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Alabama Softball: Two players to enter the transfer portal

Two players who saw action in 40-plus games last season for Alabama have announced that they are leaving the program.

Two Crimson Tide softball players who saw significant playing time during the 2022 season have announced that they are leaving the program.

Extra Innings Softball has reported that Alabama’s [autotag]Abby Doerr[/autotag] and [autotag]Jenna Lord[/autotag] entered the transfer portal just one day after Alabama’s season ended in the Tuscaloosa Regional.

Lord, a native of Trussville appeared in 45 games for Alabama this season, making 30 starts. She hit .289, which was 5th highest on the team. She also recorded two home runs and 19 RBI in 90 at-bats.

Doerr hit .227 for Alabama this season with one home run and 17 RBI. She appeared in 43 games with 35 starts, primarily at catcher.

Lord, who just completed her freshman season at Alabama, will have three years of eligibility remaining while Doerr will have two more years to use.

Lord and Doerr join former Alabama outfielder [autotag]KB Sides [/autotag] as players who announced their departure from the program shortly after the Crimson Tide ended their season over the last two years. Last season, Sides announced that she would be playing her final eligible year elsewhere, where she ended up settling down at Arkansas.

Alabama falls to Stanford, misses Super Regionals for first time ever

An impressive run came to an end on Sunday at Rhoads Stadium.

One of college softball’s most impressive streaks came to an end on Sunday.

For the first time since Super Regionals were introduced to the NCAA Softball Tournament in 2005, the Alabama Crimson Tide had appeared in every single one… until 2022.

The Crimson Tide entered “championship Sunday” needed to defeat Stanford twice in order to win the Tuscaloosa regional and to host Oregon State in the Super Regionals next weekend for a chance to play in the Women’s College World Series.

Game one went Alabama’s way, as they scored all of their runs in the 6th inning to defeat the Cardinal, 4-0. [autotag]Jenna Lord[/autotag] and [autotag]Kaylee Tow [/autotag] each plated a run, with the big blow coming off the bat of [autotag]KJ Haney[/autotag], who recorded two RBI on a double to left field.

The Cardinal bats, led by Aly Kaneshiro, were too much to handle in the late innings, as Stanford defeated Alabama, 6-0 in the winner-take-all game seven.

Kaneshiro plated three runs over the final two innings to lead the way for Stanford in batting. Alabama caught a tough break in the 7th inning, which led to three runs. With the bases loaded, Sydnee Huff singled up the middle to score two runs. However, the relay throw back into the infield went off-target. The throwing error scored an additional run, which pushed Stanford to a 4-0 lead.

After the game, head coach Patrick Murphy tipped his cap to Stanford, citing Alabama’s history with teams from the Pac-12 conference, and says that Stanford played well enough to knock the Tide out of the NCAA Tournament.

When you look back through all the Super Regionals that we’ve been in we’ve had to go through Washington, we’ve gone through Stanford, we’ve gone through Arizona State, we’ve gone through a lot of Pac-12 teams in Cal, Stanford, Washington, you name it. They were the first ones to come in and do it. They earned it and I know they will do well next weekend.

The Crimson Tide finish with record of 44-13, including a 24-6 record at Rhoads Stadium.

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Alabama Softball: Tide opens final SEC series of season with Missouri on Friday

Alabama softball nears the end of the regular season!

The No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide will have one more dress rehearsal ahead of next week’s Southeastern Conference tournament by hosting Missouri in game one of a three-game set on Friday night at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

The Crimson Tide enter the weekend refreshed, as this will be their first game since April 27 at Western Kentucky. The extended break came at a good time for Alabama, who have lost three of their last four contests.

Alabama was not able to recover from a hot start by Western Kentucky in their most recent game. The Hilltoppers hit two home runs in the bottom of the inning, forcing starter [autotag]Jaala Torrence [/autotag]to be lifted for [autotag]Montana Fouts[/autotag] in the circle. Fouts would finish the game by allowing just one hit and striking out six batters in 5.1 innings pitched. [autotag]Jenna Lord[/autotag] provided the lone run for Alabama on a groundout in the 7th inning, but it was not enough to come from behind to grab the win on the road.

Missouri is on the outside looking in when it comes to the national rankings, but they have played great softball recently. The Tigers have won seven games in a row, which include two-consecutive sweeps over Kentucky and Texas A&M.