2017 Alabama Softball

While Oklahoma finished as college softball’s national champion for the second consecutive season, Alabama completed their season in late May against Florida. Two weeks removed from the final out at Florida, Alabama head softball coach Patrick Murphy reflected on his team’s 2017 season during his visit with Aaron Suttles on The Suttles Approach...

Alabama softball concludes the 2017 season ranked No. 12 in the final top 25 rankings from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, released Monday. Alabama has finished in the top 25 every season since 2000, a streak of 17-straight. The Tide earned a 46-18 record this season and made its 19th-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, doing so every year under head coach Patrick Murphy ... Read

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced its 2017 All-America honorees Thursday at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City and Alabama junior pitcher Alexis Osorio has been selected as a First Team All-American. It is Osorio’s second career All-America nod, previously winning second team honors as a freshman in 2015 ...

No. 16 Alabama saw their quest for a fourth consecutive trip to Oklahoma City fall short as No. 1 Florida took two of three games to punch their ticket to the Women’s College World Series. The Crimson Tide won the first game of the Super Regional 3-0 Thursday but fell in game two 2-0 and 2-1 in Saturday’s series finale...

Alabama softball’s season came to an end Saturday evening in Gainesville, as top-seeded Florida won game three of the Super Regional series, 2-1. Alabama (46-18) fell behind early after a two-run first inning by Florida (55-8) but cut the deficit in half in the top of the second on an RBI single by Elissa Brown ...

Alabama softball fell to Florida Friday night, 2-0, as the Gators evened the Super Regional series to force a winner-take-all game on Saturday. Alabama (46-17) struggled offensively against Florida (54-8) and senior starter Delanie Gourley (21-4) ...

With two of the nation’s best pitchers in the circle, Alabama softball and Florida were locked in a scoreless battle for 4.0 innings before the Tide executed some small-ball offense in the fifth inning and capitalized on two Gator errors to score three runs, which proved enough to win 3-0 ...

The biggest stretch of games in the 2017 season begins Thursday as No. 16 Alabama battles No. 1 Florida in the NCAA Super Regional from Gainesville, Florida. The matchup marks the first time this season that the Crimson Tide and Gators have squared off this season...

No. 14/15 Alabama fought valiantly throughout the weekend to secure a trip to the NCAA Super Regional round for the 13th consecutive season. The Crimson Tide knocked off Albany 5-1 Friday afternoon before shutting out Minnesota 1-0 on Saturday and Sunday in a pair of pitchers duels...

For the 13th-straight season, Alabama softball will play in the NCAA Super Regional round after shutting out Minnesota, 1-0, Sunday to win the NCAA Softball Tuscaloosa Regional. Alabama (45-16) is the only team in the country to play in every Super Regional round since its inception in 2005 ...