2021 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team

The 2021 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Alabama during the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. The Crimson Tide were led by Patrick Murphy in his twenty-second season, and played their home games at Rhoads Stadium. They competed in the Southeastern Conference, where they finished the season with a 52–9 record and an 18-6 conference record.

2021 Alabama Crimson Tide softball
SEC Tournament Champions
Tuscaloosa Regional Champions
Tuscaloosa Super Regional Champions
Women's College World Series Appearance
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
2021 record52-9 (18–6 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coachAlyson Habetz
Pitching coachStephanie VanBrakle
Home stadiumRhoads Stadium
2021 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Florida  ‍†‍‍y 19–5 .79245–11 .804
No. 5 Arkansas  ‍†‍‍y 19–5 .79243–11 .796
No. 3 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍y 18–6 .75052–9 .852
No. 14 Missouri  ‍‍‍y 15–9 .62542–17 .712
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54243–16 .729
No. 16 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13–11 .54235–22 .614
No. 18 Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 12–11 .52242–15 .737
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 12–12 .50036–22 .621
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 8–15 .34835–25 .583
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 8–16 .33332–23 .582
Georgia  ‍‍‍y 7–17 .29234–22 .607
Auburn  ‍‍‍y 7–17 .29227–24 .529
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .16726–26 .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 7, 2021[1]; Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The Crimson Tide won the 2021 SEC Tournament, and qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. They advanced to their 13th 2021 Women's College World Series, where they were eventually defeated by Florida State in the semifinals.[2]

Roster
2021 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 14 – Montana Fouts – Junior
  • 20 – Sarah Cornell – Redshirt Senior
  • 21 – Jaala Torrence – Freshman
  • 27 – Krytal Goodman – Senior
  • 44 – Lexi Kilfoyl – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 4 – Abby Doerr – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 1 – Elissa Brown – Redshirt Senior
  • 8 – KB Sides – Senior
  • 10 – Kayla Davis – Junior
  • 11 – Alexis Mack – Redshirt Senior
  • 18 – Jenna Johnson – Sophomore
  • 32 – Kat Grill – Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 00 – Maddie Morgan – Senior
  • 5 – Kyra Lockhart – Junior
  • 7 – Bailey Dowling – Freshman
  • 9 – Taylor Clark – Redshirt Senior
  • 12 – Kaylee Tow – Senior
  • 23 – Savannah Woodard – Sophomore
  • 33 – Claire Jenkins – Redshirt Senior

Utility

  
Reference:[3]

Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank# Site Result Attendance Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher
Stinger Classic
February 12* 5:00 PM Alabama State #8 Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL W 10–0(5) 186 Fouts Bradford
February 13* 4:30 PM Notre Dame #8 Barbara Williams Softball Complex • Montgomery, AL W 10–0(5) 147 Kilfoyl Tidd
February 14* 12 PM Louisville #8 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5–0 - Fouts Roby
February 14* 2 PM Louisville #8 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-0 - Kilfoyl Leonhardt
Easton Bama Bash
February 19* 3 PM Liberty #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-3 1121 Kilfoyl Johnson
February 19* 1:30 PM Liberty #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-1 1121 Fouts Kirby
February 20* 4 PM LSU #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-2 1121 Kilfoyl Sunseri
February 21* 4 PM LSU #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 13-5(5) 1121 Fouts Wickersham
February 24* 6 PM UAB #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 7-1(6) 1121 Cornell Woodham
Easton Crimson Classic
February 26* 4:00 PM Memphis #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-3 1121 Fouts Ellett
February 26* 6:00 PM Memphis #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-1 1121 Goodman Nichols
February 27* 11:00 AM UNC #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 2-0 1121 Kilfoyl George
February 27* 1:00 PM UNC #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 2-0 1121 Fouts Pickett
February 28* 1:00 PM Troy #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 2-0 1121 Kilfoyl Johnson
March 3* 6:00 PM Mississippi State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-0 1121 Fouts Wesley
Easton T-Town Showdown
March 5* 4:00 PM Kent State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 9-16 1121 Kilfoyl Lebeau
March 5* 6:00 PM Kent State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-36 1121 Goodman Sherman
March 6* 11:00 AM UNI #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-3 1121 Cornell, Torrence (S) Oler
March 6* 1:00 PM UNI #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-05 1121 Torrence Packard
March 7* 4:00 PM South Alabama #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0-1 1121 Lackie Fouts
March 12 5:00 PM Auburn #4 Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 6-0 370 Kilfoyl Penta
March 13 4:00 PM Auburn #4 Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 4-1 370 Fouts Lowe
March 14 2:00 PM Auburn #4 Jane B. Moore Field • Auburn, AL W 4-2 370 Kilfoyl Penta
March 19 6:00 PM Tennessee #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 3-4 1121 Rogers Fouts
March 20 2:00 PM Tennessee #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 7-1 1121 Kilfoyl Turner
March 21 1:00 PM Tennessee #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 3-0 1121 Fouts Rogers
March 24* 6:00 PM North Alabama #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-0 1121 Torrence Garst
March 27 1:00 PM Kentucky #4 John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY W 11-6 623 Fouts Sprangler
March 28 2:30 PM Kentucky #4 John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY L 2-4 658 Humes Kilfoyl
March 29 6:00 PM Kentucky #4 John Cropp Stadium • Lexington, KY L 4-58 488 Humes Kilfoyl
April 1 5:00 PM Texas A&M #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-35 1121 Kilfoyl Herzog
April 2 5:00 PM Texas A&M #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-6 1121 Fouts, Kilfoyl (S) Uribe
April 3 11:00 AM Texas A&M #4 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 14-66 1121 Goodman Uribe
April 9 5:00 PM Arkansas #4 Bogle Park • Fayeteville, AK W 5-3 1100 Fouts Haff
April 10 11:00 AM Arkansas #4 Bogle Park • Fayeteville, AK L 0-4 1221 Storms Kilfoyl
April 11 1:00 PM Arkansas #4 Bogle Park • Fayeteville, AK W 2-0 1236 Fouts Storms
April 14* 6:00 PM Alabama State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-3(5) 1121 Goodman Bradford
April 16 6:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 0-2 1529 Hightower Fouts
April 17 1:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 2-9 1631 Lugo, Chronister (S) Goodman
April 16 1:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-2 1631 Fouts Hightower
April 21* 6:00 PM Southern Mississippi #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-3 1631 Goodman, Fouts (S) Pierce
April 24* 1:30 PM Louisiana #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-3 1413 Fouts Ellyson
April 25* 1:30 PM Louisiana #5 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-1 1596 Goodman, Fouts (S) Lamb
April 30 5:00 PM Georgia #4 Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA W 4-1 400 Fouts Avant
May 1 12:00 PM Georgia #4 Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA W 13-3 400 Goodman Avant
May 2 2:00 PM Georgia #4 Jack Turner Stadium • Athens, GA W 6-3 400 Fouts Britton
May 6 6:00 PM Ole Miss #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8-05 1419 Fouts Tillmann
May 7 6:00 PM Ole Miss #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 11-7 1631 Goodman Borgen
May 8 11:00 AM Ole Miss #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-1 1631 Fouts Borgen
2021 SEC Softball Tournament
May 13 7:00 PM Kentucky #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-1 1582 Fouts Humes
May 14 6:30 PM Tennessee #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-5 1660 Fouts Bender
May 15 5:00 PM Florida #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-0 1924 Fouts Hightower
NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional
May 21* 5:00 PM Alabama State #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 9-0(6) 2912 Kilfoyl Sullivan
May 22* 11:00 AM Clemson #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6-0 - Fouts Cagle
May 23* 1:00 PM Clemson #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 5-0 3044 Fouts Cagle
NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional
May 28 12:00 PM Kentucky #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-3 3633 Fouts Humes
May 29 1:00 PM Kentucky #3 Rhoads Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4-1 3633 Kilfoyl Baalman
Women's College World Series
June 3* 6:00 PM Arizona #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 5-1 - Fouts Bowen
June 4* 8:30 PM UCLA #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 6-0 12337 Fouts Garcia
June 6 2:30 PM Florida #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0-2 12370 Sandercock Kilfoyl
June 7 6:00 PM Florida #3 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 5-8 9916 Watson Fouts
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from NFCA released prior to game.All times are in Central Time Zone.

Rankings
PollPreWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Final
NFCA[4] 8 5 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 3
USA Softball[5] 8 6 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 3

Awards and honors

References
  1. "2021 Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  2. "No. 3 Bama rally falls short in loss to FSU in WCWS".
  3. "2021 Softball Roster".
  4. NFCA Poll
  5. USA Softball Poll
  6. https://a.espncdn.com/sec/softball/2021/Weekly%20Release.pdf
  7. https://a.espncdn.com/sec/softball/2021/Weekly%20Release.pdf
  8. "2021 SEC Softball Awards Announced".
  9. "NFCA | National Fastpitch Coaches Association".
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