Alabama Softball Earns No. 6 Seed, Qualifies for 23rd-Consecutive NCAA Tournament
5/15/2022 7:12:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide will be joined by Stanford, Murray State and Chattanooga at Rhoads Stadium
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The 2022 NCAA Softball Tournament bracket was revealed Sunday evening, with the Alabama Crimson Tide earning its 23rd-straight postseason bid coming in as the No. 6 overall seed where they will be joined by Stanford, Murray State and Chattanooga this weekend at Rhoads Stadium for the Tuscaloosa Regional.
NCAA Regional action at Rhoads Stadium begins Friday, May 20 at 3 p.m. CT on the SEC Network with Alabama (41-11) facing Chattanooga (29-25), followed by Stanford (36-19) and Murray State (40-16-1) at 5:30 p.m. CT. Tickets will available Monday morning at 9 a.m. CT through the Alabama Ticket Office (205.348.2262) and via www.RollTide.com/tickets.
The winner of the Tuscaloosa Regional will match up against the winner of the Knoxville Regional, featuring No. 11 Tennessee (39-16), Ohio State (35-15), Oregon State (33-19) and Campbell (37-17).
ALABAMA AT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
- Alabama has played in every NCAA Tournament since 1999, Patrick Murphy's first year as head coach
- This year marks the 19th time the Crimson Tide has hosted the NCAA Regional round, including a streak of 17-straight starting in 2005
- Alabama owns a 62-9 (.873) record in NCAA Regional play, winning every regional round since 2005, which is the longest active streak in Division-I softball
- The Tide also owns the longest active NCAA Regional game winning streak with 43-straight games, with its last loss coming in 2007
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