Head Coach PATRICK MURPHY Opening Statement: “I want to congratulate Western Kentucky first off. They had a great year and represented themselves and the Sun Belt Conference very well. For their first appearance in an NCAA Regional – I know it was a tough day today, but I didn’t think they looked like a first-timer Friday or Saturday. I am sure they will be back because they have a lot of young, really good ...

Crimson Tide races to a 13-1 victory on the way to its ninth consecutive regional title and 11th overall TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama softball team claimed its ninth consecutive NCAA regional title and 11th overall as it raced past Western Kentucky, 13-1, Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium. With the victory the Crimson Tide improves to 45-13 overall. Alabama junior pitcher Jackie Traina (19-6) was dominat ...

Danielle Richard supplies the walk-off heroics LEXINGTON, Ky. – With a full count and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Alabama sophomore Danielle Richard smoked a walk-off triple down the line in left to hand the Crimson Tide a thrilling, 10-9 victory over Texas A&M Wednesday night at John Cropp Stadium. The victory sends Alabama to the quarterfinal round of the Southeastern Conference Tourn ...

Alabama sophomore Danae Hays ripped a seventh inning walk-off single to lift the No. 4 ranked Alabama    softball team to a 9-8 victory over Mississippi State, Sunday afternoon in front 3,814 fans at Rhoads Stadium. With the win the Crimson Tide improve to 40-7 overall and 12-6 in Southeastern Conference play.  The Tide nearly pushed across the game-winner on the previous play but junior Molly Fichtner was ...

Tide bounces back with run-rule victory TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 4 ranked Alabama softball team evened the series with an 11-3 victory over Mississippi State, Saturday afternoon in front of a Rhoads Stadium record crowd of 4,002. With the win the Crimson Tide improves to 39-7 overall and 11-6 in Southeastern Conference play. Alabama banged out 11 hits and used a seven-run fifth inning to close out Mississ ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 4 ranked Alabama softball team concluded its short week with an 11-0 victory over UAB, Wednesday night at Rhoads Stadium. With the win, the Crimson Tide improves to 37-6 while the Blazers move to 24-9 overall. Alabama banged out 14 hits, led by junior Kaila Hunt’s 3-for-4 effort. Hunt added two runs and drove in two while freshman Haylie McCleney batted 2-for-3 with a run and a st ...

Nobody ever promised it would be easy. In fact, nobody ever promised this game would even be finished on Wednesday night. The Tide overcame a lengthy weather delay that prevented the game from starting until late into the evening. From the beginning of the game it looked like Keilani Ricketts would have another other-worldly performance. She easily sat down the Tide's first and second innings and didn't eve ...

The Alabama softball team entered uncharted territory on Monday night. The Tide had a game to play against Oklahoma in the championship series of the Women's College World Series. A win and Alabama would be one win away from a national championship. A loss and the Tide's back would be against the wall in crucial second game on Tuesday. The Tide fought valiantly but couldn't get enough going against the Big ...

The Alabama softball team has been in this position before -- the semifinals of the Women's College World Series with only one win between the championship series and the Tide. Things have never ended very well for Alabama in that situation. That was not the case on Sunday afternoon. The Crimson Tide knocked off the California Bears 4-2 to advance to the championship series for the first time in school hist ...

The Crimson Tide entered Friday evening's game against Arizona State with an understanding of what was at stake. A win and the Tide would be one win away from a berth in the championship series in the Women's College Worlds Series. A loss and the work would get a bit more difficult. The Tide sent sophomore ace Jackie Traina back to the circle to battle the Sun Devils,  and she was nothing short of phenomena ...