#Team27 Closes Fall Softball Season Friday With 14-1 Win Over Emory
11/4/2022 9:48:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide scores 14 runs on 19 hits under the lights Friday night at Rhoads Stadium
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball played its eighth and final game of the fall season Friday night under the lights at Rhoads Stadium, beating Emory 14-1 in 10.0 innings of play.
Eleven Crimson Tide players combined for 19 hits, including multi-hit performances from Kali Heivilin, Lauren Esman, Jordan Stephens, Abby Duchscherer, Ally Shipman and Emma Broadfoot. Stephens and Duchscherer were each 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs while Broadfoot was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and three runs driven in. In the pitching circle, Jaala Torrence got the start, pitching 4.0 perfect innings with eight strikeouts, while Alex Salter and Montana Fouts combined for 6.0 innings in relief with 11 Ks.
From Head Coach Patrick Murphy
"I really liked the baserunning this fall. We have a lot of good team speed in people like Larissa Preuitt and Kristen White. Kali Heivilin was great on the basepaths. Our team defense will be really good. We have some great athletes everywhere; that will be a big key. Players like Lauren Esman who can pitch but can also play first base or outfield and we won't miss a beat with her out there.
"The next two weeks is individuals and weights and then they'll have Thanksgiving week off and then dead week and finals and then they'll be home for winter break. We're looking forward to working on some little things with everyone over the next two weeks and then we'll give them a plan for winter to let them work on some things before we come back in January."
Highlights
- Jaala Torrence started the game, throwing 4.0 perfect innings with eight strikeouts, while Alex Salter and Montana Fouts backed her up with 6.0 combined innings with 11 Ks
- Eleven different players combined for 19 hits in the game, including two-hit performances from Ally Shipman, Kali Heivilin, Emma Broadfoot and Lauren Esman and three-hit days from Jordan Stephens and Abby Duchscherer
- Broadfoot led the team with three RBIs, coming on a pair of doubles, while Marlie Giles, Kat Grill Stephens and Duchscherer each had two
- Stephens also tied for the team lead with three runs scored along with Larissa Preuitt
Scoring Summary
- B1 | Bailey Dowling got the scoring started with an RBI groundout (1-0, 1 Out)
- B2 | Marlie Giles hit a line drive to left field, driving in Kali Heivilin on a sac fly RBI (2-0, 1 Out)
- B4 | Giles dropped an RBI single into left field, scoring Ally Shipman from second (3-0, 1 Out)
- T5 | Emory put a run on the board with an RBI single (3-1, 2 Out)
- B6 | Kat Grill dropped a two-run double in front of a diving left fielder (5-1, 1 Out)
- B6 | Jordan Stephens laced an RBIs double down the left field line (6-1, 2 Out)
- B6 | Emma Broadfoot tacked on another with an RBI double (7-1, 2 Out)
- B7 | M'Kay Gidley scored from third on a double steal (8-1, 0 Out)
- B8 | Stephens sent an RBI single up the middle (9-1, 0 Out)
- B8 | Abby Duchscherer drove in Stephens from third with an RBI single to left (10-1, 1 Out)
- B9 | Broadfoot hit her second double of the day, driving in two runs (12-1, 2 Out)
- B9 | Duchscherer hustled around the bases with an RBI triple (13-1, 2 Out)
- B9 | Duchscherer scored from third on a fielding error (14-1, 2 Out)
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