South Alabama is scheduled to play against Alabama in a softball game at Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa on March 3, according to an announcement made on April 6. The game will begin at 5 p.m., with live stats and streaming available through SECNetwork+ links provided on the schedule page.
The matchup will be the nineteenth meeting between South Alabama and Alabama, and the fourteenth time they have played in Tuscaloosa. The all-time series is led by Alabama, who holds a record of 16-2 against South Alabama. In games played in Mobile, Alabama leads 4-0; in Tuscaloosa, they lead 11-2; and at neutral sites, they lead 1-0.
This game marks the first time since the 2019 season that South Alabama will compete against a team ranked No.1 nationally in one of the four major polls. Alabama enters this contest following a series win over then-top-ranked Texas during the previous weekend.
Several players are highlighted for their recent performances. Ryley Harrison has posted strong statistics this season, ranking among the top ten in her league for earned run average (fourth), innings pitched (third), strikeouts (third), strikeouts looking (fourth), wins (fifth), opposing batting average (tenth), and she is tied for most saves. Gracie Dees leads her team with nineteen extra-base hits—including fourteen doubles—which also tops her conference.
Virginia Mambelli hit her fifth home run of the season last Saturday and currently leads her team with a .367 batting average and twenty-four runs batted in. Lillie Stagner, Dees, and Kara Wine each have three home runs so far this year. Eight different players from South Alabama’s lineup have homered this spring—seven with multiple home runs and six with three or more.
Presley Lively stands out as well; she leads the Sun Belt Conference with six triples—a mark tied for third nationally—and has drawn twenty-one walks while scoring twenty-six runs during this campaign.
