Draft:2024 North Alabama Lions baseball team

2024 North Alabama Lions baseball
2024 North Alabama Lions baseball
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Record	9–17 (2–7 ASUN)
Head coach	Jad Prachniak (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Chris Blakey (3rd season); Nick Patton (2nd season); David Mervis (2nd season);
Home stadium	Mike D. Lane Field
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

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2024 ASUN Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Jacksonville ‍‍‍	15	–	6	.714	22	–	20	.524
Stetson ‍‍‍	14	–	7	.667	29	–	16	.644
Austin Peay ‍‍‍	14	–	7	.667	28	–	16	.636
Kennesaw State ‍‍‍	14	–	7	.667	24	–	19	.558
Florida Gulf Coast ‍‍‍	12	–	9	.571	20	–	22	.476
Lipscomb ‍‍‍	11	–	10	.524	16	–	27	.372
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	10	–	11	.476	20	–	22	.476
North Florida ‍‍‍	9	–	12	.429	19	–	23	.452
Eastern Kentucky ‍‍‍	8	–	13	.381	13	–	31	.295
Queens* ‍‍‍	7	–	14	.333	11	–	34	.244
North Alabama ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	14	–	28	.333
Bellarmine* ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	7	–	37	.159
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 30, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 North Alabama Lions baseball team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Lions played their home games at Mike D. Lane Field as a members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They are led by head coach Jad Prachniak, in his 2nd season at UNA.

Previous season edit

The 2023 team finished the season with a 14–37 record and a 8–22 record in ASUN play. They finished 13th in conference standings after a tiebreaker put UNA ahead of Bellarmine.^[2] ^[3]

Personnel edit

2024 North Alabama Lions roster

Pitchers

7 – Carson Howard – Junior
10 – Jacob James – Senior
11 – Quinn Petty – Junior
15 – Jacob Bradshaw – Senior
18 – Avery Brown – Sophomore
19 – Dane Sykes – Senior
21 – Justus Agosto – Sophomore
22 – Brycen Parrish – Junior
23 – Evan Kingma – Senior
24 – Kevin Henrich – Sophomore
25 – Bryce Richter – Graduate
27 – Anthony Pingeton – Junior
29 – Justin Battle – Sophomore
31 – Raleigh Claunch – Sophomore
33 – Josh Bowerman - Sophomore
45 – Josh Allen Stogner – Junior
48 – David Burton – Junior
51 – Caleb Menina – Sophomore

Catchers

12 – Levi Jensen – Senior
14 – Andrew Knight – Graduate
28 – Andin Johnson – Junior
40 – Charlie Cochran – Sophomore

Infielders

2 – Leighton Jenkins – Junior
4 – Gehrig Frei – Sophomore
5 – Kyle Machado – Graduate
9 – Jackson Ferrigno – Sophomore
17 – Cal Cook – Senior
30 – Zak Majer – Senior
34 – Bryant Loving – Freshman
36 – Braden Ebeling – Freshman
37 – Ryan West – Junior
44 – Brady Moore – Junior

Outfielders

3 – Brant Brown – Junior
8 – Jonathan Lane – Junior
13 – Dominick McIntyre – Senior
16 – Ethan Walker – Sophomore
20 – Jackson Cheek – Sophomore
35 – Alex Wilson – Junior

Coaching Staff edit

Name	Position	Seasons at North Alabama	Alma Mater
Jad Prachniak	Head Coach	2	University of Rhode Island (2005)
Chris Blakey	Associate Head Coach	3	University of North Alabama (2018)
Nick Patten	Assistant Baseball Coach / Hitting Coach	2	University of Delaware (2021)
David Mervis	Assistant Baseball Coach / Pitching Coach	2	University of Delaware (2021)

Source:^[4]

Schedule and results edit

Legend
	North Alabama win
	North Alabama loss
	Postponement/Cancellation/Suspensions
Bold	North Alabama team member

2024 North Alabama Lions baseball game log

Regular season

February
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	ASUN record
February 16	at South Alabama		Eddie Stanky Field Mobile, AL	L 2–3	Gant Starling	Brycen Parrish	N/A	ESPN+	1,214	0–1	0–0
February 17	Southern Indiana		Eddie Stanky Field	W 13–7	Carson Howard	Gavin Wilson	N/A	ESPN+	654	1–1	0–0
February 18	Lamar		Eddie Stanky Field	L 1–9	Hunter Hesseltine	Kevin Henrich	N/A	ESPN+	856	1–2	0–0
February 20	Belmont		Mike D. Lane Field	L 2-6	Joe Ruzicka	Caleb Menina	N/A	ESPN+	152	1-3	0-0
February 23	Morehead State		Mike D. Lane Field	L 2–5	Luke Helton	Jacob Bradshaw	N/A	ESPN+	203	1-4	0-0
February 24	Morehead State		Mike D. Lane Field	W 9–6	Jacob James	Grant Herron	Dane Sykes	ESPN+	215	2-4	0-0
February 25	Morehead State		Mike D. Lane Field	L 9–13	Will Grimmett	Justus Agosto	N/A	ESPN+	265	2-5	0-0
February 27	at Murray State		Roy Stewart Stadium	L 1-8	Ethan Lyke	Dane Sykes	N/A	ESPN+	137	2-6	0-0

March
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	ASUN record
March 2	UAB		Mike D. Lane Field	W 9–8	Anthony Pingeton	Braxton Brooks	N/A	ESPN+	272	3–6	0–0
March 2	UAB		Mike D. Lane Field	L 8–10	Brooks House	Justin Battle	Christian Clack	ESPN+	317	3–7	0–0
March 3	UAB		Mike D. Lane Field	L 3–8	Colin Daniels	Kevin Henrich	N/A	ESPN+	252	3–8	0–0
March 7	Murray State		Mike D. Lane Field	L 6–11	Ethan Lyke	John Allen Stogner	N/A	ESPN+	207	3–9	0–0
March 9	UT Martin		Mike D. Lane Field	W 10–0⁷	Jacob James	Tristan Walton	N/A	ESPN+	232	4–9	0–0
March 10	UT Martin		Mike D. Lane Field	W 3–1⁷	Jacob Bradshaw	Eric Steensma	Brycen Parrish	ESPN+	191	5–9	0–0
March 10	UT Martin		Mike D. Lane Field	W 5–2	Anthony Pingeton	Choyce Diffey	Caleb Menina	ESPN+	225	6–9	0–0
March 12	at Memphis		FedExPark	L 2–16⁷	Cade Davis	John Allen Stogner	N/A	ESPN+	597	6–10	0–0
March 16	Kennesaw State		Mike D. Lane Field	L 5–10	Nolan Silver	Brycen Parrish	N/A	ESPN+	422	6–11	0–1
March 16	Kennesaw State		Mike D. Lane Field	L 1–11⁷	Blake Aita	Jacob Bradshaw	N/A	ESPN+	489	6–12	0–2
March 17	Kennesaw State		Mike D. Lane Field	W 4–2	Dane Sykes	Smith Pinson	N/A	ESPN+	388	7–12	1–2
March 19	at Tennessee Tech		Howell Bush Stadium	W 8–4	John Allen Stogner	Reece McDuffie	Carson Howard	ESPN+	175	8–12	1–2
March 22	at Eastern Kentucky		Turkey Hughes Field	L 0–10⁷	Nathan Lawson	Jacob James	N/A	ESPN+	101	8–13	1–3
March 23	at Eastern Kentucky		Turkey Hughes Field	L 5–6	Joe Clancy	Brycen Parrish	Garrett Langrell	ESPN+	101	8–14	1–4
March 24	at Eastern Kentucky		Turkey Hughes Field	L 1–5	Rese Brown	Anthony Pingeton	Garrett Langrell	ESPN+	150	8–15	1–5
March 28	Lipscomb		Mike D. Lane Field	L 2–8	Alex Brewer	Jacob James	N/A	ESPN+	385	8–16	1–6
March 29	Lipscomb		Mike D. Lane Field	W 5–3	Caleb Menina	Chandler Giles	Dane Sykes	ESPN+	114	9–16	2–6
March 30	Lipscomb		Mike D. Lane Field	L 2–15⁷	Jake Poindexter	Anthony Pingeton	N/A	ESPN+	141	9–17	2–7

April
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	ASUN record
April 3	Alabama A&M		Mike D. Lane Field	13-5	John Allen Stogner	Gabe Nicholson		ESPN+	115	10-17	2-7
April 5	at Jacksonville		John Sessions Stadium	9-1	Jacob James	Pe Prescott			76	11-17	3-7
April 6	at Jacksonville		John Sessions Stadium	2-9	Logan Jones	Dane Sykes			388	11-18	3-8
April 7	at Jacksonville		John Sessions Stadium					ESPN+
April 12	at Bellarmine		Knights Field					ESPN+
April 13	at Bellarmine		Knights Field					ESPN+
April 14	at Bellarmine		Knights Field					ESPN+
April 16	at Belmont		E. S. Rose Park					ESPN+
April 19	Stetson		Mike D. Lane Field					SECN+
April 20	Stetson		Mike D. Lane Field
April 21	Stetson		Mike D. Lane Field
April 23	at Ole Miss		Swayze Field
April 26	Central Arkansas		Mike D. Lane Field
April 27	Central Arkansas		Mike D. Lane Field
April 28	Central Arkansas		Mike D. Lane Field
April 30	at Middle Tennessee		Reese Smith Jr. Field

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	ASUN record
May 1	Samford		Mike D. Lane Field
May 3	at Queens		Stick Williams Dream Baseball Field
May 4	at Queens		Stick Williams Dream Baseball Field
May 5	at Queens		Stick Williams Dream Baseball Field
May 7	at Samford		Joe Lee Griffin Field
May 10	North Florida		Mike D. Lane Field
May 11	North Florida		Mike D. Lane Field
May 12	North Florida		Mike D. Lane Field
May 14	at Mississippi State		Dudy Noble Field
May 16	at Austin Peay		Raymond C. Hand Baseball Park
May 17	at Austin Peay		Raymond C. Hand Baseball Park
May 18	at Austin Peay		Raymond C. Hand Baseball Park

Source:^[5]

References edit

^ "2024 Baseball Standings". asunsports.org. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". UNA Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
^ "2023 Baseball Standings". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
^ "2024 Baseball Roster". UNA Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". UNA Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[1] "2024 Baseball Standings". asunsports.org. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[2] "2023 Baseball Schedule". UNA Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[3] "2023 Baseball Standings". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[4] "2024 Baseball Roster". UNA Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2024.

[5] "2024 Baseball Schedule". UNA Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

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