Alabama beats Texas, 8-5, to earn 12th trip to Women’s College World Series
Alabama pulled out an 8-5 victory over Texas to earn a spot in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.
The WCWS trip is the 12th in program history for the Crimson Tide, its first since 2016. With a 23-year history as a program, Alabama is one of three Division-I softball teams that has qualified to the WCWS more often that it hasn’t, along with Arizona and UCLA.
The Tide broke the game open with a five-run third, including back-to-back home runs from sophomore KB Sides and junior Bailey Hemphill.
Hemphill’s third-inning home run was her 25th of the season, tying Kelly Kretschman’s single-season school record that has stood since 1998.
Alabama will open play at the Women’s College World Series Thursday, May 30 against the winner of the Norman Super Regional, featuring No. 1 seed Oklahoma and No. 16 seed Northwestern.
(courtesy/Alabama)