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Alabama is the overall No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. We host the regional and super regional. We open against SIU-Edwardsville and if we win we will play the USC Upstate vs South Alababama winner. If we win the regional we will host the super regional against the Columbia, MO regional winner.

ROLL TIDE!  Would love to make a trip to Tuscaloosa to see them play one more time this season...

Come on down!!!

I'm hoping they have a late game on Saturday, I'm fishing a bass tournament at Franklin's Ferry Saturday and it's over at 2pm.

I see Oregon is number one seed. Girls have worked hard all year. This should get them some rewards on their way to the big game. RTR!

Article from Rolltide.com.


http://www.rolltide.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/051114aaa.html

I hope they do not play a late Saturday game. That will be the loser's bracket.

Friday, May 16
3:30 pm USC Upstate (Visitors) vs. South Alabama (Home)
6:00 pm SIUE (Visitors) vs. Alabama (Home)

Saturday, May 17
1:00 pm Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
3:30 pm Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
6:00 pm Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 3

Sunday, May 18
1:00 pm Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5
3:30 pm (if necessary) Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6

Yipes, you can wash my mouth out with soapy water, no we don't need a late game. :-[ Saturday.

We definitely don't want a late game, sure hope we don't need one... :pray:

Bama got the #2 Seed but the NCAA committee did not do us any favors. South Alabama and USC Upstate are good teams.

South Alabama has an RPI of 18. They are ranked 22 by ESPN and 23 by USA Today.

USC Upstate has an RPI of 29. They are ranked 24 by ESPN and 21 by USA Today.

Alabama has an RPI of 3. We are ranked 5 by ESPN and 6 by USA Today.

Assuming we will the Regional we are paired with the Columbia MO Regional. Mizzou has an RPI of 10. They are ranked 13 by ESPN and 14 by USA Today.

...and NO TV COVERAGE with Charter for the game tonight... >:(

Watched it on ESPN3.

Good win for the Tide

lots of good timely hitting.

It looked like Jamos behaved himself pretty well too.

Only because they won 13-3.  :lol2:

Yep I got to see the last three innings. Leslie kinda got off rhythm there at the end but Littlejohn closed it out nicely!!!!!

This ^  Bama took an early lead which kept J happy so he didn't need to get after the "Blues" too hard.  Whatcha wanna bet Mrs. Jamos was very happy about that too...

Alabama beat SIUE last night 13-3 in 5 innings. Leslie Jury got the win.

USC Upstate advanced to play Alabama in today's winners bracket by beating South Alabama 5-3.  Alabama and USC Upstate play at 1:00 today and South Alabama plays SIUE at 3:30 in an elimination game. The Winner of the second game and the loser of our game play an elimination game game at 6:00 today.

The winner of our game advances to the finals where they must be beaten twice but only need one win to win the regional and advance.

Game story: http://www.rolltide.com/sports/w-softbl/recaps/051614aai.html

SATURDAY

Bama up 6-1 with SCUP coming to bat in B5. SCUP is the home team. Traina pitching for the Tide.

After 6 full innings Bama leads 6-1. Bama coming to bat T7.

Bama wins 7-1. We advance to the finals tomorrow where we only need one win to advance to next week's Super regional.

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/softball/d1

Bracket of all teams in regionals.  SEC looking good.

The SEC is doing well. #+

Right now it looks like Missouri and Bama will play next week in the Super Regional's. I'm guessing that the news media will be all over the remarks made by the Missouri coach concerning the "dog pile" after Bama beat them there to clinch the SEC title and it should be an interesting series between the two teams.

Good points.
So, what should our team do to celebrate when we beat them this time?  :dunno:

Ha, I've got a few ideas but it wouldn't be very classy of the players. ;)

Me too.  Just something about seeing J-train pole-dancing at homeplate that just doesn't seem right... :-[

THAT would not be the first thing that came to my mind.   :lol2:

SUNDAY

After 3 innings Bama leads South Alabama 2-0. Bama is the visiting team. Traina is pitching for Bama.

Link for live ESPN feed: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/id/1791340/size/condensed/

Bama leads 3-0 after 5 innings.

Bama leads 3-0 going into the 7th inning.

Will Alabama host the super regional?

Yes we will host. We are matched with the Missouri regional.

Thanks. Would love to make it up.

Bama wins 3-0.

Traina pitches a complete game 2 hit shutout. She struck out 11 and walked 3.

Bama  3 5 0
USA   0 2 2

Alabama will play the winner of the Missouri - Nebraska game being played in Columbia, MO. Nebraska won the first game today and lead Mizzou 2-0 in the 2nd of the final game.

Nebraska now has a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 7th

It was a good tournament for the ladies, they played with a lot of intensity. Traina had a very good tournament, pitching and hitting. She has been no help to the team at all with her  bat this year so to see her start hitting again will be a big plus for the team in the games ahead.

Auburn has beaten Minnesota 4-3 so they will play another game as 5 pm.

Here is a link to follow the scores.

http://www.ncaa.com/scoreboards/softball/d1

Nebraska is beating Mizzou 8-1 in the 7th. It looks like we will be hosting the Huskers.

It is final in Columbia. Nebraska advances to play Alabama. It is hard to come back and beat a team twice on Sunday but that is what Nebraska did.

The SEC has 5 teams spread across the 8 Super regionals.

"SEC, SEC, SEC..."   #+

Per RollTide.com, this is the schedule for this week.

Thursday-8 pm (ESPN)
Friday-5pm (ESPNU)
Saturday(if necessary)-8pm

Bama, Florida and Georgia host Super Regional's. Kentucky and Tenn advance but must go on the road. No SEC teams are paired against each other unlike last year when we had to go to Tenn. It will be interesting to see how many advance to the World Series. I will be pulling for all five.

Looks like we have our work cut out for us. 

I'll be pulling for Bama, Florida, Georgia and Kentucky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2BAfhUHX0

First ever softball game!!  Question, where do I park?

Either at the softball complex or across the road.  Have fun...

I'll be there as well, where are you sitting?

Nebraska hammered Traina early, now leading 5-2 in the bottom of the fourth.

5th inning was good for Bama.  

Nebraska now leading 5-4, bottom of the 6th, Bama at bat two outs with runners on first and third.

Nebraska gets the out.  That's ten runners left on base for the Tide.   >:(

Lets go Bama!

Runyon homers in the bottom of the 7th.  Tie Game, no outs.   #+

Game tied after 7.  We're going to extra innings.

Littlejohn came in for Traina in the 5th and has shut Nebraska down.

Littlejohn is pitching lights out! The umpire is very inconsistent, at best.

Littlejohn gets out of a jam in the 9th, bases loaded for Nebraska, but no runs.

Now starting the bottom of the 9th.

Bama wins it in the bottom of the 12th on a walk off home run by Peyton Grantham 6-5

WOOT!  :jump:

One more win tonight and we'll be on our way to Omaha, right?

KAZOWIE!!

 #+ #+ #+ #+

Wow, for those of you that didn't stay up for the conclusion of the game last night, you missed a classic. The game reminded me of two heavyweight fighters, Ali and Frazier, going at it, toe to toe, for twelve rounds. Each team had their chances to win the game after Bama tied it up on a Merissa Runyan home run in the bottom of the seventh inning but squandered away numerous chances to take the win until Grantham ended it with a long home run over the left center field fence.

When you look look back at the game and realize how Bama pulled this win off, you will find the least likely answer to this. It was the freshmen who did it. The home run ended the game but there were other plays by the freshmen in the previous innings that permitted Grantham the chance to win the game. Littlejohn, Runyan, Grantham, and Dare all played a veterans role last night in the win and this could be the key that unlocks the door for this team if they are to win another National Championship. It's only one game but last night has to light a fire under this team.

Post season play is when coaches hope the unexpected good things start to happen for their team and I would have to say, all of what happened last night had to be a little unexpected for Coach Pat Murphy. Was it possible to happen, yes, but was it probable to happen, no. Good luck to the ladies, I think they can now have a better vision of what they can accomplish with this years's team.

The sad part about tonight's game is that I can't be there, my granddaughter has a graduation in Collierville, Tennessee at 6 p.m. and I have to wonder how in the world her school could schedule their graduation on a night when Bama is playing softball. Just kidding though, Roll Tide ladies and I'll find some way to keep track of the game. ;)

Correct.

It is great to hear that they don't know how to give up. ROLL TIDE ROLL Tidettes. One play and one win at a time. RTR!

Bama leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 7th in game 2.  Nebraska at bat

2 quick outs. Nebraska is down to their last out.

BALLGAME!!!   Bama wins 2-1

WOO HOO!!!! CONGRATS LADIES!!!  #+ #+ #+ #+

Congratulations ladies as you return  to the big stage.

To you seniors, you've been there before

Bring home another National Championship.

Great to see Traina come back with a strong game tonight

After getting roughed up last night.

Sad day for my husband and his Huskers but all I had to say was "ROLL TIDE ROLL"!!

Last night when the game started and NE jumped out to a quick lead, he was clapping and hollering. As the evening wore on.... SILENCE!! :)

Congrats to our Softball Team! RTR

I've been a softball fan for a long time. Finally took the opportunity to come watch in person. What an incredible experience!!  Last night a marathon game and the big win today. To top it off, I had a ball given to me and was able to have the team sign it. Great weekend!

Sounds awesome.  Softball is one of the few Bama sports that I haven't seen live.   :clap:

Glad to see the women, including Miss Terrie, show up on this thread.  :wave:

Congrats to the softball team.  "KEEP WINNING!"  :clap: