The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team was an American softball team that represented the University of Alabama for the 2011 NCAA softball season. The Crimson Tide played its home games at Rhoads Stadium. The 2011 made the postseason for the 13th straight year, and the Women's College World Series for seventh time after failing to make it in 2010. This season represented the 15th season of softball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide won the SEC Regular Season by defeating the Ole Miss Rebels 10-1.
Season
While the Tide loses two-time SEC Player of the Year Charlotte Morgan along with 2010 senior leaders Alex Blewitt and Jessica Smith, Alabama returns nine starters from a team that won the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament championships en route to claiming the number one overall seed in the NCAA Division I tournament. The Crimson Tide softball team only has two seniors this season, Kelsi Dunne and Whitney Larsen. In the annual Southeastern Conference coaches preseason poll, the Crimson Tide was picked to win the 2011 SEC Softball title.Softball Picked to Win SEC by Conference Coaches The Crimson Tide also landed three players on the Preseason All-SEC team; Kelsi Dunne, Whitney Larsen, and Kayla Braud.
Roster 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide roster Pitchers 00 Kelsi Dunne – senior 11 Lauren Sewell – sophomore 33 Jackie Traina – freshman
Outfielders 1 Kayla Braud – sophomore 2 Jazlyn Lunceford – junior 3 Keima Davis – sophomore 7 Jennifer Fenton – junior
Utility 18 Cassie Reilly-Boccia – junior Catchers 6 Jordan Patterson – freshman 12 Kendall Dawson – junior 24 Olivia Gibson – junior
Infielders 4 Jackey Branham – sophomore 9 Courtney Conley – sophomore 10 Kaila Hunt – freshman 20 Whitney Larsen – senior 22 Amanda Locke – junior 32 Ryan Iamurri – freshman 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Softball Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9| Hibbett/Easton All-Alabama Softball Classic
!colspan=9| Bama Bash
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!colspan=9|USF Fairfield Inn and Suites Tampa North Tournament
!colspan=9|Citrus Classic
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!colspan=9|Easton SEC/ACC Challenge
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!colspan=9| SEC Tournament
!colspan=9| NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional
!colspan=9| NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional
!colspan=9| Women's College World Series
† In light of the tornado that caused massive damage in the Tuscaloosa area on April 27, the Alabama softball team's weekend series with Kentucky, scheduled to be played at Rhoads Stadium on April 29-May 1 was canceled and not be made up.
Scoring by inning
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EX TOTAL Opponents 27 16 18 17 15 15 12 6 126 Alabama 88 77 64 86 47 48 26 2 438
Ranking movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final NFCANFCA Poll 67 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 76 4 4 USA SoftballUSA Softball Poll 33 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 6 5 43
Awards and honors Kelsi Dunne SEC Pitcher of the Year Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year First Team All-SEC SEC All-Defensive team Whitney Larsen First Team All-SEC SEC All-Defensive team SEC All-Tournament Team Kayla Braud Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year First Team All-SEC Capital One Academic All-America Amanda Locke Second Team All-SEC Kaila Hunt Freshman All-SEC team Kendall Dawson SEC All-Defensive team Jazlyn Lunceford SEC All-Defensive team Jennifer Fenton SEC All-Tournament Team
See also 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
References