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No. 6 Alabama softball splits doubleheader with No. 16 Missouri

No. 6 Alabama softball splits doubleheader with No. 16 Missouri

Kelly Ward March 26, 2016

After dropping the first game of its doubleheader against No. 16 Missouri on Saturday 7-3, No. 6 Alabama softball bounced back to a 9-1 mercy-rule win to even the series. Junior Marisa “Home” Runyon...

Softball games rescheduled for inclement weather

Softball games rescheduled for inclement weather

CW Staff March 25, 2016

Because of forecasted inclement weather, Alabama softball's home series against Missouri has been rescheduled. Sunday's game has been cancelled, replaced by a double-header on Saturday, beginning at 2...

Out of left field: Dare leads on and off diamond

Out of left field: Dare leads on and off diamond

Kelly Ward March 24, 2016

It’s not unusual to find Chandler Dare at Rhoads Stadium taking ground balls in the infield when the team’s not there or spending time in the batting cages attached to the clubhouse before practice...

Softball wins 8-0 in 5 innings over Alcorn State

Kelly Ward March 22, 2016

Three freshmen led the way for No. 6 Alabama softball in its 8-0 mercy-rule win over Alcorn State on Tuesday.Merris Schroder went 1-3 with a two-run single in the first inning. Reagan Dykes went 2-3 with...

Softball starts 4-game home stand with midweek matchup

CW Staff March 22, 2016

Over spring break, Alabama softball played eight games away from Rhoads Stadium. On Tuesday, the team starts a four-game home stand. After getting shelled by then-No. 4 LSU last Sunday, sophomore right-hander...

Softball drops series finale 8-1 to LSU

Kelly Ward March 13, 2016

BATON ROUGE, La. — Alabama needed its ace, and for a while it had her. It needed some hits and solid defense. Those were harder to come by. In the series’ rubber match with No. 4 LSU, the No. 6 Crimson...

Softball beats LSU 10-3 after Turner exits game with arm injury

Softball beats LSU 10-3 after Turner exits game with arm injury

Kelly Ward March 12, 2016

BATON ROUGE, La. — For the first time in two years, No. 6 Alabama doesn’t have its starting second baseman.Demi Turner, who went 1-3 on the night, was caught stealing second for the third out of a...

Softball drops SEC opener 6-2 at LSU

CW Staff March 11, 2016

In its first trip back to Baton Rouge since the SEC tournament last May, No. 6 Alabama softball fell 6-2 to No. 4 LSU to open conference play.The Tigers took a quick lead in the bottom of the first with...

Hawks fly together: Softball family supports each other on and off field

Hawks fly together: Softball family supports each other on and off field

Kelly Ward March 10, 2016

Andrea Hawkins has two families. They don’t often intersect, and when they do, it’s in the spring during softball season.In October, when Hawkins was with her family in Bay City, Texas, after her father...

Softball blanks Samford in midweek matchup

Kelly Ward March 8, 2016

Six batters were enough.  After No. 6 Alabama softball’s first six batters didn’t get on, coach Patrick Murphy had enough. The next four batters reached base and scored. The next inning the team...

No. 6 Alabama softball hosts Samford on SEC Network

Kelly Ward March 8, 2016

Before Alabama softball starts SEC play, it will get a small taste of what’s to come with Samford coming into town. Samford’s head coach Mandy Burford played for Alabama from 2004-07. Assistant coaches...

Osorio strikes out 16 in 5-0 win over ULM

Kelly Ward March 6, 2016

Alexis Osorio wasn’t perfect, but she didn’t need to be. She pitched 5 1/3 innings hitless before allowing a single. She walked one, hit one and struck out 16 in No. 4 Alabama softball’s 5-0 win...