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FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama picked up its first win of the season Saturday night in the final home opener at Braly Stadium, lighting up the scoreboard with a […]

UNA celebrates topping out of Bank Independent Stadium

FLORENCE – A major construction milestone at the University of North Alabama was reached Thursday with the topping out ceremony for Bank Independent Stadium. “Today’s Topping Out is one of […]

UNA captures 2024-25 ASUN men’s all-sports trophy

FLORENCE — The University of North Alabama received a top Atlantic Sun Conference award for the first time, winning the Jesse C. Fletcher Trophy. The Jesse C. Fletcher Trophy is […]

UNA sports medicine duo win state athletic training awards

TRUSSVILLE — Two Shoals-area sports medicine providers won honors at the Alabama Athletic Trainers’ Association Clinical Symposium and Members Meeting on Friday in Trussville. Dr. Jeff Hovater of North Alabama […]

UNA golfer Xing Luo finishes NCAA Regional tied for 43rd

AUBURN – University of North Alabama golfer Xing Luo finished tied for 43rd at the NCAA Regionals in Auburn. Luo is the first North Alabama golfer to make the Division […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama women’s tennis team’s historic season came to a close Thursday in Rome, Ga., with a 4-0 setback to No. 48 UNC Charlotte in […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama men’s tennis team will travel to Starkville, Miss., to face Michigan State in the first round of the NCAA tournament  The Lions received […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama men’s tennis team realized its postseason dreams Saturday, winning the program’s first Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Championship with a 4-1 win over the […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama baseball team christened the new Mike D. Lane Field with a series win over Bellarmine this weekend.  After dropping the opener 15-5, the […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama men’s tennis team ended the regular season in style with a 6-1 rout over the University of North Florida, resulting in the Lions’ […]

North Alabama earns NIT invite, will open at Bradley

FLORENCE – A little after 8:30 Sunday night, University of North Alabama and Lion Nation social media lit up – the UNA men’s basketball team is headed to the NIT. […]

FLORENCE — North Alabama junior guard Jacari Lane is a finalist for the Lou Henson Award, honoring the top player in mid-major college basketball.  Two other players from Alabama schools […]

FLORENCE – In front of a packed CB&S Bank Arena, the University of North Alabama dominated Austin Peay in a 90-64 win in the Atlantic Sun Conference men’s basketball tournament […]

FLORENCE – March has arrived. And the stage is set.  And it will be electric inside UNA’s CB&S Bank Arena tonight as the University of North Alabama men’s basketball team […]

FLORENCE – For the first time in school history, North Alabama is the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season champion. The Lions celebrated five seniors and finished the regular season with […]

MADISON — Due to rain and possible storms in the forecast, the Army-UNA baseball series at Toyota Field is rescheduled with a doubleheader Friday and a single game Saturday. It […]

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama baseball and football fields at Bank Independent Stadium now have names – and they will be familiar to Lion fans everywhere. The Florence-Lauderdale […]

FLORENCE — The state of Alabama has a chance to claim back-to-back U.S. Amateur champions after the University of North Alabama’s Andrew Ferworn qualified for the 124th U.S. Amateur Championship. […]

UNA sweeps College Athletes of Year at Rocket City Awards

HUNTSVILLE – University of North Alabama senior women’s soccer goalkeeper Adriana Wright and sophomore men’s basketball guard Jacari Lane won College Athlete of the Year awards at the 2024 Rocket […]

FLORENCE – What started as a neighborhood Halloween display has morphed into a whole community of gift givers known by the collective of The Birthday Fairy. “When we started the […]

UNA breaking ground on Bank Independent Stadium

FLORENCE – On June 29, 1973, Florence State University President Dr. Robert Guillot told the Board of Trustees that the Alumni Association was seeking to raise $1 million for an […]

Six former Lions to be inducted into UNA Hall of Fame

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama will induct its 35th Athletic Hall of Fame class on Oct. 12, as part of UNA’s Homecoming celebration. This year’s Hall of Fame […]

UNA softball players earn all-conference honors

FLORENCE – Six University of North Alabama softball players combined for eight Atlantic Sun Conference postseason awards. Junior pitcher Alivia Wilken and senior shortstop Haven Kirby headlined the awards for […]

Whitaker named women’s basketball head coach at UNA

FLORENCE – The University of North Alabama made quick work of its search for a new women’s basketball head coach. Candi Whitaker, who has coached at University of Missouri-Kansas City, […]