Marisa Runyon was struggling.She didn’t have a hit in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional and the last time she came up to bat with the bases loaded, she struck out to end Alabama’s rally in Friday’s...

Everything was going right until, suddenly, it wasn’t.Alabama freshman right-hander Alexis Osorio (19-8) went five innings through the Oklahoma lineup without giving up a hit. Then, the Sooners got a...

Sooner or later it was bound to happen. Alabama and Oklahoma softball were bound to meet eventually. Fate in disguise as the NCAA selection committee made it happen sooner than it has in years past.On...

It was instinct for junior centerfielder Haylie McCleney to catch a fly ball in full stride in left field. It was smart for sophomore left fielder Chandler Dare to get out of the way.Plays like this are...

Freshman right-hander Alexis Osorio was almost perfect against Washington. Almost was good enough in No. 6 Alabama softball’s 9-0 win on Saturday in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional.Osorio (18-7, 1.66 ERA)...

No. 6 Alabama softball doesn’t have a problem with its scoreboard. No, the two home runs off it weren’t personal. The team’s getting a new one anyway.The two home runs were just Alabama hitters getting...

After scoring 31 runs in a three-game series with Auburn, No. 6 Alabama softball took a long time getting going in the 5-2 win over Troy.Alabama stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the second, and...

Not every midweek game can be a mercy-rule win for 
No. 7 Alabama softball, but a 2-0 win over North Carolina State is good enough for the Crimson Tide.“Obviously any time you can throw a shutout against...

If No. 6 Alabama softball needed confidence, it got some last week. Its offense struggled to keep up with Texas A&M in the final game of the home series but powered to 29 runs over a little more than 24...