the fourth most walks in a UAB season.
- South Florida's Head Coach, Ken Eriksen, was ejected in the middle of the fourth inning.
- T1 | South Florida opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to centerfield (0-1).
- B1 | Wilkins drove in her fellow senior, Shirah, with a single just behind the third basemen (1-1).
- B1 | Tindell gapped a ball to left centerfield, scoring Flammia to take the lead (2-1).
- B1 | Collett gave UAB a pair of insurance runs with a two-run single to left centerfield, scoring Tindell and Wilkins (4-1).
- B1 | Shirah collected her second hit of the inning with a single just of the South Florida first basemen's glove, scoring Holt and Collett (6-1).
- T3 | South Florida got one run back in the third inning, doubling to left centerfield to score their leadoff double (6-2).
- T5 | The Bulls cut the lead to three with a deep home run to right field (6-3).
- B5 | Dorsett singled with the bases loaded, moving runners station-to-station and scoring Henderson (7-3).
- B5 | Smith pinch-hit singled into right field, scoring Holt and Shirah (9-3).
- T6 | South Florida started their two-out rally with a ground ball to third base, misplayed by the Blazers, allowing two runs to score (9-5).
- T6 | The Blazers thought they had an outfield assist to end the inning, but a called obstruction allowed the run to score and the inning to continue (9-6).
- T6 | The Bulls doubled off a UAB infield glove, scoring another run to pull within two (9-7).
- T6 | South Florida capped its seven-run inning with a towering home run to left field, scoring three runs and taking the lead (9-10).
- T7 | With runners on second and third, South Florida grounded to second, beating out a throw home which bounced away from the plate, allowing a second run to score (9-12).
- T7 | South Florida doubled to score a runner from second (9-13).
- T7 | The Bulls scored their 14th run on an RBI single to centerfield (9-14).
- Shirah: 3-for-4, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R
- Tindell: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI, R
- Henderson: 2-for-5, 2B, R
- Holt: 2-for-3, 2B, BB, 2 R
- Dorsett: 1-for-4, SH, RBI
- Flammia: 1-for-2, 2 BB, R
- Smith: 1-for-1, 2 RBI
- Wilkins: 1-for-4, BB, RBI, R
- Collett: 1-for-3, SH, 2 RBI, R
- Bennett: 0-for-1, 2 BB, SH
- Cole: 2.1 IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K
- McLendon: 2.2 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 2K
- Russell: 0.2 IP, 5H, 6R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
- Davidson: Loss (2-5), 0.1 IP, 3H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 0K
- Cummings: 1.0 IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
- The Blazers head to Boca Raton for their regular-season finale against Florida Atlantic. The Blazers series with FAU will run from Thursday through Saturday, with first pitches set for 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, then 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: HANNAH MARIEN (6-0)
L: Davidson, Tait (2-5)
S: ANNE LONG (3)
Batting:
2B: OLIVIA ELLIOTT 3 ; KATHY GARCIA-SOTO 1 ; ALEXA GALLIGANI 2 ; DANIA BROOKS 1
HR: ALEXA GALLIGANI 1 ; JAMIA NELSON 1
RBI: KATHY GARCIA-SOTO 1 ; ALEXA GALLIGANI 3 ; ALEX WILKES 1 ; KARHYS PIERCE 1 ; DANIA BROOKS 1 ; JAMIA NELSON 3
SF: ALEX WILKES 1
Base Running:
RUNS: OLIVIA ELLIOTT 3 ; KATHY GARCIA-SOTO 2 ; ALEXA GALLIGANI 3 ; ALEX WILKES 1 ; KARHYS PIERCE 1 ; DANIA BROOKS 1 ; JAMIA NELSON 1 ; KILEY STROTT 1 ; TORYN FULTON 1
Batting:
2B: Tindell, Olivia 1 ; Henderson, Antonia 1 ; Holt, Jaycee 1
RBI: Shirah, Ashlyn 2 ; Dorsett, Hannah 1 ; Smith, Allyson 2 ; Wilkins, Carlie 1 ; Tindell, Olivia 1 ; Collett, Kaily 2
SH: Dorsett, Hannah 1 ; Collett, Kaily 1 ; Bennett, Charlee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shirah, Ashlyn 2 ; Flammia, Madeline 1 ; Wilkins, Carlie 1 ; Tindell, Olivia 1 ; Henderson, Antonia 1 ; Collett, Kaily 1 ; Holt, Jaycee 2
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
2
H
3
RBI
2
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
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