Second-Ranked Alabama Softball Hosts Easton T-Town Showdown This Weekend

THIS WEEKEND: EASTON T-TOWN SHOWDOWN (TUSCALOOSA, ALA.)

No. 2 Alabama heads into the weekend with a 15-0 record, most recently shutting out Mississippi State, 4-0, on Wednesday
The Crimson Tide has gone 28-straight innings without allowing a run, shutting out each of its last four opponents
Lexi Kilfoyl threw her first career no-hitter and the 37th in program history last weekend in game one against the Tar Heels
Alabama is ranked No. 2 in this week's USA Softball poll and No. 3 in the NFCA poll, receiving first-place votes in both
Alabama returns 17 players from last season, including all seven 2020 seniors, while adding five freshmen

Overall vs. Kent State: 1-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 1-0 | In Kent: 0-0 | At Neutral Sites: 0-0
Current Streak: Alabama +1
Last Meeting: March 28, 2017 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 13-0 (5)

Overall vs. Northern Iowa: 4-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 1-0 | In Cedar Falls: 1-0 | At Neutral Sites: 2-0
Current Streak: Alabama +4
Last Meeting: Feb. 24, 2018 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - W, 11-3 (6)

Overall vs. South Alabama: 15-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 9-0 | In Mobile: 3-0 | At Neutral Sites: 3-0
Current Streak: Alabama +15
Last Meeting: March 5, 2019 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - W, 5-2

Alabama shut down a potent Mississippi State lineup, holding the Bulldogs scoreless in a 4-0 win Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa
Montana Fouts struck out a career-high 16 batters, the most in a single game for UA since Alexis Osorio tied the NCAA record with 21 in a seven-inning game on March 10, 2018
The game extended the Crimson Tide's shutout streak to 28 innings, holding opponents scoreless since a seventh-inning home run by Memphis on Feb. 26
Alexis Mack drove in two of the team's four runs, marking her fourth multi-RBI game of the season

The Alabama bullpen has been dominant so far this season, owning a 0.85 team ERA with just 12 earned runs allowed over 99.0 innings pitched
Tide pitchers have struck out 132 batters as opposed to just 10 walks
Alabama leads the SEC in opposing batting average (.129), strikeouts (132) and wins (15) and is second in ERA (0.85) and innings pitched (99.0)
Montana Fouts and Lexi Kilfoyl are both ranked in the top five in the SEC in strikeouts with 77 (1st) and 43 (5th), respectively, and are the top two in the league with seven wins for Fouts and six for Kilfoyl
Alabama is fourth nationally in team ERA and is tied with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Florida for the lead with seven shutouts
Fouts is ranked sixth in the NCAA in strikeouts and fifth in strikeout-to-walk ratio
Fouts and Kilfoyl are two of eight players in the nation with six or more wins

Alabama is ranked as high as No. 2 in this week's national rankings, climbing to second in the USA Softball poll, third in the NFCA and D1 Softball rankings and fourth in Softball America
The Crimson Tide received five first-place votes in the USA Softball poll and three in the NFCA poll