TUSCALOOSA - On Military Appreciation Day at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, Adam Morgan came through like a warrior for the Alabama baseball team.

The junior left-hander pitched a eight shutout innings Saturday as the Crimson Tide defeated LSU 4-0 to even a key three-game series at one victory each.

The series concludes with a 1:05 p.m. game Sunday.

The Tide bounced back from a 10-6 loss Friday night. With every loss, it has been barely staying in contention for a berth in the eight-team SEC tournament.

With every victory, Alabama (29-20, 11-12 in the Southeastern Conference) stays close to the SEC Western Division lead. It pulled one game behind first-place Arkansas, which played host to Florida on Saturday night.

Morgan (5-4) delivered a sterling performance, holding LSU to eight hits before he was pulled in the ninth inning after the first two LSU batters reached base on a walk and a single.

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OXFORD, Miss. - Alabama senior Kelsi Dunne tossed her ninth career no-hitter to lead Alabama to an 8-0 win in the series opener against Mississippi, Friday evening at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. With the win the Crimson Tide improves to 43-7 overall and 17-6 in Southeastern Conference play.

Dunne (22-3) allowed only one base-runner on the day, hitting a batter while striking out nine and walking none. The game lasted 1:38 as Dunne only threw 67 pitches. The no-hitter was her third of the season as she blanked Jacksonville State and South Carolina.

Alabama was paced at the plate by junior Jazlyn Lunceford as the outfielder batted 2-for-2 with three runs scored. Freshman Kaila Hunt and sophomore Courtney Conley each drove in a pair and as a team the Tide swiped seven bases and banged out nine hits.

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In the days following the recent tornado, we have received numerous calls and messages offering to help UA and the Tuscaloosa community. We are humbled by your generosity and appreciative of the thoughts and well wishes we have received from so many. The information on this page will connect you with some of the most effective ways to help during this challenging time. Thank you.

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TUSCALOOSA -- Alternative sites were discussed, but the Alabama baseball team's series this weekend against LSU will be staged as scheduled at Sewell-Thomas Stadium on the University of Alabama campus, with the only change being Saturday's game time.

A Saturday game that had been scheduled to start at 6:35 p.m. now will start at 3:05 p.m. The game still will be televised by CSS.

The Friday and Sunday games will start as originally scheduled at 6:35 p.m. and 1:05 p.m., respectively.

Sewell-Thomas Stadium stands only a few blocks from one of the neighborhoods that was destroyed Wednesday by a powerful tornado that killed at least 40 people in Tuscaloosa County.

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It's not like Nick Saban needed much help in landing top recruiting classes.

However, in a clear case of the rich getting richer, the recent NFL draft has given Saban even more ammunition for landing top talent in Tuscaloosa.

Imagine him, sat in the living room in the house of a good offensive lineman, talking to his parents.

"I'm sure I don't have to tell you how many of our linemen progress to the NFL, do I? Are you aware that our past two left tackles went in the first round of the NFL draft?"

Or in the living room of a highly-rated running back?

"You know, our running backs rarely stay for their senior season, since the NFL snaps them up.

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STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Alabama baseball team completed a Southeastern Conference doubleheader road sweep at Mississippi State with a 5-4 win in the night cap on Saturday from Dudy Noble Field. The Crimson Tide snapped a five-game Southeastern Conference losing streak with a 5-4 win in 10 innings in game one of the day.

The Tide improves to 28-18 overall and moves into a share of the lead in the SEC Western Division with a 10-10 record. Mississippi State drops to 26-18 overall and 7-13 in SEC play. Brett Whitaker hit a pinch-hit leadoff home run in the top of the 10th inning to lift the Tide to the win in game one. With the sweep on Saturday, Alabama has won nine straight games and six consecutive series against the Bulldogs.

"I'm really proud of our team," UA head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "After all of the things we've had to go through this week and to come back and gut-out a couple wins just really shows the character of this team."

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Gene Stallings grilled hamburgers for first responders in Forest Lake.

Anthony Grant set up a charitable foundation, then rolled up his sleeves and went to work helping a family save its possessions.

The Alabama baseball team worked to clear debris in Beverly Heights on Thursday, then spent a weary Friday night in New Albany, Miss., before taking a morale-boosting win at Mississippi State.

Greg McElroy, amid the tears of a joyful family as he was chosen by the New York Jets in the NFL Draft, reminded America via ESPN to remember Tuscaloosa. James Carpenter, the first-round selection of the Seattle Seahawks, immediately e-mailed athletic department officials and asked how he could help Tuscaloosa.

All-Pro DeMeco Ryans took a truckload of supplies and love into Pleasant Grove, the devastated community near his Bessemer home Friday. On Saturday, he did the same for his second home, Tuscaloosa, even though the outpouring of support at Temporary Emergency Services had already filled their facility to overflowing.

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Kayla Hoffman , a senior on Alabama's 2011 national champion gymnastics team, has won the 2011 Honda Sports Award in gymnastics, designating her as the nation's top collegiate female gymnast.

The award puts Hoffman into the running for the College Woman Athlete of the Year award.

This is the sixth time an Alabama gymnast has received the Honda Sports Award. Previously, the Crimson Tide's Penney Hauschild (1985 and 1986), Dee Foster (1993), Andreé Pickens (2002), Jeana Rice (2004) and Ashley Miles (2006) won the award.

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Jared Reaves had a career-high four hits, Brock Bennett added three knocks and Alabama pounded out 15 hits as a team in a 7-3 non-conference road win over No. 15 ranked Southern Mississippi on Tuesday night from Pete Taylor Stadium. The 15 hits marked the second highest total of the season for the Crimson Tide, which improves to 26-18 overall. The loss drops the Golden Eagles record to 30-10 for the year.

"This was our best offensive night in a while," UA head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "We got some big hits and some timely hits, but even through all that, we had other opportunities to extend the lead. We've been looking for offensive pressure through nine innings, and we got that tonight. This is a really good midweek win over a really good Southern Miss team."

The 15 hits by the Tide were three off the season-high of 18 against Eastern Illinois back on March 12. It also marked the 18th time this season the Tide topped the 10-hit mark.

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