{"id":202606,"date":"2026-03-03T19:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202606\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:29:08","slug":"softball-announces-bonus-games-with-oakland-for-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202606\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball announces bonus games with Oakland for Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     FLORENCE, Ala. (March 3, 2026) \u2013 The University of North Alabama softball team recently added a new game to the schedule for this week, as the Oakland Golden Grizzlies will visit Hilda B. Anderson Softball Stadium on Wednesday, March 4.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe bonus games will be free admission to the public. The doubleheader will begin at 2 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUNA did not have any games scheduled until Saturday, March 7, while Oakland had a cancellation and will travel to Florence as a replacement game.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe game will not be streamed on ESPN+ but Roar Lions Productions will carry the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NorthAlabamaAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/thevarsitynetwork.com\/audioapplink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Varsity Network<\/a> app. <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/staff-directory\/grant-wakefield\/362\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"362\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Wakefield<\/a> will be on the call. Live stats will not be available.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLast year, UNA swept a four-game series against Oakland with a pair of 9-1 mercy rule wins, a 4-0 shutout and an 8-7 thriller that went 11 innings and ended on walk-off triple by <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/hailey-jones\/2886\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2886\" target=\"_blank\">Hailey Jones<\/a>. The fourth win was <a href=\"https:\/\/roarlions.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/coaches\/ashley-cozart\/603\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"603\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Cozart<\/a>&#8216;s 400th career win at UNA.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThere will be no additional changes to the schedule, as the Lions will still play at home Saturday against Detroit Mercy at 12 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information on North Alabama Athletics, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roarlions.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.roarlions.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow UNA Athletics on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unaathletics\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unaathletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNAAthletics\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNAAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/una_athletics\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/una_athletics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; FLORENCE, Ala. 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