The Alabama softball team continues its week on the road, taking on the Georgia Bulldogs after taking down No. 16 Florida State on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 5 p.m. Last weekend, the Crimson Tide took one game in a three-game series with No. 13 Florida at home. Abby Duchscherer leads the way for the Crimson Tide offense. She’s got five home runs, including a two-run shot in the 4-1 victory over the Seminoles. She’s also knocked in 23 runs and has 25 hits for a .373 average. Kayla Beaver has been red hot in the circle. She is 8-1 with three saves over 13 appearances this season, including six complete games and three solo shutouts while striking out 74 batters over 65.2 innings pitched. This is Georgia’s first SEC series of the season. The Bulldogs are 21-3. Alabama (21-3, 1-2 SEC) has a break in league play after this weekend. Alabama hosts Samford, UAB and Virginia Tech next week. Notes Alabama faces its second conference foe this weekend, traveling to Athens to face fifth-ranked Georgia Games two and three of the weekend series will air live on the SEC Network with Matt Schumacker and Amanda Scarborough on the call The Crimson Tide heads into the weekend at 21-3 overall after a 4-1 Wednesday night road win over No. 16 Florida State Alabama is in the midst of a 10-game stretch that includes nine ranked matchups: two against Arizona (March 1-2), three against Florida (March 9-11), one at Florida State (March 13) and three at Georgia (March 15-17) Tide pitching leads the SEC in ERA (0.80) and earned runs allowed (18) and is second in opposing batting average (.161), hits allowed (88), runs allowed (33) and home runs allowed (5) The Tide is ranked as high as No. 14 in this week’s national polls Alabama returns 15 letterwinners from last year’s Women’s College World Series squad, including 2023 All-SEC honoree Larissa Preuitt, 2023 NFCA All-Region Kenleigh Cahalan, 2023 All-SEC and SEC All-Tournament Team Jenna Johnson and 2022 All-SEC and All-Region Bailey Dowling Seven newcomers are on the Tide roster in 2024, including freshmen Lauren Johnson (Franklin, Tenn.) and Jocelyn Briski (Phoenix, Ariz.) and transfers Kayla Beaver (Central Arkansas), Kendal Clark (DMACC), Alea Johnson (LSU), Kinley Pate (Samford) and Riley Valentine (Texas A&M) Copyright ABG-SI LLC. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered tr
