Alabama Players Ecstatic After Abby Doerr s Home Run in WCWS
Sophomore backup steps up on college softball s biggest stage with a pinch-hit home run in Alabama s win against Arizona
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Jun 4, 2021
Alabama’s got a wealth of experienced seniors on the softball roster. You have the seven from last year that came back for another season, and there are the ones from the Class of 2021. That’s 10 total.
It was the younger players and Women’s College World Series newcomers, however, that made some noise Thursday in the Crimson Tide’s 5-1 win against Arizona.
Abby Doerr, a sophomore catcher, has played behind All-American Bailey Hemphill and hasn’t seen much action. She had just 38 at-bats when her name was called in the sixth inning against the Wildcats.
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It has been two long years ago that the Women’s College World Series was last held. In that tournament, Alabama made it to the Final Four before falling to Oklahoma. Today, they begin their quest for the second championship in school history against the Arizona Wildcats.
ACCOLADES
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) named Alabama’s
Montana Fouts as a unanimous first team selection at pitcher. Catcher
Bailey Hemphill joins her battery mate on the first team.
Kaylee Tow was selected on the third team at first base. The honor is the third for Tow, previously making the list in 2018 and 2019, and the second for both Fouts and Hemphill who were second-team honorees in 2019. No selections were made in 2020.
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