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Top photos from Alabama softball’s win over No. 10 Duke in WCWS elimination game

Alabama softball’s 2024 season stays alive after the Crimson Tide defeated No. 10 Duke in a Women’s College World Series elimination game.

Despite a rocky 2024 regular season, the Alabama Crimson Tide softball team has made it to Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series. After falling to the UCLA Bruins in the opening round, the Crimson Tide fought hard to take down the No. 10 Duke Blue Devils in a win-or-go-home elimination game with a final score of 2-1.

Alabama’s lack of offense throughout the season has resulted in the Crimson Tide being comfortable in low-scoring contests, relying heavily on defense and consistent pitching.

A late solo home run by Marlie Giles was the difference-maker that broke the tie and put Alabama up by one run.

Alabama will next play on Sunday against the loser of the Florida Gators vs. the Texas Longhorns in another must-win game that will end one team’s season.

Before looking ahead to the next game, relive the excitement from the Crimson Tide’s win over Duke.

Photos from Alabama softball’s win over Duke in the WCWS

Top photos from Alabama softball’s loss to UCLA in the WCWS

Alabama softball’s season is on thin ice after losing to UCLA in the Women’s College World Series. See the top images from the Crimson Tide in Oklahoma City.

Despite significant improvement in the offense, and strong pitching in the 2024 postseason, No. 14 Alabama Crimson Tide softball fell to the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in the opening round of the Women’s College World Series with a final score of 4-1.

This loss does not end the Crimson Tide’s season, but it does mean that they cannot lose another game. One more loss and Alabama gets sent home.

On Friday evening, Alabama will play in the loser’s bracket against the losing team in the Oklahoma Sooner vs. Duke Blue Devils.

In their second game of the WCWS, Patrick Murphy and his team must look to produce more offense. Only scoring one run against UCLA kept the Tide in the game, but it wasn’t enough to stay in the game after the Bruins launched a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Before looking ahead to the Crimson Tide’s next matchup, relive the excitement of playing in Oklahoma City with the Alabama softball photo gallery.

Alabama Crimson Tide softball in the Women’s College World Series

Alabama softball falls to UCLA in opening round of WCWS

Alabama Softball falls to the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in the opening round of the Women’s College World Series.

Alabama Crimson Tide softball entered the Women’s College World Series ranked No. 14 in the nation and faced the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in the opening round in Oklahoma City. A sixth-inning home run broke a 1-1 tie and sent the UCLA into the winner’s bracket.

With the loss, Patrick Murphy and his team moved on to the loser’s bracket and will face the loser of the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners vs. the No. 10 Duke Blue Devils on Friday evening.

Star pitcher Kayla Beaver pitched a strong game, but a three-run home run made the difference late in the game, and left the Crimson Tide with three outs left to try and tie or take the lead.

Offense had been an issue for Alabama in the 2024 season, but they’ve been able to turn it up in the postseason. Unfortunately for the Tide, the bats were relatively quiet, only scoring one run through a full seven innings.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama softball and the Women’s College World Series a the postseason advances.

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UCLA softball to face Alabama Crimson Tide

UCLA to face Alabama.

After a long rain delay in Knoxville Tennessee, the Alabama Crimson Tide moved on to the College World Series in Oklahoma City. Their next opponent, which will take place on Thursday, is the UCLA Bruins.

The party got started right away with the visitors scoring four runs in the first inning.  Riley Valentine hit her fourth home run of the season to put the Crimson Tide on top.

Tennessee finished the game with just four hits but eventually had the tying run on base late in the game. Jocelyn Briski picked up the win for the Crimson Tide after throwing 84 pitches. She went 6.1 innings, and allowed four hits andone one run, while striking out 4.

 

Kayla Beaver came in and slammed the door shut, throwing 12 pitches, and getting the final two batters out. The Crimson Tide with the win moved to 38-18. Tennessee, who was the three seed finished the season with a 44-12 record.

Alabama is in the College World Series for the 15th time in school history. Devon Park is the host of the tournament in Oklahoma City. The tournament will wrap up either June 6th or 7th.

Top photos from Alabama softball’s upset win over Tennessee in Knoxville Super Regional

Alabama softball’s huge upset win over Tennessee in the Knoxville Super Regional keeps the Tide’s season alive. See the top images from the Super Regional win!

Alabama Crimson Tide softball was down 1-0 on the Knoxville Super Regional series against the Tennessee Lady Vols, but bounced back in Game 2 after a lengthy extra-inning contest and started out strong in Game 3 winner-take-all matchup with a four-run first inning.

Offense had been a concern for Patrick Murphy’s 2024 team, but the bats have come alive in the postseason and the pitching has stood strong against quality teams.

For the 15th time in program history, the Crimson Tide moves on to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Before looking ahead to what”s next for Alabama, relive the excitement of the Game 3 win with this photo gallery.

Top photos from Alabama Softball’s NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional win

Alabama softball advances to the NCAA Super Regionals. Relive the excitement from the Crimson Tide’s Regional win with this photo gallery.

Alabama Crimson Tide softball ranks No. 14 in the nation and is now preparing to take on the No. 3 Tennessee Lady Vols in the Knoxville Super Regional in the next round as the team looks to continue its postseason run for another national championship.

Though offense has been this team’s biggest struggle, the bats came alive early in the Tuscaloosa Regional finals matchup against Southeast Louisiana. The Crimson Tide managed to put up a whopping win runs in the first inning, as the team went on to win the contest in a five-inning run-rule that finished with a final score of 12-2.

Before looking ahead to Alabama’s matchup in Knoxville against SEC foe Tennessee, relive the excitement from the Tide’s win over Southeast Louisiana that sent the team through to the next round.

Alabama softball’s Patrick Murphy says the Crimson Tide’s best has yet to come

With the SEC softball tournament coming up, hear why head coach Patrick Murphy believes this team has yet to peak

Alabama Crimson Tide softball head coach Patrick Murphy and his team are preparing for the upcoming 2024 SEC softball tournament. After finishing the regular season with a 33-16 record, 10-14 in conference play, the Tide needs to establish a presence in the tournament.

Murphy didn’t hesitate to address the issues with the team. “We are still looking for pitching, hitting and defense to come together.”

He states that the team has had games where two of the three are there, but they haven’t been able to bring it all together.

There’s no better time for a team to find its groove than in the postseason, and Murphy believes this team has not yet reached its peak, but could do so during the SEC tournament.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Patrick Murphy and the Alabama softball team as they look to make a postseason push.

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Alabama moves down in latest USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll Top 25

A recent series loss to a conference opponent has Alabama softball sliding in the latest USA TODAY/NFCA Coaches Poll

Alabama Crimson Tide softball is having a strong season as the team continues in-conference play against other impressive SEC programs. A recent series loss to the Kentucky Wildcats on the road, split 2-1, led to a slight fall in the latest Coaches Poll.

Up next for head coach Patrick Murphy and the Crimson Tide is a brief homestead against Ole Miss before heading to Birmingham to play a one-game series against Samford. From there, the Crimson Tide will return to Tuscaloosa to face Texas A&M Aggies.

It’s a long season with plenty of opportunities to improve and rise up the rankings, but as things currently stand, Alabama sits at No. 14 and has an overall record of 26-8.

Check out the full USA TODAY/NFCA Softball Coaches Poll.

Rank Team Record Points Prev.
1 Oklahoma 34-1 800 (32) 1
2 Duke 29-3 727 5
3 Georgia 29-5 707 3
4 Texas 29-5 678 2
5 LSU 29-4 658 6
6 Tennessee 28-5 652 4
7 Oklahoma State 29-6 642 8
8 Stanford 27-6 599 7
9 Washington 25-5 560 9
10 Florida 31-5 534 10
11 Missouri 29-7 453 12
12 UCLA 20-8 431 14
13 Texas A&M 28-7 397 11
14 Alabama 26-8 348 13
15 Virginia Tech 25-8-1 318 15
16 Mississippi State 25-9 297 17
17 Clemson 24-10 275 16
18 Florida State 24-9 265 19
19 Arkansas 25-9 261 20
20 California 26-10 209 18
21 Arizona 22-11-1 143 21
22 South Carolina 26-10 139 22
23 Boston University 27-3 95 25
24 Oregon 20-12 69 24
25 Baylor 19-12 46 46

Others Receiving Votes

Texas State (38), Kentucky (17), Louisiana (12), Nevada (10), Kansas (9), FAU (8), Miami (8), Virginia (3), Auburn (2).

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama softball as the 2024 season progresses.

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Day 2 of the Women’s College World Series: Matchups and How to Watch

There are three games on Day 2 of the Women’s College World Series. Here’s a look at Friday’s schedule.

Day one of the Women’s College World Series featured a pair of impressive offensive performances from Tennessee and Florida State and a pitcher’s duel for the ages between Jordy Bahl and NiJaree Canady.

It was a fantastic opening day for the WCWS in Oklahoma City. The only negative takeaway was they weren’t able to finish each of the opening round matchups due to inclement weather.

On the bright side, moving Washington and Utah to Friday gave us another day with a three-game WCWS slate.

The Huskies and the Utes are each looking to punch their ticket to the winners’ bracket semifinals. The evening matchups give us our first elimination games in Oklahoma City.

Will Utah’s incredible postseason run continue? Can Oklahoma State and Stanford bounce back from being shutout on Thursday? Will Alabama be able to keep their game closer against Stanford than they were able to against Tennessee in the opener?

Here’s a look at Friday’s matchups and how to watch.

No. 7 Washington vs. No. 15 Utah – 12 pm CT on ESPN2

No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 9 Stanford – 6 pm CT on ESPN*

No. 6 Oklahoma State vs. Loser of Washington vs. Utah – 8:30 pm CT on ESPN*

*Denotes Elimination Game

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Day 1 of the Women’s College World Series: Matchups and How to Watch

Game times and how to watch day one of the Women’s College World Series.

The Oklahoma Sooners take their next step toward winning their third straight national championship on Thursday when the Women’s College World Series begins day one.

There are several intriguing matchups to watch on Thursday and while the Sooners are the favorites, they’ll face challenges on their side of the bracket from every team.

Led by Ashley Jones, Tennessee is No. 2 in the nation in team ERA, and Stanford’s [autotag]NiJaree Canady[/autotag] leads the nation in ERA. The Volunteers are also No. 2 in the nation in scoring offense. Alabama isn’t a team to sleep on either, with [autotag]Montana Fouts[/autotag] leading the way for the Crimson Tide.

The other side of the bracket doesn’t have to face UCLA, but Florida State and Oklahoma State are playing good ball. Washington and Utah have been battle-tested through the Pac-12.

Thursday’s matchups are just the beginning of the double-elimination bracket. The first-round elimination games will take place on Friday.

Here’s a look at Thursday’s matchups and how to watch.

No 4. Tennessee vs. No. 5 Alabama: 11:00 am CDT on ESPN

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Stanford: 1:30 pm CDT on ESPN

No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State: 6:00 pm CDT on ESPN

No. 7 Washington vs. No. 15 Utah: 8:30 pm CDT on ESPN

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