How Alabama softball can reach the Women's College World Series
Will Alabama softball make the Women's College World Series? Here's our prediction for the Crimson Tide in the NCAA Tournament.
Alabama softball is more than capable of making a run for the Women’s College World Series. Don’t let the Crimson Tide ’s loss to Texas in the SEC Softball Tournament championship game fool you. Alabama still enters the NCAA Tournament with the strongest team in the country, with the pitching, lineup and now home-field advantage needed to survive the first two weekends.
Alabama (49-7) earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, putting the Crimson Tide in position to host both a regional and, if it advances, a super regional at Rhoads Stadium. The Crimson Tide is looking to reach the Women’s College World Series for the 16th time in program history and for the first time in two years.
Alabama has won one national championship, which came in 2012. Here's how we think Alabama softball will make it to the Women's College World Series. Can Alabama softball make it to the Women's College World Series?
With as much of a gauntlet SEC softball has been this season, Alabama's conference championship loss makes the path toward getting to the Women's College World Series seem like small potatoes. Alabama is coming off a 7-1 loss to Texas in the SEC Tournament championship game on Saturday, May 9. The Crimson Tide took an early lead, but Texas scored seven unanswered runs to win its first SEC Tournament title in its second year in the conference.