Info on Alabama Softball vs. Nebraska in Tuscaloosa Super Regional
Tuscaloosa is the sight for another Super Regional for our Alabama Crimson Tide Softball team! The best of three series starts Thursday night at 8 vs. Nebraska. The winner of the series punches a ticket for the Women's College Word Series in Oklahoma City.
Schedule:
- Game 1: Thursday (May 22) - 8 pm (on ESPN)
- Game 2: Friday (May 23) - 5pm (on ESPNU)
- if necessary, Game 3: Saturday (May 24) - 8pm (on ESPN)
Another option for catching the games, listen to them on 95.3 FM.
As we get ready for the action, let's check out fun facts from RollTide.com:
- Alabama is the only school in the country to advance to the Super Regional round every year since the round’s inception in 2005.
- This season marks the seventh time the Tide will host a Super Regional. Alabama is 11-3 overall in Super Regional games in Tuscaloosa and has only lost one Super Regional round at home.
- Nebraska is the second Big Ten opponent Alabama will face in the Super Regional round, having previously defeated Michigan in two games in 2012.
- Nebraska will be the seventh ranked opponent Alabama has faced in the Super Regional.
- Only twice over ten years has an Alabama Super Regional been decided in three games.