Alabama Softball to Play Eight Fall Games in October
9/6/2016 4:31:00 PM | Softball
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball fans can get an early preview of the 2017 Crimson Tide team with eight home softball games during the month of October at Rhoads Stadium.
Alabama will play four doubleheaders on four dates throughout the month of October. Admission for each doubleheader is $5 and tickets will be sold at the gate at Rhoads Stadium. All proceeds from fall softball games will go to the Bama Softball Walk-Off Club, the official booster club for Alabama softball. Fans who have not joined the club will have the opportunity to do so at the fall games.
The Tide opens fall play on Saturday, Oct. 8 with two games against Middle Tennessee State starting at 1:30 p.m. CT before facing Spring Hill College in a doubleheader on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1:30 p.m. CT. The following weekend, Alabama plays two games against Alabama State on Sunday, Oct. 16 and then concludes its fall schedule with a doubleheader against Wallace-Hanceville on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1:30 p.m. CT.
The Tide returns 14 players from last season's Women's College World Series team, including All-American pitcher Sydney Littlejohn. Fans will also have the chance to see Alabama's four freshmen in a Crimson Tide uniform for the first time, as Elissa Brown (Eclectic, Ala.), Gabrielle Callaway (San Diego, Calif.), Bailey Hemphill (Lafayette, La.) and Claire Jenkins (Cullman, Ala.) are all slated to take the field at Rhoads Stadium.
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ALABAMA SOFTBALL FALL SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct. 8 vs. Middle Tennessee State (DH) – 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 9 vs. Spring Hill College (DH) – 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 16 vs. Alabama State (DH) – 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23 vs. Wallace-Hanceville (DH) – 1:30 p.m.
