They rode out the storm together.
They walked through the rubble together.
They collected themselves, went back out on the field and won a Southeastern Conference championship together.
Now, after winning an NCAA regional and defeating Stanford to win the Tuscaloosa Super Regional, the University of Alabama softball team is heading to Oklahoma City to the Women's College World Series.
Somewhere along the way, Crimson Tide players took on a new identity. In the wake of the April 27 tornado that devastated their city, leaving 41 dead and hundreds injured or without homes, they found a greater purpose.
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