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PHOTOS: Top images from Alabama’s win over Northwestern on Saturday night

Top images from Alabama’s win over Northwestern on Saturday night!

In a must-win scenario, Patrick Murphy and the Alabama softball came through against the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday night with a 2-1 victory from inside a rocking Rhoads Stadium.

The dynamic duo of Jaala Torrence and Montana Fouts from the mound helped keep the Crimson Tide in the contest. Torrence and Fouts combined for seven innings of work surrending just seven hits and one run against the Wildcats.

Senior Ashley Prange and freshmen Larissa Preuitt came through for the Tide in the top of the seventh to break the 1-1 tie with Prange driving Preuitt in with an RBI double.

Alabama and Northwestern will compete in the decisive game three on Sunday afternoon with the winner advancing to the Women’s College World Series.

Let’s take a look at some of the top images from Alabama’s win on Saturday night!

How to watch Alabama softball vs. Northwestern on Sunday

Alabama softball is in a winner take all scenario with Northwestern on Sunday! Here is how to catch all the action!

The Alabama softball got a season-saving win on Saturday night in Tuscaloosa with a 2-1 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats inside Rhoads Stadium.

The pitching duo of Jaala Torrence and Montana Fouts was outstanding for the Crimson Tide where they combined to give up seven hits and just one run.

Once again, Ashley Prange delivered for the Crimson Tide with a run scored and an RBI in the contest. Freshmen Larissa Preuitt was able to put together a couple of hits in the game while also scoring the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh.

With the win, Alabama has forced a decisive game three on Sunday with the winner advancing to the College World Series. Here is how you can catch Sunday’s action!

How to watch Alabama softball vs. Northwestern on Saturday

Alabama softball is now in must-win mode on Saturday night in the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals against Northwestern!

Patrick Murphy and the Alabama softball team have entered must-win mode following Friday night’s 3-1 loss to the Northwestern Wildcats in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama turned to Montana Fouts on Friday night, but some early errors from both Fouts and the other infielders led to two of the Wildcats’ scores. Fouts threw 3.1 innings in her return from a knee injury and Jaala Torrence would replace her and deliver 3.2 scoreless innings of work from the mound.

Outside of Ashley Prange, the Alabama offense could not muster much success from the plate.

Alabama will need to win on Saturday night to force a game three on Sunday. Here is how you can catch Saturday night’s action from Tuscaloosa!

Alabama Softball falls short to Kennesaw State 5-3 to close the Easton Bama Bash

No. 7 Alabama fell to Kennesaw State by a final score of 5-3 on Sunday. The Tide will return to Rhoads Stadium to play Southern Miss on Wednesday.

The Alabama softball team closed the Easton Bama Bash with a close loss to Kennesaw State. The Tide fell 5-3 on Sunday afternoon.

Alabama had made it look relatively easy through the first four games of the tournament. However, the Owls gave the Tide more than they could handle in Game 5.

Kennesaw State out-hit Alabama 10-4. Patrick Murphy’s squad was unable to string together enough timely hits to come from behind.

Graduate senior Ashley Prange led the offensive approach for the Tide. Prange went 1-for-2 at the plate while also driving in two runs. The rest of the team combined to have three hits on Sunday.

Jaala Torrence picked up the loss on the mound after throwing three innings and allowing three runs.

Alabama fell to 11-3 on the new season while the Owls improved to 4-10. Alabama will return to action on Wednesday night to host Southern Miss. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CST.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama softball program.

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Alabama Softball bows out of SEC Tournament with loss to Missouri

The offense never got going in Thursday’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal loss to Missouri.

Alabama faced Missouri for the 4th straight game on Thursday. This time, they met on the SEC Tournament stage.

What stayed the same, however, was the trend of “the big inning”, and who got lucky enough to catch it. Missouri wore the honor on Thursday, as they defeated Alabama, 3-0 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament, hosted by the University of Florida.

The game remained scoreless until the 6th inning when Missouri scored all three of their runs on two hits and two Tide errors.

The first three batters of the inning reached for the Tigers. Jenna Laird opened the inning with a leadoff single, Kimberly Wert was intentionally walked, and Brooke Wilmes reached on an error. With the bases loaded, Kendyll Bailey hit a sacrifice fly to center field, deep enough to score Laird to put Missouri on the board, 1-0.

Alabama caught a break on the next at-bat, as a fielder’s choice forced a runner out at the plate and gave them an out in the inning.

Alabama’s luck would be short lived, as Kara Daly would single home a run, extending Missouri’s lead to 2-0. In the next at-bat, the Crimson Tide would commit their second error of the inning, which allowed the third and final run of the game.

Alabama was held to five hits on the afternoon, with [autotag]Ashley Prange[/autotag] leading the way with two. [autotag]Montana Fouts[/autotag] took the tough loss in the circle. In seven innings, Fouts struck out five batters while allowing five hits and one earned run.

Alabama will now await their postseason fate on Selection Sunday. According to the recent field of 64 projection from College Sports Madness, Alabama is projected to be the no. 6 seed, hosting Georgia Tech, Illinois, and UMBC.

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Ohio State softball splits doubleheader to win weekend series with Illinois

The Ohio State softball team split a doubleheader with Illinois on Saturday, taking three of four on the weekend vs. the Illini.

The Ohio State softball team is figuring it out right when it matters most as the season winds down in the Big Ten. To date, it’s been a mixed bag, but this weekend was a resounding success.

After sweeping a doubleheader on Friday against Illinois on the road, the Buckeyes dropped game one, but rebounded to win the second of a doubleheader on Saturday to take three of four total from the Illini.

In the first game Saturday, Illinois used a four-run fourth inning to break things open and cruised to a 7-2 victory.

The night-cap was more of a pitching battle. The Illini took a 1-0 lead into the top of the sixth inning, but then the heroics were supplied by Ashley Prange when she connected on a 2-and-2 pitch to send it over the left-field wall with Carley Gaskill on base and two outs.

That gave OSU the 2-1 lead, and pitcher Allison Smith shut things down from there for the one-run victory.

With the split, Ohio State’s record moves to 21-18. At this moment, OSU sits in eighth place in the league, but just a game and a half out of fourth place because of how bunched up teams four through eight are. There are more games in the league between teams bunched up with the Buckeyes to be played Sunday, all while Ohio State sits idle.

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