Alabama vs. Jacksonville State Notes
5/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 22, 2009
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Alabama Notes
• Alabama is now 30-9 in NCAA Regional play and 23-3 in NCAA Regional games played in Tuscaloosa.
• Alabama earned its 21st run-rule victory of the season by defeating Jacksonville State 9-0 in five innings Friday. The run-rule win is the seventh in regional play and second in as many years against Jacksonville State.
• Alabama improved to 30-1 at home this season and has now won 24 straight at the Alabama Softball Complex. Charlotte Morgan is batting .493 (37-for-75) at home with six home runs and 26 RBI. Freshman Cassie Reilly-Boccia is batting .410 (25-for-61) with 10 doubles, two home runs and a team-high 29 RBI at home.
• Over the last 19 games where Alabama sports an 18-1 record, Charlotte Morgan is batting .489 with four home runs and 18 RBI. Ashley Holcombe is batting .458 with six home runs and 32 RBI.
• Cassie Reilly-Boccia leads Alabama during the 2009 postseason with a .600 batting average. The freshman has two doubles, a home run and five RBI. Ashley Holcombe is batting .400 with a team-leading three home runs and 11 RBI.
Jacksonville State Notes
• The Gamecocks fall to 8-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, with their three of their last four NCAA Tournament losses coming to the Crimson Tide.
• JSU had a four-game winning streak vs. the Southeastern Conference snapped in Friday's game. JSU defeated Ole Miss twice in April before downing Tennessee twice in the Knoxville Regional.
• The nine runs allowed by senior Karla Pittman were a career high, as were the seven earned runs surrendered in the game.
• The loss marked just the fourth time that JSU has been shut out this season. Two of those four have now come against the Crimson Tide (9-0 on Feb. 8 in Mobile, Ala.)
