Cummings, Russell, Throw Complete Games as Blazers Sweep Day One in Mobile

Friday, February 13

Mobile, Ala.

10 A.M.

UAB

3-3

Jacksonville State

3-3

Jacksonville St.

UAB

Cummings, Russell, Throw Complete Games as Blazers Sweep Day One in Mobile

2/13/2026 10:34:00 PM | Softball

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MOBILE, Ala. - UAB Softball opened the Mardi Gras Classic with a pair of victories on the back of complete games by Olivia Cummings and Caitlin Russell. The Blazers 2-0 day included UAB's first win against South Alabama since 2017 and Hannah Dorsett's 11 assists against the Jaguars, a new program record. Abbi Perkins was the only Blazer to record multiple hits, going 2-for-6 with a pair of walks.

The Blazers cameback from down 3-0 to defeat Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks self-imploded in the middle innings, walking in a pair of runs and allowing Hannah Dorsett to score from first with a pair of errors after a stolen base. Charlee Bennett opened the game for the Blazers with a base-clearing double. Cummings threw her third consecutive complete game, striking out four Gamecocks.

UAB picked up its first win against South Alabama since March 14, 2017, and its first win over the Jaguars in Mobile since 2010. Russell pitched an eight-inning complete game, allowing just five hits and two runs. South Alabama scored in the seventh inning to tie the game after the umpire crew overturned a double play, allowing the tying run to remain at third base. In extra innings, Ashlyn Shirah hit a double down the right field line to score Ansley Eason. A Madeline Flammia sacrifice fly scored Shirah to put the Blazers up two. South Alabama scored in the third on an RBI-triple, threatening to tie again, but could not convert.

Notables

UAB pitched two complete game victories for the first time since Feb. 7, 2025, when Tait Davidson and Caroline McLendon each threw complete games against Northwestern State and UIC, respectively.
Dorsett's 11 assists at shortstop against South Alabama were a program record, besting the previous record by three.
Hope Tucker recorded her 50th career hit with a single versus South Alabama.
Carlie Wilkins recorded 16 putouts at first base against South Alabama, the most since Alyssa Aguilar's 16 vs Bradley on Feb. 23, 2024.
Cummings' complete game is the fourth of her career, her third in 2026.
Russell's complete game was her first start of the season. It is her 12th career complete game.

GAME ONE
The Play-by-Play

Cummings got going early, striking out two Gamecocks in the first to strand two runners.
Jacksonville State broke through in the third inning with three-straight hits to lead off, scoring three in the inning (0-3).
The Blazers responded immediately, loading the bases with no outs and walking in a pair of runs (2-3).
UAB added another in the fourth to tie the game with Dorsett stealing second base before scoring on a pair of throwing errors (3-3).
The Blazers shut down the Gamecock offense with back-to-back inning-ending double plays in the fifth and sixth innings.
UAB loaded the bases to lead off the sixth with a Carlie Wilkins walk, Jaycee Holt single, and Dorsett single. Bennett extended her hit streak to five games with a base-clearing double to left center field (3-6).
Jacksonville State got a consolation run back in the seventh inning with an RBI groundout.

Stat Lines

Dorsett and Holt led the Blazers with two hits each. Dorsett finished 2-for-4, scoring three of the Blazers six runs.
Holt singled on 2-of-3 at bats, scoring both times she reached base.
Bennett extended her hit streak to five games with her three-run double. Bennett also walked twice.
Abbi Perkins reached base twice with a single and walk.
UAB walked seven times, the second time it has done so this season.

In the Circle

Olivia Cummings pitched her third complete game victory in three appearances.
Cummings allowed nine hits and four runs, all earned.
She struck out four batters, the same total she tallied in her prior two appearances.

GAME TWO
The Play-by-Play

South Alabama led off the second inning with a double, its last batter to reach base until the seventh inning.
Each team went through a dry spell during the middle of the game, with neither team reaching base in the third or fourth innings.
UAB finally broke the scoring seal with a Dorsett ground ball that ate up the shortstop, allowing Hannah Miles to score after reached on a leadoff single (1-0).
The Jaguars broke out of their hitting slump just in time, singling to lead off the seventh inning. The leadoff runner advanced to third on a bunt and later scored on a groundball back to Russell (1-1)
Perkins walked to set up a clutch inning for the Blazers. Eason pinch ran for Perkins.
Shirah doubled down the right field line, scoring Eason and making it to third on the play (2-1).
Flammia followed Shirah with a fly out to right, deep enough to score Shirah (3-1).
South Alabama doubled to lead off their half of the inning, advancing the runner to third on a ground ball. The Jaguars tripled down the right field line to score the leadoff double (3-2).
The Jaguars threatened with a walk, but ultimately grounded out to third to end the game.

Stat Lines

Five different Blazers recorded a hit.
Perkins reached twice with a single and a walk.
Shirah went 1-for-4 with an RBI and stolen bases.
Miles, Tucker, and Holt each recorded hits. Dorsett walked.

In the Circle

Caitlin Russell tied her career high, going 8.0 innings, tying her mark against Kent State on March 2, 2024.
Russell allowed just five hits and two runs, both earned. She walked one batter.
UAB retired 15 straight batters from the second inning until the end of the sixth innings.

Up Next

The Blazers are back at Jaguar Field tomorrow, Feb. 14, for back-to-back games. The Blazers will take on Jacksonville State again at 10 a.m., before shifting to Western Michigan immediately after, at 12:30 p.m.