#3 Crimson Tide Sweeps Miss. St., Moves to 24-0The 3rd ranked Alabama softball team opened SEC play like it has so far this season...perfect. Alabama completed the sweep of Mississippi State on Sunday, winning 8-0, to improve to 24-0 on the season. Alabama is now the only undefeated team in America, as this week's number one team, Tennessee, split a double header with Florida on Saturday, while previously unbeaten Oklahoma and Arizona also lost games this week.
Alabama dominated Mississippi St. on Sunday behind pitcher Chrissy Owens throwing six scoreless innings and only allowing four hits, also striking out four. Owens improves to 12-0 on the season.
On Saturday the Crimson Tide, which went through its pre-conference schedule without ever trailing by more than one run, was down by two runs in both games, but stormed back to beat the Bulldogs 10-2 and 5-3 in front of a crowd of 1,576 at the Alabama Softball Complex. Spotting the Bulldogs early leads in both games the Alabama bats woke up in plenty of time to out score the Bulldogs 15-5 on the afternoon. Blair Potter got the win in game two pitching 5.1 innings giving up one earned run and striking out six. Potter improved to 5-0 on the year with the win.
Alabama returns to action on Wednesday as the travel to Gainesville, FL to take on the Florida Gators in a doubleheader.
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