FLORENCE, Ala. (February 17, 2026) – The University of North Alabama baseball team dropped its first midweek game of the season to UAB on Tuesday by a 15-3 final at Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium.

North Alabama (2-2) earned three runs in the contest in the bottom of the second inning. Senior left fielder Nash Rippen hit a 354-foot, two-run bomb over the left field wall to get things going.

Redshirt freshman right fielder Cayden Sheffield reached on a fielding error by the shortstop a batter ahead of Rippen. Later on in that inning, centerfielder Tait Nunnally roped an RBI single to score Jackson Westmoreland from second base to tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the second.

Making his season debut, redshirt junior pitcher Kevin Henrich led the pitching staff with a scoreless three-strikeout fourth inning out of the pen.

UAB (2-2) scored at least one run in every inning outside of the second and fourth to take the game.

Pitchers of Record
W – Carter Samuelson (1-0)
L –  Nico Varlotta (0-1)
S – N/A

COMING UP NEXT

North Alabama gets a few hours of rest before Murray State comes to Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

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