re: Alabama Softball 40-23 (12-12) 2024-25

Alabama softball is back at Rhoads Stadium on Tuesday, April 1, facing Alabama State at 4 p.m. CT before playing Samford at 6 p.m. CT.

Game Guide: Alabama (25-13) vs. Alabama State (8-26) and Samford (23-14)
* Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
* Venue: Rhoads Stadium
* Tuesday, April 1 vs. Alabama State – 4 p.m. CT
* Tuesday, April 1 vs. Samford – 6 p.m. CT

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Pic in tweet is cut off, but we beat Alabama State 6-4.

Due to the scheduling demons, I haven’t been able to take in as much softball. There are a few breaks in the scheduling conflicts coming up (not many though). Hopefully the team can carry the momentum into Baton Rouge this weekend.

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Alabama softball took home a pair of wins Tuesday at Rhoads Stadium, defeating Alabama State, 6-4, before taking down Samford, 9-3.

Alabama (27-13) jumped ahead to a 3-0 lead over Alabama State (8-27) before the Hornets capitalized on an extended third inning following an error, plating four runs to take a 4-3 lead. After back-to-back walks with two out in the bottom half of the inning, Riley Valentine gave the Crimson Tide back the lead with a three-run home run to center. That lead ultimately proved final as Catelyn Riley earned the save with 3.0 shutout relief innings to close out the 6-4 win for Alabama.

In game two of the day against Samford (23-15), the Tide put up three runs in the opening frame and then added four more in the fourth on a two-run double from Kali Heivilin and a two-run homer from Brooke Ellestad. With two out in the top of the sixth, the Bulldogs broke up the no-hitter and went on to score three unearned runs to cut Alabama's lead to 7-3. The Crimson Tide responded in the bottom half of the frame with a sacrifice fly from Ellestad and an RBI single from Abby Duchscherer brought home the ninth and final run of the evening as Alabama secured the 9-3 victory.

From Head Coach Patrick Murphy
"I feel like [Catelyn Riley's] demeanor has been totally different for the last week and a half. She looks a lot better. Emily [Winstead] gave us a good start and Braya [Hodges] went one-two-three in the last inning. We cannot be so careless with the ball however, with walks and errors."

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Alabama softball hits the halfway mark of conference play this weekend with a three-game road series at No. 5/7 LSU, starting Friday, April 4 at 6 p.m. CT in Baton Rouge.

Game Guide: No. 24/23 Alabama (27-13, 4-5 SEC) at No. 5/7 LSU (32-4, 6-3 SEC)
* Location: Baton Rouge, La.
* Venue: Tiger Park
* Friday, April 4 – 6 p.m. CT
* Saturday, April 5 – 6 p.m. CT – ESPN2
* Sunday, April 6 – 4 p.m. CT - ESPNU

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* Friday LINK
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I miss her.

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Come see her this summer at Rhoads:

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Action at Rhoads Stadium begins with a pair of games between the Talons and Volts on Tuesday, July 22 at 6 p.m. CT and Wednesday, July 23 at 7 p.m. CT. Alabama All-American Montana Fouts was drafted to the Talons in the league's draft earlier this year.

Upon the conclusion of the AUSL regular season that Wednesday, the top two seeds in the four-team league will face off in the AUSL Championship at Rhoads Stadium starting Saturday, July 26 at 5 p.m. CT. Game two of the best-of-three series will take place Sunday, July 27 at 4 p.m. CT with a third if-necessary game taking place Monday, July 28 at 7 p.m. CT.

Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, March 19 at 9 a.m. CT through the Alabama Athletics Ticket Office at RollTide.com.

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Come see her this summer at Rhoads

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Alabama in July? Kill me now

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Alabama in July? Kill me now

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The games are at night. You’ll be fine.

Bama loses 8-0 in 5 innings. 4 hits, 1 error, 0 runs. I hate to say it, but it was an absolutely pitiful display from our team tonight.... like they didn't even show up if you can believe that. Hopefully they show up and win tomorrow.

I may watch a few innings before switching over to gymnastics at 5:00pm. Good luck Bama in both events. Roll Tide Roll!

Got a big 3 run bomb in top of 7 and we up by 5 heading to bottom of 7.