Alabama Softball Resumes Conference Play Hosting Kentucky

Friday, March 18

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

Kentucky

Photo by: Kent Gidley

3/17/2022 2:53:00 PM | Softball

The third-ranked Crimson Tide and eighth-ranked Wildcats open the series Friday at 6 p.m. CT

This Week: #3/4 Alabama vs. #8/11 Kentucky

Alabama resumes conference play this weekend hosting Kentucky for a three-game series starting Friday, March 18
With the Wildcats at No. 8 in this week's NFCA poll, it marks the sixth ranked opponent this season for the Crimson Tide
Alabama is coming off back-to-back midweek games, defeating Southern Miss 5-2 on the road Tuesday before a narrow 6-5 loss to No. 2 Florida State Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa
Eight of the Tide's 22 wins have come via run-rule and Alabama has posted nine shutouts
Alabama is ranked as high as No. 3 in this week's national polls
Head Coach Patrick Murphy is in his 24th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,171-323 (.784) record
Alabama returns 11 players from last year's team that made the Women's College World Series semifinals, including a pair of All-Americans in Montana Fouts and Kaylee Tow
The Tide welcomes nine newcomers, including three transfers and six freshmen

Alabama split a pair of midweek matchups, defeating Southern Miss 5-2 on the road Tuesday before falling to No. 2 Florida State 6-5 in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday
Ally Shipman and Ashley Prange each went 3-for-7 with two runs scored, a double and an RBI over the two games
Kaylee Tow hit her second home run of the year, a three-run bomb in the first inning against the Seminoles
Seven different players drove in a RBI and six scored a run
Shipman and Prange had multi-hit games against Southern Miss while Savannah Woodard and Dallis Goodnight did the same against Florida State

*Rankings as of March 14*

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Kaylee Tow's double against Nicholls on Feb. 25 was the 43rd of her career, now one shy of tying ninth-place Dani Woods (2005-08) and three away from eighth-place Christy Kyle (1997-2000)
Tow is sixth all-time with 145 career walks, which puts her six away from fifth-place Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06)
Montana Fouts moved past Jaclyn Traina (2011-14) into sixth all-time with 23 career shutouts, which is just one away from Chrissy Owens (2005-08) and three from Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06)

Alabama sports a 669-120 (.848) all-time record at home, including a 633-104 (.859) mark under head coach Patrick Murphy and a 614-100 (.860) record at Rhoads Stadium, the Tide's home field since 2000
Since Rhoads Stadium opened in 2000, Alabama has won at least 25 home games in 18 of its 22 years there