Softball Wraps Up Fall Season with 10-3 Win Sunday over Jacksonville State
10/27/2024 5:27:00 PM | Softball
The Crimson Tide and Gamecocks met at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Ala.
OXFORD, Ala. – Alabama softball wrapped up its fall season Sunday afternoon with a quick trip to Choccolocco Park for the Battle at the Big House in Oxford, Ala., defeating Jacksonville State, 10-3, across eight innings of play.
The game was the seventh and final fall game for the Crimson Tide, outscoring its four opponents by a combined score of 72-9 across those contests.
FROM HEAD COACH PATRICK MURPHY
"First I'd like to say thanks to the city of Oxford, Jacksonville State and Northeast Alabama Community College for putting on this event today. It's a win-win for softball in the state of Alabama. The crowd was awesome, the weather was great and the facility is awesome. I can't thank Jacksonville State enough for letting us do this. Today, the pitching was good, defense was good and the first inning on offense was impressive to score four runs right away. That showed we were ready to go.
"We had nine newcomers and 11 returnees this fall, so that's a lot of new faces to acclimate themselves to the program. They've all meshed really well and fit in with everybody. We tell our players all the time, the sooner that you let everybody else know your true authentic self, the better. I feel like this group has done that from day one and that will carry well into the spring."
HIGHLIGHTS
- Kristen White was 3-for-3 from the leadoff spot, including a double and two runs scored
- Abby Duchscherer was 3-for-3 on the day, including an RBI single
- Lauren Johnson was 2-for-2 with an RBI double
- Catelyn Riley got the scoring started with a two-run home run in the first inning
- Alexis Pupillo drove in a pair of runs on a single and groundout
- The Crimson Tide pitching staff allowed just one earned run over 8.0 innings pitched, including 2.2 scoreless innings with four strikeouts from Jocelyn Briski to close out the game
SCORING SUMMARY
- T1 | Catelyn Riley slugged a two-run homer to left (2-0, 2 Out)
- T1 | Brooke Ellestad legged out a triple, driving in two runs (4-0, 2 Out)
- T2 | Audrey Vandagriff drove in Kristen White with a single up the middle (5-0, 1 Out)
- T2 | Abby Duchscherer hit an RBI single to left (6-0, 2 Out)
- T5 | Alexis Pupillo flared an RBI single into right field (7-0, 2 Out)
- T6 | Salen Hawkins scored on an RBI double from Lauren Johnson (8-0, 2 Out)
- B6 | Jax State erased the shutout with an RBI single up the middle (8-1, 0 Out)
- B6 | The Gamecocks scored another on a sac fly RBI (8-2, 0 Out)
- B6 | A third Jax State run scored on an RBI groundout (8-3, 1 Out)
- T7 | Following a triple, Ellestad scored two batters later on a groundout (9-3, 0 Out)
- T7 | Riley Valentine scored from third on a wild pitch (10-3, 1 Out)
