Alabama Softball Shuts Out Southern Miss
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Crimson Tide Blanks Golden Eagles 2-0
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| Bama Winning Pitcher Madi Moore Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide softball team last night posted its 23rd shutout of the season. In a non-conference contest on Wednesday evening in Tuscaloosa at Rhoads Stadium, the Crimson Tide defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 2-0. These 23 shutouts are the most for Bama softball since 2009, and now the Tide needs just three more to reach the single-season record.
For the third-consecutive week, Alabama (37-9) posted a midweek shutout. The defense was dominating, and the pitching, as usual, was great. Madi Moore (5-1) picked up the UA victory going 6.1 innings and allowing only three hits. Sydney Littlejohn then entered the contest to secure the final two outs, earning Littlejohn her first save of the season.
Following the Wednesday victory, Alabama Crimson Tide softball head coach Patrick Murphy said, "We wanted to give Madi a shot. She's done well. Back-to-back shutouts, we'll take that all day long. She follows the lead of Sydney [Littlejohn] and Alexis [Osorio]. It's been our key to success all year. Our pitchers always give us a good shot to win, and Madi did that [Wednesday night]."
Following the loss, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles fall to 24-23 on the season.
"It was a good game all-around defensively," Murphy commented. "Sydney Booker made some great plays, Merris Schroder had a diving catch in foul territory and Madi helped herself with some spin moves with the ball hugging the line. That's a tough play for a lefty. Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro's goal for Madi tonight was to make them put it in play and we made the plays behind her."
Bailey Hemphill, Chandler Dare and Sydney Booker all went one-for-three on the night, with Dare picking up one RBI for the Tide. Peyton Grantham was one-for-two on Wednesday.
Next for Alabama, the Crimson Tide will host the ninth-ranked Washington Huskies (31-10) for two games on Friday, April 21st at 6 p.m. CT and Saturday, April 22nd at 4:30 p.m. CT.
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Alabama Crimson Tide Places 65 Student-Athletes
On SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
The Alabama men's swimming and diving team (24) and gymnastics team (14) both led the Southeastern Conference in their respective sports, while the men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined for an SEC-best 47 honors.
A league-best 21 members of the men's swimming and diving team (10th at this year's NCAA Championships) earned the honor, led by 2017 SEC Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year Connor Oslin and defending CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-American of the Year Anton McKee.
Alabama had a conference-best 14 members of this year's UA gymnastics sixth-place NCAA championship team made the list, led by 2017 NCAA uneven bars champion Katie Bailey.
All-American Crimson Tider Bailey Scott led a total of 23 members of the Alabama women's swimming and diving team to earn a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
The women's basketball team placed three players on the honor roll list, led by Bryant Award finalist Ashley Williams. Jimmie Taylor earned the honor to represent the UA men's basketball team.
To earn a place on the honor roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.0 or better grade point average for either the preceding academic year or their career and be a sophomore or better in academic standing. The winter list honors those student-athletes that participate in men's and women's basketball, gymnastics and men's and women's swimming and diving as well as equestrian and rifle.
UA 2017 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
| Abby Armbrecht | Gymnastics | |
| Jennie Loeb | Gymnastics | |
| Keely McNeer | Gymnastics | |
| Mackenzie Valentin | Gymnastics | |
| Aja Sims | Gymnastics | |
| Nickie Guerrero | Gymnastics | |
| Katie Bailey | Gymnastics | |
| Amanda Jetter | Gymnastics | |
| Mary Lilian Sanders | Gymnastics | |
| Jenna Bresette | Gymnastics | |
| Ari Guerra | Gymnastics | |
| Kiana Winston | Gymnastics | |
| Mackenzie Brannan | Gymnastics | |
| Angelina Giancroce | Gymnastics | |
| Jimmie Taylor | Men's Basketball | |
| Szymon Day | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Evan Heldman | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Connor Oslin | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Kyle Simpson | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| William Freeman | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Taylor Charles | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Dennis Lang | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Brent Sagert | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Robert Howard | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Christopher Reid | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Pavel Romanov | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Carlo Rezzonico | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Christian Arseneau | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Laurent Bams | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Michael Madden | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Lucas Kaliszak | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Knox Auerbach | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Anton McKee | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Alexander Gray | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Matthew Adams | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Joseph Young | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| David Morton | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Michael Messuri | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Jacob Kelsoe | Men's Swimming & Diving | |
| Taylor Berry | Women's Basketball | |
| Ashley Williams | Women's Basketball | |
| Quanetria Bolton | Women's Basketball | |
| Caroline Beene | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Justine Macfarlane | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Bailey Scott | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Dakota Toner | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Kathleen Coughlin | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Paige Matherson | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Kara Fredlock | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Katie Kelsoe | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Nicole Raicik | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Temarie Tomley | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Marian Yurchshin | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Christina Lu | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Emma Murray | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Emily Zapinski | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Caroline Korst | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Hannah Musser | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Bridget Blood | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Ayanna Woods | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Sarah Helm | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Taylor Zablocki | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Erika Nist | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Mia Nonnenberg | Women's Swimming & Diving | |
| Morgan Fleming | Women's Swimming & Diving |
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
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Alabama Baseball To Play Series With Mississippi State
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team heads down the road to Starkville, Mississippi for a
three-game Southeastern Conference series with the Mississippi State Bulldogs tonight through Saturday at Dudy Noble Field. The Crimson Tide and
Bulldogs are set for a 6 p.m. CT start in the series opener this evening,
followed by a 6:30 p.m. CT start time on Friday. Saturday's series
finale is scheduled for a 2 p.m. CT first pitch. The first game of the series
will be broadcast nationally on the SEC Network with Jason Benetti handling the play-by-play and
Mike Rooney serving as analyst. The final two games of the series will stream live on SEC Network+.
Tonight's contest will be the 413th meeting in the series between the two teams. Alabama holds the all-time advantage 215-193-4, however, Mississippi State leads with a 108-80-2 mark in games played in Starkville.
UA will kickoff the three-game series with sophomore left-hander Dylan Duarte on the mound tonight. State will counter with sophomore left-hander Konnor Pilkington.
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Alabama Track & Field To Face Auburn
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama men's and women's track
& field teams will face off with the Auburn Tigers on the Plains this weekend to compete in the
War Eagle Invitational on April 21-22 at Auburn University.
The UA men's team finished fourth this week for the third consecutive week while the women are ranked 20th in the
U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)
National Team Rankings. The men's team racked up 220.26 points while the women's team picked up 94.75
points. Regionally, the men are ranked first in the South region for the
second week in a row, while the women are third.
Alabama track & field head coach Dan Waters said, "Last weekend was a good trip for us. We had a number of personal-bests and top-10 performances and
got a taste of high-level competition as well. We've got some work to do
as we start to move closer to the championship portion of the schedule
so these next two weeks will be important for us. I like where we are as
a team right now, we just need to continue to improve from meet to
meet."
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In-State QB James Foster Chooses Missouri
Once calling the offer from Alabama football a "dream offer," Montgomery's Sidney Lanier High School 2018 dual-threat quarterback James Foster announced on Wednesday via his Twitter account that he has committed to Missouri.
Foster is rated a three-star recruit and the No. 17 dual-threat quarterback in the nation, according to the 247Sports Composite. In an interview with the Montgomery Advertiser-Journal, Foster said, "I'll have an opportunity to play early there. I have a great bond with (offensive coordinator) coach (Josh) Heupel. Everything about the school is wonderful from the players and coaches to the people."
