Friday, March 3
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
6:30 p.m. CT
Alabama
vs
Robert Morris
Alabama Softball Hosts T-Mobile Crimson Classic this Weekend
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The Crimson Tide welcomes Robert Morris, Longwood and Mercer for five games
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball continues its homestand this weekend, hosting the T-Mobile Crimson Classic at Rhoads Stadium. The Crimson Tide welcomes Robert Morris, Longwood and Mercer for five games starting Friday, March 3.
This Week: T-Mobile Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Video: SEC Network+ (Streaming)
- Radio: The Crimson Tide Sports Network at 97.5 FM in Tuscaloosa | nick975.com
- 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
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama is back at Rhoads Stadium this weekend hosting the T-Mobile Crimson Classic, welcoming Robert Morris, Longwood and Mercer
- The Crimson Tide is in the midst of a 13-game home stand, with one more home game after this weekend on Tuesday, March 8 vs. Western Michigan before hitting the road for six straight starting March 8 at UAB
- Alabama is coming off a 5-0 shutout win over Southern Miss on Wednesday, helped by a three-run home run from Jenna Johnson and 10 strikeouts over 6.0 innings from Montana Fouts
- Kenleigh Cahalan leads the offense with 17 hits and a .415 batting average, while Ashley Prange leads with five home runs and 16 RBIs
- Murphy is in his 25th season as head coach at Alabama with a 1,205-336 (.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
All-Time vs. the Opponents
- Overall vs. Robert Morris: 0-0 *First Meeting*
- Overall vs. Longwood: 2-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 2-0 | In Farmville: 0-0 | At Neutral Sites: 0-0
- Current Streak: Alabama +2
- Last Meeting: March 25, 2012 - W, 7-2 - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- Overall vs. Mercer: 4-0
- In Tuscaloosa: 0-0 | In Macon: 0-0 | At Neutral Sites: 4-0
- Current Streak: Alabama +4
- Last Meeting: Feb. 20, 2016 - W, 7-0 - Atlanta, Ga.
Last Time Out: vs. Southern Miss
- Alabama shut out Southern Miss, 5-0, Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa
- The shutout was the Tide's third of the season and improves the team's record to 7-2 when scoring first
- Alabama's runs came courtesy of a pair of two-out RBIs from Ashley Prange and Bailey Dowling and a three-run home run from Jenna Johnson, her first long ball of the season
- In the circle, Montana Fouts struck out 10 while allowing just one hit over 6.0 innings before Alex Salter shut the door with a shutout seventh inning, striking out the final two batters
Fire Freshman Start for Cahalan
- Kenleigh Cahalan's career-starting hitting streak came to an end Wednesday night, concluding at 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 had 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 - 1,205 - 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: Western Michigan/UAB
- Tuesday, March 7 vs. Western Michigan - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 6 p.m. CT
- Wednesday, March 8 at UAB - Birmingham, Ala. - 6 p.m. CT
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