The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Tuesday, April 21
Birmingham, Ala.
5:30 P.M.
UAB
vs
Alabama
Blazers Set to Host #2/#3 Crimson Tide
4/20/2026 4:22:00 PM | Softball
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB Softball hosts its final midweek contest of the season tomorrow night at Mary Bowers Field, welcoming #2/#3 Alabama to the Magic City. First pitch between the Blazers and Crimson Tide is set for 5:30 p.m.
UAB fell in its weekend series against UTSA, but is fresh off the best offensive output of the season, scoring 14 runs and logging 24 total bases on Sunday. The Blazers hit three home runs in the series finale against the Roadrunners, tied for the season high.
Notes To Know
UAB fell in its weekend series against UTSA, but is fresh off the best offensive output of the season, scoring 14 runs and logging 24 total bases on Sunday. The Blazers hit three home runs in the series finale against the Roadrunners, tied for the season high.
Notes To Know
- UAB is coming off a series loss to UTSA, dropping the first two contests of the series before scoring a season-high 14 runs on Sunday to salvage a game in the series.
- Since moving to the lead-off spot, Ashlyn Shirah has hit .477/.549/.846 with 21 hits in 44 at-bats. Shirah has 15 RBI, five doubles, six walks, and four homers in the 13-game span.
- Olivia Tindell entered the starting lineup due to injuries. She hit her first career home run in the Blazers' 13-1 win at Tulsa. Tindell is on a seven-game hit streak since entering the lineup.
- UAB ranks 134th of 308 teams in the RPI. UAB is 0-5 in Quad-1 games, 3-3 in Quad-2, 5-8 in Quad-3, and 12-10 in Quad-4.
- Ashlyn Shirah was dubbed an American Conference Honorable Mention two weeks ago. 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.
- Shirah leads the Blazers with a .359 batting average and .552 slugging percentage, 35 RBI, seven doubles and seven homers.
- Freshman Charlee Bennett's 30 walks are one away from the 6th most in a UAB single season.
- Bennett leads the team with a .423 on-base percentage
- Alabama swept Kentucky over the weekend, riding a three-game win streak into Tuesday's contest.
- The Crimson Tide took its first non-conference loss last week in Birmingham, losing to Samford 3-2, just down the road in Homewood.
- Alabama ranks third in the nation in team ERA with a 1.66. Three Alabama pitchers rank in the top-25 nationally in ERA: Jocelyn Briski (13th, 1.50), Kaitlyn Pallozzi (16th, 1.64), and Vic Moten (22nd, 1.81).
- The Crimson Tide has shut out opponents 17 times, the second most in the country.
- Brooke Wells holds the 14th-best slugging percentage in the country at .968.
- Alabama defeated UAB earlier this season in Tuscaloosa, 8-0 in five innings.
- The Crimson Tide's offense was rolling all game, scoring in four of five innings and totaling 10 hits against Tait Davidson.
- Eight different members of the Crimson Tide notched a hit in the first meeting of the season.
- The Blazers managed four hits at Alabama, coming from Hannah Dorsett, Carlie Wilkins, Hope Tucker, and Hannah Miles.
- UAB continues to look for its first-ever win against the Crimson Tide, currently trailing the series 0-36.
- The series returns to Birmingham for the first time since 2024, when Alabama took a pair of run-rule victories over the Blazers.
- Just one of the five weekend series resulted in a sweep, with Wichita State going on the road to Charlotte to win all three games.
- Memphis made noise, shaking up the top of the standings with a series upset over North Texas. The Tigers won two of three over the Mean Green. Memphis's Avery Stutts won American Pitcher of the Week.
- South Florida and Wichita State enter the week tied for first place. South Florida's series win over the Shockers gives the Bulls the edge in the standings.
- Wichita State leads the American in D1Softball's mid-major ranking, checking in at 10th this week. South Florida (14th), Florida Atlantic (18th), and East Carolina (23rd) all found themselves in this week's ranking.
- The Blazers wrap up their seven-game homestand with the final home series of the season as South Florida comes to town. The Blazers and Bulls will meet at 5:30 p.m., 1 p.m., and 11 a.m. Friday through Sunday at Mary Bowers Field. Sunday will mark senior day for the Blazers, honoring UAB's eight seniors following the game.
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