NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 15, 2024) – The University of North Alabama baseball team travels to Nashville, Tenn. for a midweek game against Belmont on Tuesday, April 16 at 4 p.m. North Alabama is coming off of a historic offensive weekend in Louisville, taking two of three over Bellarmine.
  
The series will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live stats available via StatBroadcast. 
 
North Alabama at Belmont
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
4:00 p.m.
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The Rundown: North Alabama took two games against Bellarmine over the weekend, picking up the team's first ASUN series victory of the season. The Lions strung together 48 runs across three games, capped off by a 22-3 victory in Sunday's series finale. The Lions took the first game 15-2 before Bellarmine stole game two 12-11.
 
Frei Named ASUN Player of the Week: North Alabama infielder Gehrig Frei was selected as the ASUN Player of the Week on Monday by the league office. The redshirt sophomore from Alpharetta, Ga. went 8-for-13 across UNA's three game set with Bellarmine. Frei batted .615 while slugging 1.000 with a .706 on base percentage. Frei picked up four walks, two doubles and a home run to help UNA to an ASUN series victory. It is just the second ASUN Player of the Week selection in program history.
 
A Record Weekend: North Alabama set multiple Division I offensive program records against Bellarmine over the weekend. UNA tallied 48 runs in three games, the most in a series since 2006. The Lions set also new single-game Division I program records for runs (22), hits (23), total bases (36) and margin of victory (19) in Sunday's match.
 
Serious Strikeouts: North Alabama starting pitcher Jacob James struck out 11 batters on Friday against Bellarmine. His 11th strikeout served as the 250th punchout of his career, making him just the second UNA pitcher to reach the threshold. James leads the ASUN with 72 strikeouts and is just 30 strikeouts shy of tying Chad Boughner for the most in program history. 
 
Mr. 300: North Alabama head baseball coach Jad Prachniak picked up his 300th career win on Sunday against Bellarmine, 22-3. Prachniak came to UNA with 273 career victories at Division II West Chester, where he won two NCAA Division II National Championships. Prachniak is in his second season at the helm of the UNA baseball program.
  
Five is the Magic Number: In Sunday's game against Bellarmine, Frei tied the program record for the most hits in a game with five. Frei tallied three singles, a double and a three-run homer in the series finale in Louisville. Earlier this season, Frei became the first UNA player with five hits in a game since 2016 in a 5-for-6 performance against Alabama A&M on April 3.
 
Scouting the Bruins: Belmont enters the game against UNA with a 19-17 record and is coming off a series win over Valparaiso. The Bruins finished last season 27-33 and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. Belmont was picked to finish sixth in the MVC Preseason Coaches Poll.
 
Belmont Series History: UNA is 13-7 all time against Belmont with a 4-3 record in games played in Nashville. The Bruins took the most recent meeting between the two schools earlier this season in Florence. Belmont has a 5-2 edge over the Lions since UNA made the jump to Division I in 2018.  For more information on North Alabama Athletics, visit www.roarlions.com and follow UNA Athletics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.