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Northeast Alabama CC
Softball Opens Fall Slate with Four Home Runs in 11-1 Win
10/11/2026 5:18:00 PM | Softball
Brooke Wells, Ava Bush, Gerritt Griggs and Paige Stanfield each hit homers Sunday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball opened its fall slate Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium, defeating Northwest Alabama CC 11-1 in 10 innings of play.
Ten different Crimson Tide batters earned a hit Sunday, including home runs from Brooke Wells, Ava Bush and Paige Stanfield and an inside-the-park home run from Gerritt Griggs after a hard-hit ball bounced off the wall in center field. In the circle, all four pitchers saw time in the game and combined to allow just one run on six hits with 19 strikeouts. SEC Pitcher of the Year Jocelyn Briski went six-up, six-down in her 2.0 innings, striking out all six batters she faced.
Highlights
- Brooke Wells was 2-for-3 with a double and a three-run home run
- Gerritt Griggs was 2-for-2, including an inside-the-park home run
- Freshmen Ava Bush and Paige Stanfield each hit home runs, a solo shot a two-run homer, respectively
- Stanfield's other hit Sunday was a triple to right field
- Other RBIs on the day came from Noelani Livingstone (RBI single), Ambrey Taylor (RBI single), Mari Hubbard (RBI groundout) and Torynn Slaughter (sac fly)
- Jocelyn Briski struck out all six batters she faced while Kaitlyn Pallozzi also tallied six Ks over her 3.0 innings pitched
Scoring Summary
- T2 | A wild pitch brought in a run for the visitors (0-1, 2 Out)
- B4 | Noelani Livingstone drove in Gerritt Griggs from second with an RBI single (1-1, 0 out)
- B4 | Ambrey Taylor hit an RBI single up the middle (2-1, 0 Out)
- B5 | Brooke Wells hit a line drive homer over the center field fence to score three (5-1, 1 Out)
- B7 | Livingstone scored on a sac fly RBI from Torynn Slaughter (6-1, 0 Out)
- B7 | Ava Bush hit a solo home run to right center (7-1, 1 Out)
- B7 | Gerritt Griggs legged out an inside-the-park home run (8-1, 2 Out)
- B8 | Jena Young scored on an RBI groundout (9-1, 1 Out)
- B8 | Paige Stanfield hit an opposite field home run to drive in two (11-1, 2 Out)
UP NEXT
- Saturday Oct. 17 vs. Jones College/West Alabama (DH) – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 1:30 p.m. CT
- Sunday, Oct. 18 vs. Mobile (10 Inn.) – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 1 p.m. CT
