TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The No. 1 ranked Alabama softball team earned the series victory over Arkansas with a 12-3 win Saturday at Rhoads Stadium. With the win the Crimson Tide remains unbeaten at home and improves to 32-2 on the season and 8-1 in Southeastern Conference play.
"The offense did a great job today and continued to hit whoever Arkansas put in the circle," Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy said. "You have to respect your opponent and have to show up every day in this conference, otherwise you are going to get beat."
On her senior day, Kelsi Dunne improved to 15-1 on the season as she allowed three runs off six hits. Dunne tossed nine strikeouts which places her in sole possession of second in total career strikeouts with 1,046. Dunne is also one win away from being only the second player in Crimson Tide history with 100 career victories.
Juniors Amanda Locke and Cassie Reilly-Boccia paced Alabama at the plate. Locke collected two hits, including a home run and drove in three while Reilly-Boccia went deep and also drove in three. Freshman Kaila Hunt collected two hits and drove in a pair.
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