Softball Heads to Gainesville for Three-Game Road Swing

This Week: #5/4 Alabama at #7/6 Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)

Saturday, April 9 – 4 p.m. CT – ESPN
Sunday, April 10 – 3 p.m. CT – ESPN2
Monday, April 11 – 6 p.m. CT – SEC Network
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Scouting Alabama

Alabama continues SEC play this weekend with a three-game road series at Florida, starting Saturday, April 9
All three games will be nationally televised, with Saturday on ESPN at 4 p.m. CT, Sunday on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. CT and Monday on the SEC Network at 6 p.m. CT
The Tide is coming off a series win against Georgia last weekend at Rhoads Stadium, rebounding from a game-one loss with a 9-3 win in game two and a 9-0 run-rule win in game three behind Lexi Kilfoyl's perfect game
Kilfoyl was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week after a 2-0 weekend against the Bulldogs with just three runs allowed over 13.2 innings pitched
Alabama currently leads the SEC with an 8-4 conference record, half a game ahead of Arkansas and Kentucky at 6-3 and Tennessee at 7-4 and one game ahead of Florida and Auburn at 7-5
The Tide has scored six or more runs in seven of its last eight games
Alabama pitching leads the league in ERA (2.04) and earned runs allowed (68), with Montana Fouts striking out an SEC-leading 165 batters
Ally Shipman is second in the league in RBIs, both overall (43) and in SEC play (15)
Head Coach Patrick Murphy is in his 24th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,180-325 (.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

Last Time Out: vs. Georgia

Alabama took two of three games against Georgia last weekend at Rhoads Stadium, rebounding from a 5-3 loss in game one with a 9-3 win in game two and a 9-0 six-inning shutout in the finale behind a perfect game from Lexi Kilfoyl
The Tide is now 51-21 all-time vs. the Bulldogs with a 27-9 mark in Tuscaloosa
Alabama has never lost a three-game home series to Georgia, with last weekend marking the 10th meeting between the two in Tuscaloosa
Kilfoyl was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week after going 2-0 over three appearances in the series, allowing just three runs to the league's top-ranked offense over 13.2 innings pitched capped by a six-inning perfect game on Monday
Ally Shipman was 5-for-11 (.455) with eight RBIs over the series, hitting a pair of home runs
Ashley Prange extended her hitting streak to a career-best 12 games with a hit in each game
Bailey Dowling was 4-for-8 (.500) in the series, including a two-hit game in the finale

Alabama Perfect Games

Kilfoyl's perfect game was the first of her career and the seventh in program history
It was the third Alabama perfect game thrown at Rhoads Stadium and the third against an SEC foe
Stephanie VanBrakle threw the first perfect game in program history and has been the pitching coach for the subsequent six

Alabama Perfect Games

Stephanie VanBrakle at Kentucky - April 1, 2006
Sydney Littlejohn vs. Eastern Kentucky - Feb. 6, 2015
Sydney Littlejohn vs. Ole Miss - March 8, 2015
Alexis Osorio at Coastal Carolina - Feb. 10, 2017
Montana Fouts/Sarah Cornell at Alabama State - Feb. 12, 2021
Montana Fouts vs. UCLA - June 5, 2021 (WCWS)
Lexi Kilfoyl vs. Georgia - April 4, 2022

Kilfoyl Named SEC Pitcher of the Week

Alabama junior Lexi Kilfoyl was named the SEC Softball Pitcher of the Week following a 2-0 weekend against Georgia, including a perfect game in Monday's series finale
Kilfoyl allowed just three runs over 13.2 innings to the league's top-ranked offense for a 1.54 ERA
She struck out a season-high eight batters on Sunday before coming back with an even better performance on Monday, striking out 10 in a six-inning perfect game to clinch the weekend series
The weekly award is the first this season for Kilfoyl and her first career Pitcher of the Week honor, previously winning Freshman of the Week (Feb. 17, 2020) and Newcomer of the Week (March 16, 2021)
It is the third Pitcher of the Week for the Crimson Tide this season after Montana Fouts won back-to-back awards on Feb. 21 and Feb. 28. Alabama pitchers have now won a combined 48 SEC Pitcher of the Week awards all-time

Alabama in the SEC Rankings (Top Five)

*Games played through April 6*

Team - Overall

1st - ERA - 2.04
1st - Runs Allowed - 79
1st - Earned Runs Allowed - 68
2nd - Batters Struck Out - 290
2nd - Opposing Batting Avg. - .201
2nd - Hits Allowed - 172
2nd - Fielding Pct. - .980
3rd - Walks - 139
3rd - Home Runs Allowed - 16
5th - Doubles - 47
5th - On Base Pct. - .409
5th - Walks Allowed - 77

Individual - Overall

1st - Batters Struck Out - Montana Fouts - 165
2nd - RBIs - Ally Shipman - 43

Team - SEC Only

1st - Batters Struck Out - 107
1st - Home Runs Allowed - 8
2nd - Runs Scored - 64
2nd - Hits - 86
2nd - Walks - 40
2nd - Opposing Batting Avg. - .232
3rd - Doubles - 15
3rd - Total Bases - 142
3rd - RBIs - 59
3rd - Stolen Bases - 10
4th - Home Runs - 13
4th - Fielding Pct. - .976
5th - On Base Pct. - .364

Individual - SEC Only

1st - Hits - Jenna Johnson - 16
1st - Batters Struck Out - Montana Fouts - 67
2nd - RBIs - Ally Shipman - 15
2nd - Total Bases - Jenna Johnson - 29
2nd - Walks - Ashley Prange - 8
3rd - Runs Scored - Ashley Prange - 9
3rd - RBIs - Jenna Johnson - 13
3rd - Batters Struck Out - Lexi Kilfoyl - 37
4th - Home Runs - Jenna Johnson - 4

Starting Early

Alabama is outscoring its opponents 43-5 in the first inning, the largest scoring margin of any inning
The Tide is 24-3 when scoring first this season and 14-1 when scoring in the first inning
Alabama batters are 52-for-154 (.338) in the first inning, which only trails the 58 hits and .374 average earned in the fifth inning

Career Record Watch

Kaylee Tow's double against South Carolina on March 26 was the 44th of her career, tying ninth-place Dani Woods (2005-08) on the Alabama career records list and two away from eighth-place Christy Kyle (1997-2000)
Tow is sixth all-time with 147 career walks, which puts her four 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 in SEC Play

Alabama is 480-183 (.724) all-time in SEC play, including a 445-162 (.733) mark under Head Coach Patrick Murphy
The Crimson Tide has won six SEC regular season titles (2006, '10, '11, '12, '14 and '19) and six SEC Tournament titles (1998, 2003, '05, '10, '12 and '21)
Alabama has never had a losing record in conference play, winning 20 or more conference games 11 times
The Tide is the only team to win the SEC Tournament on its home field, doing so in 2012 and 2021

Up Next: vs. Mississippi State (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Thursday, April 14 - 5 p.m. CT - SEC Network
Friday, April 15 - 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 16 - 4 p.m. CT - ESPNU

University of Alabama Athletics

Softball Heads to Gainesville for Three-Game Road Swing

This Week: #5/4 Alabama at #7/6 Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)

Scouting Alabama

Last Time Out: vs. Georgia

Alabama Perfect Games

Kilfoyl Named SEC Pitcher of the Week

Alabama in the SEC Rankings (Top Five)

Starting Early

Career Record Watch

Alabama in SEC Play

Up Next: vs. Mississippi State (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Players Mentioned

Sarah Cornell

Bailey Dowling

Montana Fouts

Jenna Johnson

Lexi Kilfoyl

Ashley Prange

Ally Shipman

Kaylee Tow

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