Another weekend another sweep for the # 2 Alabama softball team, but this time there was a little something different...a no hitter and a 50 win season.
Senior pitcher Blair Potter no hit the Kentucky Wildcats in Sunday's 8-0 Tide win that only lasted 5 innings. Potter got the first batter of the game to ground out and then went on to strike out the next nine Kentucky batters. She had a perfect game until the 5th when a pitch got away from her and hit UK's Molly Johnson. It was the 12th no hitter in Alabama softball history.
"I really wasn't thinking about the no-hitter. I was on the mound and kept hearing their coach say "break it up!", but I didn't know what she was talking about. It was nice to go out there throwing and knowing you have a good defense behind you. With the offense it makes it easy to go out there and throw because you know they are going to score runs for you." Potter said after the game. Potter was also named SEC Pitcher of the Week on Monday for her weekend performance.
Alabama, now 50-4 overall, and 21-4 in the SEC, beat Kentucky 12-3 and 6-0 on Saturday in front of a record crowd of 2,035 fans. The stadium seats quickly filled up forcing Crimson Tide fans to sit on the hill outside of the outfield wall. "The crowd was incredible. I wish I could thank each of them individually for their support this year", Tide coach Patrick Murphy said.
Alabama now turns to the biggest weekend of the year as they travel to Knoxville, TN to take on the # 1 Tennessee Volunteers with the SEC Championship and the # 1 national ranking on the line. Alabama, LSU, and Tennessee all enter the weekend tied for 1st place in the SEC with identical 21-4 records.
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