2021 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team

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2021 Alabama Crimson Tide softball
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SEC Tournament Champions
Tuscaloosa Regional Champions
Tuscaloosa Super Regional Champions
Women's College World Series Appearance
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record52-9 (18–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coach Alyson Habetz
Pitching coachStephanie VanBrakle
Home stadium Rhoads Stadium
Seasons
←  2020
2022 →
2021 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 9 Florida  ‍†‍‍y19–5 .79245–11 .804
No. 11 Arkansas  ‍†‍‍y19–5 .79243–11 .796
No. 3 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y18–6 .75052–9 .852
No. 13 Missouri  ‍‍‍y15–9 .62542–17 .712
No. 16 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y13–11 .54243–16 .729
No. 15 LSU  ‍‍‍y13–11 .54235–22 .614
No. 22 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y12–11 .52242–15 .737
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y12–12 .50036–22 .621
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y8–15 .34835–25 .583
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y8–16 .33332–23 .582
No. 8 Georgia  ‍‍‍y7–17 .29234–23 .596
Auburn  ‍‍‍y7–17 .29227–24 .529
South Carolina  ‍‍‍4–20 .16726–26 .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 7, 2021 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today [2]

The 2021 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Alabama during the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. The Crimson Tide were led by Patrick Murphy in his twenty-second season, and played their home games at Rhoads Stadium. They competed in the Southeastern Conference, where they finished the season with a 52–9 record and an 18-6 conference record.

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The Crimson Tide won the 2021 SEC Tournament, and qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament. They advanced to their 13th 2021 Women's College World Series, where they were eventually defeated by Florida State in the semifinals. [3]

Roster

2021 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 14 – Montana Fouts – Junior
  • 20 – Sarah Cornell – Redshirt Senior
  • 21 – Jaala Torrence – Freshman
  • 27 – Krytal Goodman – Senior
  • 44 – Lexi Kilfoyl – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 4 – Abby Doerr – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 1 – Elissa Brown – Redshirt Senior
  • 8 – KB Sides – Senior
  • 10 – Kayla Davis – Junior
  • 11 – Alexis Mack – Redshirt Senior
  • 18 – Jenna Johnson – Sophomore
  • 32 – Kat Grill – Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 00 – Maddie Morgan – Senior
  • 5 – Kyra Lockhart – Junior
  • 7 – Bailey Dowling – Freshman
  • 9 – Taylor Clark – Redshirt Senior
  • 12 – Kaylee Tow – Senior
  • 23 – Savannah Woodard – Sophomore
  • 33 – Claire Jenkins – Redshirt Senior

Utility

 
Reference: [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRank#SiteResultAttendanceWinning PitcherLosing Pitcher
Stinger Classic
February 12*5:00 PM Alabama State #8Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL W 10–0(5)186FoutsBradford
February 13*4:30 PM Notre Dame #8Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL W 10–0(5)147KilfoylTidd
February 14*12 PM Louisville #8 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5–0-FoutsRoby
February 14*2 PM Louisville #8 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-0-KilfoylLeonhardt
Easton Bama Bash
February 19*3 PM Liberty #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-31121KilfoylJohnson
February 19*1:30 PM Liberty #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-11121FoutsKirby
February 20*4 PM LSU #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-21121KilfoylSunseri
February 21*4 PM LSU #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 13-5(5)1121FoutsWickersham
February 24*6 PM UAB #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 7-1(6)1121CornellWoodham
Easton Crimson Classic
February 26*4:00 PM Memphis #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-31121FoutsEllett
February 26*6:00 PM Memphis #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-11121GoodmanNichols
February 27*11:00 AM UNC #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 2-01121KilfoylGeorge
February 27*1:00 PM UNC #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 2-01121FoutsPickett
February 28*1:00 PM Troy #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 2-01121KilfoylJohnson
March 3*6:00 PM Mississippi State #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-01121FoutsWesley
Easton T-Town Showdown
March 5*4:00 PM Kent State #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 9-161121KilfoylLebeau
March 5*6:00 PM Kent State #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-361121GoodmanSherman
March 6*11:00 AM UNI #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-31121Cornell, Torrence (S)Oler
March 6*1:00 PM UNI #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-051121TorrencePackard
March 7*4:00 PM South Alabama #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0-11121LackieFouts
March 125:00 PM Auburn #4Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 6-0370KilfoylPenta
March 134:00 PM Auburn #4Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 4-1370FoutsLowe
March 142:00 PM Auburn #4Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 4-2370KilfoylPenta
March 196:00 PM Tennessee #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 3-41121RogersFouts
March 202:00 PM Tennessee #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 7-11121KilfoylTurner
March 211:00 PM Tennessee #3Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 3-01121FoutsRogers
March 24*6:00 PM North Alabama #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-01121TorrenceGarst
March 271:00 PM Kentucky #4John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY W 11-6623FoutsSprangler
March 282:30 PM Kentucky #4John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY L 2-4658HumesKilfoyl
March 296:00 PM Kentucky #4John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY L 4-58488HumesKilfoyl
April 15:00 PM Texas A&M #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-351121KilfoylHerzog
April 25:00 PM Texas A&M #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-61121Fouts, Kilfoyl (S)Uribe
April 311:00 AM Texas A&M #4Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 14-661121GoodmanUribe
April 95:00 PM Arkansas #4 Bogle Park • Fayetteville, AK W 5-31100FoutsHaff
April 1011:00 AM Arkansas #4 Bogle Park • Fayeteville, AK L 0-41221StormsKilfoyl
April 111:00 PM Arkansas #4 Bogle Park • Fayeteville, AK W 2-01236FoutsStorms
April 14*6:00 PM Alabama State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-3(5)1121GoodmanBradford
April 166:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0-21529HightowerFouts
April 171:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 2-91631Lugo, Chronister (S)Goodman
April 161:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-21631FoutsHightower
April 21*6:00 PM Southern Mississippi #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-31631Goodman, Fouts (S)Pierce
April 24*1:30 PM Louisiana #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-31413FoutsEllyson
April 25*1:30 PM Louisiana #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-11596Goodman, Fouts (S)Lamb
April 305:00 PM Georgia #4Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA W 4-1400FoutsAvant
May 112:00 PM Georgia #4Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA W 13-3400GoodmanAvant
May 22:00 PM Georgia #4Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA W 6-3400FoutsBritton
May 66:00 PM Ole Miss #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-051419FoutsTillmann
May 76:00 PM Ole Miss #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-71631GoodmanBorgen
May 811:00 AM Ole Miss #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-11631FoutsBorgen
2021 SEC softball tournament
May 137:00 PM Kentucky #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-11582FoutsHumes
May 146:30 PM Tennessee #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-51660FoutsBender
May 155:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-01924FoutsHightower
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional
May 21*5:00 PM Alabama State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 9-0(6)2912KilfoylSullivan
May 22*11:00 AM Clemson #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-0-FoutsCagle
May 23*1:00 PM Clemson #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-03044FoutsCagle
NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional
May 2812:00 PM Kentucky #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-33633FoutsHumes
May 291:00 PM Kentucky #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-13633KilfoylBaalman
Women's College World Series
June 3*6:00 PM Arizona #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 5-1-FoutsBowen
June 4*8:30 PM UCLA #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 6-012337FoutsGarcia
June 62:30 PM Florida #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0-212370SandercockKilfoyl
June 76:00 PM Florida #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 5-89916WatsonFouts
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from NFCA released prior to game.All times are in Central Time Zone.

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2021 SEC softball records

Source: 2021 SEC softball game results, 2021 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA 18–62–13–01–23–01–2...3–0.2–13–0ALA6–24–0
ARK 19–51–23–0.3–0.2–13–01–23–03–0..ARK6–25–0
AUB 7–170–30–3..2–11–2.1–21–2.0–32–1AUB2–60–3
FLA 19–52–1..2–12–13–03–02–1.2–1.3–0FLA8–03–0
UGA 7–170–30–3.1–22–1.0–32–11–2.1–2.UGA2–60–3
KEN 13–112–1.1–21–21–21–2...3–01–23–0KEN3–52–0
LSU 13–11.1–22–10–3.2–1.2–12–1.2–12–1LSU6–20–1
MSU 8–15.0–3.0–33–0..0–30–32–12–01–2MSU3–51–4
MIZZ 15–9.2–12–11–21–2.1–23–0.3–02–1.MIZZ5–32–0
MISS 12–120–30–32–1.2–1.1–23–0.2–1.2–1MISS5–31–2
SCAR 4–20.0–3.1–2.0–3.1–20–31–21–20–3SCAR0–80–4
TENN 12–111–2.3–0.2–12–11–20–21–2.2–1.TENN4–41–0
TAMU 8–160–3.1–20–3.0–31–22–1.1–23–0.TAMU2–61–3
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. [5] [6] Tiebrkrs: FLA>ARK ALA common. LSU>KEN hd–hd. UGA>AUB MIZZ common.

Rankings

PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Final
NFCA [7] 8543424443543333
USA Softball [8] 8632433433543333

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. June 15, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ "National champs Oklahoma unanimous No. 1 in final USA Today/NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll". NFCA.org. June 15, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "No. 3 Bama rally falls short in loss to FSU in WCWS".
  4. ↑ "2021 Softball Roster".
  5. ↑ "2021 SEC Softball". ESPN. June 7, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2021 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. January 16, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ NFCA Poll
  8. ↑ USA Softball Poll
  9. 1 2 "Final Report 2021" (PDF). ESPNCDN. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ "2021 SEC Softball Awards Announced".
  11. ↑ "NFCA | National Fastpitch Coaches Association".
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