A very special "thank you" to our fallen men and women who gave their all in the service our country. God bless the families of our fallen, and grant them peace.
God bless the United States of America.
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Softball
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
The Bama ladies punched their ticket this weekend, as did seven other teams, and the field of eight is now set for the Women's College World Series, set to begin Thursday, May 28 at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Lady Tide are making their 10th trip to the WCWS, and the fourth in the past five years. Bama had a runner-up finish in the series last year, and won the national title in 2012.
In addition to the Crimson Tide, the teams participating in the dance this year are Florida, Oregon, Michigan, Auburn, LSU, UCLA, and Tennessee. As one can see from the list, the Southeastern Conference is well represented with five teams in the field of eight, tying a WCWS record for teams from a single conference. The Pac 12 was the last conference to do so, back in 1999.
Alabama's first game will be Thursday at 6 PM CDT. The No. 6 Tide will face No. 3 seed Michigan, with the game airing on ESPN2. The winner of that game will go on to play the winner of the Oregon-UCLA contest on Friday, May 29 at 8:30 PM CDT, with the two losing teams playing Saturday, May 30 at 1:30 PM CDT in an elimination game.
Here is the schedule for all games, according to RollTide.com:
WCWS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 28
#1 Florida vs. #8 Tennessee - 11 a.m. CT (ESPN)
#4 Auburn vs. #5 LSU - 1:30 p.m. CT (ESPN)
#3 Michigan vs. #6 Alabama - 6 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
#2 Oregon vs. #7 UCLA - 8:30 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
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Women's Tennis
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
As has so often been the case, the Alabama Crimson Tide's Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe came from behind on Sunday to advance to the championship round in the NCAA Doubles Championship. The reigning NCAA Doubles Champions defeated Caroline Doyle and Ellen Tsay of Stanford 5-7, 6-3,6-0 in the semifinals match. The pair will face Cal's Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi in today's championship match.
Bama's leading duo are excited and looking forward to today's matchup.
Jansen and Routliffe brought UA its first NCAA Doubles National Championship ever last year. Today they get to defend it.
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Football
The Crimson Tide's five-star running back, Damien Harris, is excited to be at Alabama and tweeted that fact yesterday. Rated the nation's number one running back during this recruitment, Harris sent out this tweet yesterday:
"Crazy that the next chapter of my life begins today couldn't be more humble and thankful for this opportunity. Greatness awaits! Roll Tide"
10:15 AM -24 May 2015
The young man has officially graduated high school and was leaving for the Capstone yesterday. The 5' 11", 205-pound Barea, Kentucky native arrives on campus excited and ready to begin learning the playbook and getting in on the training and prep for the upcoming season.
