The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Thursday, April 2
Birmingham, Ala.
5:30 P.M.
UAB
vs
Memphis
Blazers Host Memphis, Look to Continue Win Streak
4/1/2026 2:19:00 PM | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB Softball returns to American Conference play this weekend, hosting the Memphis Tigers for three games, set for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
The Blazers are coming off their first sweep under Taylor Smartt's staff, winning all three games in Greenville last week against East Carolina. Olivia Cummings led the Blazers through the series with a pair of wins, allowing just two runs and one walk in 10 innings of work. Cummings' series earned her an American Honorable Mention.
UAB continued its winning streak on Tuesday with a Magic City showdown win over Samford, 7-3.
A series win for the Blazers would likely jump UAB into eighth place in the conference and put the Blazers in striking distance of a bye to the quarterfinal of the American Championships.
Notes to Know
The Blazers are coming off their first sweep under Taylor Smartt's staff, winning all three games in Greenville last week against East Carolina. Olivia Cummings led the Blazers through the series with a pair of wins, allowing just two runs and one walk in 10 innings of work. Cummings' series earned her an American Honorable Mention.
UAB continued its winning streak on Tuesday with a Magic City showdown win over Samford, 7-3.
A series win for the Blazers would likely jump UAB into eighth place in the conference and put the Blazers in striking distance of a bye to the quarterfinal of the American Championships.
Notes to Know
- Following Tuesday's win over Samford, UAB is on a four-game winning streak, the longest of the season.
- UAB came off a series sweep at East Carolina, marking the first sweep under Head Coach Taylor Smartt.
- UAB hit two homers in the seventh inning against ECU on Saturday, coming back from down 2-0 to win 3-2, the first seventh-inning comeback of the season. The Blazers are now 2-0 when hitting multiple homers in a game.
- UAB ranks 104th of 308 teams in the RPI. UAB is 0-5 in Quad-1 games, 3-6 in Quad-2, 4-8 in Quad-3, and 9-2 in Quad-4.
- Olivia Cummings was named an American Conference Honorable Mention on Monday, 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.
- Freshman Charlee Bennett leads the team in on-base percentage, doubles, and triples.
- Hannah Dorsett leads the Blazers with a .325 average, including a team-high 41 hits
- Ashlyn Shirah leads the Blazers with 24 RBI and four homers. She leads UAB with a .452 slugging percentage.
- Memphis currently sits last in the American at 2-10 through four weeks of conference play.
- The Tigers' lone wins in conference play came against Tulsa and East Carolina.
- Memphis's only top-100 win by RPI was a 2-1 win over East Carolina.
- Speed is Memphis' game, ranking 26th in the country in triples and 88th in stolen bases. The Tigers love small ball, ranking sixth in the country in sacrifice bunts.
- Junior Ariel Davis leads Memphis with a .386 batting average, .488 on-base percentage, and .663 slugging percentage.
- Davis leads Memphis with six homers and is tied for the team lead in doubles (six) and triples (two).
- Memphis has struggled with pitching, owning a 6.92 team ERA.
- Avery Stutts leads the team with 71.0 innings pitched in 23 appearances.
- UAB leads the all-time series 23-10.
- The Blazers won last season's regular season series 2-1 in Memphis, but lost to the Tigers at the American Championships, 6-5.
- UAB had a 12-game win streak in the series heading into last season before the Tigers snapped the streak.
- The Blazers have won the last eight meetings in Birmingham.
- South Florida and North Texas are tied for first place in the American, both 9-3 through four weeks.
- Florida Atlantic, Wichita State, and UTSA are all tied for third at 7-5.
- The Blazers' sweep over East Carolina was the big result of the weekend around the conference.
- Charlotte won a key series over North Texas, 2-1.
- South Florida came back in its series against Wichita State after a grueling 5-4 loss in 11 innings to open the series.
- South Florida (10), Florida Atlantic (12), Wichita State (15), and Charlotte (16) are all in D1Softball's mid-major top-25 for the week.
- For the first time since the start of the season, the Blazers do not play at midweek following the weekend series.
- UAB will travel to Tulsa for a three-game set against the Golden Hurricane.
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