Sluggish Alabama Play Dooms the SEC Softball Championship versus Texas
Off-target pitching and limp bats spell an end to the Crimson Tide’s run in Lexington.
May 9, 2024; Auburn, AL, USA; The championship trophy at the SEC Softball Championship game at Jane B. Moore Field. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-Imagn Images TEXAS 7, ALABAMA 1 Alexis Pupillo got the Tide going in the 1st inning with a monster bomb over the right field fence.
I must confess, I did not watch every game in this tournament but Beth Mowins has. Absolute Tank🚀 📺ESPN | https://t. co/XNXKdI1VMp #Team30 #RollTide pic.
twitter. com/Z6Ynljs9RB — Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) May 9, 2026 Despite the hope of that big bop, Pup’s teammates were not doing much of anything at the plate. Texas’s Teagan Kavan had 6 strikeouts through the first three innings with only Pupillo as the lone baserunner allowed.
Jocelyn Briski was not very sharp. She gave up a single in the 1st inning and two in the 3rd, though they did not score. In the top of the 2nd inning, the Longhorns scored two runs with a hit-by-pitch and three singles – although two of which did not even leave the infield.