MADISON, Ala. (February 13, 2025) – The University of North Alabama baseball team is set for opening weekend against the Army Black Knights starting on Friday, Feb. 14 at 2:00 p.m. in Madison, Ala. at Toyota Field, home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas.
The Trash Pandas home venue sees three games this weekend, a double-header on Friday and a single game on Saturday.
Live stats will be available via StatBroadcast, while live video will be available via FloSports.
North Alabama v. Army (DH)
Friday, February 14, 2025
2:00 p.m.
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North Alabama v. Army (DH)
Friday, February 14, 2025
5:00 p.m. – Will begin 45 minutes after game one
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North Alabama v. Army
Saturday, February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m.
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SERIES HISTORY: The Lions and Black Knights meet for the first time ever in program history on Feb. 14.
SCOUTING THE BLACK KNIGHTS: Army participates in the Patriot League where they finished with a 16-8 record in 2024. Overall, they claimed a 31-23 record for the year with a 16-9 home record, an 11-7 away record and a 4-7 neutral record. They competed in the 2024 NCAA Baseball Championships where they traveled to Athens, Ga. and fell to Georgia and Georgia Tech in tight games.
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Graduate pitcher
Brycen Parrish and senior outfielder
Jonathan Lane were named the 2025 North Alabama team captains. Parrish was the top pitcher last season behind the historic
Jacob James, appearing in 19 games. He was second in strikeouts with 57 while pitching only 55.1 innings and adding in two saves. Lane offered a .970 fielding percentage with 122 putouts over 133 chances. Lane also nabbed a .271 batting percentage in 214 at-bats, the most on the team in 54 games played.
PITCH COUNT: Former Lions
Jacob James and
Jacob Bradshaw led the team last season in innings pitched. James appeared in 15 games with 14 starts and 76.2 innings pitched. Bradshaw appeared and started in 14 games with 73.2 innings pitched. Both Bradshaw and James graduated from the program this past year, which turns the attention to Parrish and nine other returnees on the mound.
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN: The Lions won 10 conference games last season, the most since entering the Division I era and the first time reaching double digit wins in conference play during that time. The Lions won seven in 2019, did not play any in 2020 due to COVID, six wins in 2021, five in 2022 and eight in 2023.
ROAD WARRIORS: North Alabama is in the process of building Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium which is currently scheduled to be ready in April. The Lions will play on the road and at neutral site venues until then.
TOYOTA FIELD: North Alabama is set to take on Army in its first-ever meeting. UNA will be the home team for all three games at the neutral site venue, Toyota Field. The Rocket City Trash Pandas, a minor-league affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels, resides at the Madison, Ala. stadium. This will be the second-ever series for North Alabama at Toyota Field, with the first coming against Kennesaw State in a 2024 conference matchup. The Lions played the Auburn Tigers in 2023 for a single game. Toyota Field has partnered with the Lions for football, baseball and for next week's Rocket City Softball Showcase.
SENIORITY MATTERS: The Lions boast a top-heavy group of upperclassmen, as 28 players accommodate the junior through graduate level classes. Of the other 11 players rostered, four are sophomores and seven are freshmen. Three of the sophomores are redshirts which gives each an extra year of collegiate experience.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: Ticket prices are $10 for Field Level and $20 for SportsMed Stadium Club. These can be purchased online TrashPandasBaseball.com/Events, in-person at the Wicks Family Foundation Box Office at Toyota Field, or by phone at 256-325-1403 ext. 1. Advanced parking passes are on sale for $6.75 at TrashPandasParking.com, day-of-event parking is $10 per vehicle.
UP NEXT: After the Army series, the Lions travel to Auburn, Ala. to play against the Auburn Tigers of the SEC. This will be the first of seven games against an SEC opponent this season.
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