Wednesday, March 1
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
6 p.m. CT
Alabama
vs
Southern Miss
Alabama Softball Hosts Southern Miss Wednesday at Rhoads Stadium
2/28/2023 11:47:00 AM | Softball
First pitch between the Crimson Tide and Golden Eagles is set for 6 p.m. CT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball is back in action at Rhoads Stadium this week, hosting Southern Miss on Wednesday, March 1. First pitch between the Crimson Tide and Golden Eagles is set for 6 p.m. CT.
This Week: Southern Miss (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Wednesday, March 1 – 6 p.m. CT
- Video: SEC Network+ (Streaming)
- Radio: The Crimson Tide Sports Network at 97.5 FM in Tuscaloosa | nick975.com
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama continues its homestand with a midweek matchup against Southern Miss on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT
- The Crimson Tide is in the midst of a 13-game home stand, with seven more home games remaining before hitting the road for six straight starting March 8 at UAB
- Alabama went 4-1 at last weekend's Easton Bama Bash, winning its first four matchups before dropping the weekend finale to Kennesaw State
- Ally Shipman leads the team with a .440 batting average (11-for-25) with Ashley Prange next up at .379 (11-for-27), which includes a team-leading four home runs and 11 RBIs
- Murphy is in his 25th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,200-335 (.782) record
- Alabama returns 11 players from last year's team, including All-SEC honorees Montana Fouts, Ashley Prange, Ally Shipman and Bailey Dowling, while also welcoming five freshmen and three transfers
Last Time Out: Easton Bama Bash
- Alabama went 4-1 at last weekend's Easton Bama Bash, winning its first four contests including a pair of run-rule victories before dropping the weekend finale to Kennesaw State
- The Tide outscored its opponents 43-13 over the weekend, including a pair of 14-4 and 11-0 run-rule wins on Saturday against Indiana State and Southeastern Louisiana
- As a team, Alabama hit .333 (37-for-111) including six doubles and eight home runs
- Kenleigh Cahalan led the team batting 8-for-12 (.667) with eight runs scored
- Ally Shipman drove in a team-leading nine RBIs, with three of her five hits going for extra bases
- Celebrating her senior day on Saturday, Faith Hensley hit a home run in each game of the doubleheader, finishing the weekend hitting .556 (5-for-9) with four RBIs
- Montana Fouts and Lauren Esman came out of the weekend with a 1.20 and 1.50 ERA, respectively, allowing a combined four earned runs over 21.0 innings pitched
- Fouts struck out 20 batters across 11.2 innings with just two walks
Fire Freshman Start for Cahalan
- Kenleigh Cahalan is off to a hot start during her freshman campaign, earning a hit in each of Alabama's first 14 games
- The 14-game hitting streak is the longest hit streak of any Crimson Tide freshman to start their career, beating Haylie McCleney's previous record 12-game streak to start her 2013 debut campaign
- Only three other freshmen have posted a hitting streak of at least 14 games at any point during their rookie season: Kelly Kretschman (35 - 1998), Brittany Rogers (14 - 2006) and Kayla Braud (14 - 2010)
Longest Hitting Streaks by Alabama Freshmen to Start Career
- Kenleigh Cahalan - 14 Games (2023)
- Haylie McCleney - 12 Games (2013)
- Kelly Kretschman - 6 Games (1998)
- Demi Turner - 6 Games (2015)
Inside the Park Home Runs
- Kenleigh Cahalan hit her second inside-the-park home run of the season last Saturday vs. Indiana State, the 11th in program history
- She is now the only Alabama player to hit two in a season and just the second to hit two in their career, joining Brittany Rogers who did so in 2007 and 2008
Alabama Inside-the-Park Home Runs
- Kenleigh Cahalan - Feb. 25, 2023 vs. Indiana State
- Kenleigh Cahalan - Feb. 11, 2023 vs. Georgia Southern
- Ally Shipman - March 27, 2022 at South Carolina
- Savannah Woodard - April 25, 2021 vs. #13 Louisiana
- Skylar Wallace - Feb. 23, 2019 vs. Missouri State
- Merris Schroder - Feb. 9, 2018 vs. Lamar
- Haylie McCleney - Feb. 9, 2013 vs. Drake
- Ryan Iamurri - March 2, 2012 vs. Maryland
- Brittany Rogers - May 16, 2008 vs. Jacksonville State
- Brittany Rogers - Feb. 17, 2007 vs. Toledo
- Leah White - Feb. 13, 2004 vs. Lipscomb
Fouts Career Record Watch
- With 81 career wins, Montana Fouts is fifth all-time at Alabama, with Stephanie VanBrakle (2003-06) as the next milestone in fourth place with 97 wins
- Fouts also has 96 career starts, putting her four shy of becoming the sixth player in program history to make 100 career starts
- Her 929 career strikeouts rank sixth all-time, with Jaclyn Traina (2011-14) as the next highest at 976 in fifth place
- If Fouts breaks 1,000 career strikeouts, she would become the fifth player in program history to do so and the first since Osorio
Murphy Earns 1200th Win at Alabama
- With a win Feb. 22 against Samford, Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy earned his 1,200th win at the helm of the Crimson Tide
- Including his one year as the interim head coach at Northwest Missouri State, Murphy has 1,228 wins across all levels
- Seventeen other head coaches have surpassed the 1,200 win mark with 11 doing so entirely at the Division I level
- Current and former SEC coaches on the 1,200 win list include Ralph Weekly (Tennessee), Jo Evans (Texas A&M) and Karen Weekly (Tennessee), though Murphy is the only one with over 1,000 wins entirely at a Southeastern Conference program
- Murphy is the ninth coach to earn 1,200 wins at one Division 1 program
1,200 wins at One Division 1 School
- Carol Hutchins - 1,684 - Michigan (1985-2022)
- Mike Candrea - 1,674 - Arizona (1986-2021)
- Patty Gasso - 1,395 - Oklahoma (1995-pres.)
- Diane Ninemire - 1,355 - California (1988-2020)
- Eugene Lenti - 1,327 - DePaul (1980-97, 1990-2018)
- Margie Wright - 1,294 - Fresno State (1987-2012)
- Donna Papa - 1,276 - North Carolina (1986-2020)
- Margo F. Jonker - 1,268 - Central Michigan (1980-2019)
- Patrick Murphy - 1,204 - Alabama (1999-pres.)
Sweet Home Alabama
- Alabama sports a 691-127 (.845) all-time record at home, including a 655-111 (.855) mark under head coach Patrick Murphy and a 636-107 (.856) 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 19 of its 22 previous years there
Up Next: T-Mobile Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Friday, March 3 vs. Robert Morris - 4 p.m. CT
- Friday, March 3 vs. Longwood - 6:30 p.m. CT
- Saturday, March 4 vs. Robert Morris - 11 a.m. CT
- Saturday, March 4 vs. Longwood - 1:30 p.m. CT
- Sunday, March 5 vs. Mercer - 1 p.m. CT
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